Free eCards for everyday occasions
A few weeks ago, we launched MyPunchbowl eCard Studio. One of things I love about eCard Studio is that it gives me the ability to use MyPunchbowl for everyday occasions. On an almost daily basis, I find a reason to use MyPunchbowl eCard Studio. Consider a few example from the last week:
- A colleague of mine had some minor surgery, I sent her an ‘get well soon’ eCard
- My sister-in-law celebrated her birthday, I sent her a birthday card through Facebook
- My wife was having a challenging day at work — I sent her a “thinking of you” eCard
- A friend of mine turned 30, I sent him a birthday ecard
Obviously I’m biased, but I find that MyPunchbowl eCards are suitable replacement for traditional paper greeting cards. With a few clicks of a mouse, I can send a thoughtful, personal, and sophisticated greeting card. No run to the stationary store, no stamps required, no post office — and it’s free.
So who in your life are you thinking about today? Why not send them an free eCard from MyPunchbowl?
December 17th, 2008 at 2:36 am
I really like the idea of being green and sending out ecards. The one thing I find distasteful with the punchbowl ecards are the advertisements that are about the same size as the ecard created. Is there a way to get rid of the advertisement on the ecard page? It seems to take away from the beauty of the card created, and seems to be making someone else some “green” while going green.
I understand the need for advertising and it is the way that start-up companies make their money, I just feel it would be more personal if their wasn’t a huge Blackberry storm taking away from the beauty of the card.
December 17th, 2008 at 8:39 am
Ryan,
I understand your concern, and am glad that you recognize that startups also need to make money. To build an eCard product like we did takes months of development by a highly skilled team — and this costs real money. We offer the eCard service for free, and we do place some advertising in the product. If you look at every other eCard site out there, they all have advertising of some kind. We chose to place advertising in a way that much less obtrusive (other sites have flash ads that play before the card even loads, or ads in the emails that are sent out). We’ll keep looking at ways to improve the placement of ads. Thanks for your feedback.