Sunday, July 18, 2010

What is Rapids?

The remaining days of subscription on your account have been
converted into rapids. With these, you will be able to continue using your account, just as before the changes.

The most important changes for you are the following:

Every 30 days, we charge 99 rapids from your account.
You get 10 GB upload storage and 30 GB download traffic for that.
You can buy more download traffic for 14 rapids per 5 GB.
You can buy more saved upload storage for 2 rapids per 1 GB per month.

Traffic does not expire and you can accumulate it.

Wednesday, July 7, 2010

RapidShare listens and acts: One package for all users

As a result of the recent adjustments to our product and pricing model we have received a lot of feedback from our users. There was also positive response but we want to be honest with you: most answers were negative. With our adjustments we have alienated many users. As a matter of course, that was not our intention. Instead, it is our goal to introduce a system that gives our users more flexibility. However, we are happy about every single user response that we have received as this is the only way we can learn what our users really want. That is the reason why we have fundamentally revised our offer one more time and made it much simpler.

In addition to the free Premium Accounts, with immediate effect there is only one package for everybody: RapidPro

For 99 Rapids users immediately receive a traffic volume of 30 GB and a storage volume of 10 GB which last for 30 days.


price/ 30 daysstorage/ 30 daystraffic/ 30 days
RapidPro99 Rapids10 GB30 GB


If users need more volume, they can buy extra volume, of course. Each additional 1 GB of storage costs 2 Rapids per 30 days. 5 GB additional traffic volume will be charged with only 14 Rapids.

Additional storage:Additional traffic:
1 GB = 2 Rapids/month5 GB = 14 Rapids


Unused traffic volume does not expire.
You will only be charged for additional storage if you activate the "keep files forever" option.

The prices for Rapids remain the same as before.
Prepaid funds
400 Rapids 4,99 €
1.000 Rapids 9,95 €
2.000 Rapids 19,90 €
5.000 Rapids 49,75 €
20.000 Rapids 199,00 €

That means that users can use their RapidPro 30 days for only 99 Cent making the new RapidShare second to none also in terms of value for money.

Please note that users have the following options in their account settings:
  • Keep files forever: This option is not activated in the default settings. This means that if users exceed their storage volume, files that have not been downloaded for 60 days will automatically be deleted.
  • Automatic purchase of traffic: This option is activated in the default settings. As soon as users reach the limit of their traffic volume, they will automatically buy additional volume.
  • Automatic RapidPro Extension: This option is activated in the default settings. RapidPro-Packages will automatically be extended after 30 days if the user still has Rapids left.
Users can change these settings at any time in their account settings.

We are convinced that we will meet our users' needs with the new and simple model.

Tuesday, July 6, 2010

Packageupgrade from RapidMedium to RapidBig for AccountID xxxxxxx

Dear Pathan,

Since you have exceeded either your storage volume of 50 GB or your daily traffic volume of 5 GB you have been automatically upgraded from your RapidMedium to a RapidBig account. Your total storage space is now 200 GB and you dispose of a daily traffic volume of 20 GB. Furthermore, you will now be able to verify and personalise your account which means that you have exclusive control over the files you deposit at RapidShare. By verifying your account you confirm that you are authorised to use the files that you have stored so that it is not necessary for RapidShare to pursue potential copyright infringements. The RapidBig account costs 78 Rapids per day.

Thank you for using RapidShare. We hope you are happy with our service.

Best regards

Your RapidShare team