Depositfiles vs. Hotfile

Finally I decided to compare these two file-sharing giants – Depositfiles.com and Hotfile.com. They both are very popular and high-rated by the users. So, let’s begin the comparison with the information from their websites.

Depositfiles.com offers you $30 for 1000 downloads (they say that’s high… hmm… I totally disagree with this info, however there are some advantages too), payoffs are from $10 (this is a real advantage, ‘cause i knew less services with such low sums for payoffs, 20% for referrals are rather stable rate)

Hotfile.com offers you rating system of money making. What does it mean? You’ve got higher rates (and more money) in affiliate program. For that you should be a good Hotfile user. As some time passes all users are moving from the lowest rate (Cooper) to the highest (the highest is Platinium). On the beginning (when you are a “cooper” user), you are offered to earn just $4 for 100-400 MB files (which is terribly low as for me), after you’ve become a Platinium user that rate becomes higher, but $15 for 1000 100-400MB downloads is too low price, don’t you think so? The payoff sum is $15 which is an average one. Hotfile also offers 20% referral system.

Speaking about specialities of the both services – they don’t allow to earn much for the beginners. You should be affiliated for a long time to start making much money. For Depositfiles it takes really much time to start (for Hotfile less), however if you are a long-time user you became really successful. Both services have different country tariffs and bonuses, so be careful. With Depositfiles the situation is easier, because unpopular countries are making money too.

With Depositfiles it’s easier to make money when you’re sharing smaller files then few huge ones. Depositfiles also offer coupon system for those who need Premium statuses for a short period of time, but if you just need to work with them for some period of time, I found better way.

I often mentioned on forums that users are looking for coupons for free downloading from Depositfiles or different ways for free downloading from Hotfile. I found one simple way, which, by the way, brings me money as an affiliate too. I bought Premium account at FileTram and download everything from Depositfiles and Hotfile with it. FileTram is smth kinda search engine, but for file-sharing websites and it gives access to plenty of them (to Depositfiles and Hotfile too), so I buy FileTram Premium and download everything I need through this service.

One important thing to mention while comparing those two services is that they are stable. There would not be such surprises as with Wupload, for example. Users are making money with them for more then 3-4 years. However, I am for trying something new. That makes life more interesting and often brings better results!

Keep experimenting,
Norman