I think John's question has to be taken in context with other similar but perhaps not the same types of services.

Visit ustream.com

Not exactly the same but first and foremost, the name of the website communicates what the website is about. It's certainly more expensive for similar features to streetjelly as far as I can tell, but it has a machine behind it now and it looks that way.

Streetjelly looks rather amateur as it presents itself to the public through it's website. The logo alone looks like it either has something to do with 60's counterculture, or is just a poorly done logo by an amateur (my opinion - not sure this is shared by others).

Unless I'm totally clueless (it's happened before), how would the name of the site cause me to know what it's about? Not being a busker myself, is there something in the name that implies "hey, here's a place where you should perform online or watch online musicians."?

With ustream, the name of the site communicates it's purpose simply and cleanly without any 'insider' knowledge.

Same is true for concertwindow.com
Same is true for livestream.com

These have a more clear URL than streetjelly, at least in my limited knowledge of busking. I could totally be missing some 'jelly' terminology.

Just googling 'live concert streaming' doesn't point me to streetjelly but rather the other sites I pointed out.

Gotta ask if you want to broaden your audience, wouldn't you want the site where you will perform to be somewhat known or obvious?

The site might work fine, but since this discussion started by John is pointing at audience size, the whole internet awareness aspect of things is going to play into the usefulness of the site, I would think.

-Scott




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