Photobucket picture hosting changes

[kennyw]

It's already hitting the ferret. Photobucket is no longer going to allow 3rd party hosting without paying for the largest account at $400/year. Time to find another source for picture hosting on forums.

Quote:From Photobuckets Terms page -

Types of Accounts, Pricing and Limits

Visiting : There is no cost to visit the Site or to register as a Member.
Free account : Each individual Member gets one free account that provides 2 GB of free storage or space available for your original photo files, or videos under 10min. The free account does not allow any image linking or 3rd party image hosting. If a free account Member exceeds their Content Limit, their account will be immediately suspended and they will need to become a “Paying Member” (defined below) in order to continue accessing their account. You can upgrade to a Plus account at any time.
Ad-free Account : The Ad-free Account offers Members the ability to use the Site without seeing any third party banner advertisements when logged into your Ad-free Account (note, viewers of your images within Photobucket will see ads unless they, too, have Plus accounts and you will continue to see Photobucket offers and announcements). This account level is available for $2.49 / month, payable by the Member on a monthly recurring basis.
Plus Account : The Plus Account offers several paid options that may give the Paying Member more storage, bandwidth, 3rd party image hosting, image linking and/or other services as outlined below. Once and during such period of time in which you subscribe to and pay for a Plus Account, we will consider you a "Paying Member." Please note that all Plus Account subscriptions are billed annually at the commencement of the service. Photobucket may also offer a monthly billing option for its Plus Accounts (see terms and restrictions, below).
Available Plus Account Plans : Photobucket offers the following Plus Account Plans:
o Plus 50 Plan: 52 GB of Storage for $59.99 / Year. The Plus 50 Plan does not allow any image linking or 3rd party image hosting.

o Plus 100 Plan: 102 GB of Storage for $99.99 / Year. The Plus 100 Plan allows for unlimited image linking but does not allow 3rd party image hosting.

o Plus 500 Plan: 500 GB of Storage and unlimited bandwidth for $399.99 / Year. The Plus 500 Plan allows for unlimited image linking and unlimited 3rd party image hosting.

Additional Features of all Plus Accounts : When you upgrade to any Plus Account, you will also receive:
o Premium Support. You have direct access to our tech support team. Email our PLUS Support Team

o No Ads: When you're logged into your Plus account, you won't see any ads on Photobucket pages (note, viewers of your images within Photobucket will see ads unless they, too, have Plus Accounts and you will continue to see Photobucket offers and announcements).

Read more: http://photobucket.com/terms#ixzz4lW82r7zV

[curlyjoe]

I use [url=https://postimage.io/]postimage which is free so far.

[mattvoyle_imp]

Imgur has no limitations on how much you can upload and will be around far after photobucket goes dark. You can make an account and set up albums as well.

imgur.com

[Cormanus]

I've been using postimage for a while now.

[Randy B]

I can still see my images here. Can anyone else?

[Cormanus]

Yep. This from Photobucket.

[Lord Popgun]

I see it Randy, and Cormanus' too.

[Stichill_imp]

I used to use postimage but at one point the site got fouled up. What I liked about post image is the links to various hosted file sizes.

Then I switched to imgur. Nice thing about imgur is that it renames your files and strips EXIF metadata automatically. Downside is that I must resize offline before uploading.

[TwoBrothersBusa_imp]

I'm in for 24 dollars
every two years to host pics...no issue for me
Ive got pics from way back to share...

This is from the 2010 time frame [url=http://s126.photobucket.com/user/cwwskw/media/IMG_3771.jpg.html]

[the Ferret]

Got an email from them this morning I guess (electricity was off for 24 hours).... looks like Ferret will have to find and learn a new system. Drats. Until then...no more photos.