| Status | Acquired by CNET Networks on 8/04 for $70M1 |
| Website | webshots.com |
| Category | Web |
| Address |
555 Twin Dolphin Drive, #620 Redwood City, CA, 94065 USA |
Webshots was letting users upload and share photos back in 1999, long before Flickr became the photo sharing icon of the Web 2.0 era. Webshots’ corporate history serves as a Silicon Valley history lesson in itself. Riding the wave of the .COM boom, Webshots was aquired by Excite@Home for for $80 million. Once the bubble burst and Excite went bankrupt, Webshots’ founders reacquired the company for pennies. As Web 2.0 gained steam, it was sold again to CNET for $70 million. Finally, it was sold to American Greetings for just $45 million, as numerous competitors like Flickr, Photobucket, and Facebook began dominating the photo sharing market. Still, Webshots calls itself the world’s largest photo sharing network with more than 32 million members, who have downloaded 5 billion photos off the site.
| Website | www.webshots.com |
| Stage | Live |
| Tags | photo-sharing |
Webshots allows users to upload and share photos and videos. Users have the option of a free or premium account. Free accounts are limited to 1000 photos, plus an extra 100 for each month you are a member. Video uploads are capped at 5 minutes. A premium account allows for 5000 photo uploads, plus an extra 500 per month, and 10 minute videos. Photos can be used to make sideshows, which can be embedded in other sites. Photos made public can be searched by any user. Webshots also allows users to print photos of any size and make custom mugs, t-shirts, and calendars.
There is a mobile version of Webshots with most of the same functionality for a mobile phone.
| Website | www.webshots.com/samplers |
| Stage | Live |
| Tags | photo-sharing |
Webshots Desktop is a downloadable photo management application. Users can upload photos and create online albums and manage wallpaper and screensaver photos using the application. Users can also create a list of favorite members and keep track of their photos. This application is downloaded 500,000 each week, with over 100 million downloads total.
| Website | www.webshots.com/g |
| Stage | Live |
| Tags | photo-sharing |
Webshots Pro Shots contains licensed images from thousands of photographers. Users can browse by topic or search by keyword to find photos, which they can download, send in an eCard, or purchase a custom poster of any size. 1.5 million Webshots Pro Shots photos are downloaded daily.
