Interest in photo web app?

[Visu3]

I'm a freelance programmer type, and one of my projects over the past year has been an application for photographers to (easily) make web pages to display work and such. It's currently in the prototype stage, and not too much work is left until a possible launch. So, I'd like to hear from photographers - is there interest in such an animal? Here's the premise:

Everything's Flash-based - the site itself (one HTML page with a Flash site, but indexed for search engine visibility), and the control panel, accessible after logging in. From the control panel, you can use drag-and-drop interfaces to upload photos (in any format), arrange them into galleries, and arrange the galleries on the site. Features to implement include "info pages" to complement the galleries and make the Flash page a full easily-manageable and good-looking portfolio/contact page. If I launch the app (tentatively named Visual Cascade), new features will be implemented based on user demand.

The app would be free at first, and if it proved useful and popular as testing concluded, the most likely cost structure would be a free Lite version and a cheap monthly-fee based full version. (Hosting included for everything)

How does this sound? If I go through with launching an alpha test, does this sound like a useful application?

Thanks for the input.

[jackies35]

yes indeed! I will like to check it out first!

[waple]

Sounds great. I'm looking for a good alternative to what I have now and haven't found it yet.

[jacuff]

a cheap monthly-fee based full version. (Hosting included for everything)

How does this sound? If I go through with launching an alpha test, does this sound like a useful application?

Thanks for the input.

How about a more expensive 1 time payment full version where the photographer brings their own hosting? If we already have hosting, we will be unlikely to pay for another service that provides hosting unless that service is a major time saver and/or money maker for us.

[crricha13]

ill test :D

[Visu3]

How about a more expensive 1 time payment full version where the photographer brings their own hosting? If we already have hosting, we will be unlikely to pay for another service that provides hosting unless that service is a major time saver and/or money maker for us.


That could be an option, too, but would have to work differently, updates and all considered.
Update - I should have time to work on this app again in a month or so; if it looks like there's enough interest to make it viable, the alpha should be out during the summer.

Thanks for chiming in.

[5x5 photography]

That sounds like a great program.
I used go daddy templates to put my website together and they were not bad, but not as professional as many sites I have seen.
I would like to see what you have.