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Comment by ogreyonder | Hacker News Reader

This looks great! I love that there is no account required.

However, since I can use it without an account, why would I register? You may want to add some motivational copy to the registration page to tell me.

Also, these two statements from the "Free" section don't seem to match: * Original, full-size photos are stored for one month. * Full-sized photos can be downloaded for $0.99/album after one month.

Maybe the second one should be "for up to one month"?

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I'm not entirely sure that I care if you register. It might be beneficial, but I'm more concerned about you finding it useful and using it / sharing it with other people. If a lot of people use it anonymously I think it would be fine, although maybe that's naive...

The second line is meant to explain that after one month you can pay $0.99 and download all the full-size photos (before one month you can do that for free). Is that how you understood it?

If a lot of people are using it for free how do you pay for bandwidth?

What happens with the photos if you cannot afford to run the service?

The cost of storage is very low, so I'm hoping that between some reasonable advertising, pro accounts, and printing services the hosting bill can be covered even with a lot of free accounts. DropBox has done this successfully, so I think it is very possible. Over time the cost of storage will continue to drop as well, making the financial equation more effective...

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