tom_lee4 Posted January 4, 2006 Share Posted January 4, 2006 Just would like to hear feedback in regards to Printroom or any other online services people use and your experiences with them. I'd like to see what's the best out there. I am just getting started into youth photography and want to sell my pictures online. I am currently looking to work with someone to provide the online order/fulfillment service for me. Thanks in advance for any feedback. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael_glavan Posted January 4, 2006 Share Posted January 4, 2006 Tom, I have a good friend thats at the pro level in sports photography and he uses dotphoto. Im new to sports photo. also so i couldnt tell you if its the best out there but knowing my friend it is the best or close to it. mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrew_carlson Posted January 4, 2006 Share Posted January 4, 2006 I've been using printroom for almost a year now. What I've learned, especially with youth sports, is that once they (parents & kids) have left the building, they aren't thinking of hitting a website and buying pictures. No matter how good those pictures are. I think it comes down to parents being very busy. Not having kids myself I can't really speak to this. But if they have spent all day at the field/rink/arena, they have to pickup the dry cleaning, hit the store for milk and dog/cat food, and cook dinner. Well then we're pretty low on the list of priorities there. Onsite sales is your best if not only chance to make that sale. Ultimately having onsite sales as a backup where customers can order replacements or reprints is good. The question of on location printing is one I've been facing for a while now and I'm not overly thrilled with the idea of printing onsite. Inkjet printers are VERY good but not archival quality IMO. Dye sub printers are great but costly and rather specific, say 4x6 only. In the end, all of this affects your bottom line. Buying 2-3 printers, PC's to drive them, someone to help out with orders, setup time. Plus what about normal photography and workflow? What about touching up or cropping images that need a little bit of help? Just getting the pictures from camera(s) to computer, organized, and edited so you don't have the priceless photo of the referree scratching something he shouldn't be scratching in public. Or that blurry image of the net or glass or whatever? There may be ways to handle online sales or achieve the volume of online sales that you or myself might be looking for, but after the game is over they've started looking forward to the next game. I have a GREAT series of a player scoring a goal from redline to goal line and the parents were so happy to see 6 shots in sequence, in focus, and exposed correctly. They never bought one of them because I missed the moment and hoped for online sales. Good luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cecil_kent Posted January 5, 2006 Share Posted January 5, 2006 You may look at http://www.eventpictures.com I've used them for about six months without any problems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
designonline Posted January 6, 2006 Share Posted January 6, 2006 I have been using printroom for about 6 months now and love it. Have business card with the website address where the photos will be and pass them out to everyone at the event. Trust me. They will come. So will grandparents, aunts, uncles, divorced moms and dads. Plus they can order all sorts of products with the picture of their choosing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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