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“This is actually one of the most appealing internet sites I have actually ever before found. That is incredibly appealing since of its distinct material and also amazing write-ups.” - Stacey
How does a photographer begin selling their pictures online as prints? One of the many choices that comes up is SmugMug. I know professional photographers who sell a few prints through it, but they say they dont sell too many. But they probably don’t do a lot to push the exposure of their SmugMug site. What if you want to do more to market your prints, like through Facebook ads, Google Ads, landing pages, or creating a subscription prints service?
Some photographer blogs, such as Ken Rockwell say that being a photographer is a lower paying job than almost any other. Its not making good photos that sells. It is marketing the great photos that sells. It is all about the self promotion, and setting yourself apart.
So what are the choices to pursue more aggressive marketing of your art?
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Options:
One possibility is to buy your own wide format printer, create your own portfolio book of prints, and start selling them in the real world: Showing the portfolio book to real people in real life, getting their reactions, asking for the sale. This is guerilla, boots on the ground, marketing at it’s simplest.
One photographer I know is always advising “Think Big!” As in wall sized prints. He wants to someday afford wall sized metal prints of his own work.
What about software?
Color1Photo touts their “IMAGE SECURITY YOU CAN TRUST”
Make sure that any image that can be downloaded does not have adequate resolution for a quality print, so nobody will make any money off your work.
Good article about what is affiliate marketing from the point of the affiliate network: https://www.goodfirms.co/blog/best-free-open-source-affiliate-software
https://tipser.co/en/products/publishers/affiliate-marketing-vs-content-commerce/
https://phonexa.com/traffic/pay-per-lead-affiliate-programs/
Article - How to add an affiliate or referral program to a wordpress site
LeadDyno affiliate solution - How To Start An Affiliate Program
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OSI Affiliate says it includes tracking up to 200 affiliates for $47/month - https://www.osiaffiliate.com/pricing.php
NOTE: Read this more indepth to get all the options listed here… Good article on choices: eCommerce for photographers - https://www.foregroundweb.com/selling-images/
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https://www.color1photo.com/websites - in Seattle Washington
Best Print-on-Demand websites: The Definitive 2020 Guide - https://blog.placeit.net/definitive-guide-on-best-print-on-demand-websites/
Print on demand websites for photographers - https://megapixelmaniac.com/print-on-demand-websites-for-photographers/
Other possibilities:
Integrated partners:
Set commission, like 25%
Wall Art - https://artofwhere.com/info/design-guidelines
| Ratio | In inches | In pixels |
| 1:1* | 24' x 24'* | 7200px x 7200px* |
| 3:2* | 30' x 20'* | 9000px x 6000px* |
| 4:3* | 32' x 24'* | 9600px x 7200px* |
| —– | 8' x 10' | 2400px x 3000px |
| —– | 11' x 14' | 3300px x 4200px |
| —– | 16' x 20' | 4800px x 6000px |
| —– | 20' x 24' | 6000px x 7200px |
* Those ratios can be sized down, but the specified sizes are the biggest available since your artwork must display correctly up to those sizes.
https://www.artspan.com/article/610/why-artspan-is-different-and-better-1
https://www.artspan.com/artist-websites
Example product:
Breakthrough Prints Monthly Subscription And Commission Structure
