rogerjporter Posted August 26, 2007 Share Posted August 26, 2007 Hi there, i am an occasional wedding shooter, and i am ready to go on line finally and let the families do the ordering instead of emailing me or calling with all the numbers. A friend uses smugmug, which looks cool and does everything i need it to, but at a yearly cost which is totally worth it at the beginning of the season but maybe not so on the last wedding of the season, is there anyone out there that has a more favorite service that they can recommend, preferably a little less expensive? this has probably all been discussed before, but i didn't see anything really recent on it. thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
randmcnatt Posted August 26, 2007 Share Posted August 26, 2007 I ran the figures on every site I could find, and it all seems to even out eventually: more up front, lower percentage; less up front, higher percentage. I went with SmugMug since I could afford the front money even if I never sold anything and could live with their cut if I did. They have some features I like, and the ones they lack or that I don't like are not deal-killers. Second place was SimplePhoto.com, you might check them out. I thought there was too much work on my part to keep it running like I want, but it might be right for you (with SM, now that it's set up to my liking, an assistant can handle the work very easily). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonylarcombe Posted August 26, 2007 Share Posted August 26, 2007 I went with Smugmug too, I've been with them for 2 years, I noticed only this week that they've made some upgrades to their shopping cart and checkout screens and functions, which look pretty nice. One good thing about the yearly fee is that you get a signing bonus if someone uses your name/email address to sign up, and the person signing up gets money off too, a win-win situation as they say ! My main reaon for joining though was the fact that you can customize the web pages to your liking, and they have excellent help tutorials to do that. I've been happy and so have my customers with the delivery and print quality. Tony. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wedding-photography-denver Posted August 26, 2007 Share Posted August 26, 2007 Less than Smugmug? For what they offer, not likely. However, I don't like their prints once you get to anything larger than an 8x10. It does need some competition though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark_parker2 Posted August 27, 2007 Share Posted August 27, 2007 Try Exposuremanager.com . Love it!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dawn_kelly Posted September 1, 2007 Share Posted September 1, 2007 Do it on your own site with Enhanced Ordering System templates (EOS, not associated with Canon or me) for one time cost of $99. They can be used to create an order / proofing gallery with PhotoShop, JAlbum, Breeze Browser, and more. The down side to this from the other online services is that you would have to fulfill your own orders. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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