They need to do something about the commercial accounts and offer the service WITHOUT any watermarking in the video. I would have no problem paying a higher license fee for that option even though they are still limited on the custom output of the videos.
Imagine you are a wedding photographer, like in the demo example, and you sell your client one of these videos for a few hundred. Then at the end the "Animoto" logo pops up. Client is curious and goes to the site and sees exactly how much it costs vs. what they paid. That is the dealbreaker with this site and hopefully they change this in the near future.
Mark Robertson
· 1 year ago
Totally agree. It will be interesting to see what they come up with in regards to that.
Christophor Rick
· 1 year ago
I can see them moving to perhaps a tiered commercial system or a pay per video license that would allow for the removal of the Animoto logo at the end of the videos. The non-commercial version has that Godzilla-sized logo at the end and it's fine since it's free.
The commercial version is supposed to have a 'powered by Animoto' logo that is smaller and less intrusive. But it still allows the client to do research as suggested in Joe's comment.
So I think a tiered system is a viable future solution for them. I have spoken with Animoto and will ask them about this as well and report back.
Rebecca
· 1 year ago
Hi,
This is Rebecca from Animoto. Thanks for featuring our newest release, "Animoto for Business." I definitely see what you mean in the label being in the downloads. However, we feel the branding is subtle enough so as to not allow for the product/company being promoted through our platform to be upstaged. However, we definitely keep our users' comments in mind when deciding which direction we should take the company. Thanks for the discussion about this. It's been most enlightening!
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Imagine you are a wedding photographer, like in the demo example, and you sell your client one of these videos for a few hundred. Then at the end the "Animoto" logo pops up. Client is curious and goes to the site and sees exactly how much it costs vs. what they paid. That is the dealbreaker with this site and hopefully they change this in the near future.
The commercial version is supposed to have a 'powered by Animoto' logo that is smaller and less intrusive. But it still allows the client to do research as suggested in Joe's comment.
So I think a tiered system is a viable future solution for them. I have spoken with Animoto and will ask them about this as well and report back.
This is Rebecca from Animoto. Thanks for featuring our newest release, "Animoto for Business." I definitely see what you mean in the label being in the downloads. However, we feel the branding is subtle enough so as to not allow for the product/company being promoted through our platform to be upstaged. However, we definitely keep our users' comments in mind when deciding which direction we should take the company. Thanks for the discussion about this. It's been most enlightening!
Take care,
Rebecca Brooks