Flicker alternative: I see Flicker is raising their rates for the pro membership. It is approaching the cost where it might be worthwhile moving to a different platform. Any thoughts...

Dngallagher Loc: Wilmington De.

I see Flicker is raising their rates for the pro membership. It is approaching the cost where it might be worthwhile moving to a different platform.

Any thoughts on an alternative to Flicker for pro type membership with unlimited upload capability.

Two that come to mind immediately are 500px and Smugmug, but I am sure there are others out there in use now.

CHG_CANON Loc: the Windy City

I've been on 500px longer than Flickr. It's a different community. But relative to site capability / functionality and member involvement, Flickr is far superior.

mwsilvers Loc: Central New Jersey

Dngallagher wrote:

I see Flicker is raising their rates for the pro membership. It is approaching the cost where it might be worthwhile moving to a different platform.

Any thoughts on an alternative to Flicker for pro type membership with unlimited upload capability.

Two that come to mind immediately are 500px and Smugmug, but I am sure there are others out there in use now.

For what its worth I just renewed Pro for two additional years at the old price after having been encouraged to renew prior to the price increase.

RichardTaylor Loc: Sydney, Australia

mwsilvers wrote:

For what its worth I just renewed Pro for two additional years at the old price after having been encouraged to renew prior to the price increase.

So did I.

Gene51 Loc: Yonkers, NY, now in LSD (LowerSlowerDelaware)

Dngallagher wrote:

I see Flicker is raising their rates for the pro membership. It is approaching the cost where it might be worthwhile moving to a different platform.

Any thoughts on an alternative to Flicker for pro type membership with unlimited upload capability.

Two that come to mind immediately are 500px and Smugmug, but I am sure there are others out there in use now.

Smugmug will be rolling Flickr into Smugmug eventually.

mwsilvers Loc: Central New Jersey

Gene51 wrote:

Smugmug will be rolling Flickr into Smugmug eventually.

Perhaps. I don't think it will happen for a while though.

bbrown5154 Loc: Baltimore, MD

Dngallagher wrote:

I see Flicker is raising their rates for the pro membership. It is approaching the cost where it might be worthwhile moving to a different platform.

Any thoughts on an alternative to Flicker for pro type membership with unlimited upload capability.

Two that come to mind immediately are 500px and Smugmug, but I am sure there are others out there in use now.

Smughug bought Flicker a while ago. I got a notice around Christmas from Flicker asking for money help. My guess is that eventually they will merge into 1.

John Kwas Loc: Eagle Bridge, NY

Dngallagher wrote:

I see Flicker is raising their rates for the pro membership. It is approaching the cost where it might be worthwhile moving to a different platform.

Any thoughts on an alternative to Flicker for pro type membership with unlimited upload capability.

Two that come to mind immediately are 500px and Smugmug, but I am sure there are others out there in use now.

I just became a PRO member on Flickr and was disappointed to see the price increase as well. I will probably lock in for an additional year. I was wondering if any of the Nikon shooters out there use Nikon Image Space or Nikon images as an alternative? If so, how do you like it?

traderjohn Loc: New York City

Dngallagher wrote:

I see Flicker is raising their rates for the pro membership. It is approaching the cost where it might be worthwhile moving to a different platform.

Any thoughts on an alternative to Flicker for pro type membership with unlimited upload capability.

Two that come to mind immediately are 500px and Smugmug, but I am sure there are others out there in use now.

What is the new vs old charge?

Dngallagher Loc: Wilmington De.

traderjohn wrote:

What is the new vs old charge?

59 a year vs 49...when I originally joined I was at 24.00 per year until just last year after Smugbug bought Flicker.

Screamin Scott Loc: Marshfield Wi, Baltimore Md, now Dallas Ga

Dngallagher wrote:

59 a year vs 49...when I originally joined I was at 24.00 per year until just last year after Smugbug bought Flicker.

Same here... I'm on the fence about extending my Pro subscription with the over 100% price increase since I joined. I have been with Flickr since 2005.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

When Flickr lost my account, I switched to Google Photos.

Dngallagher Loc: Wilmington De.

jerryc41 wrote:

When Flickr lost my account, I switched to Google Photos.

Isn’t Google Photos limited to images of 16 mp and less?

CaptainBobBrown

Smug Mug. Unlimited. better software. Set your own URL (still hosted on Smug Mug). Really easy to use and upload to. See CaptainBobPhotos.com for an example.

CaptainBobBrown

Smug Mug. Unlimited. better software. Set your own URL (still hosted on Smug Mug). Really easy to use and upload to. See CaptainBobPhotos.com for an example.