Paypal here, but can we really sell outside the US?
rharris
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Very greatful that paypal is now a part of smugmug, thank you for your hard work! But my question is that, for international smugmug users, is selling via smugmug/paypal really an option? I mean, having prints sent from another continent is not entirely practical - postage is higher, things can get lost, customer service is much more difficult as you can't simply pick up the phone, and things take much, much longer to arrive.
Many people have a lab that they use in their own country, or have a calibrated system at home. For this purpose, would it not be straight forward to add a 'home print' (or similar) option, instead of simply bayphoto/ezprints? This way you can use the integrated system/set your profits/collect orders but simply get a list which you can refer to and then sort out the order directly.
Does that sound like something that could be put into development? Or would it breach some sort of contract you have with the 'selected' labs?
Many thanks for your support!
Many people have a lab that they use in their own country, or have a calibrated system at home. For this purpose, would it not be straight forward to add a 'home print' (or similar) option, instead of simply bayphoto/ezprints? This way you can use the integrated system/set your profits/collect orders but simply get a list which you can refer to and then sort out the order directly.
Does that sound like something that could be put into development? Or would it breach some sort of contract you have with the 'selected' labs?
Many thanks for your support!
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Right now, Paypal is only available as the method to pay our non-US pros. Just wanted to clear that up
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Bear in mind, this feature (support for non-US currency) has been requested for several years... It really seems as if something is starting to happen here - but nothing happens quick round here :-(
As an immediate solution to your issue (possibly), it's possible today to integrate Paypal into your smugmug site to accept payments in your own currency through Paypal. The downside is you need to handle the provisioning of the order (be it prints or digital images) yourself.
Check out the customisation forum and search for "Paypal".
Cheers - N
http://www.nzsnaps.com (talkiet.smugmug.com)
I know that many of buyers don't want to leave their credit card numbers on Internet...
It's something we'd love to add. Stay tuned.
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U should be able tpo intergrate PayPal into your site....but you also have to self fulfil the orders.....I just send the client an email invoice get payment send image file to my local Processor (whom I have been using for over 20+ yrs)...pick up print, package and mail it after second invoice for shipping and packaging......I ship 99% of all prints flat and that costs a bit more than rolled in a tube.......
Good Luck.
Seems I have partly misunderstood this update though... payment to the smugmug owner through paypal... So the currency in the smugmug checkout system is still USD, so no real advantage over the old system for me yet... people still won't buy.
@TalkieT: Yes, I'm one of the people who has be 'asking' about these sorts of issues for years too... I just hope they follow through and progress, as I know few semi pros in the UK use smugmug because of this reason.. I mean I'll struggle to find any that I know, because the print buying system just won't work. There are third party options out there, but then that's extra annual expenses, and taking you away from the main site.
@Andy: Is different currencies in the smugmug checkout system something we should "Stay tuned for"? Just wink if you're not allowed to say ;-)
So, buyers probably will chose some big stock agency than want to leave their credit card data on my website, even if I have here less prices here than om stock agencies for same image....
Yes
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Spectacular... HOw about this one?
Will the multiple currencies be just those that you are now able to pay the pros in, or all currencies supported by Paypal (for example?)
Cheers - N
http://www.nzsnaps.com (talkiet.smugmug.com)
Neil, we'll have more to say on this in the future I'm sure. Sorry I don't have more for you right now.
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Fair enough... I was initially upset that the pro payment only included a small number of overseas currencies but realised that a USD balance in my Paypal isn't a bad thing to have.
If the customer payments however are constrained to the same small subset of international currencies, then I feel you will have totally missed the point. Sounds like you're involved with Paypal now though, and I think from my understanding that you'd have to actively work hard to exclude currencies.
Cheers - N
http://www.nzsnaps.com (talkiet.smugmug.com)
Selling photos is becoming a really tough business. You need to have the right shot, the right place, the right cost. And if you don't, there's always someone else with a DSLR that was there...
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