Comments on: OpenID: the unseen branded revenue opportunity http://factoryjoe.com/blog/2009/08/05/openid-the-unseen-branded-revenue-opportunity/ This can all be made better. Ready? Begin. Fri, 19 Mar 2010 18:39:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Derek Gottfrid http://factoryjoe.com/blog/2009/08/05/openid-the-unseen-branded-revenue-opportunity/comment-page-1/#comment-109431 Derek Gottfrid Sun, 09 Aug 2009 01:15:45 +0000 http://factoryjoe.com/blog/?p=1604#comment-109431 Sounds way better than a tote bag or coffee cup. Sounds way better than a tote bag or coffee cup.

]]> By: Michael Kozakewich http://factoryjoe.com/blog/2009/08/05/openid-the-unseen-branded-revenue-opportunity/comment-page-1/#comment-109372 Michael Kozakewich Fri, 07 Aug 2009 02:32:25 +0000 http://factoryjoe.com/blog/?p=1604#comment-109372 For me, a namespace holds a certain identity. I'd always wanted to have my own name on my own site. Having a hotmail address just got weird, the moment I tried to do business-like things. For me, a namespace holds a certain identity. I’d always wanted to have my own name on my own site.

Having a hotmail address just got weird, the moment I tried to do business-like things.

]]> By: Bertil Hatt http://factoryjoe.com/blog/2009/08/05/openid-the-unseen-branded-revenue-opportunity/comment-page-1/#comment-109358 Bertil Hatt Thu, 06 Aug 2009 10:37:34 +0000 http://factoryjoe.com/blog/?p=1604#comment-109358 How do you handle the comments? I love the fact that twitts and comment from other properties end up here. About making people pay for namespace? Mmmh. . . Maybe. Or not. I'd rather bet that people would be ready to pay for convenient and safe providers (mobile, randomised, easy-to-use thumb-based authentification for everything) instead of fancy namespace. Actually, they'd probably have the security provider authenticate for a very safe company providing the namespace, and then that second player provide OpenID. How do you handle the comments? I love the fact that twitts and comment from other properties end up here.

About making people pay for namespace? Mmmh. . . Maybe. Or not. I’d rather bet that people would be ready to pay for convenient and safe providers (mobile, randomised, easy-to-use thumb-based authentification for everything) instead of fancy namespace. Actually, they’d probably have the security provider authenticate for a very safe company providing the namespace, and then that second player provide OpenID.

]]> By: trench http://factoryjoe.com/blog/2009/08/05/openid-the-unseen-branded-revenue-opportunity/comment-page-1/#comment-109342 trench Thu, 06 Aug 2009 04:04:33 +0000 http://factoryjoe.com/blog/?p=1604#comment-109342 I know login and identity shouldn't be considered the same thing, but more times than not they are. Users across the web are typically restricted by what I call the ID Singularity (e.g., there can only be one Tom_Green... one Bob_Smith... one Jack_Mehoff). This is rather ridiculous. A system that surged to life in the 90's still rules most of our online lives. Do I have a vast schematic outlining a solution? Nah. But I'm pretty sure the answer is bigger, and probably simpler, than anything we've already seen. While the creative commons thing is quite nifty, you pretty much make my case for me with Zach's example. It doesn't matte how much money the rest of the Zach's out there donate... they will never be creativecommons.net/zach/. I know login and identity shouldn’t be considered the same thing, but more times than not they are. Users across the web are typically restricted by what I call the ID Singularity (e.g., there can only be one Tom_Green… one Bob_Smith… one Jack_Mehoff). This is rather ridiculous. A system that surged to life in the 90’s still rules most of our online lives. Do I have a vast schematic outlining a solution? Nah. But I’m pretty sure the answer is bigger, and probably simpler, than anything we’ve already seen.

While the creative commons thing is quite nifty, you pretty much make my case for me with Zach’s example. It doesn’t matte how much money the rest of the Zach’s out there donate… they will never be creativecommons.net/zach/.

]]> By: Angus Logan http://factoryjoe.com/blog/2009/08/05/openid-the-unseen-branded-revenue-opportunity/comment-page-1/#comment-109341 Angus Logan Thu, 06 Aug 2009 03:21:59 +0000 http://factoryjoe.com/blog/?p=1604#comment-109341 Hey Chris, Do people really care that much about their namespace from a "i'm hip, i'm in this namespace" -- I'm not sure it converts to a big enough revenue opportunity... There is only a revenue opportunity if your namespace is soooo attractive and people will use it as their primary identity (being one of many secondary identities means it soon will become irrelevant). I dont want multiple identities addresses to show my affinity with an organization, and I certainly wouldn't pay for (simplified to email addresses) angus@goseahawks.com and then in the basketball season I become angus@stormvip.com. But if it was angus@australia.com, sure, I'd probably pay big for that. thx Angus Hey Chris,

Do people really care that much about their namespace from a “i’m hip, i’m in this namespace” — I’m not sure it converts to a big enough revenue opportunity…

There is only a revenue opportunity if your namespace is soooo attractive and people will use it as their primary identity (being one of many secondary identities means it soon will become irrelevant).

I dont want multiple identities addresses to show my affinity with an organization, and I certainly wouldn’t pay for (simplified to email addresses) angus@goseahawks.com and then in the basketball season I become angus@stormvip.com.

But if it was angus@australia.com, sure, I’d probably pay big for that.

thx
Angus

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