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lwnphotography
30th of October 2006 (Mon), 21:22
Other than Photoshop, I'm relatively new to all things technical. (I have a sucky website to prove it.) Bottom line is- I'm looking to demolish & completely rebuild my site, and I figure while doing so, I may as well start selling prints online. How do I get started with this? My family owns a Noritsu, so I'd prefer to have a company just take the orders and pass them along to me, but I'm willing to try a new lab if the pricing is reasonable. Any words of advice in choosing a company or does anyone have one worth recommending? I appreciate the help!

tim
30th of October 2006 (Mon), 22:48
www.eostemplate.com ($100) together with www.jalbum.net (free), host it yourself, it's pretty easy and there's lots of instructions on the eos template site. Probably not for someone who's not technical though, it's not hard but you need to use a text editor to configure it. I put each wedding online, anyone can view them (if they have the link), watch a slideshow, and order photos in any of the sizes I offer. The order's emailed to me, I check it, then tell them how to pay. It integrates with payment engines if you want to do that. Lots of demos on that first website.

coreypolis
30th of October 2006 (Mon), 22:51
www.pictage.com
www.collages.net

they take the orders and fullfill, and advertise for you.

EOS template like TIM said is suppose to ge good, if you know what you are doing.

Scott_Quier
31st of October 2006 (Tue), 12:09
www.smugmug.com (http://www.smugmug.com)

And if you use a discount code you can get a break on the subscription price. If you use this one (QmOztPVQWoqq6), I will get a break on mine as well. Not spamming (at least I hope this doesn't qualify as spam), just trying to help out. I have been very happy with the print quality, service, and their guarantee (though I've not yet had to use it).