ZippyShare file sharing site to shut down this month-end

bdspice

I like them very much as a file sharing site. Because most of files keep alive while other site's autodelete. I dont understand how they are unable to survive. In my experiences with adsterra, i calculated they have monthly minimum $20k earnings from ads. For ad-blocker they can use anti-adblocker. If they spent 1k for main website,1k for database,3k for load balance, 5k for storage server. They can survive easily. My calculation based on:
40m visitor = $20k minimum via popup+social bar+ 2simple banner.
50$ each * 100=$5k storage server.

inland

@bdspice said: In my experiences with adsterra

AdsTerra hijacks your website and redirects it to malware. They've been doing it with impunity for over 7 years. A lot of people lost 100% of their traffic and got their webpages banned from the internet due to inclusion in malware domain lists.

https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2016/04/magnitude-ek-activity-at-its-highest-via-adsterra-malvertising
https://www.techtarget.com/searchsecurity/news/252473229/Adsterra-still-connected-to-malvertising-campaign-despite-denials
https://www.trustpilot.com/review/adsterra.com?sort=recency&stars=1
https://thegrayhatguy.com/ad-programs/adsterra-review/

This is not something that was happening in 2016 or 2019. They are still doing it to this day:
https://www.blackhatworld.com/seo/warnning-dont-use-adsterra-malware-infected-network.1315557/page-2#post-16033595

With high probability they are removing negative mentions of their criminal enterprise (they've even been meddling in the Malwarebytes article above):
https://www.reddit.com/r/Wordpress/comments/66ljnf/do_not_use_adsterra_ads_they_will_redirect_to/
https://www.reddit.com/r/PPC/comments/e0yak6/comment/fnhh0dg/

Even here somebody mentioned it as far back as 2016: https://lowendtalk.com/discussion/75761/suggest-best-mobile-ad-network/p1

You should pay attention to what ads are shown on your site because I am confident that you're infecting people with malware right now.

bdspice

@inland said:

@bdspice said: In my experiences with adsterra

AdsTerra hijacks your website and redirects it to malware. They've been doing it with impunity for over 7 years. A lot of people lost 100% of their traffic and got their webpages banned from the internet due to inclusion in malware domain lists.

https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2016/04/magnitude-ek-activity-at-its-highest-via-adsterra-malvertising
https://www.techtarget.com/searchsecurity/news/252473229/Adsterra-still-connected-to-malvertising-campaign-despite-denials
https://www.trustpilot.com/review/adsterra.com?sort=recency&stars=1
https://thegrayhatguy.com/ad-programs/adsterra-review/

This is not something that was happening in 2016 or 2019. They are still doing it to this day:
https://www.blackhatworld.com/seo/warnning-dont-use-adsterra-malware-infected-network.1315557/page-2#post-16033595

With high probability they are removing negative mentions of their criminal enterprise (they've even been meddling in the Malwarebytes article above):
https://www.reddit.com/r/Wordpress/comments/66ljnf/do_not_use_adsterra_ads_they_will_redirect_to/
https://www.reddit.com/r/PPC/comments/e0yak6/comment/fnhh0dg/

Even here somebody mentioned it as far back as 2016: https://lowendtalk.com/discussion/75761/suggest-best-mobile-ad-network/p1

You should pay attention to what ads are shown on your site because I am confident that you're infecting people with malware right now.

What do you suggest for such ad revenue except adsterra?

Plutack

Wow, this came as a huge surprise. I definitely see it coming.. this is why I can't help but appreciate how sites like real debrid has carved out a niche and monetize their platform effectively.. I wish them the best though

ariq01

@bdspice said:

@inland said:

What do you suggest for such ad revenue except adsterra?

I'm using ad.plus, they are Google MCM partner.

MissFortune

One of the legends

chakraxzz

hopefully its just an early april fools joke..

emgh

https://transfer.sh/

ItsAsylum

Oh nooo

justaguy

@bdspice said:

@inland said:

@bdspice said: In my experiences with adsterra

AdsTerra hijacks your website and redirects it to malware. They've been doing it with impunity for over 7 years. A lot of people lost 100% of their traffic and got their webpages banned from the internet due to inclusion in malware domain lists.

https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2016/04/magnitude-ek-activity-at-its-highest-via-adsterra-malvertising
https://www.techtarget.com/searchsecurity/news/252473229/Adsterra-still-connected-to-malvertising-campaign-despite-denials
https://www.trustpilot.com/review/adsterra.com?sort=recency&stars=1
https://thegrayhatguy.com/ad-programs/adsterra-review/

This is not something that was happening in 2016 or 2019. They are still doing it to this day:
https://www.blackhatworld.com/seo/warnning-dont-use-adsterra-malware-infected-network.1315557/page-2#post-16033595

With high probability they are removing negative mentions of their criminal enterprise (they've even been meddling in the Malwarebytes article above):
https://www.reddit.com/r/Wordpress/comments/66ljnf/do_not_use_adsterra_ads_they_will_redirect_to/
https://www.reddit.com/r/PPC/comments/e0yak6/comment/fnhh0dg/

Even here somebody mentioned it as far back as 2016: https://lowendtalk.com/discussion/75761/suggest-best-mobile-ad-network/p1

You should pay attention to what ads are shown on your site because I am confident that you're infecting people with malware right now.

What do you suggest for such ad revenue except adsterra?

google adsense, if your content isn't adult and if you can work with their lack of support..
all links below are affiliate links
Propellerads (its called monetag now )
exoclick https://monetag.com/
clickadu https://www.clickadu.com/
for just popunders(theyre really neat, every 24 hours for each unique visitor, https://popcash.net/)
and then popcash launched a nice normal-classic ad platform called mondiad https://mondiad.com

can't guarantee that you wont see crap on those platforms, but at least none of them are an open sewer like adsterra

Mod edit (angstrom): removed affiliate tags

robohost

Rip direct link with full speed

bdspice

@justaguy said:

@bdspice said:

@inland said:

@bdspice said: In my experiences with adsterra

AdsTerra hijacks your website and redirects it to malware. They've been doing it with impunity for over 7 years. A lot of people lost 100% of their traffic and got their webpages banned from the internet due to inclusion in malware domain lists.

https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2016/04/magnitude-ek-activity-at-its-highest-via-adsterra-malvertising
https://www.techtarget.com/searchsecurity/news/252473229/Adsterra-still-connected-to-malvertising-campaign-despite-denials
https://www.trustpilot.com/review/adsterra.com?sort=recency&stars=1
https://thegrayhatguy.com/ad-programs/adsterra-review/

This is not something that was happening in 2016 or 2019. They are still doing it to this day:
https://www.blackhatworld.com/seo/warnning-dont-use-adsterra-malware-infected-network.1315557/page-2#post-16033595

With high probability they are removing negative mentions of their criminal enterprise (they've even been meddling in the Malwarebytes article above):
https://www.reddit.com/r/Wordpress/comments/66ljnf/do_not_use_adsterra_ads_they_will_redirect_to/
https://www.reddit.com/r/PPC/comments/e0yak6/comment/fnhh0dg/

Even here somebody mentioned it as far back as 2016: https://lowendtalk.com/discussion/75761/suggest-best-mobile-ad-network/p1

You should pay attention to what ads are shown on your site because I am confident that you're infecting people with malware right now.

What do you suggest for such ad revenue except adsterra?

google adsense, if your content isn't adult and if you can work with their lack of support..
all links below are affiliate links
Propellerads (its called monetag now )
exoclick https://monetag.com/
clickadu https://www.clickadu.com/
for just popunders(theyre really neat, every 24 hours for each unique visitor, https://popcash.net/)
and then popcash launched a nice normal-classic ad platform called mondiad https://mondiad.com

can't guarantee that you wont see crap on those platforms, but at least none of them are an open sewer like adsterra

Used all of them except mondiad. All of them have less cpm so earning is low. They dont have all ad format like popads+social bar+native banner+banner. Yllix is almost good but they have also low cpm comparing. If website able to get adsense verification then they can use much more better ad network instead of adsterra if not using adsense. For adult site, juicyads, plugrush do well.

Mod edit (angstrom): removed affiliate tags in quote

ntlx

RIP Zippyshare

Honestly, I was wondering when this day would come, when I was on their site not that long ago and noticed there had been zero updates on their news page in several years, and I realized that the site had actually been up and running with no bullshit hoops to jump through, no garbage pop-up crap everywhere, etc. for many years and was rock-solid, and pretty damn fast to boot. I thought to myself, who is running such an operation? Because the cost of upkeep must've been immense. I've yet to take a look at their goodbye letter but I imagine this is the gist of it.

Shame that they are closing, hopefully a worthy replacement will step up to fill in the void. I like Anonfiles, they are okay. I am sure others here have good recommendations for alternatives.

@Nanja said:
It's a shame they are going, but how do you guys manage?
I mean like, I have bought multiple subscriptions to several downloading sites just to get faster speeds.

Is there a way to just pay once at one site? To help me manage not spending so much on these sites... currently it seems like I don't have much of a choice since website owners always use a different upload/download service.

Get an account with one of the numerous premium site providers. Most of these providers are in league with the operators of the host sites themselves, lol. I can recommend a few from personal experience - Linksnappy is solid, so is Boxbit. There also a ton of similar 'debrid' sites but I am honestly not sure which particular ones are worth using nowadays anymore.

umz

R.I.P.

foxtare

@ntlx said:
RIP Zippyshare

Honestly, I was wondering when this day would come, when I was on their site not that long ago and noticed there had been zero updates on their news page in several years, and I realized that the site had actually been up and running with no bullshit hoops to jump through, no garbage pop-up crap everywhere, etc. for many years and was rock-solid, and pretty damn fast to boot. I thought to myself, who is running such an operation? Because the cost of upkeep must've been immense. I've yet to take a look at their goodbye letter but I imagine this is the gist of it.

Shame that they are closing, hopefully a worthy replacement will step up to fill in the void. I like Anonfiles, they are okay. I am sure others here have good recommendations for alternatives.

@Nanja said:
It's a shame they are going, but how do you guys manage?
I mean like, I have bought multiple subscriptions to several downloading sites just to get faster speeds.

Is there a way to just pay once at one site? To help me manage not spending so much on these sites... currently it seems like I don't have much of a choice since website owners always use a different upload/download service.

Get an account with one of the numerous premium site providers. Most of these providers are in league with the operators of the host sites themselves, lol. I can recommend a few from personal experience - Linksnappy is solid, so is Boxbit. There also a ton of similar 'debrid' sites but I am honestly not sure which particular ones are worth using nowadays anymore.

We still rely on MediaFire for storing patches, maps and whatnot, their free service has been quite reliable so far for many years, they have been around probably longer than ZippyShare.

Although I wouldn't discard another closure... then we would have little choice but self-host the entire downloads section. MediaFire is one of those few convenient/little bs one-click downloads.