Can you guys give me Feedback on my Online Business Idea?
 

-I really enjoy viewing this Forum, and I have noticed that alot of you guys are very intelligent and wise when it comes to real world situations, so I thought this was the best place to ask my Question-:happy0180:

I'm 15 and interested in launching a Online Data Storage....but you might say "There's already Carbonite, Dropbox, and Mozy". In this case I would have to differentiate my product from the others and SELL IT.

I came up with a Socially Interactive Storage that would allow Users to Share Documents, Photos, Videos, and Contacts. It would be called "TheHub", obviously I would have review copyright infringements with The Hub TV Network but I could always change the name.

TheHub would allow users to store all the personal data on our Database.
Social Interaction plays a role which would allow users to allow other users in they're Circle to review and download only CERTAIN documents they want them to see.

A College Professor could upload pictures of him having sex with his mistress to TheHub but his students would only be allowed to see his Planned Coursework.

TheHub would be available on Android/iPhone, Tablets, Mac/Windows/Linux.

In hence to Social Interaction, the primary use is an Data Storage so Prices would range from FREE to 35$ (Trying to keep it inexpensive here) Bandwidth available has not yet been decided.

If the website gets enough hits, I'm hoping to open a Office in NYC, LA, or Chicago.

Could you add some more ideas? Trust me Guys, if this project was to become a reality I would definitely give you some type of Reward that's worth it's own Recognition. Would this be profitable? (I know you can't really tell, but try)


Thanks guys and God bless

P.S- This would be the fastest way to buy an FRS, second to Robbing a Bank.:D

Sorry hate to burst your bubble but contact info and personal info is a no no when it comes to third parties .
Such things are mostly kept with the higher end, bigger name brands such as apple.. Hence the iCloud .

Also google has its photo thing (forgot the name right now) that's lets you do everything you said , keep in private , share certain things with certain people and so on.

But props to you for thinking about something at your age, don't back down!
Good luck to you

Do you have any coding experience?

Do you have capital?

Why would someone want to pay for this with free options?

...And even then, I've heard stories about the "iCompany" stealing that information and spy on you... :thumbdown::iono:

Anything that involves a third-party...Yeah...I don't know...Heck, sometimes I don't even trust my own computer...!

Thanks for the Info Bro! I completely understand, I'll just have to come up with something different and original! I have to be my own boss PERIOD.

I'm satisfactory in C++, but I ordering some books on Notepad++ and Adobe Dreamwaver.

With the "FREE" option, the user would a fairly small amount of bandwidth to work with.

I'm trying to receive as much Feedback as possible before talking to an Angel Investor or start Affiliate Marketing.

....allow Users to Share Documents, Photos, Videos, and Contacts.

I can already do that through email and Facebook. It sounds like you are creating a mix of Facebook, Email, Twitter, and Pinterest. Not a bad idea, I think its marketable but where is the novelty? You would need a coding army to get started and make it work well from the get go. Also, almost no one is going to want personal photos close (mentally) to photos they want to share with everyone. What if they make a mistake and accidentally allow everyone to see their personal photos, just the idea of two opposite sides of life on one social webpage is off putting and I think not appealing to most. However, if you are very good at webdesign, are good at marketing yourself, and you know the right investment capitalists, you can raise investment capital through private placement, then you can live off other peoples risky investment for a while until the money runs out. Lots of companies do it. And if you raise enough money you can dam near run the company on the interest.:happyanim:

Interesting selling point...

1. Never share your business idea's publicly, because they will get stolen.
2. The key to succeeding in business, is to find a need in the world and fulfill it.
3. Most of every other social media can do what you've already suggested, it may not be in the same place. But its there.
4. If you really want to get into data storage, I knew of a millionare who started a warehouse full of servers and backed up company info off-site to these servers. Easy money, easy job.
5. Always, always write a business plan. Think out your idea, elaborate on startup costs and overhead.
6. If you cant do what you want to do, better pony up. because your going to have to pay someone to do it.

I don't know the back-end requirements or possibilities of online storages, servers, etc.. so I can only speak to what I would really like to see.. It'd be absolutely wonderful if someone could take the idea of the "CLOUD" storage and make it accessible on any device, at any location.

Apple is getting close to this, allowing you to save pictures, files, etc., on your "cloud" storage using one device (latptop), and accessing it on your other Apple devices (iPod, iPhone).. without needing a physical hard drive to transfer the data. I've only heard of it, but haven't actually tried it yet.. Sounds like a revolutionary way of sharing/transfering your personal data/files though.

Again, I don't know the technical how-to's on what Apple needed to achieve this, but if you're thinking of starting an online data storage service, I think this is one approach to have success in your venture.

I see where you're coming from, but with my product I feel that users shouldn't feel hesitant to upload personal data due to it's primary feature as Online Storage. I don't want anyone to get confused about the goal of my website, it's not intended to be a Social Network, but it can...

If anything my Target demographic would be Businesses and Gradeschools/Universities, I obviously don't expect the average American teenager to be sharing important "documents" and backing them on a Data storage.

High Ranking Officials in Large Corporations could post documents and information to they're HUB Database, where only other High VP's and Exec's can view and download.

This is a completely different then what Facebook, Twitter, and Other sites main intention of success which was Friends, Gossip, and etc.:happy0180:

That will never happen. Security of on-premise solutions will be desirable for that. IT may use a cloud backup solution with encryption but end corporate users won't. Also, prepare for dealing with a crapload of compliance issues.

Too late to the game without a fresh idea/spin and I do not see one here, sorry.

So its an FTP site?

Understandable, but hey failed ideas often lead to 1 successful idea. Back to the drawing board!