 Kenneth Smullen |
how to sell my pics off my site(betterphoto) How do I set up my betterphoto site to sell pics?
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Melody Hauf |
Hi Kenneth, There is a very long and detailed email sent out with instructions on how to set up your Image Sales. Through your Admin center, you connect to a Pay Pal account, and they will tell you when a purchase is made. You create the products you wish to sell and the cost of them, and the various other things to connect it altogether for your visitors. All the the links under the Image Sales tab in your website Admin, are part of the set up process, and also have instructions to "Show/Hide", as well as a "Help" link near the top right of the Admin center. I will re-send the instructional emails to you since they are long. If you do not see them, please check your spam folders, because we find they often are filtered out and moved there.
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Kenneth Smullen |
Thanks Mel, You really have been a great help. I guess what I was trying to ask is once you have the whole paypal thing set up including registering my business wth the state and setting up a seperate business account with my bank, what photo printing companies are favored among BP memebers, and how do I go about linking them to my site? Are some easier to use by print buyers then others. I get the impression that if a person would like to buy a print from me they will have to navigate away from my site in order to do this. I'm personally trying to stay away from having to become a printer and a shipping department, if that makes sense. Thanks for your response. KJS www.smullenphoto.com
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chrisbudny.com - Chris Budny Contact Chris Budny Chris Budny's Gallery |
Kenneth, I don't have a Pro site, so I may be off base here, but I don't believe there's any "automation" of the actual print & shipping work... a customer can place an order from your site, with you, and then you need to do all the necessary coordination work to fulfill that order---such as if you use mpix.com for printing, you'd have them do the print and ship, to either you (if you needed to say, sign it) or to the customer directly. I think (but could be wrong) that BP's Pro site means you are the coordinator of printing (and potentially shipping, if goods come to you first) but they facilitate order capture and payment processing.
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Tom R. Fleeman |
Kenneth I started a sports photo business right before football last year. I use a company called PhotoReflect. They do most of the work. You upload your events, people go online pick what they want ( nice assortment of products). Reflect sends you message you have an order.You go in do minor fixes if you want and send on to customer. PhotoReflect does all hand color adjustments etc. They do all processing,billing and shipping. When sales are $25.00 and over they will send you money, They say every two weeks but depending on when cut off date is it could be three weeks. I have only had one minor software problem with them and any other problems they have taken care of quickly. Go online and take a look.Go in and look at some of their sites. You can look at mine if you want Fleeman Photography At PhotoReflect. Hope this is information you were looking for and helps a little. Tom
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