So I've been using Rapidshare for the last 12 months to insert an Upload2Me upload button into one of my sites so customers can send me files.
It was absolutely fantastic, it inserted a lovely flash button like this into the page:
Which when clicked on opened the users file browser, they then select the file and are presented with a few fields to enter their name, email and a message
There's then a nice upload status bar
And finally a confirmation of successful upload
This was great because it meant customers could upload files hundreds of megs in size to me quickly and easily direct through their browser, which would then send me an email notification with a download link which I could download instantly at a speed that maxed out my net connection. Perfect.
That is until Rapidshare decided to revoke the service due to them changing their policy to require people to be registered to upload aswell apparently. Fair enough, apart from the fact that the never even notified me that it was being stopped. The flash app still loaded on my page and it wasn't until I had a customer come to pick up prints that were never uploaded....que extremely irate customer who very nearly missed a deadline and and an extremely irate me at Rapidshare. Tossers.
Anyway, moving on from that I would really like to get a replacement service because it really was a fantastic product and service and it became integral to the way my business runs. Instant email delivery of the download link is essential though due to the very tight time constraints often used for printing last minute.
I also use dropbox for people who can't for any reason upload directly through the browser or have issues for any other reason and still offer it here, however some people don't want to faff around installing things on their computer.
Can anyone recommend something similar to upload2me so I can check it out?
Cheers.
It was absolutely fantastic, it inserted a lovely flash button like this into the page:
Which when clicked on opened the users file browser, they then select the file and are presented with a few fields to enter their name, email and a message
There's then a nice upload status bar
And finally a confirmation of successful upload
This was great because it meant customers could upload files hundreds of megs in size to me quickly and easily direct through their browser, which would then send me an email notification with a download link which I could download instantly at a speed that maxed out my net connection. Perfect.
That is until Rapidshare decided to revoke the service due to them changing their policy to require people to be registered to upload aswell apparently. Fair enough, apart from the fact that the never even notified me that it was being stopped. The flash app still loaded on my page and it wasn't until I had a customer come to pick up prints that were never uploaded....que extremely irate customer who very nearly missed a deadline and and an extremely irate me at Rapidshare. Tossers.
Anyway, moving on from that I would really like to get a replacement service because it really was a fantastic product and service and it became integral to the way my business runs. Instant email delivery of the download link is essential though due to the very tight time constraints often used for printing last minute.
I also use dropbox for people who can't for any reason upload directly through the browser or have issues for any other reason and still offer it here, however some people don't want to faff around installing things on their computer.
Can anyone recommend something similar to upload2me so I can check it out?
Cheers.
