Dear Edward Olive,

We're writing to inform you that from today, Picfair�s FTP service will only be available to Picfair Plus subscribers.

We are sorry for any inconvenience this may cause. Maintaining Picfair�s FTP service requires considerable technical resource and cost, and we have taken the decision that we can no longer offer the service for free.

You are of course welcome to continue uploading through Picfair�s web uploader.

Regards,
Team Picfair



I thought Picfair's whole principle was trying to be fair to contributors. That's why you are called Picfair from picture and fair.

I know of no other stock agency that tries to charge contributors money just to use an ftp upload.

It sounds like a really bad way to develop contributor trust.

You will have seen how shutterstock shot themselves in the foot this month ruining their online reputation by doing what they did to contributors.

I have never had to pay just to be in an agency. Surely you can make enough money out of commissions without trying to charge me fees too?

How much does it actually cost you for me to upload to an ftp instead of an online web server

You can get file zilla for free. It works fine. I use it every day.

Very disappointing behaviour by you.

And this comes after you tried to make me invest in your company last year by giving you money too.

You are lucky I have never sold anything on Yay.

I checked their facebook page and they have not bothered to post anything for months.

I replied to one of their junk emails telling them I thought I was wasting my time on them and that it apeared everyone else in the photographer forums felt the same way.

They have not replied to that email yet.