kim_s Posted January 22, 2007 Share Posted January 22, 2007 This question has been asked a million times, but I still can't find exactlywhat I want. Well, I could if I wanted to pay $150 a month at pictage.. I'm looking for a site where I have these features: -upload my photos so that guests can log in and order. -I want to set my own price. -I want the service to take care of the finances and ordering-I want clients to have the option of ordering personalized cards (I don'tactually know how any of this works in any of the sites- if they design themright within the site or not) -and it would be great, but not a criteria, if they could design and order thierown coffee table book. I'm just getting started so I don't have the funds or really the need forsomething like pictage, but the features are great. I was going to go withsmugmug, but it doesn't look like they have the greeting card option, which Ithink is something I really want. If someone knows of an affordable magic bullet, I'd love to hear. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoneguy Posted January 22, 2007 Share Posted January 22, 2007 Smugmug is one, and has the features you are looking for, but a pro account costs $150 p/year. They get 15% of your photo sales, but handle all financial transactions, great print lab, and delivery straight to the purchaser. It's a bit of a difficult site, at first, but like any other, you get the hang of it. It's good for what I use it for, but there are others out there, as I'm sure you will see. Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike simons Posted January 22, 2007 Share Posted January 22, 2007 Instaproofs.com No member fee; they let you set your own prices. They do charge a fee on each order. -Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david_miles Posted January 22, 2007 Share Posted January 22, 2007 I did alot of research on this topic when I was looking and I never was satisfied with paying someone up to 20% of my profit. I found a shopping cart software called EOS Template, which is a plugin template for Photoshop and some other softwares. It can be a little bit sophisticated to set up, but it gives you the ability to host the images on your own webserver, set your own prices, and accept many different types of payments. The great thing is, there's no cost after the purchase of the software besides the small merchant fees from like Paypal or a credit card merchant. http://www.eostemplate.com/eos/index.html I have really enjoyed using this and it gives me complete control. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kim_s Posted January 22, 2007 Author Share Posted January 22, 2007 Smugmug does do cards? If that's the case, I'm probably fine with them for now, but I didn't see that under the product section. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoneguy Posted January 22, 2007 Share Posted January 22, 2007 Sorry Kim, I got ahead of myself. They do not offer coffee table books, or greeting cards...They do have postcards. My bad, sorry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kim_s Posted January 22, 2007 Author Share Posted January 22, 2007 No problem. I really wish they did! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greg jansen Posted January 22, 2007 Share Posted January 22, 2007 Digilabs. http://www.digilabs.biz/index.shtml. Their software is comprehensive and has quick uploads, easy changes. They have a number of programs. I got tired of printing my orders and charging the customers, so now let them do it (for a fee, of course). I had used a couple other services, found Digilabs to be the best. I have been with them for about 3 years now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stephen dohring Posted January 23, 2007 Share Posted January 23, 2007 Pictage is now $99.00 BTW for the pro package - they won't stop hounding me. Their DVD package is impressive but I a have not used them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amanda_h1 Posted January 23, 2007 Share Posted January 23, 2007 I use digilabs too. Mainly for the gallery and their proofbooks. I set the prices, and my clients can place orders, but I set it up so that the order gets emailed directly to me. Then I place the order myself with another lab. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jgrim8 Posted January 23, 2007 Share Posted January 23, 2007 Kim,I think you might like collages. I really love using them. You get to set your own prices and add 15% for Collages and it is a nice flash presentation. I also like that you can pick from a list of printers that works with Collages, so you don't have to deal with that yourself. All you have to do is upload. It's really easy to use. Also, you can pay by event if you don't want to pay by month or yearly. Hope that helps. http://www.collages.net/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ken_dunn1 Posted July 14, 2008 Share Posted July 14, 2008 I know this is a year and a half late, but in case someone finds this via search candid2000.com offers this type of service for free. There is a small handling fee, but its not much. Great quality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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