Okay, I think the majority of us, certainly those who are Club members, are hoping and maybe even praying that Team Ipernity are able to secure new investment for the site or find a buyer for it.

However, what happens if they fail and we all need to look for an alternative. Some might disagree, but I think ipernity is unique and not only much easier to use than the competition, but offers a better product.

And yet, despite all of that, if it closes then we will need to find a new home, which raises the question of where.

Some might chooses to go back to flickr, but if like me you don't have a superfast broadband connection you will find that difficult if not impossible.

Others who perhaps have a competitive side to their nature might elect to go to Photocrowd or YouPic.

For those amongst you though that are looking for a more straightforward photo sharing platform I personally think it comes down to a choice between the following:

500px; Fotoblur; Blipfoto or 23.

I've been trying out each of these over the last few weeks and have to say there are pros and cons for each.

So, in an attempt to help compare them I've produced a document within which I have tried to capture the essence of each site from what they themselves say about their product to my own observations on what they're like to use.

I'm making that available here both as Word and PDF file formats. Simply click the link to go through to the document type of your choosing and you should then be able to download the appropriate file.

I might have missed a trick or two and some people might disagree with some of my observations, but I hope on the whole that it might be helpful to anyone who is struggling to decide where they will go if ipernity closes.

All I'd say though is don't leave yet ... you never know ipernity might yet be saved and if it is there's no point moving elsewhere because this site is simply the best!