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FREEPER INPUT WANTED: Is there a market for this?
Self ^ | 9/19/03 | SerpentDove

Posted on 09/19/2003 10:46:52 AM PDT by SerpentDove

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1 posted on 09/19/2003 10:46:53 AM PDT by SerpentDove
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not just military photos. I believe there is a market for lots of old photos. You might try searching the net and your local yellow pages for "photo restoration" and other photo studio services. Digitizing photo albums, photo archiving. That might give you some idea of what's being done already, how it's marketed, how much they charge, etc. Good luck!
2 posted on 09/19/2003 10:52:34 AM PDT by Huck
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bttt
3 posted on 09/19/2003 10:52:53 AM PDT by SerpentDove (Each post focus-group tested for maximum wallop.)
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Them's right scurvy idea! Arrr
4 posted on 09/19/2003 10:53:07 AM PDT by palmer (paid for by the "Lazamataz for Supreme Ruler" campaign.)
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Nicely done. I'm sure theres a market, but research who the competition is first. I know there are a TON of photo-restoration businesses on the web , because a friend of mine considered going into that business a while back and I helped her research it. What you've done here is a nice touch and I don't recall seeing anything quite like it out there, but check it out.
5 posted on 09/19/2003 10:53:07 AM PDT by Leroy S. Mort
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To: Huck
Thanks!
6 posted on 09/19/2003 10:53:34 AM PDT by SerpentDove (Each post focus-group tested for maximum wallop.)
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To: Leroy S. Mort
Appreciate the input.

:-)

Did your friend decide to go into the business?

BTW- This is only one of the many templates I plan to come up with. That (I hope) is what will put me into a unique niche- the ability to come up with unique templates.

SD
7 posted on 09/19/2003 11:00:51 AM PDT by SerpentDove (Each post focus-group tested for maximum wallop.)
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I can see from your portfolio you can add a real twist to basic archiving, along the lines of your old signs idea.
8 posted on 09/19/2003 11:01:21 AM PDT by Huck
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Yeah, old stuff had always been of interest to me, and you rarely see things that are supposed to look old (clocks, nick-knacks, etc) that really look old, at least in my opinion.

If something is supposed to look old, I don't see why they can't get it right. Yellow varnish, rust, water spots, dust. That's what I like to simulate.

Thanks for the feedback!

SD
9 posted on 09/19/2003 11:06:30 AM PDT by SerpentDove (Each post focus-group tested for maximum wallop.)
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bttt
10 posted on 09/19/2003 11:29:35 AM PDT by SerpentDove (Each post focus-group tested for maximum wallop.)
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Did your friend decide to go into the business?

She's still looking at it and considering producing album slide shows on DVD and VCD also.

11 posted on 09/19/2003 11:31:26 AM PDT by Leroy S. Mort
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Yeah, since I got the new Mac I have DVD capabilities also. Really cool stuff.

I'm just trying to focus on my "niche market" till I get going.
12 posted on 09/19/2003 11:33:02 AM PDT by SerpentDove (Each post focus-group tested for maximum wallop.)
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Don't know if there's a market, but you do nice work.
13 posted on 09/19/2003 11:44:11 AM PDT by Tijeras_Slim (No, Travis McGee didn't pay me to say nice things. Read his book!)
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Thanks!
14 posted on 09/19/2003 1:47:07 PM PDT by SerpentDove (Each post focus-group tested for maximum wallop.)
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What a wonderful idea.

Yes, I think there is a market for this!

15 posted on 09/19/2003 5:03:27 PM PDT by MozartLover
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I would definitely be interested in something like this for both of my veteran grandfathers.
16 posted on 09/19/2003 5:20:12 PM PDT by jmc813 (Check out the FR Big Brother 4 thread! http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/943368/posts)
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I will freepmail both of you when my website is up.

The image here is my Grandfather. I am very proud of him. He has very poor hearing since he shot guns from a ship at Japanese Kamikaze planes.
17 posted on 09/19/2003 5:38:25 PM PDT by SerpentDove (Each post focus-group tested for maximum wallop.)
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The image here is my Grandfather. I am very proud of him. He has very poor hearing since he shot guns from a ship at Japanese Kamikaze planes.

That sounds a lot like my maternal grandfather who served as a Navy Seabee in the Pacific theater. His hearing has gotten progressively horrendous throughout the years and we finally convinced him to get hearing aids last year.

18 posted on 09/19/2003 5:51:48 PM PDT by jmc813 (Check out the FR Big Brother 4 thread! http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/943368/posts)
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It depends on what you charge but I think you did a great job
19 posted on 09/19/2003 6:30:35 PM PDT by apackof2 (Watch and pray till you see Him coming, no one knows the hour or the day)
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What do you think is a fair price, and what do you consider too high?

A silly question, it might seem, but I am honestly doing my goofy form of market research.

:-))
20 posted on 09/19/2003 7:48:19 PM PDT by SerpentDove (Each post focus-group tested for maximum wallop.)
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