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Everpix is Shutting Down

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Re: Everpix is Shutting Down

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Post by alok-g »

uptown wrote: post #8

I've never used Everpix ... though I considered signing up a while back due to the critical acclaim they seemed to have achieved. But I've given up hosting my photos with paid services. The best alternative I've found is Koken. It is free software you host yourself, and provides great interface to manage, publish, and share your photos. Additionally, they have plugins from Lightroom to publish directly from your desk…

I cannot believe this is free! The website puts this right too: "Free download. Seriously."

Only thing I cannot figure from their website is how to upload pictures and albums in bulk. Does someone know if this is possible?

Re: Everpix is Shutting Down

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Post by hobs »

While it isnt photo specific, backblaze is an awesome way to backup everything, and have a simple and quick interface for restoring your data. You can even buy hard drives with all your data on it from them, pretty cool.

Re: Everpix is Shutting Down

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Post by vojant »

I think we have deeper issue here: Users expect services to be cheap (because it's internet) and founders give them it using investors money. After they use all money they just shut down. Everpix is only another example.

Re: Everpix is Shutting Down

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Post by ukd1 »

armandososa wrote: post #41

I'm a little ashamed to say that this is the first time the shutting down of a service almost brings me to tears. A couple months ago, burglars entered my house and stoled --among other valuable stuff-- our laptops (wife's and mine) our cameras and with them a lot of pictures from our first year married. While I was able to recover some from iCloud and Dropbox and instagram, my wife was crying hopelessly for the lost…

Checkout Loom - https://loom.com

Re: Everpix is Shutting Down

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Post by uptown »

alok-g wrote: post #71
uptown wrote: post #8

I've never used Everpix ... though I considered signing up a while back due to the critical acclaim they seemed to have achieved. But I've given up hosting my photos with paid services. The best alternative I've found is Koken. It is free software you host yourself, and provides great interface to manage, publish, and share your photos. Additionally, they have plugins from Lightroom to publish directly from your desk…

I cannot believe this is free! The website puts this right too: "Free download. Seriously." Only thing I cannot figure from their website is how to upload pictures and albums in bulk. Does someone know if this is possible?

The interface provides a drag-and-drop way to upload images, or if you're a Lightroom user - you can publish with the plugin directly from Lightroom.

Re: Everpix is Shutting Down

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Post by gobbluth »

sameer_sundresh wrote: post #24
citricsquid wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If you look at the figures in this verge article it looks like the S3 costs were almost immaterial. http://www.theverge.com/2013/11/5/5039216/everpix-life-and-d...

That's right. AWS infrastructures costs were already being covered by subscription income. We also had prototypes ready to flesh out to reduce per-user costs as we scale up, but were not at that point yet.

If the only problem was scale... how is it even possible that a VC didn't invest? You had a proven product, fanatically loyal customers (including myself), and unbelievable growth potential. Everpix is a textbook case for venture capital.

Even more amazing to me is why someone like Apple didn't purchase Everpix. They're in desperate need of competent web services, and god knows they have the cash. Of all possible futures for Everpix, I could never have seen outright shuttering as a possibility.

Re: Everpix is Shutting Down

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Post by thomaspun »

I never use their service but I have been following them. It's sad to see them go as I think they have a good product.

From the comments, there seems to be a consensus on not charging enough. It'd be interesting to hear from the team why they didn't try charging more or even going thru the crowd funding route.

Re: Everpix is Shutting Down

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Post by acomjean »

toomuchtodo wrote: post #9
hospadam wrote: post #5

Everpix was one of the best $5/month I spent. I would have been willing to spend far more for their services. I wish they would have tried to bump the price up to save the service. Having one place for all my photos made me exceptionally happy. Even my wife absolutely loved Everpix. I guess I need to find an alternative... what are they?

https://www.dropbox.com/features/photos https://trovebox.com/ https://loom.com/ http://www.smugmug.com/ and of course, http://www.flickr.com/

For what its worth Flickr gives you 1 TB for free now. Thats what I'm using.

I have friends that are happy with the smugmug app that uploads to a private album..

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