Every account on Family And Heirs is given 25 MB (megabytes) of storage space on our Standard Plan, or 50 MB on our Upgrade Plan, where users can upload significant papers (such as their Wills or Trusts, Deeds, Marriage Certificates (or maybe Divorce Decrees), Naturalization papers, Birth Certificates, Diplomas, Professional Licenses, etc.), as well as any letters they wish to leave, and a few photographs. All of these files should easily fit into the 25 MB that comes with your Standard Plan account. See our FAQ: “How many documents can you upload to your secure, encrypted storage?”
But what if you need or want more space? Perhaps you have more papers than most people, or you want to upload more photographs. Not a problem. You can always buy another 10 MB of storage space for only $10 per year. All your documents will be stored in encrypted files for your protection. Any additional MB’s you buy will have the same renewal date as your account. That means that if you buy an additional 10 MB for $10 at the time you open your account or upon renewal you will get a full year. If you buy additional MBs mid-way through your account year, you’ll only get six months. Sorry, we can’t have separate renewal dates for your account and your additional memory, and we are not able to handle prorations. But in this example, the difference is only $5.00. Our storage availability is designed for those special papers and photographs that you would like your heirs to have immediate access to when you’re gone.
To purchase additional storage, log into your account, go to “My Plan & Usage,” and hit the button that is titled, “Buy More Storage.”
We are not a place to store a backup copy of your entire computer, or a place to share documents with colleagues. Frankly, other services are far less expensive on a per megabyte basis, but more expensive because they will require you to buy, as their smallest offering, a much larger storage area. Dropbox, for instance, at the time of this writing, will sell you 2 TB (terabytes) of storage for $119.88 a year. Another service, Wasabi, will sell you 1 GB (gigabyte) for $71.88 a year. These are both excellent services, and they offer excellent value. If you need massive file storage, they offer a more economical price on a per MB basis.
But most likely, you did not come to FamilyAndHeirs.com to backup your entire computer. So for only an additional $10 per year you can get the additional storage you may need. You can, of course, buy an additional 20MB for $20 a year, or 30MB for $30 a year. Start off with us without buying extra storage. You will likely find that the 25 MB that comes standard with each account (or the 50 MB that comes with our Upgrade Plan) will fulfill your needs. If and when you fill 70% of your allocated storage you will get a notification on screen that you are filling up your space, and you will be able to decide whether to buy additional storage. It’s your choice, and at an additional $10 per year for an additional 10 MB, it’s not too expensive.
Here’s an idea if you’d like to post videos in high resolution without going to the expense of purchasing extra memory from us: You can always post your video as “private” or “unsearchable” on YouTube and then place the YouTube video's address (the URL) in your Questionnaire answers, or type the URL and a description of the video on a new document and upload that document with your other uploaded files on FamilyAndHeirs.com.