laurie b

<p>Thank you all. I did a Google search for Vistaprint and read many horrible reviews. One after the other. I do like their website, it's easy to navigate and set up the projects that I am working on. I haven't seen another site like it that offers so many products. I'm glad you had a good experience with them Frederick, maybe I will consider giving them a try!</p>

<p>Hi Alex,<br>

Thank you for your response. I have checked out VistaPrint but I have read really horrible reviews for them so I am hesitant to give them a try.</p>

<p>Hi,<br>

I am trying to start a new part-time photography business. I am starting by taking pictures of kids parties, showers and small events. Does anyone know where I can design and buy items such as letterhead and flyers online. I bought my business cards on <a href="http://www.zazzle.com">www.zazzle.com</a> and I love them but they don't do flyers or letterhead. Any suggestions would be appreciated! Thank you!</p>

<p>Laurie</p>

<p>Thank you all for your help! I will check out Zenfolio as well. Dave- very nice site. How did you do it for under $100?</p>

<p>Yes Rob, he told me he specializes in SmugMug and there are a lot of quirks so it would be harder for someone not familiar with SmugMug to customize the site. If I just had that crystal ball to project future sales...lol</p>

<p>Jack, I don't even know what PHP is and I can't even imagine!!!! Thanks for the complement on my pics! I appreciate it!!!</p>

<p>Thanks Rob. He has a bunch of examples online and they are all well done. Do you feel $1000 is reasonable? There is no way to say if I will recoup my money since I'm just starting out. I just have to hope that people hire me!</p>

<p>Thank you! Yes, I did get my domain name through GoDaddy and now use it on Smugmug. I paid about $7.00 a month for it. I got the pro subscription on Smugmug for $75.00 a year (half price) which is well worth it. Smugmug has its own E Commerce as well which is great. I tried doing HTML on my Smugmug site but it was very frustrating for me. If you look at my siteyou will see that I just started but got lost in the sea of HTML and stopped. BTW, I thought about using my last name in my site but thought it was too confusing! lol. I've heard a lot about custom websites costing $500.00 so I didn't know if $1000.00 was too much.</p>

<p>Hi,<br />I am trying to start my own photography business and have joined Smugmug. I don't have the time, patience or understanding of HTML to do the site myself. I found a web customizer recommended by Smugmug to do the customization of my site. They are charging $1000.00 to put together a website for me. Does this sound reasonable? Thank you!<br />Laurie</p>