December 22, 2009 by sharky
Nothing can truly substitute the convenience of having your very own premium account at RapidShare, MegaUpload and other filehosters. But not everyone can afford to purchase premium access, especially nowadays when DDLers definitely need more than one filehoster. If you’re a fan of direct download links then certainly you’ve had some experience (likely forgettable) with those so-called filehoster-premium-link-generator websites. For most of these "services", users are most often bogged down by slow speeds or a tiny limit on the number of daily ‘generated’ premium links - if it works at all - let alone will any support multiple filehosters and simultaneous transfers. RapidPremium is a new unique website that does exactly what it claims to do.
Launched to the public less than a month ago on November 27th, RapidPremium.net is a free service that allows for users to add links from various popular file hosters and have them converted into actual premium links through RapidPremium’s accounts, with the output containing a genuine premium link. Better still, multiple links can be added from different filehosters at the same time. RapidPremium currently supports links from RapidShare, MegaUpload, MegaVideo, NetLoad, MegaShares, Easy-Share & HotFile.
So, what’s the catch? While the service is completely free, there are possibly some limits on how many files from each hoster that you’ll be able to download from. This depends on how many accounts they have, and other factors.
How To Use RapidPremium:
RapidPremium has tutorials (which are very much worth reviewing) for how to use the site, but we’ll recap how to download links and utilize the service:
1.) Visit public.rapidpremium.net and login as username "public" and password "public". Click Enter on your keyboard, or click the "login" link.
2.) You should now be logged in. Next, scroll down and click the Download link in the bottom left corner of the browser window.
3.) Paste your links (on separate lines - i.e. hitting ‘Enter’ after each entry). Click the Download button when finished.
4.) Wait for RP to do its business. Once finished, you’ll notice that RapidPremium has converted your supplied links into their own unique links. Pay attention to the fact that they are different links:
5.) After RapidPremium has generated the new links, do NOT click the Download button again. Instead, you’ll need to "copy" these new links, and "paste" them into your favorite download manager (such as FlashGot, DownThemAll, etc). Simple enough; highlight the whole selection of files/links, and right-click with your mouse and then select "Copy".
Alternative: If you don’t have/use a download manager, it’s easy to download the RP links in a browser such as Firefox - but you’ll need to copy each link one-by-one. Highlight a link, copy it, and open a new ‘tab’.
In the URL window, "paste" the link, and hit Enter. It should ask you for a ’save location’, and then begin downloading the file.
TIP: Open multiple tabs and paste separate links in each.
The Last Word on RapidPremium:
A great service, compounded by a solid team - just check out their blog, these guys are for real. Unlike most link-gen sites, this one’s not backed up by heavy advertising (actually, there’s none). Perhaps too soon to predict, but something like this could revolutionize P2P as we know it.