Website Printing Intergration
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me too, linking to a folder on photobox pro
only problem is you cant link to individual photos, just folders, so you need to make a new folder per event/shoot or just get people to find the picture in one main folder
only problem is you cant link to individual photos, just folders, so you need to make a new folder per event/shoot or just get people to find the picture in one main folder
Smugmug offers what we want...in the USA.
I have pleaded in their forum (and so have other Europeans) and apparently at one point they were looking into having a printer based in Europe but according to them they couldnt guarantee the quality of the prints was going to be the same, etc so for the moment its USA based only.
This doesnt mean you cant use it, but the shipping fees for your clients would be stupid.
Meanwhile I use photobox too, but it just doesnt work well enough. Asks too much from the customer, like having to register, and I know for a fact that puts many people off, especially older customers.
The other alternative is to integrate your gallery with paypal buttons and shopping cart for people to send the order and pay you, then you place order from photobox but specify the customer's address. (Or print with any other service of course).
Personally, after going round in circles tryingto make the above work, I realised the old fashioned word of mouth + contact sheet method is what has given me 90% of sales, so I just have an on-line portfolio with contact details until someone does offer a decent selling/printing solution.
I have pleaded in their forum (and so have other Europeans) and apparently at one point they were looking into having a printer based in Europe but according to them they couldnt guarantee the quality of the prints was going to be the same, etc so for the moment its USA based only.
This doesnt mean you cant use it, but the shipping fees for your clients would be stupid.
Meanwhile I use photobox too, but it just doesnt work well enough. Asks too much from the customer, like having to register, and I know for a fact that puts many people off, especially older customers.
The other alternative is to integrate your gallery with paypal buttons and shopping cart for people to send the order and pay you, then you place order from photobox but specify the customer's address. (Or print with any other service of course).
Personally, after going round in circles tryingto make the above work, I realised the old fashioned word of mouth + contact sheet method is what has given me 90% of sales, so I just have an on-line portfolio with contact details until someone does offer a decent selling/printing solution.
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Paypal shopping cart buttons work well enough.
Create a button for each size photo - 6x4 10x8, 16x12 etc.. on your website. The customer then just needs to input the ID of the photo they want printed and click the relavent size button. The paypal screen loads in a window showing your order. If you have business account setup in Paypal then Customers don't even need to register
Once an order is placed you receive an e-mail from Paypal with the details and you sort the printing yourself.
See this example : click
Ideally you'd want the printing included but systems that handle everything cost a lot of money and it's s only a viable option if you're photo sales are very high.
For example : Thirdlight
I used this for a year and it's an excellent service - It handles orders for photos and printing through Photobox. It can be integrated into your website so it looks very professional to customers.
However the setup cost is £300 and £70 a month thereafter.
Create a button for each size photo - 6x4 10x8, 16x12 etc.. on your website. The customer then just needs to input the ID of the photo they want printed and click the relavent size button. The paypal screen loads in a window showing your order. If you have business account setup in Paypal then Customers don't even need to register
Once an order is placed you receive an e-mail from Paypal with the details and you sort the printing yourself.
See this example : click
Ideally you'd want the printing included but systems that handle everything cost a lot of money and it's s only a viable option if you're photo sales are very high.
For example : Thirdlight
I used this for a year and it's an excellent service - It handles orders for photos and printing through Photobox. It can be integrated into your website so it looks very professional to customers.
However the setup cost is £300 and £70 a month thereafter.
SDK^ said:Paypal shopping cart buttons work well enough.
Create a button for each size photo - 6x4 10x8, 16x12 etc.. on your website. The customer then just needs to input the ID of the photo they want printed and click the relavent size button. The paypal screen loads in a window showing your order. If you have business account setup in Paypal then Customers don't even need to register
Once an order is placed you receive an e-mail from Paypal with the details and you sort the printing yourself.
See this example : click
Ideally you'd want the printing included but systems that handle everything cost a lot of money and it's s only a viable option if you're photo sales are very high.
For example : Thirdlight
I used this for a year and it's an excellent service - It handles orders for photos and printing through Photobox. It can be integrated into your website so it looks very professional to customers.
However the setup cost is £300 and £70 a month thereafter.
If you use Pixelpost, there's a Paypal addon that'll pass the image ID & title so you can integrate the Paypal Shopping Cart stuff. I tried it, works very well but I'm going to end up getting Pixaria which looks like the bee's knees.
http://www.pixaria.com/