Free Alternatives to PhotoPoint?

Will York

Will York

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Who has had good experience with other photo/scan/album sites still offering free service? Website/contact info?

Thanks--Will
 
Two words that are rarely used together are "free" and "service", and poor service isn't worth what you paid for it, even if it's free.

Plenty of folks have jumped from Photopoint, and everytime I receive one of their busted links to the new sites, I just chuckle. I wouldn't recommend that you use any of them. I'm sure that other sites will pop up, and that people will get better at using them, but for now, $10 for 1000 pictures is a drop in the bucket to get relatively consistent service.

On a related note, now that the bargain hunters have dropped off, Photopoint seems to really be much faster and more reliable.
 
The only problem is that they're not asking $10 for 1000 pictures. Here is the lastest advertisement:

PhotoPoint Membership Plus

You can enjoy the current PhotoPoint features such as secure photo albums, online photo sharing and PicCheers postcards, plus: Enjoy ad-free pages while you view your albums*. Choose "Fast PhotoPoint" - This new streamlined album design provides a faster and easier way to view and share your photos. Store up to 500 photos**. Take advantage of the Print at Home service to print high quality photos from your online albums. Save 5% on all your print orders. Enjoy express customer service. Learn valuable photo tips and tricks with the PhotoPointers™ Tutorial Series

The PhotoPoint Membership Plus costs $29.95 per year.

PhotoPoint Basic Membership

You can take advantage of the current features you enjoy and more:

Secure photo albums
Photo sharing
PicCheer postcards
Storage for up to 250 photos**

The PhotoPoint Basic Membership costs $19.95 per year.



[This message has been edited by GigOne (edited 05-28-2001).]
 
I have started moving some of my photos to www.zing.com .Seems to be ok. A bit clumsy to navigate until ya get the hang of it, but it works well after that.



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I think Brian is talking about the offer PhotoPoint made as an offer to people who signed up early, (1000 pics $10 a year). I've had a Zing account for some time, never used it, I'm sticking with PhotoPoint until I do my own website.

Maybe this will help some of you decide?
http://www.andromeda.com/people/ddyer/photo/albums.html

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[This message has been edited by PhilL (edited 05-28-2001).]
 
I think photopoint will still be free if you have ten images or less. so it will still be useful and free for a lot of people. I will still use it, as I only had a few pics there anyway.

if you have some really nice pics to share....consider paying for a website.

a domain name will cost ~$1 a month, hosting can be had for $5 a month. So for ~$6 you can have a personal domain name, an ad-free website, and personalized emails@yourdomainname.com.

if you can share/split the cost with a buddy, you're down to ~$3 a month each.

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I am EXTREMELY impressed with this photo-hosting website:

www.clubphoto.com

It has an excellent "photo drop" feature that makes uploading very easy and saves a lot of time.

Oh yeah, and there's none of those annoying banners on your pictures.
Trust me, this is a really great website.

[This message has been edited by Andrew Lynch (edited 05-28-2001).]
 
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