A SALE!!!! I got my first sale

carolinecaroline Registered Users Posts: 1,302 Major grins
edited April 26, 2007 in SmugMug Pro Sales Support
Wow, what a day, OK so its only a 6x4:barb
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  • PezpixPezpix Registered Users Posts: 391 Major grins
    edited April 23, 2007
    Congrats Caroline! May it be the first of many!

    First sale cookie!

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  • magicpicmagicpic Registered Users Posts: 527 Major grins
    edited April 23, 2007
    Pezpix wrote:
    Congrats Caroline! May it be the first of many!

    First sale cookie!

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    I got my second sale all of $4.00 widget
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  • Scott_QuierScott_Quier Registered Users Posts: 6,524 Major grins
    edited April 23, 2007
    Congrats!! The first one is so nice - like someone saying that you're not wasting your time. At least, that's how it felt for me.

    Again - congratulations!!!clap.gifclap
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  • magicpicmagicpic Registered Users Posts: 527 Major grins
    edited April 23, 2007
    Scott_Quier wrote:
    Congrats!! The first one is so nice - like someone saying that you're not wasting your time. At least, that's how it felt for me.

    Again - congratulations!!!clap.gifclap

    Scott I hope you read my other post order from Georgia... I hope to use smugmug if the order does not take 12 days...widget
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  • ivarivar Registered Users Posts: 8,395 Major grins
    edited April 23, 2007
    caroline wrote:
    Wow, what a day, OK so its only a 6x4wings.gif
    w00t! wings.gif go Caroline! thumb.gif
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  • carolinecaroline Registered Users Posts: 1,302 Major grins
    edited April 24, 2007
    Thanks Folks, yep it feels goodclap.gif

    Janis, I'm sure you were just unfortunate with that order of your that took so long. Nothing always is perfect in life and it looks like you got unlucky. When I placed my order I had no deadlines or expectations about time or quality, as it is I have no hesitation in recommending anyone to use the service as both have proved to be first class.

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  • NicoleBNicoleB Registered Users Posts: 18 Big grins
    edited April 25, 2007
    Congratulations :D!
    Hopefully more to come!

    Am still waiting for my first over here though... :)
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  • AndyAndy Registered Users Posts: 50,016 Major grins
    edited April 25, 2007
    NicoleB wrote:
    Congratulations :D!
    Hopefully more to come!

    Am still waiting for my first over here though... :)
    Love this
    http://nicoleb.smugmug.com/gallery/2419234#129144687
    but you don't have the large sizes available, do you know that?
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  • MichaelKirkMichaelKirk Registered Users Posts: 427 Major grins
    edited April 25, 2007
    Question????
    Are you trying to sell photos or give them away for free?

    I just checked out your site quickly and see you offer FREE digital downloads?? I cannot see you selling many photos if you give the downloads away for free. Whats the incentive to buy?

    Maybe I missed something along the way??

    Michael


    caroline wrote:
    Wow, what a day, OK so its only a 6x4wings.gif
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  • carolinecaroline Registered Users Posts: 1,302 Major grins
    edited April 26, 2007
    MichaelKirk wrote:
    Are you trying to sell photos or give them away for free?

    I just checked out your site quickly and see you offer FREE digital downloads?? I cannot see you selling many photos if you give the downloads away for free. Whats the incentive to buy?

    Maybe I missed something along the way??

    Michael
    Hi Michael
    The selection of pics that I'm offering as free downloads in this gallery http://www.carolineshipsey.co.uk/gallery/2719313 are low res and for what its worth I have a licence for usage that is referred to at the top of the gallery - of course i want to sell photos too :))
    Perhaps my post was misleading - this wasn't the first sale I have EVER made, but the first from Smugmug.
    I've sold photos for years through galleries and personal sales, and a few from my previous web sites. There are always people who wont/cant buy for whatever reason, but would really love to have a certain pic, and if I can give them a freebie I do. There's nothing lost because there was never going to be a sale - they feel good - I feel good. The free downloads are simply a gesture along those lines, maybe if a person has a free download they will remember me and come back and buy in the future - who knows ?

    As you may see, I'm not an event or portrait photographer, so I'm not expecting to use Smugmug in the way that you probably are. Also I'm in the UK, and had been highly sceptical about the possibility of making sales from the site because of the currency issues that have been discusssed on the forum, thats why it was such a surprise. I had expressed this scepticsim at length previously and felt it only fair to publicly mention the first sale.

    Thanks for taking the time to reply Michael, you have some super pics on your site and i wish you well for the future.

    Caroline
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