Anyone interested in a URL screenshot service?

Discussion in 'General Business' started by tibberous, Jan 9, 2008.

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    I just created a system that creates screenshots of urls. Currently, the system is making 6 screenshots a minute, but I'm confident this can be increased to at least 30 a minute if needed. The screenshots are dead-on accurate: shockwave, flash, java, javascript and videos are all supported!

    The images it creates are being pulled from a queue stored in a mySQL database - after it finishes the queue it remakes those it skipped, then remakes those least recently made. It only screenshots live urls, and won't break a screenshot if a page goes down.

    I JUST made this, so I haven't really decided what to do with it. Here is what I'm looking to do, but feel free to PM me with other suggestions.

    1) Sell screenshots. You give me a list of sites, I'll send you a folder of screenshots. $5.00 for 500, list can be text, CVS, sql dumps, or anything else I can regex apart.

    2) Sell a screenshot making service. Useful for anyone who has directory sites, or members who are largely site owners (traffic exchanges, niche forums).

    3) Sell screenshot making service websites. If you want to make a site like http://www.webshotspro.com , let me know and we'll see what we can work out.

    4) Sell the system outright. If the offers right, I'll sell the complete setup. It runs on Windows or Linux, but probably won't run on most server configurations. As it is setup right now, it is just running on a spare local computer with a cable connection - it uses ftp to put the images on the web server after it creates them.

    Regards,

    Trent

    (ps. I have a few other weird tools available too if you are interested in making a little more advanced than your typical CMS'ed site).
     
    tibberous, Jan 9, 2008 IP
  2. scart3r

    scart3r Notable Member

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    It looks really interesting :) Do you have a demo available?
     
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  3. tibberous

    tibberous Well-Known Member

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    Lethal7 Active Member

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    #4
    works well, why not set up a site and then sell it?
     
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    Will this capture scrolling screens too? Your first screenshot is not full, it is cropped.
     
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  6. tibberous

    tibberous Well-Known Member

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    Nope, it just does a set area - designed mostly for site thumbnails.
     
    tibberous, Jan 9, 2008 IP