Sell Prints in Minutes. We’ll Tell You How.

Sell Prints in Minutes. We’ll Tell You How.

Selling prints can be a great source of revenue for for photographers. It can also be a ton of work and maintenance, and nobody wants to deal with that. That’s why we’ve set out to make selling prints as easy as possible. Whether you’re just looking to make some extra cash, or your main source of revenue comes from print sales and you have very specific needs – we have something that will work for you.

In this article, we’re going to dive into the two main ways of selling prints through PhotoShelter. We’ll  give you the low-down on how it works for your business, and what the advantages are.

1. The Auto-fulfillment Service.

Our easiest and quickest method for hands-free sales. We’ve partnered with 5 different print labs (4 in the USA, 1 in the UK) that you can choose from.

How it works:

You’ll choose your lab, add your prices, and apply them to your images. Easy peasy. You’re given the option to approve your sales as they come in, or you can go totally hands-off, and we’ll just shoot you an email when you’ve made a sale. The lab will handle the rest.

*Step-by-step instructions here.

You can click on each lab to see what print/products they offer, their prices, and everything you’d need to know about the lab.

Advantages:

  1. Sales setup in minutes.
  2. No maintenance required because everything is automated within the system.
  3. If there is ever an issue, we’ll contact the lab for you (or your client) and make it right.

2. Self-Fulfillment Service.

Our self-fulfillment option gives you a bit more control. If there’s a local lab you’d like to use, maybe one that offers specialty items, or even if you want to handle the printing/shipping yourself, this option’s for you. Initial setup will take a bit more time, but beyond that, the process is really quick and easy for both you and your clients.

How it works:

You’ll create each product you’d like to offer, along with the shipping options. You’ll then price your items, and apply that pricing to your images. When it comes to fulfillment, you have two options:

  1. Fulfill the orders yourself. When an order comes through, you are responsible for handling the fulfillment and then marking the orders as complete in your PhotoShelter account.
  2. Choose one of the many participating labs in our Print Vendor Network. You can invite any lab to participate, and when an order comes through, send it to your favorite Print Vendor Network lab with a single click. You can then choose to have the orders sent directly to your client, or to you.   

*Step-by-step instructions here.

Advantages:

  1. Offer bulk pricing discounts through packages.
  2. Offer a combination of both prints, products along with downloads.

Want to learn more about getting set up for sales? Head to our Support Center, or reach out to our Client Services team with any questions. Happy selling!

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  1. Mark Tassoni at 1:24 pm

    Yeah, but do you have any plans to integrate this into your client proofing platform? Because it seems to me that if you want to offer clients proofing as well as prints, you have to duplicate the gallery. One gallery for proofing, one for prints.

    How is this system competing with the likes of Smugmug and even Zenfolio?

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