Filesonic.com vs. Uploading.com

Both Filesonic.com and Uploading.com allow storing, uploading and downloading files within their services. However, let's look for more.

Filesonic allows uploading files less than 1024 MB for free. Uploading here is better, because within its basic user conditions (so for free), you can upload there 5GB files. Filesonic also has a limited size of files for downloading – just 400 MB. Frankly speaking, it makes more difficult process of making money at this service, however, also makes you more creative while choosing smaller files for affiliate purposes. And you know smaller files are also much better for sharing, ‘cause users also download them easier.

The advantage (however, for me it's disadvantage, I hate ratings) of Filesonic is its three-level affiliate system. Moving from one level to the other is not so difficult and the opportunity of making money with its second affiliate status “Elite Filesonic” is very prosperous. With it you get 80% of Premium sales, +5 % for referrals and the same percent for domain sellers. There is one higher “Super Elite Status”, but except 10% bonus payout daily, you don’t get many financial advantages.

What’s interesting now about Filesonic is that this service since summer cooperates with Dropbox and you can transfer your files from one service to the other and vice versus. I don’t know what does that cooperation means, but hope that Filesonic will not become Dropbox’s part, ‘cause that would mean that we lost one more money making service (once Dropbox also had affiliate program and after they gained enough users they gave up such an idea).

Uploading.com separates possibilities to earn with their service. Of course you can make money on files’ downloadings. As an advantage is that they pay equally for all countries. However, it is said within experienced users that if half of your traffic is from Poland, Russia, Turkey, Brazil or Hungary, you are also paid halfly.

For the money which you can get with Uploading.com users are also separated into four categories: light, base, normal, power and ultra. Your status rate is decided weekly and depending on number of referrals you brought and percentage of uploads/downloads. The higher this number, the higher is your status.

The highest payout which can get user with light status is $10, minimum payout is $15, so it will take you some time to wait before the first payout.

Speaking about referrals you can get from 20% to 30% (depending on the total turnover) discount rate for Premium membership. As to me, such system is rather complicated, don’t you think so?

With my experience in working with these two services I must say that even taking into consideration that they are in the list if most popular they are rather difficult to work with. Both have those user rating systems which for me are rather kind of a scam (sometimes they just stop counting your files, as it was with Filesonic, for example). For me I’m looking up for a service with less complicated user conditions. Hope I’ll find it.

Keep searching for better,
Norman