Photobucket 3rd Party Photo Hosting!

[Edgemontvillage]

Until now I have been using Photobucket's free 3rd party hosting (photo linking) service. I just received notice that its now only available as a $400 per year subscription - wow. I prefer to use linking vs uploading photos to the site however I need another solution! Suggestions?

[L78M22Rag]

Ditto that for me. Every photo that I've ever posted has disappeared without warning. I appreciate that Photobucket has offered this service for free all this time, but I don't think it's right to wipe out all my "posted" photos thinking they're holding me ransom. Not a good way of getting new business.

[Lee Stewart]

Just trying to help . . .

Here is the website - it's free. You don't even have to create an account:

https://postimage.io/

Here are the choices you have for linking/posting a photo

https://s26.postimg.org/d5fpzcktl/screenshot_4752.png (https://postimg.org/image/e7pwhw3mt/)

This is what you will see if you use the HOTLINK FOR FORUMS (1280X1024)

https://s4.postimg.org/kdgjj2ksd/image.jpg (https://postimg.org/image/tl8rzrruh/)

[Over Anxious]

I've used Flickr for many years - Top notch, dependable and free :) Link in signature

[CC Rider]

I use Flickr and SmugMug.

[Xplantdad]

All of my photobucket photos are still there?

[Mr70]

I like Flickr too.

[Edgemontvillage]

All of my photobucket photos are still there?

Bruce, all my saved photos remain on the Photobucket site too however I have been using their free 3rd party hosting where I link "Direct" photos to forum(s). Rather than a displayed photo here is what I now get instead:

[Xplantdad]

testing....

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v645/xplantdad/ffoo2.jpg

[Xplantdad]

Hmmm...mine still works?

[427.060]

Test.
James

Mine still works

[PxTx]

I post plenty of pics and noticed my signature pic went away.

I may start using Google as they are pretty reliable. Where are some of these other 3rd party image host guys gonna be in 10 years? Sucks to lose the old threads and pics- but honestly i'm probably not willing to spend more than $20 a year to keep 'em- so the $400 ransom ain't getting paid.

Gotta wonder how they arrived at that number?

[L78M22Rag]

Got this email from Photobucket this morning...

WE NOTICED THAT YOU HAVE BEEN USING
PHOTOBUCKET FOR 3RD PARTY HOSTING*

TO RESTORE YOUR 3RD PARTY HOSTED IMAGES,
PLEASE UPGRADE TO A PLUS 500 PLAN.

Our Terms of Service does not allow 3rd party hosting with your current account level.
UPGRADE NOW

[Tommy]

photobucket not working for me. irritating.


Tommy

[PeteLeathersac]

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I've been running w/ Fotki for close to 10 years and it works fine also seems cheap enough?
I seldom use it also usually upload images here directly to the site as they seem to last waaay longer although aren't easily manipulated once uploaded now like they were before the recent update.
:beers:
~ Pete


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[SuperNovaSS]

Same thing happened to me. I can't imagine many people will caugh up $400 per year when there are lots of other options. Photobucket owns a few other hosting sites as well so be sure to avoid those when switching.

Jason

[PxTx]

I hate the fact our options are to shift to a new host AND the nearly 20 year old forum loses many of the pictures in a significant amount of it's useful threads.

The other option of paying $400 annually ain't gonna happen. I would considering paying something though.

[cook_dw]

I hate to say it but that is one of the reasons I began to uploading directly to sites. Got tired of pb over a year ago and started going this route. Only other option I see is to have your own website to link from.

[The Boss]

So many threads with historical data on them here & on so many other boards are now useless!

Thanks Photo Bucket!!! :mad:

[HawkX66]

I moved to Flickr last year. Too many issues with Photobucket. They're digging themselves a big hole with this kind of crap.

[RAIIIT/A]

TEST -

http://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w65/764spdta/IMG_0735_zps9ekyvhni.jpg (http://s173.photobucket.com/user/764spdta/media/IMG_0735_zps9ekyvhni.jpg.html)

[marxjunk]

imgur..brain dead simple...free...still working on sizing
http://i.imgur.com/hbI2rD8.jpg (http://imgur.com/hbI2rD8)
http://i.imgur.com/wfDM0WI.jpg?1 (http://imgur.com/wfDM0WI)

[Edgemontvillage]

From what I've been able to determine Photobucket is rolling out the 3rd Party Hosting policy in phases as some members report receiving notice from the company later than I did. I don't mind paying Photobucket a reasonable subscription fee for hosting my photos maybe in the range of $50 - $100 annually however $400 per year is neither economic, competitive nor reasonable. In the meantime hundreds of my photos and tens of thousands of others that were posted to this and other forums are potentially lost as most forums don't permit modifications to posts after a predetermined period of time.

[HawkX66]

imgur..brain dead simple...free...still working on sizing
http://i.imgur.com/hbI2rD8.jpg (http://imgur.com/hbI2rD8)
http://i.imgur.com/wfDM0WI.jpg?1 (http://imgur.com/wfDM0WI)
Blocked at many businesses. I can't see see the imgur pics from work.

[marxjunk]

well thats not good..thanks for letting me know

[CamarosRus]

I was just NOW able to Log onto PB and see my many albums......

WHY am I not having the trouble as others are ???

I have a paid account that I want to cancel.

[marxjunk]

its about hosting..all of my stuff is still there, just any links i have to them are blocked by PB on forums

[JRC99]

I like Imgur. You don't even need an account. It's great.

You just upload (don't even need to publish) and copy the image link.

[Woj]

I received the same message from Photobucket. I won't be paying that much for their services. They've really gone down the tubes in the last few years as far as speed and junk ads. I'll be happy to say good bye to them, but am disappointed that so many of the photos I have posted will not be able to be viewed in the future. All good things come to an end, this is no exception.

Phil W.

[Tommy]

eventually were all gonna miss our "Kodachrome"... when hard drives fail, thumbdrives get lost, websites crash and the "cloud" holds your stuff ransom, we'll all wish we could open that envelope full of glossy's and negatives.


Tommy

[Bill Pritchard]

Amen to that, Tommy.

[Edgemontvillage]

Update. I've been investigating alternatives to Photobucket and experimenting with a couple, here is a partial list that I've reviewed, both free and subscription based:

Amazon Prime, Cubeupload, Dropbox, Flickr, Fotki, Google Drive, Imageshack and there are several more.

The hosting service I am gravitating to is Flickr. Its owned by Yahoo, is a free service, easy to use and intuitive, allows you to size/resize and edit photos. No doubt there are other good choices however Flickr is turning out to be a good alternative for me:

Flickr hosted/linked photo:
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4286/35869679256_f408d8625f_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/WDFtXN)[/url] [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/156633854@N02/] (https://flic.kr/p/WDFtXN)

[CC Rider]

I use Flickr for my non-car photos. They even host RAW images. Been happy so far.

[big gear head]

I went through this several years ago with Webshots. I had many pictures of rear end parts that I used to help people figure out what parts they had, what the gear pattern should look like, what broken parts look like and other things. I had pictures linked to thousands of posts, but now none of those pictures are there. Webshots was free, but then they got greedy and started charging for their services. I wasn't going to pay for it, so now all of my links are blank.

[Edgemontvillage]

Thanks for your posting, the days of free image hosting may be short lived. According to Photobucket's press release, advertising revenues are no longer sufficient to support the cost of their free hosting infrastructure and service. This realty may find its way through to the other image hosting providers who rely on advertising alone. I was quite willing to pay a fee for reliable, robust and secure image hosting, maybe in the range of $50-$100/year however when Photobucket changed their terms from free to unlimited image hosting and storage to a $400/year subscription (and nothing in-between), it became uneconomic.

[SuperNovaSS]

I can't imagine who is stepping up for the $400 a year subscription. Especially when it was a sneak attack with no notice. What do people use photo hosting for if its not "3rd party" hosting?


Jason

[Edgemontvillage]

Hmmm...mine still works?

Hey Bruce, looks like some of your photos got blocked by the new Photobucket policy. It appears the company is rolling out the changes to subscribers over time.

http://www.yenko.net/forum/showthread.php?t=115911&highlight=1967+corvette
Post#4

[Xplantdad]

It figures....LOL




Lots of pics gone....Though I have every one backed up on CD :)

[CamarosRus]

What would it take for THIS site's software or server to be able to accept pics
directly from a member's PC with no 3rd party hosting...........

This is what nastyz28 now has and its so very easy to insert pics along with your text.

[SuperNovaSS]

That is already in place via the onsite attachment function.

Jason

[CamarosRus]

Thank You Jason......I will have to try that soon !!!

So if people can post directly from their computer files directly, why all the
continued concern about 3rd party hosting sites ???

[njsteve]

So if people can post directly from their computer files directly, why all the
continued concern about 3rd party hosting sites ???

Because of all the historic threads that can't be edited to reload replacement photos. If someone could figure out a way to allow editing those, it would solve the problem. My old Firebird threads here are all useless now.

[PeteLeathersac]

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All appears like one of the few good features of the new system is you can go back & edit historic threads not editable w/ the old system?:hmmm:
Pick a really old one and try it!
:beers:
~ Pete


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[SuperNovaSS]

Steve,

Would reposting the photos to your old threads take a very long time? You are talking about 100s of posts.

Jason

[njsteve]

Thousands actually...

[L78M22Rag]

It would almost be worth paying Photobucket a one time fee to reinstate those third party photos, EXCEPT their fee is a yearly subscription to keep those photos reinstated! Typical bait and switch technique.

I wouldn't pay Photobucket a dime!

[PeteLeathersac]

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Saw this Photobucket Victims Wanted note below when I logged onto my Fotki photo host site today.
The last line just above the free trial button reads like they may be able to transfer someone's whole Bucket into a new Fotki account at once?
Sounds too good to be true but you guys w/ multi pics you don't want to lose but too many to go through and individually load to a new host should perhaps look into this...before the 2'nd shoe drops and you lose access your Photo#ucket accounts?:hmmm:
Fotki's awesome and I've been running w/ them for almost 10 years, I think the plan I have is one better than basic to get the gigs up and costs something like $50 a year?
:beers:
~ Pete


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Fotki link...
https://signup.fotki.com


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[m22mike]

That would be interesting to know if someone has success doing this ?
I personally quit using Photo%$it :bs: long ago, to many adds to load. I have been making TN's @ easy thumbnails when I have a bunch to post, or paint when it is 1 or 2 here and there. Paint is easy but make a copy first B4 you resize and save.

Mike

[The Boss]

Not all press is good press...

https://www.forbes.com/sites/emmawoollacott/2017/07/05/why-amazon-and-etsy-are-looking-such-a-mess/#491966564a38

[Edgemontvillage]

Not all press is good press...

https://www.forbes.com/sites/emmawoollacott/2017/07/05/why-amazon-and-etsy-are-looking-such-a-mess/#491966564a38

Excellent article, thanks for posting, the outpouring of feedback by the many Photobucket Users who, like many of us, had their forum photos wiped out may cause the company to rethink their fee for service decision or at least offer Users affordable, economic alternatives to continue. As the author states: " The chances are that the company will back down over the next few days,...". We'll see.

[m22mike]

Along with WalMart I still will not use them, to painfull...:tongue:

[The Boss]

Excellent article, thanks for posting, the outpouring of feedback by the many Photobucket Users who, like many of us, had their forum photos wiped out may cause the company to rethink their fee for service decision or at least offer Users affordable, economic alternatives to continue. As the author states: " The chances are that the company will back down over the next few days,...". We'll see.

Only slightly different than the EpiPen controversy - Corporation decides they have a hostage audience and can charge whatever they want for their product. Difference here is the customers have decided they can live without Photobucket and are leaving by the thousands, regardless of the carnage it has caused on boards like this.

[earntaz]

Greed has destroyed many a company -- Photobucket is probably next ... TAZ

[Tommy]

Still aggravating me they did this. Just sayin.....


Tommy

[Edgemontvillage]

Seems Photobucket is finally responding with a "limited time offer" (7 days) that includes 3rd Party hosting and a storage allowance for $99/annually. I think this concession offer is expensive (under $50 annually would be a more reasonable price point) however its far less than the $399/ annually they have been demanding until now. Here is a copy of the offer:

We would like to offer a tailored plan for users just like you - our Premium plan for $99.99 / year.

The Premium plan will provide 3rd party hosting for non-commercial use on your forums, blogs, and personal websites*. Additionally, you will be able to store up to 300,000 photos.

We are working on some exciting changes for 2018. This is our exclusive introductory price and this offer will expire in 7 days.

[marxjunk]

too much still...theres ways to create a profit stream without hostage tactics...

[Woj]

Seems Photobucket is finally responding with a "limited time offer" (7 days) that includes 3rd Party hosting and a storage allowance for $99/annually. I think this concession offer is expensive (under $50 annually would be a more reasonable price point) however its far less than the $399/ annually they have been demanding until now. Here is a copy of the offer:

We would like to offer a tailored plan for users just like you - our Premium plan for $99.99 / year.

The Premium plan will provide 3rd party hosting for non-commercial use on your forums, blogs, and personal websites*. Additionally, you will be able to store up to 300,000 photos.

We are working on some exciting changes for 2018. This is our exclusive introductory price and this offer will expire in 7 days.


They are getting closer, but $99/year.... still too much. I wonder how many people jumped on the $399/year deal. Maybe if you own a business, but even then, I still think they were overpriced when other hosting sites are still free.

[HawkX66]

I can't believe you guys are considering paying them a dime after what they did.

[6pakdave]

Found this online, havnt tried it as yet....

Seems there is a workaround for Photobucket's third party hosting ban.

If you edit your old posts and add ~original to the end of the image file name it should display property. So if you image tag looks something like this

my_image_file_name.jpg[/IMG]

change it to

my_image_file_name.jpg~original[/IMG]

I have no idea how long this will continue to work.

[m22mike]

I can't believe you guys are considering paying them a dime after what they did.

Yep, works for me.