Website as storage for multimedia needed

Question

I've developed an excellent social network in Flash. Now I need a site for downloading/uploading of photos and video. Of course, all uploading must take place on my web site, well, so does downloading. Could you recommend such a site or sites that will let me do the job in return for advertising their site on mine or for money (but not too much, as I only need their site as a storage for my multimedia). Thanks in advance. And merry Christmas to you!

Answer 1

Storage? Amazon S3. You'll need to read up on their integration docs, or use something like s3sync to transfer your files, but it gives you the storage option, without hurting the pocket too much to start with.

Answer 2

Amazon S3 is a standard answer, but Rackspace Cloud Files is another good option. Investigate their systems and pricing to see what fits for you.

Answer 3

An option for the future - eventually DropBox will have an API. If you had users sign up for a free DropBox account then they'd get 2G free storage. If they need more space then they can signup for a premium account. The nice thing with this model is you offload your storage costs to the individual users. The users, in turn, get all the benefits of DropBox.