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I work with a Pentax 6X7 and have posted some of my work on my website http://www.stateofmaya.com
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Has anyone had any positive experience selling their images on line? I'd like to hear any comments or suggestions on this and on improving my site. Thanks!
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David Oliveras
doliveras@stateofmaya.com
Selling Photography On Line
in Medium Format
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Like anything else that's worthwhile it does take an effort. I
basically designed my site very simply and did it myself. It's
certainly not perfect because I'm not a programmer, however, I have
seen worse and it's an evolving process. I pay about $29 a month to
the company that's "web hosting." I guess I spent $30.00 on a book
re: creating web sites using Office 97 which is a program I knew and
already had and finally I guess I spent about $70 scanning some
photos. I plan to add more to it soon.
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If nothing else my artwork has reached an audience that it never had
before in such far away places as Luxemborg, Australia, Italy,
Malaysia, and the Vatican. A free web counter provides me with some
stats as to how well my marketing efforts are working.
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Does this take time away from taking pictures? Not really. That
always comes first. Now, however, when I surf the web I'm doing it
with a goal in mind: that is trying to reach more potential buyers.
Basically I'm still shopping around for a secure credit card
transaction package, but that will come.
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Ultimately with the web growing som much everyday, I'm sure it will
pay off in the long run.
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David Oliveras
http://www.stateofmaya.com