@lobol I had a talk with one Guy who uses it. He has PV like 1.8 to 1.9 Million and gets a bill around 300 to 400 $.

Thats a little more but still feasible. Like if you have 500000 you would be charged around 60$ lets say.

However Hotlinking is a bit of trouble here. I am not sure if Amazon Provides any support. You can mail their support id to find it.

Can any body share how much they have been billed by Amazon S3 ? I have scary thoughts and stories on that. Specially when you get hotlinked ? Does Amazon give any protection against hotlinking ?

I went through a lot of posts on Amazon S3, including which had been written long back. But two people who recently moved to Amazon and use Cloudfront had given the best. I have included the links at the end.

This is how you need to setup Amazon S3 to host images. I have add separate description if you want to use Amazon s3 only , Use the cloudfront and or if you have already a previous amazon s3 and want to move to cloudfront. Good Luck

Basic:

1.Amazon Account
2.Amazon AWS account
3.Signup for Amazon S3
4.Get Access ID and Secret key
5.Signup for CloudFront

Setup

1. Create Bucket :

Bucket name : img.sitename.com
Permissions : World:Read and Owner:Write / Edit ACL

ONLY AMAZON S3

Add custom DNS accoount

CNAME:
NAME : img
Type : CNAME
Value: img.sitename.com.s3.amazon.com

NAME : www.img
Type : CNAME
Value: img.sitename.com.s3.amazon.com

Only CloudFront ( With No pre existing Amazon S3 CNAME )

Creating Distribution for Cloud Front:

a. Select Any Folder : img.sitename.com.s3.amazon.com
b. Manage Distribution
c. Associate CName : img.sitename.com | Copy unique CF name for it : xxxx.cloudfront.com
d. Add CNAME:

NAME : img
Type : CNAME
Value: xxxx.cloudfront.com

NAME : www.img
Type : CNAME
Value: xxxx.cloudfront.com

For existing Amazon S3 to Cloudfront

Creating Distribution for Cloud Front:

a. Select Any Folder : img.sitename.com.s3.amazon.com
b. Manage Distribution
c. Associate CName : cache.sitename.com | Copy unique CF name for it : xxxx.cloudfront.com
d. Update CNAME:

OLD CNAME:
NAME : img
Type : CNAME
Value: img.sitename.com.s3.amazon.com ****

NAME : www.img
Type : CNAME
Value: img.sitename.com.s3.amazon.com ***

New Cname:

NAME : img
Type : CNAME
Value: xxxx.cloudfront.com

NAME : www.img
Type : CNAME
Value: xxxx.cloudfront.com

Here is the list of tutorials which you can follow at the end

Amazon S3 Introduction:

http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/amazon-s3-the-beginners-guide/
http://www.labnol.org/internet/tools/amazon-s3-simple-storage-service-guide/3889/

Amazon s3 Setup

http://www.labnol.org/internet/host-images-files-on-amazon-s3-storage/4923/

What is Amazon Bucket:

http://www.labnol.org/internet/tools/amazon-s3-buckets-tutorial/3890/

How to setup Amazon Cloudfront:

http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/amazon-cloudfront-how-to-setup-cloudfront-to-work-with-s3/

http://www.labnol.org/internet/setup-content-delivery-network-with-amazon-s3-cloudfront/5446

How to reduce your Amazon s3 Bills

http://www.labnol.org/internet/lower-amazon-s3-bill-improve-website-loading-time/5193/