Here's a topic I've been thinking quite a lot over the past couple of years: what kind of features do people expect from digital publications that are related to stamps/philately?
(And with digital publication I mean any website/blog/ebooks/app that requires either one time payment or subscription.)
I admit that as author/owner of one such service I've got personal interests with this question, but I also think that a wider and more public talk on this topic might prove useful for anyone interested on becoming philatelic author/publisher as a) there are already plenty of digital offerings and more will come, and b) most of the existing services seem to struggle and fail miserably on various accounts.
Here's a list of things I've focused and implemented with my own stamp project:
* Ease of use (always subject for opinion) - checked
* Technical operability on wide range of devices - checked
* Original and interesting content (always subject for opinion)- checked
* Use of high quality/original stamp images - checked
* Possibility to save, download and print content - checked
* Search functionality - checked
* Access to archived content- checked
* Social aspect (possibility to discuss/comment/ask on topics) - checked
* Free trial - checked
* Low cost (once again subjective) - checked
* Support services - checked
* Privacy and security - checked
* Trust (testimonials, about page, etc) - checked
Does this seem like a good list of features to you?
And what other features would you expect a paid digital product / service to provide to you?
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