GetAFile closes doors abandoning shareware authors

The file hosting service GetAFile has unexpectedly disappeared after its partner company, owned by Steve Lee, was acquired and separated from the venture. Many authors were left in the dark, wondering why their site, and the homepage at GetAFile.com, were no longer responding to requests.

There was a statement in the SWREG newsletter this morning in which Digital River stresses that they parted ways with GetAFile in March and, "Unfortunately Getafile has been closed down."

As someone who has been through these kinds of tragedies in the past, I can completely relate, and I send my deepest sympathies to those who have been abandoned. My file hosting company, SWMirror, is committed to getting your business back up and running in as little time as possible. We will do our best to get accounts set up within minutes of receiving your signup info. Please don't hesitate to email or call if you have any questions, whatsoever.

Here is a brief list of available file hosting services:

• Liquid Mirror's SWMirror
• Digital River's Filekicker
• Dewahost's FileBurst
• CacheFly's DownloadHosting

Updates:

• Thomas Warfield, owner of GoodSol Development and a former user of GetAFile, follows the money trail.
• Dave Collins, owner of Shareware Promotions and a GetAFile user, has also posted an entry on this subject in his blog.
• Sharon Housely of Notepage and the Software Marketing Resource reports on GetAFile in her blog, and asks us filehosts some tough questions. Keep an eye on her page for my "official" answer.