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Client‑paid camera archives
Make every shoot’s raw files one‑click paid archive for clients.
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23 July 2026
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The problem
A freelance videographer finishes a shoot and then spends an evening copying, renaming, verifying and shipping drives when a client asks for the raw files. That one “can you resend that?” request often costs 1–3 hours or a rushed reshoot that can cost $300–$600, and many pros admit they only keep projects 3–12 months (per r/videography). Cloud vendors changing fees and cold‑storage quirks (Backblaze and Wasabi price moves) make DIY NAS + drives risky and expensive (per Backblaze blog and Storj analysis). Freelancers control the budget for delivery and can pass storage on to clients, so the pain is frequent, visible on invoices, and getting worse as 4K/8K file sizes grow (per OurStoria and Grand View Research).
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