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Post by Deleted on Mar 10, 2011 19:02:53 GMT
None of the Fotopic sites I have bookmarked have worked for two days now. Oh dear, having survived one near terminal business collapse, it looks like it's going the same way again. The buy prints function has been removed for months now, surely the best source of revenue they had.
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Post by barrycygnetbus on Mar 10, 2011 19:17:22 GMT
I think the problem is, if they do come back on, then who is going to bother with them, as my friends says, he has already changed to a new host, so they are losing business like mad.
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Post by metromadman on Mar 10, 2011 20:04:50 GMT
The Buy Print revenue belonged to, and controlled by the fotopic user, they might have earned a little from it, but most went to the user.
I know I am considering taking my collections elsewhere, been pricing up flickr and it is a lot better value for money, and doesn't seem to have problems like fotopic.
As mentioned, this is the second time something like this has happened, so it is likely it could re-open, as nothing official has been released to the public as of yet, or not that I've seen.
Thanks.
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Post by maltaboy on Mar 10, 2011 20:08:18 GMT
None of the Fotopic sites I have bookmarked have worked for two days now. Oh dear, having survived one near terminal business collapse, it looks like it's going the same way again. The buy prints function has been removed for months now, surely the best source of revenue they had. Nor have they paid out for months either. I have been waiting for monies owed to me since August last year!!! |
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Post by maltaboy on Mar 10, 2011 20:09:01 GMT
I think the problem is, if they do come back on, then who is going to bother with them, as my friends says, he has already changed to a new host, so they are losing business like mad. Me, I am going to bother. I have/had 30,000+ photos uploaded with them not that easy to load elsewhere. |
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Post by barrycygnetbus on Mar 10, 2011 20:13:43 GMT
Yes, my friend has 50,000+ uploaded with them, but as he said they are backed up 3 times, so he is just uploading to a new host. As he said this happen 2 years ago and as he has pointed out, he his losing money while it is off line.
I am glad i only put mine on Photobucket, but saying that, i never sell any of my photo, i just give a copy away to anyone who wants one, it is just a hobby to me.
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Post by maltaboy on Mar 10, 2011 20:29:49 GMT
Yes, my friend has 50,000+ uploaded with them, but as he said they are backed up 3 times, so he is just uploading to a new host. As he said this happen 2 years ago and as he has pointed out, he his losing money while it is off line. I am glad i only put mine on Photobucket, but saying that, i never sell any of my photo, i just give a copy away to anyone who wants one, it is just a hobby to me. I only use fotopic to host the photos to upload them to another site would take years..just the same for your friend. |
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Post by bigstan on Mar 10, 2011 20:52:09 GMT
I was thinking about getting a fotopic account a few weeks ago but instead I decided on flickr. Flickr is very good and easy to use and i'm glad i didnt get a fotopic after this.
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Post by mainline on Mar 11, 2011 12:45:47 GMT
If you have access to your own server etc, you can use an application that is similar to Fotopic, just that you will need to set everything up yourself and make sure you have enough space etc to host your photos.
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Post by mayneway on Mar 11, 2011 16:52:08 GMT
None of the Fotopic sites I have bookmarked have worked for two days now. Oh dear, having survived one near terminal business collapse, it looks like it's going the same way again. The buy prints function has been removed for months now, surely the best source of revenue they had. Nor have they paid out for months either. I have been waiting for monies owed to me since August last year!!! I have heard similar stories. Apparently the 'buy prints' button was disabled as there was such a back log or orders and that Leeds trading standards was investigating several complaints, i stress these are rumours but it may be worth you contacting trading standards if you are owed money, becase the chances are the poor people who bought copies of your images are also still waiting. |
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Post by transit on Mar 11, 2011 19:13:45 GMT
The earlier comment placed on en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fotopic.net that read: "As of March 2011 it looks like Fotopic has ceased operating with the site down, the e-mail not working and even the parent groups sites unavailable. There has been no official comment from the company & it is likely there never will be."...... has now been replaced by "As of March 2011, the servers are currently down and the future of Fotopic is unclear". Read into that what you will! |
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Post by manorak on Mar 11, 2011 19:29:09 GMT
have i lost all my stuff on fotopic?  |
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Post by barrycygnetbus on Mar 11, 2011 19:32:19 GMT
If you have not them up yourself, it seem the answer to that is Yes. I have been telling all my members to make sure they back everything up, but for some , like yourself, the simple answer is yes.
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Post by manorak on Mar 11, 2011 19:34:11 GMT
damn it. i had no idea this was going to happen. if the servers work again ill get all my things off
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Post by metromadman on Mar 11, 2011 19:34:57 GMT
I don't think anyone knew it was going to happen!
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