Minimum Orders

hancho

Have done a search but have not come up with the answer. So here is my question. Is there a way to make a minimum order amount? I just found out that one of my clients ordered one photo of the prints they like and then took them to Walgreens and scanned and have been making there own prints. I charge a very low up front fee and hope to make my money by them ordering prints. I need to now have a minimum order or start charging more up front. Please help

jfriend

I don't know of any way to specify a minimum order on Smugmug.

If I were you, I'd be tempted to send your client a bill for the additional copies they made at WalMart and explain to them why what they did is not legal and they should either give you the extra copies they made or pay you for them. Of course, whether that's a good business decision for you depends upon things that only you would know.

nipprdog

hancho wrote: »

I charge a very low up front fee

Mistake #1.

hancho wrote: »

or start charging more up front. Please help

Fix #1.

Art Scott

hancho wrote: »

Have done a search but have not come up with the answer. So here is my question. Is there a way to make a minimum order amount? I just found out that one of my clients ordered one photo of the prints they like and then took them to Walgreens and scanned and have been making there own prints. I charge a very low up front fee and hope to make my money by them ordering prints. I need to now have a minimum order or start charging more up front. Please help

one solution is to make your prints, image files, look totally professional......by simply addy your signature to all of your images.......not a watermark or copyright statement but a signature......In photoshop I use the mistral font and size it according to print size...do not want it to be HUUUge...but do want it easily readable.........for 8x10's I use approx a size 22 Mistral......which looks a tad nicer than my actual hand writing.........and I use a color as close to gold or copper or silver that I can get from the color palette ...............


Good Luck

jfriend

Charge them in advance for the minimum order at the time of the shoot and then give them a Smugmug coupon for that amount. You get paid in advance for the amount of the minimum order and they can pick what they want. You should also make sure that you watermark your images with a nice semi-transparent watermark so they can't easily steal them off the web.

hancho

Thanks
Thanks for your help

SamirD

hancho wrote: »

Have done a search but have not come up with the answer. So here is my question. Is there a way to make a minimum order amount? I just found out that one of my clients ordered one photo of the prints they like and then took them to Walgreens and scanned and have been making there own prints. I charge a very low up front fee and hope to make my money by them ordering prints. I need to now have a minimum order or start charging more up front. Please help

I wish I was in your shoes. Did you know you have legal action you can take? Check this out: http://www.photoattorney.com/?p=515

I wish I knew this when I had my photos published in a local newspaper as the cover story in the Sunday sports section. :cry