File Factory: Making Money with File Sharing

While looking for a place to store some of my files for free, I found File Factory. I thought that this might be a good solution to put my files that can be made available for download. This way, I don’t have to host the files on my server, and we won’t get the bandwidth strain.

It seems like a fairly simple service to use. Just sign-up and upload. You get 100 GB of file sharing space. That’s a lot.

There are two types of services available: Basic (Free) and Premium ($12/mo or $99/year).

The basic service has some limitations, such as download limits for your users. When you upgrade to Premium, you take off that limit. Plus, you can also take part in the File Factory Rewards programme, wherein you can get paid for the downloads that your users make. The payments vary, but for power users, they promise to pay about $10 per 1,000 downloads.

Yes, not only do you get your files hosted, you also get paid when people download the stuff that you put up. This is great if you’ve got a popular file that people enjoy downloading, such as music, ebooks, etc. That way, if you’re offering your file for free, you can still be rewarded if you host it on File Factory. Sounds like a great idea. But, I have to admit, I have only tried the basic plan for now. I’ll have to gauge the usage of my files to see how popular they’d be first and then decide whether I’ll benefit from the rewards programme or not.

Try File Factory.

Then, let us know what you think of it!