We're writing to inform you that effective today, the price of Flickr Pro subscriptions has increased to:
1 month: $6.99, plus tax
3 month: $18.99, plus tax
1 year: $59.99, plus tax
2 year: $117.99, plus tax
To thank loyal Pro members for your continued support, we are offering all current Pros the opportunity to renew now at last year's price.
I opened up an Instagram account kind of anticipating that Flickr might go even more down the drain and added a third off-Line photo back up. I'll probably stick with Flickr at least another year but I don't like how this is trending price wise. Considering how much I post on Gribblenation (which is on Blogger) I've kind of found that to be a more effective way to share photos since the blog posts also contain the narrative I want.
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on January 21, 2020, 06:30:43 PM
I opened up an Instagram account kind of anticipating that Flickr might go even more down the drain and added a third off-Line photo back up. I'll probably stick with Flickr at least another year but I don't like how this is trending price wise. Considering how much I post on Gribblenation (which is on Blogger) I've kind of found that to be a more effective way to share photos since the blog posts also contain the narrative I want.
They offered me a break if I signed up for two more years, so I took it.
I'm still showing up as Pro, although I made sure to end my subscription rather than renew at the listed prices. I still don't know what's going to happen to my domain, so I'll be moving everything over to the Millennium Highway Facebook page. I have some older stuff already there, so it'll just be a matter of cross-checking what's been uploaded and what's not.
I have Pro through March 2021, but thought these price changes were already announced when Smug Mug took over from Yahoo.
Personally, Flickr is still less than what I pay to keep okroads.com and okhighways.com up and running. Although I haven't updated those websites in over 10 years, all my pictures from 2002-2006 are still on those sites and not on Flickr.
I ended up getting the same discount offer and renewed for another year.
They appear to have a hard time getting Flickr in the black. Apparently they lose money on it, despite their sizable paying user base.
I always wonder how imgur makes money. Anyone can upload photos without requiring a subscription or registration.
Quote from: Chris on January 25, 2020, 05:59:36 AM
They appear to have a hard time getting Flickr in the black. Apparently they lose money on it, despite their sizable paying user base.
I always wonder how imgur makes money. Anyone can upload photos without requiring a subscription or registration.
Probably selling image metadata for targeted ads... BIG Data = BIG Money! :awesomeface: :bigass: