Background
I get constant e-mail from flickr telling me that someone has favorited my wedding invitation card. The photo has 73 favorites and 15 thousands view (since Oct 2006). This is a quite clear signal that people are digging this keyword.
What’s our “user focus”?
- User will be able to design card: change background, and text, spice up card
- User will be able to print the card (printing will be sub-contracted, worldwide)
- User will be given optional URL to share their card online
What designer (other type of user/ecosystem player) will get?
- Vote, credibility
- % of transaction (freemium, print service, packaging service)
Please note that designer (as ecosystem player) won’t be available in early phase. Initial card design will be supplied by subcontracting design job. Print job will likely supported for local area until we can engage with international partners.
UI Guidelines
- Simple javascript
- Keep it web 2.0 clean
- Copy Apple! :p
Navigation
- Under 5 steps
- Lazy registration for editing purposes and sharing card online
Activity flow
- Start new card or clone card design
- Choose background
- Put text
- Spice up card: add badges, ribbons, bubbles, etc
- Repeat from #2 (preview will be realtime)
- Optionally share card design
- Optionally print card
Epilog
This may not the best idea ever. But looking at the niche, it may just work. This demand will always there except breeding/mating formally is no longer necessary for human race. The ultimate revenue won’t come from ads but instead it will be print and packaging service. There’re many exit options to choose as service progresses. It can turn out to be generic card designer, event organizer, designer community, printing agencies, you name it.
I already have some people names in my head, eg: web designer, card designer. So in case anyone willing to invest in this idea, I’m ready to go 
