Gravatar 2.0 Adding Paid Premium

12 Feb
2007

Posted by David Peralty as Blogging Tools

Well, my excitement was quickly over when I clicked that I wanted to add another Gravatar to my account. I was met with a message saying that I needed to upgrade my account to their Premium model to take advantage of such features.

Upgrade to Gravatar Premium for only US $10/Year!

Here’s what Premium gets you:

Unlimited emails on your account (free accounts only get one)

Unlimited gravatars on your account (free accounts only get one)

Access to all future premium features for the duration of your subscription (and there will be plenty)!

Now before you get annoyed with me for complaining about $10 a year. I just really feel like everything online is starting to nickle and dime me to death. Micropayments on the Xbox 360, paying for “premium” this and “pro” that on every site, just to get a few more features. It can be a bit overwhelming. Last year I think I spent over $120 on “micropayment” style content and features, and I know I am not alone.

If anyone has already signed up for the Premium service, please let me know how “cool” it is.

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February 13th, 2007 at 1:52 am
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[...] I was reading up over at Blogging Pro; Gravator 2.0 Adding Paid Premium and it occurred to me what David said was true. Almost every online service that was or great now is charging for every nickel and dime. In other words, even a simple avatar plugin is now starting to charge a minimum amount to its service. [...]
Thássius Veloso

February 13th, 2007 at 9:20 pm
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The bad thing about all this is that some websites start offering good service for free, and then decide to ask money for that same service. At least you will probably pay for premium ones. Imagine if Gravatar start to “sell” each avatar… Terrible!
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February 18th, 2007 at 2:37 pm
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[...] Alten Wein in ebensolche Schläuchen serviert, wie Frank Helmschrott ganz richtig feststellt, das unzuverlässigste aller Web 2.0 Services: Gravatar ist wieder online. So gut die Idee eines seitenübergreifenden Userbildchens auch sein mag: dass die Betreiber für den “Premium Account” 10$ wollen, nur dafür, dass man sein Bildchen austauschen kann, erinnert an die Business-Strategie von Xing (Free-Accounts bis zu Unbrauchbarkeit funktional beschneiden). Wie Blogging Pro treffend schreibt: Kleinvieh machen eben auch Mist: Now before you get annoyed with me for complaining about $10 a year. I just really feel like everything online is starting to nickle and dime me to death. Micropayments on the Xbox 360, paying for “premium” this and “pro” that on every site, just to get a few more features. It can be a bit overwhelming. Last year I think I spent over $120 on “micropayment” style content and features, and I know I am not alone. [...]