TinyPic alternative: Why sellers go for Img.vision
The legendary TinyPic.com image hosting service shut down more than 5 years ago. Curious about what happened? Read the full story why TinyPic.com shutdown. tinypic.host appeared as a replacement, but shut down Sep 23, 2025, taking down all images without warning.
If you need a better alternative then Img.vision is a great alternative. It’s great for eBay sellers, forum dwellers, webmasters, or anyone needing permanent image links.
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Top 3 benefits of Img.vision compared to free image hosts
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You control image sharing
Img.vision doesn’t create a public directory of recently uploaded images or top images list.
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The fastest image loading
Img.vision uses a dual CDN approach that is amongst the fastest of all image hosting sites (the research).
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Built for online sellers
We don’t create dynamic image links that expire or are unreadable. This means if you need to use your images in product sheets, it will be a breeze.
🎯 Purpose-built for online sellers
General‑purpose image hosts such as the now defunct tinypic.host are fine for the occasional meme, but e‑commerce merchants need more than “good enough.” Unlike free image hosts, Img.vision is architected around bulk catalog workflows and tight listing deadlines. Our image hosting preserves your meticulous naming conventions and thus allows you to save time with bulk product and inventory file uploads.
- We don’t rename your images – filenames stay intact.
- No redirects on your image links.
- Links don’t expire.
- One‑click direct‑link copy in the dashboard.
That means fewer revisions, no “image not found” warnings, and a smoother path to the “Add to cart” button., whether you sell on eBay, Amazon, Walmart, or all three. tinypic.host’s default one‑day auto‑delete policy can leave sellers scrambling to re‑upload images.
🥇 Superior hosting performance
Slow images are silent conversion killers. Img.vision runs a dual‑CDN mesh (410+310 POPs) that positions your product photos within 50ms of 95% of global shoppers. Layered on top:
- Adaptive WebP/lossy/lossless compression: up to 85% smaller payloads without compromising zoom‑level clarity.
- 100% delivery uptime: independently verified by Pulsetic throughout 2025.
- Instant purge: so you can swap a hero image and see it propagate worldwide in seconds.
The result? Faster page loads, higher SEO scores, and more buy‑box wins, all without you lifting a finger.
💼 Features designed for marketplace workflows
Img.vision ships with the nitty‑gritty utilities that marketplace sellers wish came standard:
| Seller task | Img.vision solution |
| Bulk upload of hundreds of product images | Drag and drop uploading or importing from cloud drives eg. OneDrive, Dropbox, Google Drive |
| Keep assets organized | Nested folders and upload folders retaining structure |
| Resize images to marketplace rules | Built in bulk image resizer tool |
| Showcase on eBay | Embeddable gallery generator, 4 layouts supported by eBay |
| Tweak on the fly | Built in image editor: crop, redaction, filters |
Everything lives in one dashboard, so your virtual assistant can prep images while you focus on supply and ads.
🎦 Plus video hosting (something that free image hosts don’t have)
Modern listings convert better with motion. Img.vision handles video just as elegantly as it does photos:
- Upload any format—MP4, MOV, AVI, WebM, you name it.
- We auto‑encode to adaptive HLS streams (360p–1080p).
- Clean, ad‑free, white‑label HTML5 player fits any marketplace template.
- Organise clips in the same folder tree as your images for tidy SKU management.
⁉️ Why make the switch?
| Feature | Typical free image host | Img.vision |
| Designed for e-commerce sellers? | ❌ General-purpose host | ✅ Purpose built for e-commerce |
| Permanent image URLs | ❌ Usually they auto-delete links and links usually load a webpage and aren’t a direct link | ✅ Never renamed or redirected |
| Bulk uploading | ❌ Basic drag and drop | ✅ Fast drag and drop uploading, upload images up to 90MB |
| Bulk direct links copy | ❌ No bulk link generator, you are forced to share a webpage of the image | ✅ Bulk link generator and one click copy |
| Video hosting | ❌ Not supported | ✅ Adaptive, white-label player |
| Free plan | ✅ Free but links usually expire after 24h | ✅ 100 images (watermarked), links never expire |
| Ad-free | ❌ Ads | ✅ No ads |
| Transparent company | ❌ Not clear who runs these services and what their privacy policies are | ✅ Trustworthy and reliable EU company |
| Do you own the rights to your images | ❌ Your images are republished, repurposed & resold | ✅ Your retain full publishing rights |
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