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Things are buzzing around here at Dribbble. We have a full-time employee (Coach Rich). We just launched an API. And, thankfully, we have a stream of revenue from advertising to support all of that.
But we have bigger plans: To grow the community while keeping it focused; improve features; and foster Dribbble as a platform.
One of the ways we think we can make that possible (and bring Coach Dan on full-time!) is to offer players the ability to upgrade their account to "Pro" for a small annual fee. This concept is likely familiar to those on Flickr, Vimeo, Ember, etc.
So what do you get by going Pro? Well that's where we'd like an assist. We have a slew of ideas, but since we've opened up our data, we thought we'd open the planning process as well. Tell us what you'd like to see. Here's a chance to build the prototype power player at
Dribbble.
The league appreciates your help as always. Thanks for Dribbbling!
almost 2 years ago
I love the simplicity of this system. It is extremely straight forward and easy to use and I think thats why people keep coming back to it.
One thing that comes to mind for a "PRO" dribbble is tutorials and design lessons, and also the ability to have private dribbble groups, so a group of 2-3 people could collaborate on an idea without it being public.
I look forward to seeing what everyone else has to say.
almost 2 years ago
Pro
Tyler Galpin
Colour me excited (yes, this is how we Canadians spell it).
Personally I'd be interested in exploring:
+ more shot allowance per month (an obvious choice)
+ building on what Anthony mentioned, about private "teams" where collaboration/sharing could be controlled
+ Leagues - where people on dribbble can be slotted into different leagues such as "Web Design", "Logo/Branding" etc.
+ Access to more or more frequent invites - this could get sticky though
+ Pro players could have special access to a forum or a system where new ideas for dribbble are pitched and subsequently voted up
almost 2 years ago
For one, no limits on uploading dribbbles, but with some clear and simple policies in place to prevent flooding, spamming and other such abuse scenarios.
Perhaps a nice feature for Pro would be to do what Newsvine does: make you earn some of the ad revenue from ads shown on YOUR articles [shots]. All overview pages etc. would be 100% revenue for Dribbble, individual shots’ pages would be a revenue split between the owner of the dribbble shot and Dribbble itself. That way, you’re even more encouraged to pay for the Pro feature because if you do a good enough job at bringing valuable, real traffic to Dribbble with your shots, you might even make the money back (and then some!) over time.
A sexy pink dribbble Pro badge next to our names. Because we all know I need even more pink-ness next to my white pimp suit with pink shirt avatar.
almost 2 years ago
I also like Anthony's idea for groups you can create as a Pro user, private or otherwise.
Groups +1 vote.
almost 2 years ago
Pro
Josh Pigford
The first few ideas that pop in my head:
* More shots
* More privacy controls
* Super cool "I'm on the starting lineup" badge
* Ad free browsing
Of those, the least interesting to me is probably the more shots...mainly because I've got so many I need to use up anyways.
As for how much would I pay per year for those features? Maybe $12. Honestly I'd probably be paying more just to say thanks a support a site I like than to get any sort of new features.
almost 2 years ago
Pro
Jesse Gardner
A few quick ideas off the top of my head:
- Richer API access
- Link to full-size shots (400x300 should stay the standard, though)
- Dribbble conference invite
- No ads
- Privacy controls
I'm sure I'll think of more...
(I second Anthony's suggestion for private groups... I see Dribbble as a great place for that kind of collaboration.)
almost 2 years ago
Taking the design tutorial idea and my revenue sharing idea further (and combining them), what if Dribbble would, one day in the future, expand itself to do professional design tutorials based on popular dribbbles? You could offer to pay the designer of each dribbble that warranted a tutorial, so that he or she would get a platform to explain how they made that particular shot's contents.
Dribbble Magazine?
almost 2 years ago
Pro
Jesse Gardner
I make a pretty vehement vote against unlimited shots. I think Dribbble's success is directly related to it's limitations (much like Twitter's 140 characters).
almost 2 years ago
* Free mobile apps
* Gotta go Pro if you want in the Hall O' Fame. What's that? The annual Dribbble awards given out and voted on by other pro players.
almost 2 years ago
I have to agree with Jesse, I currently have 23 shots left and I don't plan on coming anywhere near there. I think it was put there mostly as a limitation from people getting post crazy.
almost 2 years ago
Pro
Rich Thornett
Love the feedback we have so far. Curious about the issue of more shots. (We've had this debate internally - one of us likes the idea and the other hates it. Won't tell you who's on what side :)
Why do you want them / what would you do with them?
almost 2 years ago
Free shirts. Site badges in addition to Dribbble player badges, shot tweets by Dribbble, stickers, discounts on conferences, unlimited shot uploads sounds cool but I don't know how much I would take advantage of it.
One thing that is cool about Dribbble is it is exclusive. Not just anyone can be a player. Pro should work the same way. You should have to try out to go pro. You know, be offered a pro account.
Free shirts would do it though.
almost 2 years ago
No limits / higher limits for uploading, I think that part is pretty obvious something that Pro would make a difference in. As for Jesse’s comment on the limitations / success relation: I think that’s a lot more to do with the 400 x 300 limit than the number of shots. But, maybe I’m the only one in that.
almost 2 years ago
Pro
Ryan Brunsvold
+2 to the "Groups" (public and private) idea. I would love to be able to organize the people I follow according to the content of their work. UI Design vs Illustration vs Information Design, etc, etc...
I'm also a fan of @Jesse Gardner's idea of optional links to full size shots.
almost 2 years ago
Ooh, bigger shots!
almost 2 years ago
@David: free shirts would raise the price of Pro to at least higher than $20, since it would be totally uncool if they’d limit it to free shipping within the USA, and once you go beyond that, you’re looking at $18-20 total costs anyway.
almost 2 years ago
Bigger shot's crossed my mind, but I think it would be a huge hassle when it comes to dribbble on various platform's. I have become accustomed to dribbble being 400x300.
almost 2 years ago
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Justin Belcher
In all honesty I can't think of much that I'd want added. The focus and execution of this community is so razor-focused; I'd hate to see it bogged down with cruft just to justify a paid tier.
That said, I'd gladly pay to use Dribbble as-is. Maybe like many webapps the free account could become a 5-shot/mo trial?
Of the ideas put forth above I do really like groups and sub-communities built by users. I can see that as a really powerful collaboration tool.
almost 2 years ago
I second Anthony's idea on private groups or maybe offering the ability to only make a shot viewable to your followers...but I also think there could be value in being able to form public teams and then giving the people the ability to follow a team rather than a person.
For example, if all the people in my office are on Dribbble, it'd be cool to show that we—and our work—are connected in the same stream.
Or maybe the Pro members are able to make lists to follow, similar to Twitter? That way I can follow people who mainly do web design in one stream and people who do illustrations in another and logo or icon designers in yet another.
Pro players should also get invites more frequently or perhaps by buying in you get a couple right off the bat or something. There can also be an incentives program maybe tied to it. If one of the players I invite pays to go Pro, I get a small "finder's fee"...either cash back or a discount for my next years fee or an extra invite.
Lots of options.
almost 2 years ago
sorry one more: I think it'd also be nice to be able to "like" a shot from the thumbnail view rather than clicking the heart to see the list of people who have liked it—Though I don't think that should be specific to the Pro accounts.
almost 2 years ago
Pro
Patrick Algrim
I link to dribbble from my studio's site as a portfolio, it works. Comments, loves, list of peeks into designs. There's your golden idea, go make a million dollars. Just give me a little.
almost 2 years ago
Pro
Anton Peck
I've never had a problem with the number of shots, since I'm always wary of spamming the system. And I'm afraid that uncapping this would cause a little bit of flooding from some users.
However, the idea of private/group-specific shots intrigues me. It seems like something that would be an evolution of the current system (whereas things like tutorials, full-size shots, and forums don't feel native to the future of this site). It would be a shame to dilute the excellence derived from the simplicity of this site. Rather than thinking of feature adding, we should be thinking of feature enhancing.
Perhaps even to borrow an idea from Flickr, where Pro accounts have all their shots live, all the time. Non-Pro accounts have a threshold where old shots are hidden from public viewing (but not deleted).
Also, perhaps even being listed in a pro-only channel, or on the front page. Something that could drive exposure to the user's account.
almost 2 years ago
Pro
Trent Walton
I'd listen to a Dribbble podcast rounding up latest news & favorite shots... could be an option for pro members or even better - a place to sell more ads.
almost 2 years ago
Continuing on Anton's idea, perhaps you could only view the most recent 30 shots of a non pro player.
almost 2 years ago