★ Concepting Tumblr Premium
I have been playing around with Tumblr for some time and I have to say I like the platform a lot. Yesterday I considered moving over to Typepad Pro because it also offers a community and some mibblogging features. It also gives me the ability to upload content directly into their server.
Yet the interface is a bit cluttered for my needs. I would easily end up going back to Wordpress all over again. Therefore Tumblr is pretty good for me. However I have to say I am a bit concerned not to find a real premium subscription that would turn Tumblr into a viable company with a strong economic model.
I do not believe that a 30% margin on premium themes will do it nor the 99 cents stickers in the directory listing process. So here is what I have in mind for a Tumblr Premium subscription.
- No hiccups. No cache problems; No timestamp problems. 99% uptime guarantee (hear that Tumblr ?)
Better editing tools
- The ability to store pictures instead of linking to it in a text post.
- A more advanced rich HTML toolbar on the composer. Give us none (twitter) or full (Wordpress) editing tools but in-between is just stupid IMO.
- The ability to add a any kind of tags in the html of a post, like an occasional <div> for example.
- The ability to rewrite URL for better SEO.
Better portability
- The ability to host Tumblr on your server while remaining connected to the community and being listable in the directory.
- Better moblogging options like Posterous.
Also
- Premium themes reserved for premium members at least for one or two weeks.
- Premium third-party subscriptions through partnerships (Vimeo Plus, Flickr Pro…)
- Rich theme editor with drag and drop and CSS and XHTML customization. The Tumblr specific elements should be listed and drag n droppable on the work area just like on Apple’s iWeb editor.
- Access to a widget gallery like on Typepad.
