Would you pay for online photo storage?
There's a lot of buzz circulating on the Internet right now about Kodak Gallery's decision to start charging for online photo storage on their web site. Personally, I don't see what the big deal is.
First of all, Kodak Gallery is in business to sell digital prints and other photo-related products. Not to host everyone's digital pictures for free. And second, the dollar amount they are charging for storage is fair and reasonable.
One or two orders per year and you're covered
If you keep under 2 GB of digital photos (common for most noobies) on the Kodak Gallery web site, you need to spend only $4.99 once every 12 months to prevent your digital photos from being deleted. That boils down to probably one digital print order per year.
If you want unlimited storage (over 2 GB), you need to spend $19.99 once every 12 months.
Every year, I create a photo calendar using Kodak Gallery on behalf of my kids for my wife on Mother's Day. The calendar usually costs right around $25. So the way I see it, as long as I keep ordering this calendar one time every 365 days, I will continue to receiving unlimited photo storage on the Kodak Gallery web site.
Plenty of free, alternative solutions
And if $20/year is still too rich for your blood, there are still dozens of free photo storage and sharing sites on the Internet. Just check out Flickr, Photobucket or Picasa Web Albums.
2 comments for this blog post so far...
April 24, 2009 at 11:59 am
Joe
No, I wouldn’t pay because too many other sites offer it for free. I’m all for making money though so I hope people who want it are willing to pay.
April 24, 2009 at 12:09 pm
Patric Welch
@Joe: I wouldn’t really want to pay for raw photo storage either but I have no problem with a place like Kodak Gallery charging money or asking you to place an order or two a year since they are far more than just a photo storage site.
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