[tnorthcutt]

I recently became aware of Picturelife, and the Everpix shutdown prompts me to ask: is Picturelife profitable?

Everpix looked really great, and I was very close to signing up, but then they shut down. I'm glad I didn't just to see them shut down.

I know you say you wouldn't roll over so easily (which is great!) but it ultimately comes down to whether you have a viable business, which Everpix clearly did not. If I sign up for Picturelife, will it survive without outside investment or some miracle? Is it on a stable trajectory?

Thanks for any insight you can provide. Your service looks great :)

[innonate]

Thanks and great question. Picturelife is not yet profitable but is headed in that direction. If all goes to plan, we can get to profitability by the end of the year. Nothing is a done deal, but that's the plan and I have a very, very high degree of confidence, based on current and history growth trends, that we can pull it off. Hope this helps!

[subdane]

I wonder if it's possible to do an AMA or something here? There's clearly a market need and a lot of folks have felt burned. I bet HN would be interested to know that you taught yourself to code and have been one of the main devs on Picturelife.

[innonate]

I would love to do an AMA sometime. To be honest, I've just been a long-time lurker on HN (6.7 years a member!), but I sorta wouldn't know the best way/time to go about doing one. Any tips?

[subdane]

If you write a blog post about the state of photo storage and post it back here it could spark the right dialog?