All gifts are supposed to be a surprise of sorts aren’t they?
Well Flickr has done just that by surprising all of its users with three free months of access to Flickr Pro whether they are already a member of the pro subscription plan or not.
The Yahoo! owned service notified users as they logged in to the service starting yesterday. Now this appears to be an Opt In thing so if you have not received any notice from Flickr yet then you need to log into your Flickr account so you can accept the gift. One click is all it takes.
The three months of Flickr Pro normally costs $6.95 or $24.95 per year.
Here is how the free Flickr membership compares to the Flickr Pro option:
| Flickr Free | Flickr Pro |
| Upload 300MB every month (30MB per photo) | Unlimited uploads (up to 50MB per photo) |
| View only your 200 most recent photos | Unlimited viewing of your entire photo library |
| Post photos in up to 10 groups | Post photos in up to 60 groups |
| Download smaller, resized images of your original photos (We save the originals if you upgrade later) | Download your original, high-resolution photos – whenever you need them |
| Upload up to 2 videos per month | Upload and play unlimited HD videos |
| Browse Flickr completely ad-free | |
| View stats on your account |
I have been a member of Flickr Pro for a couple of years now and it is an excellent deal in my opinion. You can check out my collection of photos at http://www.flickr.com/photos/hayhousehold/
