David Heller is CEO and President of IBSystems, Inc. and founded the company in 1994. Before leaping into the Internet he was a professional writer and authored twelve published books and numerous articles. He now spends his time staying in touch with the latest technology, enjoying life, and running IBSystems' sixteen web sites, each focused on a technical discipline. He created ShareCG.com in concert with his talented sons Jacob and Adam, and spends lots of his time making it a better place for its visitors. (Oh, BTW, check out my 1980's Dr. C. Wacko Professor of Computer Wacko book series - used on Amazon (http://tinyurl.com/9f69y2r). Fun stuff.) ? Less David Heller
David Heller is CEO and President of IBSystems, Inc. and founded the company in 1994. Before leaping into the Internet he was a professional writer and authored twelve published books and numerous articles. He now spends his time staying in touch with the latest technology, enjoying life, and ? More ? ?
September 23rd, 2012 by David Heller
Dear ShareCG Member:
ShareCG was conceived in 2007 at my son Jacob?s insistence. Jake?s now a lawyer, but even then his debate skills and logical thinking convinced us that there was a need to ?develop an open sharing site to bring together worldwide artists and animators of all levels of expertise.? Our goal was to provide a friendly and graphical platform that would be easy to use and perfect for presenting art, animation, 3D models and for delivering tutorials and other educational materials to help the site?s users display their creative achievements and become more proficient in their craft.
We believed that if we provided a great platform ?they would come,? and you did.? But, we also had to find a way to fund our efforts so that we could continue to build out the site to meet the needs of a growing audience.? We succumbed to the idea of funding our efforts with banner advertising even though we would have preferred to have a site that was free of advertisements.? ??I have personally heard from hundreds of users complaining about the site?s flashing and distracting banners and I agree with them 100% but felt that we didn?t have a choice.
Now, after five years of experiencing the banner ad model we have yet to generate the revenue needed to pay for this site.? In fact, ShareCG has been running in the red and only kept alive and supported by re-directing funds from our other properties.? But, just chugging along without being able to provide timely new innovations to our audience is not a solution for either us or for you.
We are considering changing the ShareCG business model from banner ads to a subscription model.? I am proposing that members subscribe at just $9.99 a year for a banner free ShareCG that will have the resources to add services that will make the site a better place to visit and that will bring the community closer together.? We have a number of projects planned and ready to go that will:
- Add ?Friends? to bring true social media and collaboration to the site
- Provide expanded statistics for each user so you?ll know when and who viewed your video or downloaded any of your uploads
- Re-design and expand the home page to include the latest uploads and blog entries, ?user speak? editorial, trial software, challenges, industry and educational newsletters, forums, news, jobs and more.
- Add the ability for you to sell your creations like 3D Models and Poser and DAZ assets directly from ShareCG.
Most importantly we will encourage and facilitate on-going open discussions so that we can continually be even more responsive to your ideas and suggestions.? As a subscriber you will become a stake holder and part owner of ShareCG with a vested interest and a voice in making the site a better place for you.
This is a critical make or break moment for ShareCG and I need to know that whatever we decide to do is in your interest and in the interest of making ShareCG the best it can be.? So, please leave a comment here or write back to me with your thoughts including your outrage, your support, your ideas and your suggestions (support@sharecg.com).? I will publish the bulk of your responses in this blog so all users can watch and weigh into the conversation.
Thank you very much for being a ShareCG member and I look forward to hearing from you soon.
David Heller
President
Internet Business Systems, Inc. (ShareCG)
PS: ?On a similar but ad-free site that is focused on Mechanical Engineering and Manufacturing (www.mechspot.com) ?we have already designed and deployed the ability to track downloads and offer a unique capability that allows users to tie related assets together (http://tinyurl.com/9td7x83).? Since Mechspot does not have any banner advertisements you might want visit to see what ShareCG will look like without them.? (Although Mechspot is currently under development and login access is currently limited you will be able to get a feel for what the near future of ShareCG can be as a subscription model.)
Source: http://www10.sharecg.com/blogs/david-heller/2012/09/23/an-open-letter-from-the-founder-of-sharecg/
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