What Are Thumbshots Images™?
Thumbshots Images™ are screenshots web pages in thumbnail sizes that can help your users preview a link before clicking on it. Thumbshots make your blog or site more attractive and pleasant keeping visitors stay longer!
Does Thumbshots Premium plan support any URL?
Yes, the Premium plan supports any HTTP/HTTPS URL, both dynamic and static URLs.
What is the Free Thumbshots?
The Free Thumbshots is an open and non-profit initiative. Giving free Thumbshots is our way of contributing back to the Internet community. To help pay for our servers, we offer the Premium plan with added features. Compare plans.
Can I change plans?
Absolutely! You may switch to any plan on the next billing cycle.
What if my traffic grows faster than expected?
You can always purchase additional Thumbshots Images in fixed blocks.
What are your payment terms for the Premium plans?
We charge your credit card on a monthly basis.
What is a billing month?
Your billing month is the day of the month you signed up for the service. For example, if you signed up on Jan. 18, your billing months are Feb. 18, Mar. 18 and so on.
What is your refund or cancellation policy?
We do not have a refund policy. We have made thumbshots very affordable for you. There is no long-term contracts. You can cancel your account with a 7 days notice.
What are the requirements to view thumbshots?
Thumbshots will work on any web browser (IE, Firefox, Opera, Safari, Mozilla, Netscape, etc.). No special software required.
How long does it take to setup?
After completing the sign up form and adding a few lines of HTML codes, you will be able to deploy Thumbshots Images within a few minutes.
Can I store the Thumbshots Images?
We provide an end-to-end turnkey solution. You don’t have to provide any hardware, software or bandwidth resources. We take care of everything for you! You shouldn't need to cache or store the thumbshots. Doing so may violate the terms of the agreement.
How often do you update the Thumbshots Images?
We are committed to ensure that the Thumbshots Images are up-to-date. Our robots use a special algorithm to determine when and if a Thumbshot image should be updated. Keep in mind, many site changes are too subtle for the eye to detect (e.g. the change of a date on a page is not visible to the eye). Let our robots will adjust to optimally match a site's activity.
Can I serve ads with Thumbshots Images?
Yes, you are allowed to serve any advertisements in place of Thumbshots Images.
Who will host the Thumbshots Images?
We take care of everything. You do not need to add any machine or bandwidth. Thumbshots Images are pulled directly from our servers to your users.
How do I integrate Thumbshots Images?
Integrating Thumbshots Images into your site is easy and takes a few minutes. After signing up, you will receive a short instruction on how to integrate Thumbshots Images into your site. All you have to do is add a few lines of HTML code to your page. It's that simple!
What should I do when I get an error during sign up?
If you encounter any difficulties during the sign up process, please contact us.
What are the dimensions and sizes available?
Thumbshots Images currently supports thumbshots from 60W x 45H pixels to 480W x 360H pixels.
Will Thumbshots Images slow down my site?
The default thumbshot is only about 3kB in size and will download quickly even on 56kbps modems. In fact, Thumbshots Images are helpful for users running on slow modem because users see where they are going and do not waste their time clicking to undesirable sites.
Can I display Thumbshots Images on more than one site?
Yes, with the Premium plan, you can serve Thumbshots Images up to a 100 sites with one account provided that you own and operate these sites. However, you are not allowed to resell Thumbshots Images.
How do you measure a hit?
A valid Thumbshots Images request is defined as a hit. If your page has 10 Thumbshots Images, then you will be using 10 hits.