Ontario Abandoned Places will be rebranded as Ominous Abandoned Places

Frequently Asked Questions

Membership

Membership is free. For access to advanced features, please check out our subscriptions page.

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Running a website isn't free, and since the ownership transfer in 2020, a considerable amount of money has been put into upgrading the website, keeping it running, and all other sorts of necessary things. The subscription service is a way to help get some of that money back, and break even. There is no intention to turn this into a for-profit website, however money is needed so that the site doesn't go under. The current plan is to try and become financially stable by 2024, or the servers will be brought down, as the money deficit only grows larger and larger. There is no one who wants to take down the servers, however it may end up being the only choice.

Yes. All the necessary features to find, explore and upload locations on our website are free, and will never cost money.

The features included with the subscriptions are convenience based, and are aimed at making your experience using the website to find and add locations easier and smoother. Some examples of these features are a map based search function, being able to upload your photos faster (either two times as fast, or four times as fast, depending on the subscription), no external advertisements and more. To learn more about the features that are offered by each tier, check out the subscriptions page

There are three plans available, Free, Pro, and Premium. Free costs nothing, and is the plan that users are subscribed to by default. Pro and Premium tiers do require payment and the prices may change over time. Check out the subscriptions page for most recent information

Subscribing to a plan gives you access to some very convenient quality of life features on the website to improve your experience finding and uploading locations. It's not very expensive, and costs about as much as a basic Netflix subscription, but most importantly, it helps support the website and keeps it running.

Locations

All we're asking is that you use common sense when creating content. If it's old, has a story to tell and presents some delicious decay, share it and it will likely be welcomed!

Locations are expected to have at minimum: a description, photos and an address or GPS coordinates. If your location contains no address and no GPS coordinates, or if the photos are of poor quality (blurry, taken from inside a vehicle, etc.) there is a good possibility your location will be removed. If you don't know the exact address but know the road, this will also suffice.

Often a Basic Member will create an entry that already exists in the Full Members listing. If this occurs we will merge your photos into the Full Member entry and remove your location. You will then gain access to that Full Member location because you've obviously visited the location and know where it is.

It might be frustrating to have your locations constantly being merged into existing locations but this also goes toward your earning Full Membership. We don't expect you to be able to find all never-before-seen locations.

See above - your location may have been merged into an existing location. We also may have removed some or all of your images depending on whether they met the quality guidelines.

When members are deleted, their photos are normally deleted as well. If a deleted member is the only person to have submitted photos for a given location, we'll remove the location as well because there's no purpose to having a location without images.

No. It is done manually. It may be initiated by administrator or you may make a request. Often times we don't even notice that you've reached the threshold for Full Membership and your work goes unnoticed. If you feel that you've earned your access, let us know.

Please don't take it personally, become offended and leave never to return. We have certain expectations for photos. If they are blurry, generally low quality (a photo of a blank wall, multiple images of the same image taken at different angles, etc.) we may remove some of them.

Read the disclaimer found on this website.

This is understandable. Please send a request to the person who created the location or to an administrator. Note that we are merely a publisher of user-created content and cannot be held liable.

Photos

You retain the copyright and are able to delete them at any time. You may also add a watermark to the photos containing your name, email address, website, etc. You are the only person able to edit the information on the location so try to be as accurate as possible.

You can delete your photos at any time but the location can only be removed by the administrator.

Photos should involve some degree of attention to detail. If you've submitted photos that are blurry or obviously taken from inside your car with the window rolled down, they will be removed. This website isn't for the armchair photographer, it's for people who want to get down and dirty and venture into places.

This has been attempted by a few. With thousands of people involved in this hobby who are quick to recognize bogus locations or other people's photographs, it will result in your being banned. If you can't be bothered to explore properly, why bother trying at all?

Not without asking the permission of the person who generated that location. There is an option to contact the creator of a location at the top of the page.