Photo Hosting Websites

camjam · Apr 10, 2013

I am thinking about switching from Photobucket to another photo sharing website. I need to upload photos for a small local paper and also parents and athletes to be able to view and download photos from events. I do not need and e commerce site as I am not selling photos.

Main issue or concern with Photobucket is reported difficulty downloading photos by parents and athletes. I tried Flickr a couple years ago and I am testing Nikon Image Space now. Every time I up load to Nikon Space half the files fail to load and it ends up taking three or four tries to get everything up loaded. I have a "pro" account with Photobucket, so I am not adverse to paying for the hosting service.

I am wondering what everyone else is using and your thoughts on the service.

Thank you in advance
Jim

slow231 · Apr 10, 2013

i use smugmug. easy upload, easy downloads, pretty fast, and it archives the full rez versions. my only complaint that the photo organization (moving/copying photos around between albums etc.) can be a bit of a pain. Other than that no real complaints. i only briefly shopped around when first looking, but they haven't really given me real reason to start looking again.

Pukka312 · Apr 11, 2013

I had used both zenfolio and then smugmug for a time, but definitely preferred zenfolio. Smugmug didn't even last a few months because I hated the web layout options, and it wasn't as simple to navigate as zenfolio in my opinion. PASS is a newer sharing site and if you go to their Facebook page, they were just offering free invites (the site is by invite only at present).

The_Traveler · Apr 11, 2013

Pukka312 said:
I had used both zenfolio and then smugmug for a time, but definitely preferred zenfolio. Smugmug didn't even last a few months because I hated the web layout options, and it wasn't as simple to navigate as zenfolio in my opinion. PASS is a newer sharing site and if you go to their Facebook page, they were just offering free invites (the site is by invite only at present).

me, too

Rosy · Apr 11, 2013

Zenfolio for me...very nice site

camjam · Apr 12, 2013

Thank you for responding. Zenofolio has a free trial going, so I am giving it a try. So far, everything works as advertised.

Kolia · Apr 18, 2013

I use Smugmug. Direct plug in in Lightroom, easy sharing and album management from LR.

It also supports HD video and can share them as a podcast. That's for family videos. Grand Pa and Grand Ma can get all that directly to their iDevices.

I'll checkout zenfolio.