Heh… I store for my clients for free.

Month to download after the ready notice and then $10/month or you nuke that folder.

Don’t forget you will become responsible for the files once you start charging for their access. Not a huge risk if you’re using cloud storage like Dropbox, but still something to think about.

Yes, I would offer it as an extra.

I give my clients the photos as an download aswell. The thing is, I give them one month the access to the photos over the link, so if it’s expired they need to contact me again and pay for for it.

Why take on more liabilities? The ‘profit’ you would receive would be a pittance unless you are going for the ‘gym membership’ recurring subscription service.

You are only setting yourself up for headache in the long term with little benefit unless you have a large client list to make all the time, maintenance, etc worth it. But if you can get it so there is little effort on your part, getting an extra handful of dollars a year is still a handful of dollars I suppose.

I keep their online albums up for a few years, then send a message before clearing out.

Before “cloud drives” were a thing and CD-R and DVD-R were the only store media “back in the day,” one of the contracts written between my service is that once the CD-R/DVD-R leaves my premises and upon the client’s receipt, it is there sole responsibility.

If they lost it or would like replacements, it would be an additional cost.

Same, when I switched to using my FTP. As soon as the ZIP files leaves me, they take full responsibility in burning and backing them up themselves.

I would start by stating you offer free cloud storage (for now) so clients don’t take it as a sure thing. It will be easier for you to charge for it later.

I put it on my cloud, send a link and say that for a minimum year it will be there, after that, it depends if the space will be overtaken by another client.

A year is very long time for clients to use the photos and forget about them.

A flash drive is cheap. You could deliver their photos on a drive and then you’re done.

Terms of delivery should be included in the contract. For personal clients I tell them that I prefer two separate physical media and a one-time digital transfer. I make it clear that the cost for physical media and shipping is part of the payment (they’ll need to pay more if they want more), and digital transfer is just a bonus so they can get them faster.

For digital transfer I ask them to provide me a link where I can upload the images to. This way, once the pictures are uploaded, it’s their problem, not mine.

I would update your contract terms to say access for 2 years, if not 30 days. What happens when you want to close your business? Will you write into your will a budget to keep the cloud storage accessible for perpetuity? It’s fine to be generous now, but you need to CYA just in case things change.

I don’t see a problem, but at some point it might be a hassle for you if you get a lot of clients, or the other thing is how long are you willing to put up with this service, in case you close?

I send dropbox links and I’m very clear that the link will be online for two weeks, any resending of a new link has an additional cost.

You could go value-added with some search functionality and a nice viewing mode. I don’t know if that kind of software exists, but that would be the line you’d need to cross for me to feel like a monthly/yearly fee makes sense.

You can also include a “order a drive” option.

It’s a business opportunity for sure, but needs fleshing out.

Make sure whatever you set up has a conveniet bulk download option. Else it might border on predatory practice if the only option for your client to save their copies locally is to download every one of them individually.

Apart from that I don’t see any issues why you cpuldn’t supplement your income by offering hosti g services to your clients, as long as you can guarantee their data is secure and confidential and it isn’t too much of a hassle for you to manage that.