Now there are some people who prefer an HTML site and/or are surfing the web on slow connections so we do have both - an HTML site and a FLASH site. Not exactly the same website, but rather the same level of website. If you want to be perceived in the same league as the best photographers that you are competing against - you need to have roughly the same professional "look". Like most situations - perception is more important than reality. "My advice is to steer clear of flash!."Ĭheck out the top photographers in nearly any market and you will see that they are using flash for their websites. Uh, i think he may of been talking to the one above you. $150/year isn't expensive - the time I have saved by having a ready to go service that includes automated professional quality printing is worth a hell of a lot more than that to me. I shoot events - several per week so I need something that can be updated quickly and easily - which smugmug can be. Sales soon pay for it - the price I was quoting was for the professional level - you can have an unlimited number of photos stored there, you set your own sale prices etc - I came to smugmug after looking at a heap of both paid and DIY services and smugmug came out as the best available (it's not perfect and neither is any other solution I have seen). I just think it is a great way for a small business to go to limit who gets a piece of the pie so to speak.īlack Shadow Photography Fisher - you are paying for a service with smugmug but it's hardly a rip off. Once you purchase the software, there are no other fees (you do have to have a credit card service which has their own monthly charges if you want to accept credit cards).Ĭheck them out and I don't benefit from recommending them. The good part is I don't pay any third party a percentage of my sales. It also is a built in shopping cart with customizable pricing for each client, keeps track of each order, allows for paypal & credit cards, and tracks daily, monthly, and yearly sales, along with a bunch of other features. Photo Cart allows you to have private, public with password, or totally public, proofing areas for each client. I use PicturesPro Photo Cart software which runs on the host site (went with bluehost because they offer unlimited space and unlimited FTP uploads). Linked to that site is my "client proofing" area. I use a flash site for my info site (galleries, about, contact, etc) hosted on. After all the average HTML code is only a few Kb. The majority of my site is held off site so 512 is plenty for my academic documents and the website itself. Full CSS, PHP, python, CGI and SQL support as well as a nice large 512Mb hosting capacity. I use and use their home package at 18 quid per year, domain name registering is 5 quid per year and as my account has been active for a few years I keep the same low rate rather than the new inflated recession pricing many hosts are requesting. Either code yourself (pretty easy) or find a friend who knows HTML, Python CGI and CSS inside out (again pretty easy in this day and age). Wow, at above, what a rip off, my hosting is 1/5 that, which includes domain name handling and while I don't currently have client shopping carts etc, I have plenty of space to implement it. What I have done is set up my main page as a WordPress blog (which I have hosted with and my smugmug photo galleries are in a subdomain The forums are full of information on setting up and customising your smugmug account and are very helpful.īlack Shadow Photography edited this topic ages ago. The professional SM service is $150US/year - you can have your own domain name. If you add sNEQjVK0ghMFv in the coupon code when you sign up you will receive a $5 discount. If you want an easily customisable solution that allows secure albums and print sales I suggest you look at - why not sign up for the trial and see what you think. My site cost $100, plus $100 for a year of hosting and $100 for the client proofing section and shopping cart. For every 3 complaints, I hear of a success.and I guess I was a success. I know many have had issues with I have not. :: Adam of William Ainsley Photography :: says: Mainly I want to be able to have secure albums for clients to view and order from. I want to be able to have clients photos in a different secure area for them to view and order. I'm looking to make a new photography website.
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