In the previous entry I had mentioned Clustershot as being an inexpensive alternative to publishing artwork and photos. Another is a payment option that one can also have their own online photo store for selling their work. However, this route is much more expensive as I have found out. You must have a hosting service with a dedicated ip address in order to accept payment transactions. This is an additional cost in conjunction with your web hosting site. You also must possess a SSL security certificate. This piece of encrypted code protects your customers data and any financial transactions made through your website. It boils down to this. It is not that cut and dry to setup your own website in order to sell your photos and artwork.
Nothing is impossible though. It just takes time, money and patience. Be prepared to spend many long hours of unpaid work to make it happen. As of now I have established my own personal website but I still need a few more additions before I can actually run my own gallery to sell my work from it. It is a case of either make it or break it. There are many hosting sites that have reasonable rates. Host Papa is such a site as is Go Daddy. Go Daddy also has one of the better values for obtaining an SSL security certificate.
Hopefully, this article will be of some help to those who wish to pursue selling their photography work on their own site.
Nothing is impossible though. It just takes time, money and patience. Be prepared to spend many long hours of unpaid work to make it happen. As of now I have established my own personal website but I still need a few more additions before I can actually run my own gallery to sell my work from it. It is a case of either make it or break it. There are many hosting sites that have reasonable rates. Host Papa is such a site as is Go Daddy. Go Daddy also has one of the better values for obtaining an SSL security certificate.
Hopefully, this article will be of some help to those who wish to pursue selling their photography work on their own site.
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Hi. I signed up with ClusterShot a little while back when you could do it for $20 for the year. I just used a subdomain name under them. From what I understand, purchasing images is easy because all you have to do is click on the "Buy" button or contact artist if "Accepts Offers" is activated. Which is what I did. Payments are automatically handled through PayPal. I've used PayPal for getting payments for all my stock sites and my website with no problems whatsover. Haven't had to pay any additional amounts yet. No sales yet, either, though - so I'm still waiting on that. LOL!
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