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Start of a new era?

 

mg

By mg, 1415050140

Has anyone else found a new modelling site that has popped up in the last 24 hours? Looks good, very good! I'd better not mention the name of it but I'm sure it will attract a lot of attention with promises of free unlimited forever.... 

PBTPhoto said, 1415050356

Nope and without even looking I can bet one of two things....

Free unlimited forever ends up being anything but or the site will be covered in adverts. No site can sustain itself without income.

Viages said, 1415050437

PP was free when it started........

Rebecca Tun said, 1415050476

Haha...yes I've just joined. But I dunno, I create a profile on every site that looks remotely usable - which ones I actually end up frequenting depends on the community that evolves within it.

Zaki said, 1415050748

Lets not be coy... you mean this one I think

http://www.modelmaxim.com

I had an email invite the other day, where they got my email address from I have no idea  - that annoys me a bit, it means someone handed it to them without telling me.

Here is the mail:

Dear xxxxxx <- my real first name

How are you? Hope you're having a good weekend.

As a valued member of the modelling/photography community, we would like you to be one of the first to see our exciting new portfolio site.

Today is our first day of going live but we're already growing fast and it's not hard to see why. Our website is slick, stylish and easy to use and best of all there's no cost, so all the stuff you have to pay for on other sites are here but better and free!

We would love you to be a part of our friendly community right from the beginning.

To access the site the link is http://www.modelmaxim.com
Please take a couple of minutes to look around and I hope to see you there. It would be really great to have you as a member.

If this is of no interest to you then please accept our apologies for taking your time, we will not contact you again.

Best Wishes

 

Brad 

Golding said, 1415055596

I joined, its a bit of a mess of a site.

I will leave when it starts filling up with adverts or spamming my email with shit, as it probably will do. Nobody will spend all their working life on a site that isn't going to make them some dough...

Marmalade said, 1415057377

I feel left out now.... Bugger em....:)

Raven Lee said, 1415057527

yep i got the same email invite but havnt even looked at the site yet

Shutterbug01 said, 1415100628

I page of models and three pages of photographers registered on there so far. 

Phlash Worx Photography Studio said, 1415104315

We have joined up.. But not really expecting too much if i'm being honest....

Golding said, 1415104390

I got a lovely mail off a model on there already... :0)

RHM.Photo said, 1415105569

Zaki said

As a valued member of the modelling/photography community, we would like you to be one of the first to see our exciting new portfolio site.

{sobs}

I didn't get one from them {flounces off}

mg said, 1415105752

It's in it's very early days... As in day three so it needs time to develop. I'm sure it won't replace this beautiful site or Purestorm and only time will tell how it performs and the features that it will bring but all competition has to be a good thing. As for free, no business model can sustain free forever but nothing to lose by giving it a chance i guess....

Matt Harper said, 1415105913

i had an email yesterday, didn't take any notice of the name, maybe it was the one listed above.  Deleted without even looking :) 

Matt Harper said, 1415106218

5 models within 100 miles.....

I think I might wait :) 

Hang on, only 6 photographers;  great ratio 

Edited by Matt Harper

chatterley said, 1415106342

Think they may have a few bugs still to iron out - joined, uploaded images, went back in to to edit them and instead of saving the changes, the images disappeared! Happened each time I tried so am pretty sure it wasn't user error ;)