Simviation Forum - Is this a good idea?

Aug 19^th, 2011 at 7:54pm

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Hi guys, whats going on? I have been thinking of a way to make a little extra cash lately, and I think I have an idea. I can make high quality scenery addons, with custom buildings and photo scenery, corrected airport, ect. , and sell it. I know what your thinking, "that's called payware dummy!". But the catch in that plan is that I could sell it for only one dollar. I can integrate it right into a Blogger.com blog using Google Checkout. I was also thinking about having the option to have a airport personally designed for someone for say, five dollars, or even less. I know it sounds kind of foolish, but if I advertise it on YouTube, here, and other sim websites, I think I may be able to get even a little bit of money. Even if I only got 50 downloads per week off of the entire website, that's still 50 bucks more than I am making now! Grin

(I'm a freshman in high school, ei. young) Thanks ahead of time for your opinions! You don't have to right a novel either, just say good idea or bad idea.

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Reply #1 - Aug 19^th, 2011 at 9:51pm

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I'm not completely sure. I can see how if they were high qaulity some people might do it, but in some of the economy's around the world these days, it might not be the best idea. And also, some people just won't buy payware. So to be honest I'm not really sure. I guess with that it's a hit or miss thing.
I'd say it's an interesting idea though.

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Reply #2 - Aug 20^th, 2011 at 12:30am

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What satellite imagery would you be able to access that you could legally sell?

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Reply #3 - Aug 20^th, 2011 at 12:46am

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BrandonF wrote on Aug 20^th, 2011 at 12:30am:

What satellite imagery would you be able to access that you could legally sell?

Bing lets you get a special license that as long as you dont sell a taxable amount (I forget the cap) its fine. Wink

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Reply #4 - Aug 20^th, 2011 at 11:24am

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BrandonF wrote on Aug 20^th, 2011 at 12:30am:

What satellite imagery would you be able to access that you could legally sell?

I read somewhere in the FSDevelopers Forum that if you edit the image, which I must do to make the blend mask for the photo scenery, the image becomes unique and yours. i'm not sure of the validity of this statement, but it sounds ok.

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Reply #5 - Aug 20^th, 2011 at 11:27am

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Club508 wrote on Aug 19^th, 2011 at 9:51pm:

I'm not completely sure. I can see how if they were high qaulity some people might do it, but in some of the economy's around the world these days, it might not be the best idea. And also, some people just won't buy payware. So to be honest I'm not really sure. I guess with that it's a hit or miss thing.
I'd say it's an interesting idea though.

Yeah, I have the same opinion myself, its hit or miss. But the plus is, even if I got absolutely zero sales, it wouldn't be a loss because Google checkout and blogger.com are both free services.

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Reply #6 - Aug 20^th, 2011 at 11:27am

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FlierForLife wrote on Aug 20^th, 2011 at 11:24am:

BrandonF wrote on Aug 20^th, 2011 at 12:30am:

What satellite imagery would you be able to access that you could legally sell?

I read somewhere in the FSDevelopers Forum that if you edit the image, which I must do to make the blend mask for the photo scenery, the image becomes unique and yours. i'm not sure of the validity of this statement, but it sounds ok.

i'm not sure that's such a good idea. Depends on how much editing you do I'd guess.

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Reply #7 - Aug 20^th, 2011 at 2:18pm

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Club508 wrote on Aug 20^th, 2011 at 11:27am:

FlierForLife wrote on Aug 20^th, 2011 at 11:24am:

BrandonF wrote on Aug 20^th, 2011 at 12:30am:

What satellite imagery would you be able to access that you could legally sell?

I read somewhere in the FSDevelopers Forum that if you edit the image, which I must do to make the blend mask for the photo scenery, the image becomes unique and yours. i'm not sure of the validity of this statement, but it sounds ok.

i'm not sure that's such a good idea. Depends on how much editing you do I'd guess.

Yeah, I'll look into that more.

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Reply #8 - Aug 20^th, 2011 at 3:02pm

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skoker wrote on Aug 20^th, 2011 at 12:46am:

Bing lets you get a special license that as long as you dont sell a taxable amount (I forget the cap) its fine. Wink

I'll have to look into that...never heard about that. Cheesy

FlierForLife wrote on Aug 20^th, 2011 at 11:24am:

I read somewhere in the FSDevelopers Forum that if you edit the image, which I must do to make the blend mask for the photo scenery, the image becomes unique and yours. i'm not sure of the validity of this statement, but it sounds ok.

Simply adding a blend map is not even modifying the original image, since the blend mask is not part of the original image. (you use the original to draw the blend mask, but it doesn't involve changing the image) Changing the coloring, removing cars on the street, etc would be making it unique and yours. Wink

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Reply #9 - Aug 20^th, 2011 at 11:46pm

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BrandonF wrote on Aug 20^th, 2011 at 3:02pm:

skoker wrote on Aug 20^th, 2011 at 12:46am:

Bing lets you get a special license that as long as you dont sell a taxable amount (I forget the cap) its fine. Wink

I'll have to look into that...never heard about that. Cheesy

FlierForLife wrote on Aug 20^th, 2011 at 11:24am:

I read somewhere in the FSDevelopers Forum that if you edit the image, which I must do to make the blend mask for the photo scenery, the image becomes unique and yours. i'm not sure of the validity of this statement, but it sounds ok.

Simply adding a blend map is not even modifying the original image, since the blend mask is not part of the original image. (you use the original to draw the blend mask, but it doesn't involve changing the image) Changing the coloring, removing cars on the street, etc would be making it unique and yours. Wink

OK, that makes more sense, and this technique would avoid legal troubles, or would that still be a matter? Undecided

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Reply #10 - Aug 22^nd, 2011 at 12:48am

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The only thing I will comment on is the advertising. Before you do any advertising here, you would have to get Pete's permission.

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Reply #11 - Aug 22^nd, 2011 at 3:54pm

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patchz wrote on Aug 22^nd, 2011 at 12:48am:

The only thing I will comment on is the advertising. Before you do any advertising here, you would have to get Pete's permission.

Yep

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Reply #12 - Aug 23^rd, 2011 at 4:25pm

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patchz wrote on Aug 22^nd, 2011 at 12:48am:

The only thing I will comment on is the advertising. Before you do any advertising here, you would have to get Pete's permission.

Very good, when I get everything up and running I will ask for his permission.

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