Show HN: Lightbox – beautiful photo albums served from your Google Drive

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	Show HN: Lightbox – beautiful photo albums served from your Google Drive (lghtbx.com)
	7 points by asadovsky 4075 days ago

4 comments

etalamo 4071 days ago

Hi! I loved your product, but then I discovered that the albums are completely public. Is there a way to make it private and share it via password with the family?

Thanks!

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v4violetta 4075 days ago

I like it. I'd like a choice of background colors and templates as well. Also, note that it's been posted on Product Hunt. Thanks.

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asadovsky 4075 days ago

Thanks!

More customization (theme/colors/templates) is on my todo list. (I ought to expand the FAQ to mention upcoming features. :)

It's a delicate balance, though -- I'd like to add the most important options, but still keep things simple and maintain a small footprint.

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_rohanverma 4075 days ago

Really quite nice - very elegant interface, and super quick!

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asadovsky 4075 days ago

Thanks, glad you like it!

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raksapp 4075 days ago

super good, liked the simple yet elegant design. as you mentioned on site, it is currently free, any thought what will be approx pricing in future?

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asadovsky 4075 days ago

Thanks, glad you like it!

Haven't thought much about pricing, to be honest. The main goal would be to support the service as it scales to more users, so that it's self-sustaining.

One way to go would be to start charging a small amount (at most $1/month) for access to premium features, e.g. social features, UI customization, Google Analytics integration, etc.

On the other hand, I don't want for "free" users to have a diminished experience, so maybe a better model would be to give everyone access to all the features, and simply limit free users to 3 albums, or something along those lines.

Let me know if you have thoughts on what might work best!

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