Magnify.net Launches Open Source Graphics Sharing For Its Platform

NY-based white-label video social networking provider (phew!) Magnify.net is announcing the launch of their open source graphics development program. The idea is simple -- if you create templates and graphics to use on Magnify.net, you can now share them and let others use them as well.

Called the Graphic Share Library (GSL), any member of the Magnify.net community can create, share, and use elements that have been 'open-sourced' by other members of the community. As part of the launch, Magnify.net has added 75 element Graphics Bonus Pack and an entirely new set of templates and graphics elements that include a series of themed channel graphics for sports, food, politics, adventure sports, gambling, and newspaper sites.

I have to admit, I don't know how well this program will work. It's a great idea in concept but if I spend hours/days/weeks creating a template, why would I want 10 other jabronies to use it as well? It would just water down my brand image. What I do think could work well is if Magnify.net partnered with some top Web designers to provide some templates and then allow those designers to offer other templates for a fee - could be a new stream of revenue for Magnify.net and a new base of marketers (the designers) similar to Wordpress. They could also sign on these designers to make icon and button packs - another way to promote the product and have fans of the designer flock to Magnify.net

Magnify.net also claims to deliver more than 12 million page views per month and serving over 25,000 content publishers and they are the fastest growing video platform.

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