Hi Everyone! Just a few pre-purchase questions if you don't mind helping me! :)

APB

Thank you in advance!!

May I ask the following:
1. So only the 'business' account allows you to set pricing- what is the 'default' pricing for a 4x6?
2. Does smugmug allow users to rightclick-saveas on the photos or is that option set by me?
3. I shoot 'events'. I assume I can just have all my events listed on the first page? Anyone know of any event sites that are smugmug PRO (meaning it doesn't show the smugmug domain?)


All I can think of at the moment... thank you again!

jhofker

Hey APB, one of the SM support folks will likely be along quickly to answer your questions (and will probably beat me to it...), but here goes:

1. Correct, only the "business" accounts can set prices. Default prices (base prices) differ by lab, so it's tough to nail that down.
2. Yes, but you can add "right-click protection" for what it's worth.
3. You can customize your homepage almost as much as you would like. Check out the customization forum when you're going at it. You can also set it up so that your galleries or categories display on your homepage, if that's what you prefer.

zacHer0

Thanks jhofker! Adding to #1 - http://www.smugmug.com/prints/catalog/ABCP#BayPhoto - at the top you can switch between the different labs that we offer to see the default prices for a 4x6 and any other print we offer.

SamirD

APB wrote: »

Thank you in advance!!

May I ask the following:
1. So only the 'business' account allows you to set pricing- what is the 'default' pricing for a 4x6?
2. Does smugmug allow users to rightclick-saveas on the photos or is that option set by me?
3. I shoot 'events'. I assume I can just have all my events listed on the first page? Anyone know of any event sites that are smugmug PRO (meaning it doesn't show the smugmug domain?)


All I can think of at the moment... thank you again!

I'll chime in here as well.
1. Answered well by others. As a pro you're able to set your own prices and create a profit on each sale. You still have to pay the base cost and 15% to SM, but that's it.
2. This is a bit of a gray area. Technically, the answer is anyone can right-click on any image their browser can display. This includes any image viewable in SM. You do have the option to enable right-click protection, but anyone that disables javascript can disable that.

But there are much stronger means to protect your photos available--limiting the display size, watermarking, hidden galleries, disabling the share button, and more. It really depends on your market and what it will bear as far as protection is concerned.
3. You can set a completely custom domain and your users will almost never see your smugmug domain. You can display all the galleries without categories (at least in the admin view, so I'm assuming you can for visitors--someone correct me on this one if I'm wrong). But depending on how many events you shoot, I wouldn't recommend that. I have literally over 1000 galleries in a sub-category for my events and it takes forever to load all the thumbnails versus instantly for categories that have less galleries. Something to consider. I'd show you the category, but everything on my site is hidden.

Any more questions, just ask!