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I think the photo management space is like blog platforms. They die so rapidly, I don't want to invest the considerable time to try out a new startup. Dropbox
by cschmidt 13y ago
I think the photo management space is like blog platforms. They die so rapidly, I don't want to invest the considerable time to try out a new startup. Dropbox bought out Snapjoy and now Loom. Everpix is gone. I guess Picturelife is still around.
- Roedou 13y agoI'd just finished getting set up on Everpix & syncing everything I have when they announced it was going to close down. It's a shame - it was the most impressive option I'd seen so far. It's definitely makes me think twice about which service I use next.
- cschmidt 13y agoI've got a pretty big Aperture library, so it will take a long time to sync everything. Loom offered a Aperture import feature, so I was toying with trying them out. Now I don't know what to do.
- akumen 13y agoI just save everything to Amazon Glacier that's not the current year. Current year + library files are dumped into S3 ... rinse and repeat. For photos, I am using Adobe Lightroom and organize files into folders by year/month/day/subject during import. Edited GoPro videos go to YouTube etc and originals/edits straight to Glacier. This takes a bit of effort to set up but works great great.
- mikejarema 13y agoWould you be open to sharing numbers here? For example how much data you're storing on Glacier/S3, monthly data transfer and monthly costs to you?
- akumen 13y agoSure. I have roughly 600GB stored on Glacier and around 50 GB on S3 so far this year. I am yet to spend more than $10/month. Wait, you say, Google Drive is 9.99 for 1T! True, I say, but on AWS you only pay for what you use. So you will realize real saving once you push past your first 1T in cumulative storage.
- tptacek 13y agoPeople seem to have loved the Everpix offering, but the business reality behind it wasn't as attractive: http://research.ivanplenty.com/2014-economics-everpix-shutdown-decision http://research.ivanplenty.com/2014-economics-everpix-shutdo...
- hkphooey 13y agoNever used any of these services... because I had never heard of them until now. Honest truth.
- innonate 13y agoI'm sorry, but I think these startups just give other startups a bad name. I'm the CEO of Picturelife and I wouldn't dream of rolling over like this so easily. We have thousands of customers and just killing our service would be such an assault on their trust. All these services you mention are just taking the easy way out. There's a long road ahead for us and we'll going to keep making the product and experience better for people, no matter what.
- tnorthcutt 13y agoI recently became aware of Picturelife, and the Everpix shutdown prompts me to ask: is Picturelife profitable? Everpix looked really great, and I was very close to signing up, but then they shut down. I'm glad I didn't just to see them shut down. I know you say you wouldn't roll over so easily (which is great!) but it ultimately comes down to whether you have a viable business, which Everpix clearly did not. If I sign up for Picturelife, will it survive without outside investment or some miracle? Is it on a stable trajectory? Thanks for any insight you can provide. Your service looks great :)
- innonate 13y agoThanks and great question. Picturelife is not yet profitable but is headed in that direction. If all goes to plan, we can get to profitability by the end of the year. Nothing is a done deal, but that's the plan and I have a very, very high degree of confidence, based on current and history growth trends, that we can pull it off. Hope this helps!