Have you any API for posting images?

Thanks for the update @blueorgy, I use steemimg all the time and I even gave it a mention in todays post :)

I'm really excited at the idea of making this a hybrid ipfs service and I like the way you're going about monetization but I have some possible ideas there too:
* Create a "steemimg" steemit account
* Compile regular weekly "best of" reports based on your traffic/bandwidth stats that highlight the authors and posts that created them (think referer log cross-referenced with votes on the blockchain). 
* People can then easily support with votes, whilst also getting useful information and a "best of the week" compilation ordered by what articles/images got the most views

Ill volunteer myself first. What would it cost to sponsor the servers for one day? 

I have a series of personal stories going through Special Forces training that I'd like to be seen by more and I love your website. easy match :)

I guess I will start a comment thread for bids on the first promoted post.
**Starting Bid $5 SBD or in the equivalent in Steem**
<hr>
You will get the homepage intro text position under by @blueorgy for 24 hours. You can put up a sentence of your choice (I have to approve) and then the link to your content and a link to your profile.

*Thanks & Good Luck!*

Hi @blueorgy, and do you know what is the position of Colombia? I´m exiting to know it...

Nice to type you again!!!

I think you should come up with a minimum cost per user per term (1 day, 1 week) of advertising their content on your front page. I mean, for right now all I can say is I'll give you $10 for 1 week, and you would say 'hell no'.  So, come up with a figure so that everyone can know up front what's required.

As a writer and someone who's been using steemimg to host the images from my stories, I really like the idea.

I am especially liking the possibility of being seen by a new array of people, who normally wouldn't look into the tags I post my stories under - it's essentially being listed on another category/tag that most people use.

If it means keeping the sight alive and free I'm all for it - Good luck!

Good work, service and proposal. I had used your service for quite a few posts but I remember that it was down for a while. 
I like your philosophy of a free service but gaining revenue through voluntary purchases of banner space. 
What kind of price were you thinking about? UPVOTED!

@kus-knee (The Old Dog)

awesome project,steeming will always be my first choice.

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I think you provide a really great service, but you're also competing against a lot of other services out there. If they need ads to survive, you probably will too. From my perspective, if people want free, they don't care about ads. If they want a paid account, they can go that route too. My suggestion would be to do what you need to do to get enough money to make this worth your time which includes ads. At the same time, offer a subscription plan for users who want it. I do hope it works out, because I think your platform is one of the best out there.... but if I needed to, I would use another service because, ultimately, this space has been commoditized, and it's mostly a secondary concern for just "putting my images somewhere so I can publish my blog post."

hi,

#### [I wrote a cute little story about a baby dolphin and all the posts he read on steemit](https://steemit.com/steemit/@luminousvisions/little-baby-dolphin-goes-to-steemit-school) last week **and your post is in it**!

have a look, I hope you like it

thanks

This is a great idea, especially if mostly minnows do it at first. If whales start bidding it will be less useful for those  really needing the ads

my boy blue! 

I have used your service since the day you launched it, and I have always recommended committing to its use to newer users. Your plan to monetize sounds great, I hope it works out for you. But could you also just let us know how much those costs (in SBD) might be? 

I, for one, would rather donate and continue to trust in your abilities. You weren't down for very long the last time the site was attacked, and this is like an integral cog in the steemit blog life cycle. Why not also ask if people would just donate to grow the server space? Just curious :) I love ad-free and would pay to keep it that way... a reasonable amount I mean, shallow pockets ;)

Yes, do it! 

So would the bidding be a percent of the potential post pay out and/or a flat rate option? 

I don't know how ad space bidding works anywhere else

Hi.
Happy to help.

Can we purchase a licence in SBD for instance ?

Imho 5 SBD/year seems reasonable.  or  20 SBD lifetime.
* 1st: some users would quit the platform and you may have more bandwidth
* 2nd: you will yield cash for you servers 
* 3rd: you may attract new users with a nice promo campaign 

Regarding point 3, I suggest you create a small banner that users would put in their posts (something like: Hosted on Steemimg).
You would also get revenues from the campaign on steemit, which I would be happy to relay personally on the forums and chat rooms.

Lmk if you need help. Your platform is awesome, and it needs to survive.

Steemimg is Awesome  , you got my Upvote for Life !

Well done, Blue!

http://img1.joyreactor.cc/pics/post/%D0%B3%D0%B8%D1%84%D0%BA%D0%B8-geek-%D0%9C%D0%B5%D1%87%D1%82%D0%B0-%D0%B4%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B2%D0%B0-deal-with-it-3347673.gif

Welcome. Hope you find the steemit community to be open and creatively inspiring. Looking forward to your future posts. Check out my page for good short stories tc.

That's a good idea if it can cover your costs.  I would also be happy to pay a subscription as I love the site and it can't be cheap for you.  I suspect anyone who makes extensive use of your site will feel the same.