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Gayla Drummond, 4 days ago

Layout’s very nice (but I’d expect that from you guys). Is there a possibility of subgalleries within the gallery?

melodious, 4 days ago

ooohhh… love the private site!! Bring it on!

Tony Lin, 4 days ago

Very nice… looking forward to using it

Jim Caldwell, 4 days ago

The private site idea is brilliant.

Can’t wait.

Jim

Kristie King, 4 days ago

Sounds Great!!!

Sky Fox FPP, 4 days ago

This sounds like Heaven!

Lindsay Berman, 4 days ago

I think you are in the midst of creating something wonderful for everyone, especially for those who want a more intimate showcase of their work. Congratulations on your new daughter!!!

Natalie Perkins, 4 days ago

I really like the idea of the private shop front, it’s kind of like imagekind. I really dislike imagekind for isolating the artists, so I appreciate the community aspect to RB. However I’m a bit sad about the community page changing to just activities.

I’ve written about RB in my blog and I always try to flog it any way possible :P

jenndes, 4 days ago

Will the watermark be on images within the private site if that preference is selected within an RB member’s profile? I think it’s important that this feature be available. I also would like to see the ability to have categories within the gallery.

flower68, 4 days ago

Bulk delete!
Private site is very cool.

Jan Landers, 4 days ago

how very cool this is…..great idea! looking forward to it…..thanks for all that you do…....you sure have a beautiful baby girl…. :-)

David Haviland, 4 days ago

I like where you are heading with the private site.

ltruskett, 4 days ago

Bulk deleting bmail is fantastic….........boy looking forward to that. Read the review, so correct and on the money…..............we are a fantastic community, that would never have breathed life without you guys and your love and commitment to the site…............thanks.

Angela McConnell, 4 days ago

i really like it – agree with the above comment about sub galleries, if you have more than 2-3 pages it could be discouraging for the buyers to find what they are after in your portfolio
A+++ work though guys – cant wait for release

karldenton, 4 days ago

Bravo on the private site! BRAVO!

theyellowfury, 4 days ago

This interface stays don’t it? Whoever came up with it is a freaking genius. Navigation is totally fluid.

dimarie, 4 days ago

looks really good so far!
Will we be able to change the background colour from grey to black?
or white? grey isnt a very complimentary colour for alot of work.
I’d like to be able to choose the background colour…
also sub categories would be very helpful for those of us who have more than one medium…
congrats on your daughter, she is a real cutie!

Sharon Hammond, 4 days ago

Private site – fantastic idea – I hope you will be charging us fee for this.

Mark Tisdale, 4 days ago

I also like the idea of a private shop. And I echo the request for subgalleries – and I’d like to be able to put the same work in multiple sub galleries, i.e. it fits more than one target.

First reaction checking out the beta. I like that the shopping options are right there on the page when you view a work, but I would like it more obvious that they are shopping options. I think some less savvy potential customers might not home in that they can click those options and buy them – I like how large the buy this buttons are in the current version. Don’t want it screaming it, but that one is a whisper! LOL!

Also wish that hovering over the pictures on the preview page would give you a little of the description text – looks like it’s repeating the title that’s already beneath? I’m thinking along the lines of how hovering over featured works in groups lets you see the little pop up box with details. :-)

BlueKnot, 4 days ago

Excellent!

Regards the ‘configuration menu’, two things leap to mind: The ‘No Border option for the matted print looks more or less like ‘Black Border’. Perhaps a dashed line around the page background color would be a better indicator of ‘No Border’...

Also, I think the menu needs attention drawn to it; it isn’t immediately clear what it’s for until you play with it; and not everyone has the geek instinct to poke it and see what it does. Perhaps just a label that says ‘Purchasing Options’ (people love options!) ... and/or a box or different color to enclose the menu and the ‘add to cart’ button.

Just my 2 cents; looking forward to what else you have in store!

Dave Lloyd, 4 days ago

I really like the layout and the menu at the right is intuitive for someone who has used RedBubble. It may not be so for someone who hasn’t. Just my thoughts.

JenniferB, 4 days ago

Myspace is a great place for promoting better places… ;-)

Not sure about this whole ‘Private’ Space thing you’re setting up yet, but then I haven’t looked into it all to be able to form an informed opinion… It’s just that the word ‘Private’ itself tends to send shivers up my spine… you know… like all ‘Exclusive’ sounding? but like I said, I haven’t looked into the ins and outs of it, but all I know, is generally, once things begin to start sounding all exclusive, invitation only, rating dependent, blah blah blah, I tend to pack my little ho, overnight bag, and discretely step out into the darkness to stand under that pretty red light once again… ;-)

Steven Guy, 4 days ago

Excellent. Nice work “A” team

BlueKnot, 4 days ago

Oops, the third thing… next/prev picture is nice; but there needs to be a clear way to return to the gallery overview from large pics (the gallery link at top was disabled at that point)

Dennis Jones -..., 4 days ago

Folders and or tabs would be a must to be able to keep things sorted out… Awesome looking beta site…

Dana DiPasquale, 4 days ago

i would really like to see a little line (border) of thumbnail sized images running along the same page where one piece can be viewed large

DanDumas, 4 days ago

Great idea the example is great and i liked the menu placement

elfevans, 4 days ago

This is totally a breath of FRESH AIR, will music also be possible, just a thought.

coppertrees, 4 days ago

great job you are doing

braidy, 4 days ago

WOOHOO for the bulk delete!

Lisa Kenny, 4 days ago

i tend to agree with what Mark Tisdale said about the purchasing options… so i’ll just copy and paste ~
First reaction checking out the beta. I like that the shopping options are right there on the page when you view a work, but I would like it more obvious that they are shopping options. I think some less savvy potential customers might not home in that they can click those options and buy them – I like how large the buy this buttons are in the current version. Don’t want it screaming it, but that one is a whisper! LOL!

PurePhotography, 4 days ago

the beta site, first off, color scheme. Too gray, dull. put a lil cosmetic upgrade to the links on the top, Color scheme and the proportions of each div , needs work.
Keep up the good work

Bob McKain, 4 days ago

I already have my own private web site but this one looks like it has everything you would need to do eCommerce. I guess my question would be will you start preventing photographers from providing links to their own sites as many do now or will you treat the private sites as an additional feature?

emmmee, 4 days ago

This is a great idea and a good write-up.

Alison Johnston, 4 days ago

Hi Peter,

The new site looks really nice :-)

Are we going to be able to add individual albums/galleries that we can name ourselves ?

Disenchanted, 4 days ago

I think I like the private gallery thing. Aside from the sub catagories as mentioned above the ability to link a domain name of the users choice would be a good thing as well as being able to customise the layout (maybe via CSS?) as is the way for places such as WordPress, MySpace and the journal part of a person’s DeviantArt account (although you have to be a paying member to have this ability).

It will certainly pave the way for more individuality however I am wondering if when this becomes active… will we need to upload our images to our normal RB account and then to our private account seperately or will they all be linked??

Also (just another thought jut before I pressed the Add Comment button… the opportunity to add a banner of some sort? I know that I would like to have my ‘identity’ seen in a space like this so it maybe matches my other web locations?

Great work guys and gals.
Lots of love to the RB Machine.

Adrian Yang, 4 days ago

I’m loving the private site a lot!

Alexia Wardell, 4 days ago

So how do the private sites coincide with our regular redbubble account.? Will they replace them, or are they an addition? Will there be a fee charged? What about personalizing the sites so that they are more likely to be picked up by search engines as duplicative sites are considered spam.

John Robb, 4 days ago

Probably the things I’d like to know would include: would the private site take over from your standard bubble profile or would it be an additional site? Would there be linkage from one to the other? e.g being able to check a box on the standard bubble profile to say “show this artwork in my private site”
Otherwise looks good and i can imagine this being a wonderful way for a few of us not having to resort to a separate publicity site.

Tara Sheffer-A..., 4 days ago

This is an excellent thing for us all!!! I love the fact we will all be able to do this now. Only one question though. Will there be a block on right clicking and saving images anytime soon? A lot of sites have that feature especially for photography.

andrew cowell, 4 days ago

Fantastic progressive idea – I really like this!
FWIW I’m not so keen on the daughter window for the zoom view – I’d prefer it centred on the page and much larger.
Well done :-)

S.I. Sheehan, 4 days ago

Peter, the new version of ‘sales’ looks great. If RB is not already in the consciousness, well, oh well….. Private, I would like to know more about that….. Does that mean no one else can see it…..? Hmmmm…. Are we not here to exhibit…..? Peter, the review is nice, would love to see it go way beyond….. ~S

JenniferB, 4 days ago

Thanks so much for the bulk delete… :-)

Kimberly Palmer, 4 days ago

It just keeps getting better and better. Thank you! Can’t wait… it looks great so far. =)

prisoner, 4 days ago

I think that this is super, great idea, it is simply professional looking, very clean, love the dark gray backdrop, looks real slick. I think it is an excellent addition to RB and will serve to Satisfy many people. I’m with everyone who would be interested in idea of a private Gallery Page, I’m sure the Bugs will be eradicated, and everything will be super tip top. Great Work and thanks for the awesome efforts

Scott Ruhs, 4 days ago

Looks very promising.

Stephen Colquitt, 4 days ago

Hi Peter

You have nailed the beta-private site. It looks great and has very good potential. Im looking forward to having a play with it when you unleash it on the community.

Sandra Chung, 4 days ago

Looks good. Really like the layout.

Ok, on a different subject, there is a feature I would like to see on “My bubble”. When you look at your art, you have a numerical page navigation at the bottom of the page. Is there any way to also have that navigation aid at the top of the page, so you don’t have to scroll to the bottom to get to a specific page?

Jazzyjane, 4 days ago

Thanks guys for all your hard work

Madeline M. A..., 4 days ago

You guys rock redbubble !!! BRAVO ! I also like the idea of a private shop. And I also echo the request for subgalleries – and I’d like to be able to put the same work in multiple sub galleries. Thanks Mark , for your words lol! I could not put it better. I would also love to know of the hop , who buys my work. So something to show that would be great in this new space. Maybe a box of to the side that shows all of your sales , that the public can see. I think this encourages sales. Interested buyers like to know if you are worth investing in.

Tom Vaughan, 4 days ago

subgalleries very impt. Can’t wait!

Patricia Montg..., 4 days ago

Really looking forward to the private site – good job!

chasingsooz, 4 days ago

I like the intimacy of the private version and could see it being the commercial arm of my existing website.

Danny, 4 days ago

who changed the avatars?

reflexio, 4 days ago

Great idea…...As others have mentioned, multiple galleries would be great. Would the calendars be available on the private site? Also, is it possible to determine the background colour of individual galleries?.

botanicali, 4 days ago

Looking good… thank you!

zaxart, 4 days ago

Right on!

MaKayla Songer, 4 days ago

I kind of like it, but I also like RB the way it is. Would all the galleries suddenly look like this or would you be able to choose between the ‘private’ galleries and the way it is now? It definitely looks much more professional. I agree with some of the others though, I would really like to see subgalleries in Redbubble.

Peter Todd, 4 days ago

The private site works for me, very easy and self explanatory to move around in.

Great work.

Murray Swift, 4 days ago

here goes RB again… heading off in the right direction :)
Great Stuff! Even greater with sub catagories and ability to add our own branding?

Daniel J. McCa..., 4 days ago

Brilliant idea! Would definitely like the ability for sub-galleries. Also, as customizable as possible w/ layout, fonts, colors, etc… so that people’s “private sites” (especially the “Main Page”) could look unique and different.
Great work!!

Colin Hollywood, 4 days ago

The private site is exactly what I have been hoping for – a sales tool without the RB community “clutter”!

Samantha Cole-..., 4 days ago

Yay thanks RB… i have now been able to clear out 20 odd pages of bubblemails… Thankyou thankyou thankyou LOL
Beta site looks fab too.. nice going!
xx Sam

Jules Campbell, 4 days ago

Ooo lah lah! Lovely!

Few things from me;

1Could we include more info on exact sizes of prints and matts and frames?

2 In regards to sizes info could we have a choice of dimensions (just like choice of currency) ie mm or cm and inches?

3 What will the http address be? Will it be simple enough to print on a business card to promote and direct buyers?

Looks wonderful so far and I will be doing my bit to promote redbubble here in Northern Territory, Australia over the next few months.

Wendy Slee, 4 days ago

Firstly, that review on redbubble is very much well deserved – I could not have said it better! As for the private site….BRavo! Another great RB innovation and one I will look forward to using….
I agree with suggestions about about sub-galleries, ability to individualize home page etc
lastly and most important…Peter your little girl is adorable…..I hope the joy just continues to grow!

Mike Emmett, 4 days ago

Release a complimentary RedBubble Wordpress theme, and I’ll instantly delegate a subdomain to sit alongside my regular site for selling my work which points to a private site like this. It’s near-perfect, and I’d use this look and feel on my personal non-gallery pages as well (which are wordpress-powered)

kahulani, 4 days ago

yay, I cannot wait for the private site! Looks good, I would love to see sub-galleries, too

alistair mcbride, 4 days ago

The private sites look great, the product previews need to have the size off each product,ie matte frames and such.cant wait for it to be up and running well done guy’s!

Randy Monteith, 4 days ago

Peter on the private site please change the aspect ratio of the icons of the images in the gallery to rectangles rather then squares. Unless RB is going to start printing Polaroids?

I like the whole idea behind this gallery thing!!!

Damien Woods, 4 days ago

Great ideas!!! I like the idea of having a “separate” site. That way people wanting to sell can focus on their work and customers won’t be so likely to go off and look at other people’s work (not so easily).

Ben Vernel, 4 days ago

Great stuff! The private site is exactly how I envisioned it – except for the aesthetic nature. Dull gray is too dull, but I am assuming you’re leaving the look of it to last. You’d wanna get the mechanics right first.

Creating customization options for the visual style of the private sites would be quite a bit of work, I’d assume. But then again, I’m sure everyone would like the option to at least choose: bg colour, font, font colour.

Anyway the actual structure of the thing is damn fine. A+, RB.

Damien Woods, 4 days ago

Another idea is perhaps to incorporate a more “dynamic” gallery like http://www.airtightinteractive.com/projects/autoviewer/ there are also other ideas out there. So when the customer clicks on the image it goes to the page where they can choose which format they’d like printed / framed, etc.

AlienVisitor, 4 days ago

Site looks great,sub categories for calenders,T’s,books etc,sub galleries for different mediums.

AV

~ Ryan ~, 4 days ago

excellent growth all ‘round !!

... fabulous review too :)

nancy dixon, 4 days ago

fantastic idea! You guys are doing great.

Aloramyst, 4 days ago

Ok I guess I get to be the nay sayer. I hate the private gallery site. I already have a personal website, and this would be like have another personal website. It will be lacking the feel of community involvement which is present in the current set up. This division of redbubble I feel will have many issues that may not be profitable in the long run however that is just my opinion. In dealing with other pods that have a similar set up as to what you are proposing with this example, many great works of art dont get seen. I feel this needs to go back to the drawing board with more discussions of how why it needs to be done.

Shelley Heath, 4 days ago

Private site looks great but I would agree with others about the need for sub galleries with these linking back to the main gallery and also the ability to customise the background. Well done.

Aloramyst, 4 days ago

However love the bulk deleting option! : )

cubanacan22, 4 days ago

I like the idea I wish I would be able to move around inside the site making my own layout. I believe this would enhance the site. In other words click and drag.

~ Ryan ~, 4 days ago

does this work for writers too?

i’m a bit confused to be honest about WHAT a private site offers that isn’t offered here?

blonde moment (and i’m brunette)

could someone spell it out for me please?

Stacy Rodriguez, 4 days ago

I would like to know if public view is still going to be possible w/ this site?

~ Ryan ~, 4 days ago

In other words click and drag.

OOOH ! NOW THAT WOULD BE COOL !!

ralph, 4 days ago

excellent idea. the private site thing. as already suggested – it would be great to have some sub groups. customizeable backgrounds & fonts would be great too.

greeneyedlady, 4 days ago

love that bulk delete thing….and the private site looks like another redbubble winner!

skeeter, 4 days ago

Yay….......Private sites, sub galleries…all good. Thanks guys

zacco, 4 days ago

well thought of bubble , good work

Helen McLean, 4 days ago

BRIL-LI-ANT!!!!! Private site is wonderful so far!

Mel Brackstone, 4 days ago

I love that you guys just keep making this site better and better. Really looking forward to the evolving storefront, I’m sure it’s going to make all the difference!

Junebug60, 4 days ago

going to be a great one. Awsome. Cant wait to use it.

Mel Brackstone, 4 days ago

Oh, and I think the community page should switch from Daily Wrap, to activities, to buyer’s booth, to journals and then to forums every week…...in rotation. I’m sure there are many many people who have NO idea those tabs are even there…...

carol brandt, 4 days ago

I had a look round the private site and while the set-up looks great, the branching off went over my head. Do you mean contributors will have a page in the usual RedBubble, plus their own page in the private site? If not, what are the advantages and disadvantages of being in one or the other? Do I sound like I’m having a blond day? LOL! I’d really like to understand these differences. You guys do a great job. I only joined this site last month and I’ve never been so inspired. The work here, and the quality of Bubble products is fantastic.

Sam Ward, 4 days ago

I like the private site idea. Just a couple of comments:
– I would like to be able to customize the colors used to text / background
– the new configuration menu is nice, but its not always clear what its doing. Particulary when it is refreshing the image (maybe it needs to give some feedback)
– The only way I could find to get from an item back to the gallery was the use the back button (should be able to click on the gallery link at the top to get back)
– Sub galleries would be nice.

And 2 general comments. Some people may want the option of using their own URL’s to get to the private site (i.e. typing myphotos.com into the browser). Has this been considered…

Secondly, I think the thing that will also help make or break the private sites is the admin site that we use to setup the private site (which is obviously hard to demo).

My 2c worth anyway.

WILLe, 4 days ago

this should be great guys, thankyou and keep up the good work

Lynn Bawden, 4 days ago

I think the private site idea is great. Will the public still be able to view our sites? ...Lynn

Gayla Drummond, 4 days ago

Maybe instead of ‘private site’, ‘personal storefront/gallery’ would be less confusing?

Yes, I do agree with those who asked above about being able to customize the colors (background, text, etc) to our own preferences to give us a little individuality on them.

I’m also hoping this is like Finerwork’s set up…where you have your portfolio on included in their ‘community’, plus a personal gallery/storefront, which you can just check which works you want included in it from your member’s area.

I see this as a nice plus, am also curious as to whether there’ll be a fee, or if it’s just another great perk to being a member here?

I LOVE this site, love all the friends I’ve made here! =)

Douzy, 4 days ago

wow you’ve really outdone yourselves here – very impressed, didn’t think things could go that far.

Dayonda, 4 days ago

Peter, this looks really good. You’ve thought about the ‘front door’ that customers would come in to say, “Well, I was looking for something in pink”, or “I want a picture of a mountain lake in China” to make it easy for them to shop? The beta’s setting up to be great for us artists to use. The thing is, we could use ties to big interior designers to use and point their customers to, and for that, it has to be super easy for them. We’ve got to get the ties as we meet people. I think I’ll turn my realtor on to RB for ‘dressing’ homes. -=Dayonda

C J Lewis, 4 days ago

The new Beta Site looks great and works wonderfully. Love the idea of the print size, layouts and prices shown on the right of the actual work. It’s quick, clean and to the point as a selling site. Well done :)

ginnymac, 4 days ago

:-)

aabzimaging, 4 days ago

Like the idea of “private” site – maybe we can call it portfolio? looks good for a start, like the subdomain infront of redbubble.com – great! don’t change the colour-scheme – it is about the art on the site not the site itself! don’t add a music feature since this will slow the site down. this a great plus about redbubble.com – it is f”$§&* fast!!!! awesome job, guys!
subcategories would be fantastic, for people with a larger folio.
think also about detailed classification on first gallery page like most popular, most bought, most commented and the ability for the artist to change the first photo/item to be displayed on entry page, for push sales.
new detailed page is very good – makes ordering more simple and easier to understand. thumbnail feature on top is confusing.

please do something at the back end section (not the public view) as well. right now organising art can be time consuming if you deal with lots of items. some suggestions:
ability to sort artwork for most viewed and commented
ability to display all artwork on ONE page instead of multiple pages (optional feature)
bulk edit of art (e.g. to change mark up percentage or to delete multiple)
*direct link to group rules within the artwork upload to confirm if art fits into group (maybe this can be a “mouse-hover”-thingi.

apart from that – this site is fantastic! i had it bookmarked for almost 4 months without looking at it and i really regret that i have waited so long to upload my portfolio.

PennyEdwardes, 4 days ago

This looks fantastic! I think some subcategories for people with alot of work to display would also be a good idea.
Apart from that…..brilliant!

Kelly Bermingham, 3 days ago

Looks great – excellent idea!! And love the mark & delete idea! I used to spend hours going through deleting bmails!!! Saw it this morning and went WOOPEE!!! Thanks!

Paul Lindenberg, 3 days ago

Looks great! When can I start? And yes, there should be a way of using keywords to catagorise and find images. Take a look at Adobe®LightRoom© Beta 2.0 for example.

Makeba Kedem-D..., 3 days ago

Pretty much everything I would have mentioned has already been mentioned, so I won’t repeat. If I think of something new, I’ll come back, and until then, good lookin out redbubble! peace…

Neale Sommersby, 3 days ago

Bulk delete…....brilliant! Private site…......even more brilliant! – good job guys

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Darryl Beer, 3 days ago

is it possible to have the images scrolling across the page somehow, to allow people to quickly browse without having to click Next and Previous multiple times? Then perhaps a Stop Scrolling and Continue Scrolling if people want to have a better look.

Bradley Miller, 3 days ago

I’ll echo the request for subgalleries. The ability to change the background color would be nice, but certainly doesn’t make or break the deal.

The menu on the right definitely needs to be more obvious and perhaps simpler. There’s not a lot of stuff there, so I don’t think you really need two tabs and two drop down menus. Many non-computer savvy customers might not figure it out so easily. So my vote would be, make the menu more obvious, less complex, and add an obvious “Add to cart” button. After all, the point of a separate store front will be selling – let’s not be shy about it!

cloudsdreams, 3 days ago

peter please count me in, learning the digi art, kudos great yet since i left eponadreams behind, then got my bubble head back have been working hard to catch up on digi photo and more with self tutorials. so i for one would consider this grande’ learning from pro’s shortcuts and how to get around. well all i can say again is count me in and bulk delete is awesome to my way of thinking. i would love to have someone tell me what or why. dont get much of this on regular site, which i love. just sounds good to me. thanks

Barry King, 3 days ago

Great and exciting news Peter….looks great , I love this new look and ideas.
You guys rock !
Bear

Dyle Warren, 3 days ago

Personally, it’s too early yet for me to form an opinion. The private site is appealing but you know it will definately have it’s draw backs.
Right now it reminds me somewhat of PBASE. I can’t help but wonder too how long it will be before we pay a membership fee…

BigFatRobot, 3 days ago

Well done crew! What I love about this site is the fact that the community is always looked after.

Lisa Putman, 3 days ago

Bulk Delete couldn’t have come at a better time, I need to clean house, yeah! I love the new private site idea. I agree with others a name like “storefront” would be a preferred name. I love the gallery and buttons. I would like to see a prev and next buttons next to the icons, page numbers for jumping would be sweet! Like others have commented, Sub-galleries or categories would be helpful, to categorize, such as Barn Series, Wild Cat Series, or Black & White gallery, etc. While some customization would be nice, such as background color, font, placement… I think keeping it fairly simple to use would be of most use to the majority of folks who may not know how to design a website / webpage.

I love the woodgrain thumbs for the frames…I think this is extremely helpful. You may already have this in mind, but it would be great to be able to link to other pages at least on the home page, like the RB overview page is now.

I’m so impressed with the ideas! Great work guys! I look forward to all the new goodies that lay ahead for all bubblers! Yeah!

Benjamin Padgett, 3 days ago

I like the private option. But if the gallery can be private, then I would like for the shopping cart to be “private” as well, otherwise it may confuse customers and make the private option a moot point.

I would also like to have the option of using our own domain somehow, perhaps with a CGI script or something like that.

silencieux, 3 days ago

THANKS !

F Magdalene Au..., 3 days ago

very interesting concept. i’d like to see it developed a little further as well. certainly a great idea to have private that links to the RB site.

jumpy, 3 days ago

Looks good.. I agree make the BUY ME stuff jump out a bit
AND
In the gallery it’d be good if T-shirt designs looked like tee’s (not just square boxes) ???

cloudsdreams, 3 days ago

just signed up for the one, look forward to bubbles. hope springs

Roger Barnes, 3 days ago

One very useful feature for a private site would be the ability to tie any domain name to it. It works thus …
1) Being a tech-head, I set up a DNS entry on my domain registration (say, “myart.mydomain.com”) that points to the redbubble.com IP address. The redbubble servers start to get web requests for anyone hitting that domain name.
2) In my account settings on RB, I’d enter a setting to indicate that myart.domain.com is mine and therefore should show my private site when the web server sees such a request.
3) Profit! :)

The devil is in the details, but I’m happy to discuss this further if you need more info. It looks like you’ve already got some fancy DNS autoresolving. Question, will roger.redbubble.com always wind up somewhere sensible (be it my private site or profile page), reliably enough that I can use that URL on promo material?

Robyn Carter, 3 days ago

I’m also quite keen on subgalleries, but also a slidesshow option – so people can sit back and view the gallery via slideshow if they so wish.

Background colour would be great if it could be dark/black as it really showcases images.

Cheers
Robyn

DBA Lehane, 3 days ago

Am sure this will be of benefit to all the artists and photographers here. Not sure it adds much for the writers amongst us. When will writers start getting some proper developments that recognise the valuable support we bring to Red Bubble? Or do we forever remain the poor relatives in the RB family?

RedBubble in reply to jenndes’s comment, 3 days ago

Yes jenndes – the watermark (and clear gif) will also exist on the private site.

RedBubble in reply to Mark Tisdale’s comment, 3 days ago

Thanks for the feedback Mark.

Jeffrey Phillips, 3 days ago

I have been waiting for the private site for so long. Extremely excited to see it’s nearing completion. It looks great so far!

jenndes, 3 days ago

Awesome – thanks, RB. I’m quite excited about the private site and can hardly wait to get my hands on it!

RedBubble in reply to Bob McKain’s comment, 3 days ago

Hi Bob – we’ve got a very open attitude – people can link to whatever site they want to.

RedBubble in reply to Disenchanted’s comment, 3 days ago

Hi Disenchanted – cheers for the feedback. You won’t have to re-upload all the images. The site will use the images you’ve already uploaded to RB.

RedBubble in reply to Alexia Wardell’s comment, 3 days ago

Hi Alexia – they will complement the existing gallery. On RedBubble we’ll have all the community / commenting functionality. The private site will be much more streamlined. We’re thinking that the private site will be free.

RedBubble in reply to Danny’s comment, 3 days ago

Glad you noticed! We’ll change them every week or two … nothing stays the same around here!

Wesley Picotte, 3 days ago

Hi there - the design/usability of the private sites is fine. Everything is so simple - kind of a no brainer. In fact, it’s so simple that it takes away some of what makes RB so intriguing—at least from my POV. For one, we’re currently able to do creative things in our profiles, like feature card images and the like of our work. Secondly, the comments/favorites features are a huge viral component to the current site and the private sites seem to blot this out. The ability to explore the site so fluidly via these features is both a teaching aspect as newcomers figure out what this site is all about, and an exceptionally effective way to see a lot of really amazing and unique work in only a few mouse clicks. I know you said early beta, so maybe these components will be added in? I hope so!

RedBubble in reply to Aloramyst’s comment, 3 days ago

Hi Aloramyst – thanks for the feedback. People don’t have to use the private site – we’ll still be keeping all the existing site functionality.

jerry alcantara, 3 days ago

wow! this is soooooooooo coooooooooooool! thanks

EnPassant, 3 days ago

Perhaps the sub-category issue could be satisfied quite simply by putting symbols under the thumbnails to indicate which products are available for that design. Also, on each individual product page, eg for a T-shirt, I think the thumbnails above the ‘T patterns’ should only take you to T-shirt designs as it is likely that the viewer is, at the time of viewing, looking for T-shirts. This might be easier to achieve than having completely seperate categories although as RB grows it could become a little cumbersome. Thanks for all your hard work.

RedBubble in reply to Stacy Rodriguez’s comment, 3 days ago

Hi Stacy – our thinking is that all the existing site functionality will remain – so your public view will remain.

Alan Findlater, 3 days ago

Private site cool idea more choice off background colors though, sub galleries might be a good addition as well. overall a great move forward by RB Team

Darren Robertson, 3 days ago

I love the idea of the private site, but please i would like to know more about the editability of it.

will we be able to embed flash files of our wor etc: are you going to create editable modules for us?

N Kumar Bellani, 3 days ago

...looks superb at my Facebook!!!...pls bring on all the new ideas soon…

eXposure, 3 days ago

The example of the private site looks wonderful …
a very exciting and important part of bubble growth!
linkd links links and reviews … “sounds great”