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<blockquote data-quote="Dave_W" data-source="post: 88195" data-attributes="member: 9521"><p>You know, this option took me awhile to figure out and the following is how I see it (and may not reflect Zenfolio's official position). At the Premium level ($120) it allows you to sell images that are then either sold as digital downloads or as images that can then be sent to one of their in-house vendors for printing and supposedly you cannot fill your own orders. However, you can set it up so that orders have to be &quot;okay'ed&quot; by you before either thing can happen. With that option checked, you can then intervene in any order and offer the client to purchase the prints directly from you instead of going thru their vendors. Not only that but you can also take the entire transaction off-site and work directly with the client and not have to deal with the 8% fee Zenfolio charges allowing you to offer the savings to the customer. So it seemed to me that paying the $250 ($300 with SmugMug) to offer services directly was just a waste of money given that you can work directly with the customer at the lower rate. Granted, I'm sure Zenfolio would not be very pleased that we are bypassing their fee structure but hey, there's nothing in your agreement that states you have to cut them in on profits from your own work.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="Dave_W, post: 88195, member: 9521"] You know, this option took me awhile to figure out and the following is how I see it (and may not reflect Zenfolio's official position). At the Premium level ($120) it allows you to sell images that are then either sold as digital downloads or as images that can then be sent to one of their in-house vendors for printing and supposedly you cannot fill your own orders. However, you can set it up so that orders have to be "okay'ed" by you before either thing can happen. With that option checked, you can then intervene in any order and offer the client to purchase the prints directly from you instead of going thru their vendors. Not only that but you can also take the entire transaction off-site and work directly with the client and not have to deal with the 8% fee Zenfolio charges allowing you to offer the savings to the customer. So it seemed to me that paying the $250 ($300 with SmugMug) to offer services directly was just a waste of money given that you can work directly with the customer at the lower rate. Granted, I'm sure Zenfolio would not be very pleased that we are bypassing their fee structure but hey, there's nothing in your agreement that states you have to cut them in on profits from your own work. [/QUOTE]

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