PINAC reaches 3 million page views; launches new product store
It took Photography is Not a Crime 16 months to reach one million page views. It took an additional ten months to reach 2 million page views. And it took another five months to reach 3 million page views as it did over the weekend
At this rate, PINAC might reach 4 million page views by the end of the year.
Which is all great for the ego, but it really hasn’t translated to money in my pocket.
That is why I am partaking in the Open Sky Project where I will be offering products to sell on this blog. It is why I also plan to launch a food blog because many of the products that are available for sale are food-related products.
Because today is the official launching of the Open Sky Project, I, along with selected bloggers throughout the country, are considered part of the “Open Sky Founders Club.”
I’ve selected a few products that might interest photography and food lovers.
And while I have no doubt that some of my readers will instantly pipe up and inform me that you can purchase some of the camera products cheaper at B&H, I doubt B&H is offering a 25 percent discount.
From now until August 16, customers will receive a 25 percent discount by using the coupon code EXCITE25.
That means the above Canon Rebel can be purchased for $459. It’s going for $519 at B&H.
If you’re looking for a point-and-shoot, the Canon PowerShot S90 pictured below is going for $463 or $347.25 after the 25 percent discount.
I will be adding products to the store throughout the week, so please keep checking it out.
And some of you mentioned you were interested in purchasing the Photography is Not a Crime shirts that Jim Winters of Nikon Miami was wearing the day of the Metrorail photo protest. He is selling them on e-bay for $38.
Also, PINAC is in the running for the South Florida Daily Blog Post of the Month. The post in the running is the one where Stretch Ledford and I were “permanently banned” from the Metrorail for taking photos. Obviously, that ban wasn’t worth the paper it wasn’t written on, but that post did lead to Sunday’s protest.
The post is currently running in second place behind my good friend, Maria de los Angeles, who also attended the protest and was the one who did the video interviews of me.
I’m 22 votes behind Maria, so I can use a little PINAC love.
Vote here. I’m nominee # 1.
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Comments
i dont need a camera BUT i do need a PINAC dickies shirt, and i could use some NEON, and i would really like to find a place to buy STEVES COCKTAIL MIXES…any ideas?
Congratulations – I’m not even up to 80,000 and I’ve been blogging for over 5 years, hahaha [mine's all over the place, so I can understand]
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“The post is currently running in second place behind my good friend, Maria de los Angeles, who also attended the protest and was the one who did the video interviews of me.”
Heck Carlos, you need to show Maria some love. She did get “wet” just for you. HAHAHA!
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oh, i was hoping for some PINAC t-shirts
Cafepress hasn’t been around long enough to catch carlos’ attention.
Carlos, i know someone who makes the little pin on your shirt buttons for fairly cheap…
Sorry, i can get the Canon PowerShot S90 from amazon.com for $336.49 anytime.
To Anon @ 8:03pm,
Good for you. You go send your cash to some corporate whores and leave people like Carlos high and dry because you’re a cheap fuck that won’t sport a few extra bucks for something you use/value. Go buy your Tampons and Vagasil from Wal-mart. That would be fitting for you.
Professor Fate, if you support Carlos, then please show me a copy of YOUR receipt for that camera and your tampons.
I was shocked to hear that Carlos is not making any money off this site. I have other websites with only 1000 hits a day and i make between $1500 and $3000 a month off them with google adsense. Setting up a online camera store is not the best way to make $$$ off the internet. His 25% off sale going on right now is still not lower than amazon everyday price. Carlos needs to find a good SEO person to help him profit off this site. He has already done 90% of the work. He found a niche, has millions of hits a year and close to 10,000 hits a day.
LOVE the canon rebel (it’s my camera of choice and i get complimented all the time on the actual camera and the photos)! i shared this with friends. i heart you carlos. and vote = done and done =)
xoxo, miami favs
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I voted for Carlos. It’s now 92 to 72 in his favor. Come on people.. let’s vote the ol’ Chicago way: “Vote Early.. and Vote Often!” (wink)
Rail Car Fan
P.S. Anonymous said: “Sorry, i can get the Canon PowerShot S90 from amazon.com for $336.49 anytime.”
You mean to tell me you’re so darn cheap you wouldn’t spend a extra $11 to help Carlos out? Shows what type of friend you are!
RCF
Good luck, Carlos. I know a lot of people who are trying to make money from the web. Hope it works out for you.
Good luck with this, but for the record, Canons still focus backwards.*
*Hohoho
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I need an after market lens cover for my sweet Canon sx20?
1) Congrats
2) I’m interested in a camera that I can take with me when I kayaking, and;
3) Devices that are small enough to evade detection and upload to a remote location.
Good luck with the new enterprise.
excuse the misspells: bottle service and Dean’s Gold make for poor typing.
Nikon stuff?
Congratulations and good luck on endeavoring to make this site financially
successful Carlos, you deserve it.
One little wag though, a respectful chunk of those hits came in the form of instalanches from Glen Reynolds and links from Radley Balko at Reason Magazine. Both of whom are members of that very same conservative movement you seem to like to take swipes at.
“Considering it was election day, perhaps Michel was upset that McCain was losing in a landslide.”
http://carlosmiller.com/2008/11/14/oakland-schools-police-chief-needs-to...
Least you could do is give em a tip of the hat.
Roger,
Hopefully we’ll get some Nikon gear added as well as more Canon gear.
How come the blue shield thing on the right just takes us to the main OpenSky web site instead of your store? I had to come to this blog entry to find the direct link to the store.
I looked but can’t find a direct link to the store in the areas that are always there, did I miss it?
Hazza,
That’s a good question that I need to get sorted out.
Here is the link to the store.
http://bit.ly/cFAWQs
Hazza,
I fixed it so it leads to the store.
I do hope you expand and I do hope for Nikon.
In 35 mm have used it for 50 yr, and am very pleased.
Right now, it’s a matter of Open Sky getting distributors to join them.
Considering they just launched a few days ago, I’m sure there are many retailers standing by and paying attention to see how it goes.
It’s really a win-win situation for everybody, so I’m sure it won’t be long for more to join.
It’s also a matter of me informing Open Sky of what my readers are looking for, so they can go out and contact the retailers.
I’ve already told them about Nikon and also the little spy cameras, which I’m sure would be a big hit on this site.
Remember tho old argument about which lens was better, Nikon, Lica, Canon? Well, according to a Nikon history site, out of Japan, in many cases there were no differences as they were being made by Nikon.
I will shortly be in the market for some new equipment and will by from you if possible
Hey Rail Car Fan, I am not saving $11, more like $127. Learn math next time troll. $463 from Carlos and $336 from amazon.
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