Places to sell photos online?

[HXC]

Me and my boyfriend have started a horse show photography business, and we're trying to figure out a way to sell the photos online- by that I mean like a clothing website where you can just click Add to Cart.

I checked out Zenfolio but I don't want to pay $120/year just to set my own prices and its sort of the same with DeviantArt.

I created a Google Sites page but I don't know if there is any way to sell from those.

Any ideas?

Thanks!

[Ryan]

You and your boyfriend are making photos... Sounds like porn... GIVE ME PORN!!!

[Rajesh]

Photographers have a growing number of options when it comes to selling photos. Stock photography sites
 aren’t the only option. Many different companies have developed ways to help photographers sell their work online through their own website, and many of these options allow for the sale of both digital (downloadable) files as well as prints. Some of them even handle the printing and fulfillment for you, if that is what you’re looking for.
In this post we’ll take a look at companies that exist to help photographers with selling their work. Some of these options will provide the photographer with a website to display and sell the products, others can integrate with existing portfolio sites, and a few are marketplaces where photographers can upload their work to be sold.
If you’re a photographer you have probably thought about how you can make more sales online, so maybe one of these options would be a good fit for you. If you’re a designer you may have clients who are photographers. Some of these options allow designers to create customized sites for their clients, so if you work with a lot of photographers it can be worth exploring.

SmugMug

SmugMug gives you a customizable website to host your photos. You can choose from their selection of templates, customize it without any coding, or make changes to the CSS to fully customize the look of your site.  SmugMug includes a wide variety of features for displaying and promoting your photos, including the ability to publish photos to Facebook and Twitter or embed in blogs. You can sell your photos as prints or as digital downloads. The prints can be fulfilled and shipped directly to your customers. Prices range from $5 per month to $20 per month (or $40 per year to $150 per year).

photo merchant

Photo Merchant allows you to choose a website template and customize it to meet your needs. Each plan comes with unlimited storage and hosting so you can upload as many photos and create as many galleries as you like. The websites have an integrated shopping cart to allow you to sell your work to website visitors. You can choose to fulfill orders manually, or auto order fulfillment so prints will be shipped directly to your customers. Prices start at $9 per month, but you’ll need at least the $19 per month plan to use your own domain name or to opt for direct fulfillment.


Exposure Manager

With Exposure Manager you will get a website to sell your photos. You can use your own domain and customize the header and footer. Upload your photos and create galleries, which can also be password protected. For selling your work, photos can be sold as digital downloads or prints. Prints can be fulfilled by their lab, or you can set it up for self fulfillment. Prices range from $14.99 to $24.99 per month.


Zenfolio

Zenfolio allows you to create a portfolio site of your work. You can upload photos, create galleries, password protect galleries, and make your photos available for purchase. For e-commerce, you can choose from different labs to fulfill your orders, or you can fulfill them yourself. Prices range from $25 per year to $250 per year, with a 14-day free trial available.
Zenfolio

Zenfolio



DigiLabs

DigiLabs allows you to create photo galleries that integrate with your own website. DigiLabs can fulfill your orders or you can fulfill them yourself. You’ll also have the option to choose a plan with a flat fee or one with a commission from sales. Prices start at $40 per month or $150 per year

[Rick]

You can also look at Photoshelter as an option. If you think $120 A year is too much money to sell your pictures you must have little hope of selling pictures. Think bigger.