good site that will host my sports photos for sale

<p>I have been building my own site to do host and sell my photos on of sport events that i shoot, but untill i get the flash albums worked out i would like to get some shooting underway to sell off, I have come across a few but i cant seem to remeber the urls, i have seen them where they host the photos for free, as many as you want and you bank 80% of whatever they purchase. idealy something, where the site assigns a number to the galleries ahead of time so that i can hand out cards for them to get to the photos. Any places that you have worked with or have seen and like are appreciated. i would like it to be a sports one if possible, makes it look a bit more legit to the parents getting the cards with the URL on them.</p>

<p>Hey Nicholas,<br>

You can use smugmug...gets you set up with your own url and everything, lots of templates and fairly easy to use. Very reasonable cost (don't remember how much but seems to me it was less than $50 for the year). People can buy shots from the site very easily (just click on buy this photo). My site (badly organized becuase I can't find the time to fix it) is <a href="http://www.bmcfoto.com">www.bmcfoto.com</a>. That will give you a sense at least. You can lock galleries with a password, and then just give that password to potential purchasers. You also can control the resoultion of what you put up there. So, you can for instance, make full res shots available for purchasers in a protected gallery and put lower res versions in your showcase galleries so other potential clients can see your work but not print it at reproduction quality.</p>

<p>I've had good results with smugmug--clients seemed to like it. I think it was $99 for the year. <br>

Here's the sports stuff (also have weddings and stuff): http://jairyhunterphotography.smugmug.com/Sports<br>

I usually just send the link via email. I don't have my personal domain name directed to it, but that would make it easier to sell stuff I guess. </p>

<p>I used Smugmug for couple of years then switched to Exposure Manager. Smugmug much easier to set up a website with their templates than exposure manager. EM has lower persent that they take of your sales. The latest I've seen adds for is Zenfolio which uses Mpix for slaes and printing.</p>

<p>Steve</p>

 

<p>I have my own website, and direct clients to SmugMug to make purchases. The website is basic, but I find people are not looking at the website much, they are interested in the photos. I've had good experiences using SmugMug, easy to use and great support when needed.

Good luck!</p>

<p>I too have used smugmug, but Jairy and Brian have quoted the price incorrectly. In order to sell your photos for a profit on smugmug you need to purchase a pro account. This costs $150/ year and the commission on your photos is 15%. You can purchase "standard" and "power" packages for much less, but those will not allow you to sell your photos for profit. Once you sign up with a pro account, they automatically rebill your CC unless you cancel ahead of time. Smugmug prints the orders through a company in Georgia.<br>

I believe Exposure Manager is $99/ yr and 10% commission.</p>

<p>I use ifp3.com. You can pay month-to-month, but annual is cheaper. No commission paid for items sold (I've sold calendars, DVDs, and photos). Unlimited space. Links up using either an ifp3 address (free) or your own purchased dot-com name. I don't know anything about building a website, so this has worked great for me. I use it for blogging and posting schedules of games also:

<p>I started one last year, and smugmug seemed a pretty good option, there is a 'coupon' for half off your first year, so you can get up and running for $75. It is easy to use and very customizable. Very pleased with the quality of the prints as well. </p>

<p><a href="http://www.photoreflect.com">www.photoreflect.com</a><br>

No upfront fees,free to set up, unlimited image uploads, free software for editing, pro labs to chose from for printing, and they drop ship to costumer!<br>

They just take a % of your sale, so you just set your prices accordingly.</p>

<p>One of my 8x10's sell for $25 + $7.95 S/H to the customer, and after photoreflect takes thier cut, and the lab takes their cut, I end up with a $19.89 check.</p>

<p>And YES, my sales are doing just great!</p>

<p>thanks for all the responces.... i will look into those</p>

<p>As a Canadian, I was very interested in Smugmug until I realized that all funds were in US and they had to do the printing at their own lab. Since then, I've switched to Photoreflect.com. Their software seems a bit buggy, but after several calls to their help line (the will use the gotomeeting.com website to guide you through any problems. I like the fact that I can use my local lab here in Winnipeg ("Winterpeg") Canada that I've been using for years (ROES system). Their commission is 15% but goes down to 13% once you reach $2000.00. So far my sales have gone way up compared to when I was trying to do it myself. I don't know but I think Photoreflect.com is the best for any international photographer since you can adjust the currency to US, Canadian, British Pounds, Euros, or whatever. Naturally the wanted me to upgrade for $395.00 to the Core or Pro Edition even though I've only used it for a week. So far I'm impressed but I haven't received a cheque yet...I'll let you know once that happens.</p>

<p>Well I assure everyone my misquote of the smugmug price was not intentional--I guess there's a lesson in there: that they can slip that in on you if you're not careful. One thing not mentioned is that you can see what your cost for the photos is, and you can set your own prices for the "public." To be honest, I've made a little money off it, but I'm not really trying to make a living doing it--just want to cover my costs. People at games approach me and want prints, and I found this to be the most efficient, least painful way for me to get them what they want or need. Brides appreciate it as well, because they don't want to have to collect money and distribute prints to relatives friends and so on. There are "more professional" methods pro wedding photogs use, but it works for me and my clients at the moment. </p>

<p>Well I assure everyone my misquote of the smugmug price was not intentional--I guess there's a lesson in there: that they can slip that in on you if you're not careful. One thing not mentioned is that you can see what your cost for the photos is, and you can set your own prices for the "public." To be honest, I've made a little money off it, but I'm not really trying to make a living doing it--just want to cover my costs. People at games approach me and want prints, and I found this to be the most efficient, least painful way for me to get them what they want or need. Brides appreciate it as well, because they don't want to have to collect money and distribute prints to relatives friends and so on. There are "more professional" methods pro wedding photogs use, but it works for me and my clients at the moment. </p>

<p>Another vote for photoreflect - although I just checked and I seem to have somehow managed to delete my portfolio.... oh well.. needed to update it anyway.</p>

<p>In 3 years with them - I've had only 2 client complaints - 1 when they (digital express) loaded a bad zip code file and it wouldn't validate zips and allow a customer to order and 2. they only accept plastic. (yes, there are still folks who pay check or cash)</p>

<p>But good service, and as mentioned unlimited storage and nice to get that check every other week.</p>

<p>Dave</p>

 

<p>I use smugmug and love it - http://photos.jpglive.com - there is a lot of customization that is allowed as well as a nice set of templates. they have two photo printers that they work with. Sure tey take a cut of the sales - but nothing that seemed unreasonable to me. They do allow unlimited uploads and you can make private galleries - so if you want to upload stuff and then release it later - or just make some galleries accessed via password only.</p>

<p>Lots of options - and the support team there is top notch. Personally I went with them because I was also concerned about someone losing my images. Smugmug keeps data in about 3 separate data centers I believe - so I think its pretty safe.</p>