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Hi, everyone...
With the looming shut-down of Brickshelf, I would like to offer
MOCpages as a safe alternative for everyone to
continue posting their LEGO creations. In light of this, MOCpages now offers
free image hosting.
Of course, you can also always use MOCpages with flickr, photobucket, maj, or
any other popular image hosting service... it supports full HTML in your pages
(and there are some tips on the help pages if you don’t know HTML.)
Now that Brickshelf is going I would be very sad if there weren’t a place for
everyone to gather and see what’s new. MOCpages has that great
one-stop-shopping, and I’m actively working on making it even better for
everyone (kids and adults alike). My vision has always been for the site to be
a place where people can share their ideas with each other and learn from each
other.
Over the past 4 years, MOCpages has grown, a lot... it currently gets about 20%
the visitors that Brickshelf does. In anticipation of the new image hosting and
of lots of new users, MOCpages is getting a spiffy new web server tomorrow (that
kicks the pants off the old one). They’ll both run together to balance the
site’s traffic. I also am interested in recruiting some moderators to help keep
posts, uploads, and other user-generated content appropriate. Anyone
interested?
I want to assure you that MOCpages won’t suffer the same fate as Brickshelf.
MOCpages has been covering its costs for a few years now, and I plan on
implementing new revenue streams to keep the site running strong with the new
added services. I’d like to implement a (quota/capped) free hosting service,
coupled with a subscription service for greater (or unlimited) service. (a la
flickr). Right now the new image hosting service is free... but that’s just
because I wanted to get it ready for everyone as quickly as possible! :) The
subscription service will be supplemented with sponsorhip and other partnerships
to keep revenue balanced. LEGO activities are my full time job, and MOCpages is
a major chunk of my business operations. It’s not going anywhere, and neither
am I.
Sean
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MOCpages admin
LEGO Certified Professional
guy on LUGNET since 1997
Friend
And lots more I’m sure...
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| (...) Sean - thanks for coming forward with this. I hope you won't be reticent in asking for subscription revenue if you need it to keep going. May I make a request about something that has put me off MOCpages so far? It may be already there, but (...) (17 years ago, 17-Jul-07, to lugnet.publish, FTX)
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| (...) Following up to my last message... The new server will be set up this afternoon, so I want to apologize ahead of time if there's any downtime during the transition. MOCpages will also be running at reduced speeds during non-peak times over the (...) (17 years ago, 17-Jul-07, to lugnet.publish, FTX)
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| (...) Sean, You're a hero. I've had most of my stuff on MOCpages for a few years now, and while comments people write about my MOCs sometimes annoy me, overall I've been really happy with it. Being able to add a little information to the pictures (...) (17 years ago, 17-Jul-07, to lugnet.publish, FTX)
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| This is something I was hoping would happen as a result of the discontinuation of Brickshelf. I for one would gladly pay to use MOC pages -- although my concern is that that would make it difficult for kids to use the site. As for the MOC comments, (...) (17 years ago, 17-Jul-07, to lugnet.publish, FTX)
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| (...) First of all, thank you for providing mocpages. When I posted my Fisher Building MOC on your site, a person from MichLUG left a review and that is how I found out about that club of which I am now a member. I would support your idea of a two (...) (17 years ago, 18-Jul-07, to lugnet.publish, FTX)
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| Sean, Firstly, thank you very much for adding image hosting to MOCPages and for automatically pulling over our photos from Brickshelf! For some time now, I’ve had to look through both Brickshelf and MOCPages and update both. I can’t thank Kevin (...) (17 years ago, 18-Jul-07, to lugnet.publish, FTX)
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