If you have problems with Photobucket

I saw something on the interweb the other day about Photobucket charging for 3rd party hosting! I then saw this on the MoneySavingExpert (MSE) Forum:


"[i]Photobucket no longer allowing 3rd party hosting of images for free 29th Jun 17 at 7:18 AM



Hi All,

Had an email from Photobucket this morning basically saying they want $399.99 a year to reinstate 3rd party hosting (what I use to display the images in the Comping Guide).

I've been onto their website this morning and they updated their TOS 28 June 2017 so I guess this new restriction is as a result of updated terms.

I'll be looking for another solution this weekend - as Photobucket isn't a possibility if they want to charge!

What other sites do people use for 3rd party hosting of images? (So I can upload an image and then post it onto a website etc)?"

It looks like we might have to find another place to host images....

B

Hi Cerwyn,

I've noticed that a lot of images are missing and have the "Third Party Hosting" Warning from Photobucket

I've recently acquired a Marushin MP40 and the info on this site is invaluable with regard to the maintenance and upkeep of said Modelgun! Losing the pictures associated with the threads would be horrendous...



Browning

OK so sorry to be dumb but does this mean we cannot link a photo to here from photobucket now, if thats the case whats the point of photobucket?
not had an Email from them to say that! to be honest photobucket is not that great anyway, always get a problem with play back or uploading, but its convenient. if this is the case then i will move everything off and close my account.
They are about to lose a lot of cash i think

As i said they are about to lose a lot of custom and income then. looks like its going to be a busy weekend taking everything off.

An unfortunate and time consuming pain
Are you moving to serving ?

Cerwyn

I have used YouTube a couple of times and I have worked great for video so it's for sure an option

Ok, my photobucket is still working at the moment and from what i can make out i am safe until dec 2018, thats because i pay a yearly fee (very small about £20 a year).
I have updated the link to the P8 vid and the caw M1A1 so if people could check those direct links and let me know they work or not. Not sure i will upload any more to photobucket but if i need to i can for the time being.

claymore wrote:

Ok, my photobucket is still working at the moment and from what i can make out i am safe until dec 2018, thats because i pay a yearly fee (very small about £20 a year).
I have updated the link to the P8 vid and the caw M1A1 so if people could check those direct links and let me know they work or not. Not sure i will upload any more to photobucket but if i need to i can for the time being.

Hi Clay'

Your P8 video won't play for me I'm sorry to say although the photo seems ok.
Where's your CAW M1A1 post please mate?

Damn, the link worked for me last night when i changed it, have to have another look. As for the CAW M1A1 it seems to of disappeared something else i will need to check on.

My email from Photobucket states that "All your photos are still available by logging into your Photobucket Account. Photobucket has only restricted the ability to view your photos on 3rd party sites." So from what I can gather is that they will remain on Photobucket, but can not be seen on other websites and forums.

There is no mention what amount of money needs to be paid to be able to share the photos elsewhere, or if it's a one off fee or needs to be paid annually.

If the payment is reasonable, a suggestion might be to go with that. That way there wouldn't be any need to save all the existing photos and repost with another photo hosting site.
Maybe do a fundraiser to cover the costs.

if you look at packages it shows you what you can have and to have 3rd party is £399 a year, stupid money. i do pay a yearly fee about £20 gives me 20gb and according to photocucket because i subscribe i can still have 3rd party on that account till 2018, but so far the links dont work, so i think they are lying. Anyway not paying £399 a year, looks like youtube will be getting some uploads.

Well, all of my photo's vanished between 12 noon and 4.30 today. We're all doomed!

I can't not find a way to register at servimg - has anyone a clue how this could be done?

Sorry, does not work for me. Seems like yo just can't register, only log in.

I've registered with these guys

https://imgur.com/

Thanks, mate. I will give it a try.

I have been so disappointed about the Photobucket changes and on top far too busy to get my posts updated.
I have a kind son that helped download all my pictures from Photobucket

My plan is to have a go at updating posts I a few weeks time
Yesterday I was in checking the forum and to my surprise I found my posts with pictures in ??

Have Photobucket come to their senses and dropped the stupid fee ?

To my knowledge their prices are still stupidly high