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Is anyone successfully selling prints of their photos online?
cathyslife:
If so, what site? I've been pondering this. Remember seeing posts now and again about it, just curious if it is worth the time and/or $$ to set up a store. Is there a good market for prints?
louoates:
I rarely sell prints from my website and don't know any photographer who does any better, even with an "e-store" feature. I'm sure some do but just nobody I know. It gets down to what drives people to your site and that costs money.
MikLav:
I can't say really "successfully" but I made a sale on RedBubble (but I only have a few tens pictures there).
I also made some print sales via my web-site but not very many.
takestock:
Have sold quite a few on Redbubble - but to promote yourself there you really have to keep pretty active in the community.
WarrenPrice:
It seems to me that the most success comes from selling events photos on sites like SmugMug. Kid sports, running events, motorcycle race, graduation, highschool band, etc. The people I know who are doing this, however, barely cover expenses. Marketing is mostly word of mouth and images are not very professional.
I have seen some pretty good DYI websites at SmugMug and similar sites. Might be a good place to start.
I've tried selling at my site by directing traffic to my ImageKind portfolio. That has been an absolute disaster. Thankfully, a friend helped with my site development. I need to hit him up again for some updates.
I may look into something like Red Bubble but my heart isn't really into it.
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