eCards : Ripe for Web 2.0 makeover?

I feel that greetings or ecard sites are ripe for a "web 2.0" makeover. Today I sent an ecard to Frank, but it took me a few times to find a greetings / ecard site that was OK. I stumbled across "MSN eCards" in the UK.

I've checked AOL Greetings, Yahoo Greetings, American Greetings, Hallmark -- but they are actually all similar. AOL and Yahoo offer some free cards, but try and upsell you on the paid version. Hallmark is a bit better - looks like nearly all the ecards are free.

What I'd like is :

- Send an eCard to my friends phone and myspace page - make it sing and dance on the phone.

- Let me have some fun creating them - or at least customize them a bit more than the standard greeting.

- Match the web site to the theme of the card. If I'm looking for a funny card, make it look fun, if I am looking for a get well soon, make it look.. um, well like it's getting better.

What do others think? Does anyone use these things?

Comments

Anonymous said…

I agree (and thanks for the ecard!), I'd like to be able to add a short voice message to mine, which would add a bit of personalization to it...

January 15, 2007 at 2:16 PM

Anonymous said…

How about a WooHoo ecard?

January 15, 2007 at 7:59 PM

Anonymous said…

love the woohoo card idea.. along those lines, i should be able to turn any photo into a greeting. maybe even any site out there...

also, today's ecard experience ends when you receive it. but in the real world at home, i might stick it on my fridge or on the dining room table so others can enjoy it too. why can't i take my online greetings and post them on my blog or other pages, so others can enjoy? let me show them off to others. that creates more viral sharing opportunities for those visitors as well.

January 29, 2007 at 8:40 AM

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