but then I thought of Flava Flav. When asked why he wore a stupidly large alarm clock around his neck, his answer was always, "So I know what time it is!!!!"
So zen....
amber
· 2 years ago
i thionk he is so weird because he wears that clock around his neck all the time he is so funny to me
Brian Breslin
· 3 years ago
wait, so where is the business model here? is it just the logos in the background of the clock?
TAD
· 3 years ago
Mouse over the clock for an ad - which I'm guessing can eventually be sold to company x or even rotate amongst tons of companies. I guess also since it's flash app that they can do a lot more than that if they want to.
Pete Cashmore
· 3 years ago
Brian,
Hehe. Well, there is *some* monetization there, but "business model" is maybe overstating it.
TAD,
Yes, they're already selling the adspace - you can also make the clock link to your own site for a fee.
Brian Breslin
· 3 years ago
Pete, I forgot, business models and business plans are old school and as such no longer in vogue. i personally would be pissed if i put some dumb clock on my page only to have it later hijacked and used to deliver popup ads, or something.
Vaibhav Domkundwar - iNods.com
· 3 years ago
Pete: This is a cool thing to use (especially since we have a distributed team it can really help us) but monetization might be tricky.
Pete Cashmore
· 3 years ago
Guys,
I wasn't saying that Clocklink is actually going to make any money - I was just using it to illustrate some related points. Sensible business plans are always wise (think: 37Signals).
Increasingly, there's the situation where a company with no business model achieves enormous scale (YouTube, MySpace etc) and can then be sold or funded by ads. I used to think those were anomalies, but I now realize that you can predict this kind of growth in advance, provided the right factors are in place.
Marquee
· 3 years ago
I really don't see any value to these things.
csven
· 3 years ago
While doing some product design work for a corporation, the CEO (the son of the founder) said matter-of-factly, "We don't know who buys this shit."
But people *do* buy it, which is why that company sold their product.
I'm reminded of that comment every time I decide to visit Big Box Retailer to see what crap people are buying now. I don't have to like it, but I can't help but acknowledge it.
Ken
· 3 years ago
This clock site was made by a company in Seattle for about 19 years. The clock is not their business, but it stared as a fun project for the company. With almost 9 miilion views every day, company is forced to do something with it.
Why do I know this? Because I own the comany. Thank you for your good comment and not so good comment. Enjoy the clocks. I am not here to take over your blog or web site ... well, at least not yet.
Quentin
· 3 years ago
Do you know www.relatime.com ? it is a very new site launched 2 weeks ago. Well, they are Flash clocks just as Clocklink, but with very new designs, due to a new way of displaying time. The BIG difference in the business model is that Clocklink is the imitation of real clocks, on the other hand Relatime is born on Internet BUT they can make real watches from the virtual models. Other differences are about a desktop version, the possibility for users to build their own "Relatime watch", and last but not least the actual spirit of research and discovery they want to share with people.
mohamed
· 2 years ago
hi
tae
· 2 years ago
did you know that that website helps you geton myspace when its block
RAFIA
· 2 years ago
this is cool
Flash Clocks
· 7 months ago
Thanks for the news, but the clocks have ads when you mouse-over each one, you can download also cool and professional flash clocks and other alternatives websites, anyway thanks, nice to know what websites have digital and analog flash clocks.
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but then I thought of Flava Flav. When asked why he wore a stupidly large alarm clock around his neck, his answer was always, "So I know what time it is!!!!"
So zen....
Hehe. Well, there is *some* monetization there, but "business model" is maybe overstating it.
TAD,
Yes, they're already selling the adspace - you can also make the clock link to your own site for a fee.
I forgot, business models and business plans are old school and as such no longer in vogue.
i personally would be pissed if i put some dumb clock on my page only to have it later hijacked and used to deliver popup ads, or something.
I wasn't saying that Clocklink is actually going to make any money - I was just using it to illustrate some related points. Sensible business plans are always wise (think: 37Signals).
Increasingly, there's the situation where a company with no business model achieves enormous scale (YouTube, MySpace etc) and can then be sold or funded by ads. I used to think those were anomalies, but I now realize that you can predict this kind of growth in advance, provided the right factors are in place.
But people *do* buy it, which is why that company sold their product.
I'm reminded of that comment every time I decide to visit Big Box Retailer to see what crap people are buying now. I don't have to like it, but I can't help but acknowledge it.
Why do I know this?
Because I own the comany. Thank you for your good comment and not so good comment. Enjoy the clocks. I am not here to take over your blog or web site ... well, at least not yet.