I'm doubting my ability to keep my pic hosting site going.

[notfred]

I've now got 767mb used of 800mb available. It's the 10th of the month and I've used over 12gb of my available 15gb bandwidth. 527 users have signed up on the site. I'm going to have to restrict direct linking to files and disable registering new accounts. Either I'm going to have to start charging to use the site, get some sponsors, or take it down cause I just cant afford to pay for 30-40gb/month of traffic.

I don't know if any of this is really useful, but jsut FYI. There's a lot of people out there using my site, and I'd like to keep you guys informed as to the status of the site.

 

[thawolfman]

Damn I didn't realize that it used THAT MUCH bandwidth! :Q

Have you gotten any donations yet?

 

[LordMaul]

I think you should all pool resources with the pics.bbzzdd.com guys.

 

[aphex]

i dont remember if it was you i talked to... but have you looked into a dathorn.com account?

 

[Hayabusa Rider]

Put up a PayPal button. Couldnt hurt to give people a chance to volunteer

 

[notfred]

Originally posted by: thawolfman
Damn I didn't realize that it used THAT MUCH bandwidth! :Q
Have you gotten any donations yet?

A few. Thanks to the few people who have donated

i dont remember if it was you i talked to... but have you looked into a dathorn.com account?

Yeah, but I can't get one, they're always sold out.

Put up a PayPal button. Couldnt hurt to give people a chance to volunteer

I did, it seems that most people don't like volunteering.

 

[Zim Hosein]

notfred, are your accounts all AT users, or can anyone join?

 

[gopunk]

if i were you i would just cut off new registrations... that's just me though

 

[jw791]

Trying not to sound critical - but if you are offfering free picture hosting, how can you expect to not hit bandwidth limits?

Most of the free pic hosting sites have shut it down.

 

[amdskip]

What kinds of files are doing the most bandwith useage? Limit picture size and type or something.

 

[SarcasticDwarf]

I just deleted 600KB. I don't need to use it much now that I have 1gb/month traffic ($5) for my domain($8).

 

[mAdD INDIAN]

if u want, you can delete my stuff..i only have 3 or 4 pics..and i don't really need them anymore..so feel free to delete my account if you need the space man.

the user name is madd indian.

 

[rudeguy]

notfred...tell me what you need friend...I will help

 

[notfred]

Originally posted by: Zim Hosein
notfred, are your accounts all AT users, or can anyone join?

ANyone can join, but the majority of users are from AT.

 

[chiwawa626]

Why dont you start erasing pictures starting from the oldest ones, or put a time limit on pictures since usualy people only use it as a temp gallery to show people right?

 

[Zim Hosein]

Originally posted by: notfred

Originally posted by: Zim Hosein
notfred, are your accounts all AT users, or can anyone join?

ANyone can join, but the majority of users are from AT.

Well, if you mainly frequent AT, why not make it AT member's only? Not excluding any friends & family you want accounts given to.

BTW, I'm going to have to find the tracking number of the letter I sent you w/ my donation enclosed; hopefully other users will do the same

 

[Smolek]

Maybe change it back to a picture only hosting site?

 

[Soybomb]

I don't know how you're setup but you might look at the file size. Alot of people have no clue and will up load huge images. I'd setup like a 150k max size per image, and delete all accounts that haven't had a login within say the last 45 days.