User:Fantasticmv/Sandbox
Type of site | Mobile social network |
|---|---|
| Available in | English |
| Owner | Phonezoo Communications, Inc. |
| Created by | Phonezoo Communications, Inc. |
| URL | http://www.phonezoo.com |
| Commercial | Yes |
| Registration | not required |
Phonezoo.com is a next-generation mobile content site. By bridging the web and the mobile, Phonezoo has enabled effortless content creation, discovery, download and mobile personalization experience. It has revolutionized the mobile content marketplace by applying the ideas of user created content and the power of the mobile community, also referred to as a mobile social network.[1]
Background
[edit]Phonezoo[2] was founded in February 2006 by Ram Ramkumar and Manish Vaidya. Phonezoo is a silicon valley based startup with funding led by venture capitalist Tim Draper of DFJ Ventures, Inc.[3]
As reported by Alexa, since its launch, Phonezoo has become a leading mobile social media and entertainment site in North America with 90%+ traffic from USA.[4] Every day, hundreds of thousands of mobile content pieces are created, discovered and downloaded by members of the Phonezoo community. As per data collected by Quantcast Phonezoo.com is a top 5,000 US site that attracts a more female, teen group.[5]
Like most social networking services, the business model is based on serving advertisements to users.
Features
[edit]Phonezoo is a service that allows people to send ringtones, photos and games to their mobile phone for free. Phonezoo is an ad-supported service and does not require users to sign up to any subscription plan. Users can create ringtones from mp3s on their computer and send ringtones others have created.[6]
Uploading audio files to PhoneZoo is super easy. It supports most formats including .mp3, .wav, .aac, .m4a, and .wma. This saves you the trouble of any complicated conversions. Once you’ve uploaded your song you get to choose the starting and ending points by clicking and dragging markers. You can also enter starting and ending points manually if you already know the exact times. Users can enter their own song title, song description and tags to their created ringtones. [7]
Partnerships
[edit]To keep the site free to end users, Phonezoo partners with leading advertising networks like admob, 4info, Google, Adbrite to show advertisements on the website, on WAP pages and in the text messages sent to users. Phonezoo also partners with Greystripe to offer free, ad-supported games via its WAP portal.[8]
Recently, WeMix.com, the user-generated music creation community created by Grammy award winning artist Christopher "Ludacris" Bridges and Phonezoo announced a partnership to launch an innovative content distribution platform for new artists.[9]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ http://www.mobile-weblog.com/50226711/phonezoo.php
- ^ http://www.crunchbase.com/company/phonezoo
- ^ http://venturebeat.com/2006/11/14/phonezoo-offers-free-extensive-ringtone-download-service/
- ^ http://www.alexa.com/data/details/traffic_details/phonezoo.com
- ^ http://www.quantcast.com/phonezoo.com
- ^ http://blog.rightmedia.com/2008/04/01/featured-publisher-20-phonezoocom/
- ^ http://www.listio.com/web20/app/Phonezoo/
- ^ https://www.greystripe.com/about.php?action=partners&product=
- ^ http://www.fiercewireless.com/press-releases/wemix-com-phonezoo-com-announce-mobile-ringtone-distribution-partnership
External links
[edit][[Category:Online social networking]] [[Category:Virtual communities]] [[Category:Community websites]] [[Category:User Generated Content]]