Smugmug users.... pricing questions

Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED

03/10/2008 09:11:10 PM · #1

If you have a smugmug pro site set up I have some questions.

I plan to create a gallery for the photo sessions that I do and have the family/person use that gallery to choose their portraits. I will set my pricing there, but if I offer a package deal up front, how do you handle them choosing their photos for the package?

Should I just email them with the link and pw to the gallery and have them email me back with their portrait selections (i.e, file names etc..)

I also offer Canvas prints that cant be ordered on smugmug so that would have to be handled the same way as the package deals.

TonyT

Fujifilm X-T5

03/10/2008 09:14:25 PM · #2

I use SmugMug. As far as I can tell you can set the pricing for all of your stuff, each gallery, or each photo in a gallery. I do not think there is any way to set a 'package' price. I wish there was because that's really what everyone asks for.

Once you set prices in a gallery, it's easy to copy those prices to another gallery, and then even customize individual prints.

Everything is great with their service. I am with them over 1 year and didn't get any complaints....after I tell them there are no packages.

03/10/2008 09:21:51 PM · #3

Originally posted by TonyT:

Can I price each gallery at a different price?

Canon EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM

03/10/2008 09:22:44 PM · #4

oh I am working on mine now, but the link is [url=www.essickphotography.com]Essick Photography[/url]

I am in the process of writing some HTML pages for it now.

digitalpins

Canon EOS-60D

03/10/2008 09:24:05 PM · #5

Originally posted by gwe21:

Can I price each gallery at a different price?

yes you can...... also packages maybe sometime in the future... I am a smugmug user as well and lots of people have requested packages.

Also if you are interested you can also put coding into your website to use paypal or google checkout.....This way you can have custom prints, from what ever they maybe framed prints to you own packages that you out together. I use google checkout for one of my galleries which are displayed and for others that are not displayed on my site.

Message edited by author 2008-03-10 21:29:15.

TonyT

Fujifilm X-T5

Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED

03/10/2008 09:25:00 PM · #6

Yes. A matter of fact, I set up family pricing, friend pricing, and regular customer pricing. When you create a new gallery, you can use the quick pricing feature to copy the prices from an already exisiting gallery.

Added by edit: Once you set up the gallery, you can always go in and mark up individual photos...say because you had to spend time touching them up.

My family pricing is 10 times more than regular customers! (It should be)

Also, they give you tools to make the pricing easier too. You can, start with the base price, add a fixed amout for each photo, them mark everything up 100%.

Remember they keep a percentage of your sales.

Message edited by author 2008-03-10 21:25:57.