Flickr Launches Pro (Beta) Account

Flickr, an up-and-coming photo management online application and community, is launching its Pro account for $41.77 (what kind of price is that?), or 30% off the regular annual price of $59.95 (which they say might be adjusted when they launch version 1.0 of their service). Accounts are not auto-renewed (which is probably a mistake) and you can sign up for one or two years upfront, but the longer option is not discounted further. You can buy a gift subscription for a friend, a nice extra more sites should implement. What I don't understand however, is why they force their customers to use Paypal for online payment (they do offer an offline alternative) as Paypal lets you accept credit cards from people who don't have a Paypal account.

Here are the premium features:

• 1 GB monthly upload limit


• Unlimited storage


• Unlimited bandwidth


• Unlimited photosets


• Permanent archiving of high-resolution original images


• Ad-free browsing and sharing (coming soon)