Best website to post pics and let others order?

08/28/2007 02:49:28 AM · #1

I shot a charity golf tournament over the weekend and need a way for the participants to view and purchase prints of the group / team photos. I have a Shutterfly account I was going to use as a nearly last resort, but it doesn't allow me to restrict the print sizes they can order and it crops for 4x6 as the default and I sized them for 8x10 and the customer would have to muck with the settings for any other size.

Does anyone know a good website with the following capabilities:
- I can create an account for free
- I can create collections of photos to sell to a specific (invited) audience
- I can restrict or define the print sizes allowed to be ordered
- I can set the price and include a margin
- I can easily upload batches of large images
- Good quality prints & reasonable prices

Or does anyone have an opinion or experience with Shutterfly? Maybe it's the best option.

thanks in advance...

taterbug

Nikon D300

Canon EF 85mm f/1.2L II USM

08/28/2007 03:30:03 AM · #2

hey Ken, I can't attest to actually how good it is, I havn't actually used it yet :-) but,...I set up an account at dotphoto.comfor just that reason, I actually heard fotoman forever refer to it a bit while back. I'm not sure if it entirely meets all your requirements, but I know it looks like it would do most, from what I saw. It is free though, so you could at least check it out. I think you'll want to click on their 'professional' section to get set up, if I remember it correctly. Let me know how it goes, if you check it out.

NstiG8tr

Canon EOS-5D Mark IV

08/28/2007 03:52:18 AM · #3

photobucket

BHuseman

Nikon D750

Sigma 150-600mm f/5-6.3 DG OS HSM | C

08/28/2007 04:19:44 AM · #4

I went with Fototime I can do exactly what you want to do. The fees are very reasonable and they show a cost breakdown versus some of the others. I have received prints from them and it comes on a nice Kodak Paper. You can set your own prices, and they offer other items like canvas prints, mouse pads, shirts, coffe mugs, etc....

Set up was easy, you can have your own URL, or you can have your own web page as a front end and use them as the back end for ordering the photos.

08/28/2007 05:07:18 AM · #5

Thanks for all the recommendations! I think I'll compare them all for what I need and will post how it turns out.

taterbug

Nikon D300

08/28/2007 05:32:43 AM · #6

re-read my post, and I need to clarify-
I did not set it up for 'JUST that reason', I mean, I did NOT go and shoot a charity golf tournament over the weekend....but, well....ahh, you know what I mean!!!errrrrgggg .$^ ..*** :-) :-) :-)

notesinstones

Nikon D200

Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM

08/28/2007 06:06:30 AM · #7

The Shutterfly Pro account lets you pick sizes and fix the cropping issue, but its $100 a year. I find it worth it if its used all the time and I can make my $ back and then some.

I can vouch for the quality of the printing though, all the way up to 20x30.

holdingtime

Canon EOS-5D

08/28/2007 08:52:13 AM · #8

smugmug
a good photo site for selling and showing
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Message edited by author 2007-08-28 08:56:49.

longsphoto

08/28/2007 03:36:21 PM · #9

I used photoreflect when I first started and it worked well for a long time. It looks more professional than a lot of the other sites in my opinion. Plus, when you use shutterfly or dotphoto, your customers can see exactly what you are paying for the prints and they know they are not coming from a pro lab.

//www.photoreflect.com

08/28/2007 03:38:24 PM · #10

dang - way more sites than I thought. Well I may eventually try them all. Thanks again.

taterbug

Nikon D300

08/28/2007 03:44:27 PM · #11

Hey, don't forget to let us know your assessments Ken...you know, for those of us that are interested, but too lazy to research ourselves :-P