[hackbinary]

I had a quick look over their pricing plans, and they actually seem pretty fair to me. $48 per year to store all of your photos on the basic paid tier, and all the other tiers seemed aimed at people that are either enthusiasts or professionals, eg people who want to have their own domain.

The old adage of "you kind of get what you pay for" seems to apply.

[dexterdog]

In this day and age using your own domain adds no cost aside from the domain itself.

[fencepost]

I suspect that using your own domain for large volumes of photos still adds significant indirect time and energy cost of fiddling around with separate front end and mass storage backend. A bunch of time spent tweaking to keep full images and smaller versions organized and quick while not paying a premium for storage is a cost, and those hours have value.

[dexterdog]

I didn't mean hosting them yourself (which there are plenty of packages for) I mean using your own domain via CNAME on a service like smugmug.

[radlad]

The price you sell something at should not be based on its cost to yourself, but rather the value you provide to your customers.