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darwin
1st of July 2005 (Fri), 00:43
Hey guys. I've had some people ask me where they can buy prints of mine online and while I have the means to design the site (professional web designer heh), I don't have the printers nor the time to print and mail the product.

Are there any sites I can use to drop-ship my photos to my customers without their name all over it, and of course have good prints!

Any ideas? Thanks.

darwin
3rd of July 2005 (Sun), 01:40
I've been searching for a long time now... Can't find anything!

CyberPet
3rd of July 2005 (Sun), 01:46
I think smugmug allows you to store and also sell images (plus print) through their site:
http://www.smugmug.com/

PhotosGuy
3rd of July 2005 (Sun), 07:51
From a previous thread on this topic:

You can even host pictures on websites and let customers order prints right from it, they print it and mail it right to the customer. Theres no print id's to keep track of, reprint forms, trips to the lab, contacting the client to give the print to, or even credit card setup since the site can take care of it for you, all for a reletivly small fee which includes the credit card fee. Plus the customer takes care of the s&h.

One site that can do this is http://www.smugmug.com/ and the referral code 5bQxXhVZY6En2 can save you $5. The pro account is $100 which lets you sell prints. You set the price for each size, and you can even offer printables like mugs, keyrings, mousepads, etc. Another good thing about this site is you upload your original images and later if you loose the images for what ever reason, you can order a backup cd from the site, I think they keep 2 backup copies of everything you upload. And you dont have to worry about the customer's getting the originals, you can restrict access to the originals blocking them from seing them. You get unlimited storage, and I think 8gb's of bandwidth a month.

Another one I seen is www.pictage.com which is $50 a month in the basic package. Its like 200 pictures limit but looks really professional. Also this one offers metalic paper which looks really nice. Also I think you can get the picture surface thing that makes it harder to scan the pictures to reprint, and reduces fingerprints, I forget what this is called.

Some people use Pbase, too.

flashmaster123
3rd of July 2005 (Sun), 15:18
If you can design your own site and just need someone to make the prints and mail them to your customers check out:

www.digitalinfocus.com


The prints are fantastic and they will ship anywhere in USA and Canada

Osteo
30th of December 2006 (Sat), 01:34
White House Custom Color
WHCC

rfreschner
30th of December 2006 (Sat), 07:00
I'm sure the OP found one by now as he asked this question a year and a half ago.