Comments on: Pogoplug: A Fantastic Real Estate Photographer Photo Delivery System

By: larry

larry — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 16:56:32 +0000

@Anthony- Pogoplug has close the functionality you are asking about. No zip files unless you choose to provide a zipped file on your client folder. You send them an email with a link and they download the images they want to.

By: Anthony

Anthony — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 16:19:29 +0000

I currently use both YouSendIt and Dropbox. We use YouSendIt to send zipped folders of photos to our clients and we use Dropbox “in-house.” The problem that we constantly run into is the fact that a large majority of people have no idea how to un-zip a zipped folder. I think I could probably employ a part time individual JUST to walk thru the clients who call in on how to un-zip a folder. (OK, maybe thats a little stretch, but boy it feels like it. Haha) I’d like to find a quick, reliable program (not FTP) that clients do NOT have to subscribe to, that simply gives access to a folder of images and clients can pick & choose what photos to download or select them all and the program simply downloads the individual images to a destination of the clients choice on their computer. Any suggestions?

By: larry

larry — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 20:08:06 +0000

@Chris- The pogoplug download mechanism appears to allow downloading of one file at a time (there could be some feature I don’t see that will zip and download a whole folder at once) but it’s easy enough to put the files to be delivered on the clients folder as a zipped file.

By: Chris

Chris — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 19:35:46 +0000

Just a question…..after an email is sent to someone with access to the photos, can they download multiple photos at once?

By: Chris

Chris — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 18:12:38 +0000

Aaron:

For cost savings, all you really need is an old cpu, even a Pentium 3 and you can make it into a ftp server. This is better for security and you can also use a domain to point to your ftp.

You then simply send a ftp link to your client with simple instruction on how to downlaod their photos (Internet Explorer has a ftp program built in). Clients can download single photos, multiple photos or even the entire folder itself.

By: Malia

Malia — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 21:52:33 +0000

Oh and… does this integrate with current domains? Meaning, when you assign a user account (a client) will you direct them to your own website or is it a pogoplug website where they download the images?

By: Malia

Malia — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 21:51:04 +0000

This is timely as I was just having difficulty getting some files to clients this morning.

I didn’t see on the website – is there a limit to the number of user accounts you can assign? Also, and bear with me here… I’m a bit of a Luddite… you connect your USB drives to this device… and that’s it? As in, does this device then need to be plugged into a computer? I only have one laptop so I’m confused as to whether I’ll be able to access the external hard drives remotely without the device being plugged into something…? Am I making sense?

By: Aaron

Aaron — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 17:20:58 +0000

For all of you tech-savvy naysayers….

What are the alternatives to this device? What else can I buy for $150 or less that gives me access to my files via the internet (not a local network)?

By: Scott Taylor

Scott Taylor — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 16:34:06 +0000

I have been using filefront.com which allows me to create folders, upload photos/files to the folder and then share the entire folder or individual files with an easy email link.

Plus, it’s free.

thanks,
Scott Taylor, Realtor
Arroyo Grande, CA

By: larry

larry — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 16:16:58 +0000

@David- Yes, you raise a good point. The security of this device is unproven. I would not recommend keeping your sensitive information on a pogoplug drive. However, the same can be said for any online system. Always take extra special precautions with your sensitive information which means don’t put it on a cloud storage system of any kind.