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Wow... maybe I should start selling there too

It looks really nice!

By the way, you might appreciate this page - on the page is audio broadcast from the antarctic (beneath the ice) - and for some reason, i've been listening off and on all day today - hearing whales and other creatures... and in the last hour or so there seems to be a thunderstorm - with rain and loud thunder crashes. At least it sure seems like thunder - i didn't realize there would be thunder down there... i've heard underwater recordings of whales breaching and this doesn't sound like that at all - sounds exactly like thunder.

anyway, thought it might interest you

I remember Sharply recommending Smugmug.  I have no experience, but your gallery looks nice and clean. Should serve you well.  (Looks quite professional).

You really need to raise your prices before you go public, is that the default?   I only looked at the nature prints, but presumably for the merchandise as well?  

Also, aren't they based in the U.S.?  Did you check out how much they charge to ship to Germany?  Shipping could be a hot issue for your clients.   If they are sent by FedEx/UPS, etc., the couples may be charged brokerage fees on top of  the shipping charges and duties.

Nope, it wasn't me. The only thing I know about smugmug is that it's getting quite popular with bloggers.

Hey Sharply, apologies for misquoting you....  Must be my age... can't keep things straight anymore.  Didn't you recommend some kind of gallery hosting service that sold prints?  I'd like to find one in Canada that is more reasonably priced than the hosting service my pro-lab has.

@ Mauger thanks for the link to the audio broadcast, I should implement that in my gallery so people can hear it, when they are looking at my Antarctic images

@ Pixart actually I am quite unsure which prices I should take. I increased them 100% from the base price. What would you suggest? 400%? I never was in the printing business.

I do not know if they ship to Germany, it would be nice, if they would work together with German labs. I have to check that out.. For the wedding I disabled the printing for now and people can download the images (Was a wedding for friends.) In this way my smugmug account will be a very good advertism tool. I get lots of publicity if the wedding guests will look at my images.
If any of you want to give me a honest critique of the images or want to have a look at them let me know by PM and I will send you the password. I already know I have done some things wrong in the wedding and it is allways good to get feedback from other photographers. (I am a wedding noob :-) ).

@Mauger. You can protect your images quite well. For now my images are right click protected. Try it out :-). But probably there is a way arround. Through screenshots? Maybe one can enlighten me. But watermarks are also possible. But Smugmug is far better in protecting images than Flickr.

BTW you can do a whole lot of custumization. I have not done significantly changes. But some site I have seen look totally different.

The photos don't have to be ready to print. On Smugmug you can set it so when they order there is a delay before shipping giving you time to only correct the photos that they order. I usually set my delay to 2 or 3 days but it could be set longer.

I use it for my portfolio. My domain name takes you right to it.

http://www.dannysmythe.com

Thanks for the info about the prints.
I have to check how to edit images that they will be the best possible print. I certainly will open up a public gallery with a few selected wedding images.