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HDGreetings Offers High Def E-Cards
Online greeting cards go high-tech with HDGreetings. Rather than send your friends and family special-occasion messages with lame animations, you now have the option to deliver full-screen, crystal clear e-cards.
Unlike many similar sites, the roster of cards in constantly growing, thanks in part to a burgeoning artist community. People versed in video and animation can create custom cards, upload them to HDGreetings, and get paid every time the card is sent.Sending cards is completely free since the service is ad supported. Users pick the card, the background music and photos, resulting in a multi-media experience that can take a birthday or a ‘thank you’ to the next level.
Cards can also be personalized and shared specifically for iPhone users. Additionally, there is a Facebook application that allows you to send and receive HDGreetings within Facebook.
The artist community gives creators the ability to earn 50% of the net advertising revenue associated with the e-card. Minimum payout is $100 and is payable by check. According to the site, successful cards have the potential to earn over $1,000 a month during peak traffic times. while that number sounds like the exception rather than the rule, the possibility exists.
Personally, I’m partial to flat, snarky e-card provider SomeeCards. But there’s no doubt a market for HDGreetings. The Pixar-like technology and 1080p resolution is sure to bring people under the tent. Plus, the viral nature of online videos in the form of e-cards could get many corporations on board as a cheap alternative to charing custom-made content.









eric ryser Says:
August 11th, 2008 at 2:51 pmThanks Andrew, for an informative article. The site is still in beta version, so there are no ads or subscription options yet, and thus no monetization happening for the artists/creators, such as myself. You didn’t mention hdgreetings’ PhotoInside utility, which is what has me hooked as an artist, and holds great appeal for users. It’s so amazing: the user uploads a photo, and that photo is integrated into any PhotoInside enabled animation on the site. For example, my first PhotoInside animation title on the site is “Contemplate This”. Upload your photo, and “bada bing”, the picture ends up inside the belly button of a Buddha! (You really have to see it to appreciate the effect and the multiple play on words; just go to the site, and browse to the “Zen” category, and find the title).
Since adding that title, I have shot up in rank (yes, there is a ranking page on the site, by artist and by card) to the top 5 artists for awhile now, in fact a few days ago I actually made it up to 3. I plan a one-two-three punch with my next two titles, both will be PhotoInside enabled. The next one will have a spiritual “angelic assistance” theme, and the one after that will be hot and sexy, with male and female versions. Hey, what can I say? I believe in being well-rounded, and covering all the bases. I just can’t wait until the traffic builds up enough to stand all of this up with capital. Peace - Love - Out - Eric