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Why You Want to Pay for an Online Album…
There are services that will host your photos and videos for free. But have you ever asked yourself why they are free? They have ulterior motives to offer you hosting. They offer online albums so that they can sell prints to your friends and family or they use your personal albums as a billboard for advertising. And, they make no promises about how long they will keep your photos and videos available. Here is a summary of the differences between Phanfare and free sharing offered by online print labs and free sharing sites.
| Feature | Phanfare | Online Print Labs | Free Sharing Sites |
| Advertising on web albums | No ads | Ads from partners and cross promotions | As many as they can sell |
| Branding on web albums | Removable watermark |
Heavily branded to sell more prints to friends | Branded for viral marketing |
| Stores full-size images | Yes | Yes | No |
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Size of web photos |
700 pixels in longest dimension | Typically 500 pixels | Varies, typically < 500 |
| Permits downloading of
full-size images |
Yes | No | No |
| Provides destination URL
for viewing |
Yes | No | Sometimes |
| Can embed images and videos in external forums, blogs and auctions | Yes | No | If yes, clicks-through to their portal |
| Support for movie clips MPEG, AVI, MOV, WMV | Yes | No | No |
| Allows use of your own domain for web albums | Yes | No | No |
| No marketing email and spam | No solicitation of your friends or family | Email offers for prints constantly | Marketing email essential to their survival |
| Albums stay up if
you buy no prints |
Yes | Maybe | In good advertising markets |
| Background uploading of photos while you work | Yes | No | No |
| Customer Support | Real people, 1 Hour Response Time |
Good on printing side | Non-existent |
