lngroller Posted March 1, 2011 Share Posted March 1, 2011 <p>I am starting to look for someone to upload my images from High volume family portraits for online sales. My problem is I don't see any that let the customer crop and center the way they want it., and very few who show the crop difference between a 5x7 and 8x10 proportion.<br>Because this is high volume (low profit per sitting) the 30% or there abouts that PhotoReflect gets is out of the question (I think) I have been doing this work for 30 years and suddenly raising prices to cover another 30% in costs won't sit well.<br>Am I just not seeing where to go to do cropping etc? Suggestions? advice!</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stock-Photos Posted March 1, 2011 Share Posted March 1, 2011 <p>Zenfolio.com allows print buyers to custom crop.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lngroller Posted March 1, 2011 Author Share Posted March 1, 2011 <p>I just did their preview of the site and I don't see anyway for clients to crop their images.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
funcrunch Posted March 1, 2011 Share Posted March 1, 2011 <p>Zenfolio definitely offers clients the option of cropping, unless the photographer has disabled that option; I have used that site for awhile now. The option appears after the photo is placed in the shopping cart.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike_godwin1 Posted March 2, 2011 Share Posted March 2, 2011 <p>SmugMug is the same. Customer crops during checkout.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lngroller Posted March 2, 2011 Author Share Posted March 2, 2011 <p>Thank You, I have never gone all the way to checkout. How do you let clients know this? I would think when they are looking at their images they may disregard some because they don't like the cropping centering etc.<br> Sorry if this is really newbie stuff but if I didn't realize it, I would think many of my clients wouldn't either.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
funcrunch Posted March 2, 2011 Share Posted March 2, 2011 <p>Well, until they decide what size they want the image printed at, I don't think cropping/centering would come into play. Once they do decide the size they want, they will already be in the shopping cart area, and will get the reminder that they need to confirm the cropping/centering before placing the order. I'm not certain but I think it's pretty standard for online photo sites to allow customers to crop/center before ordering.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lngroller Posted March 2, 2011 Author Share Posted March 2, 2011 <p>Thank You all. very helpful. It looks like you have to use Smugmug's lab? I'll be checking for best match for me now. SmugMug and Zenfolio both look nice. Guess I'll start with my lab and see who they work with.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
funcrunch Posted March 3, 2011 Share Posted March 3, 2011 <p>SmugMug has two labs, EZ Prints and Bay Photo. The latter is more pricy but better quality. I got stunning prints from Bay Photo when I hosted with SmugMug. Zenfolio's lab is Mpix, and Business Premium users have the option to use Mpix Pro, which is really the same lab but offers more products and doesn't do color-correction.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lngroller Posted March 8, 2011 Author Share Posted March 8, 2011 <p>Thank you all for the responses. I see I have not gone far enough in the sample galleries to find the crop feature. It seems I have also been going about this backwards as I thought they would FTP to a lab. Now I am finding most partner with labs. When they offer self fulfillment it adds more work. I need to see if my lab partners with anyone then see if their software does what I need. Should have talked to them first... DUH!</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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