I have been looking at Zenfolio for posting my photos and for posting some projects that will be for sale. I do have a couple of questions for those who use this site.
1. Does anyone have any experience with any of the partners for printing / delivering prints.
Integrated Partners | Zenfolio
2. Do I need the Premium Plan or will the Unlimited do? I am thinking The Premium Plan will be better.
3. Pros and Cons of Zenfolio
4. Also is the cost to me on par with other suppliers like this?
Don, I have it and am pleased... It really gives you a lot of options to custom tailor the look... (yes, you use their templates but there are plenty of customizing options that I think it has a more professional appearance than some.
I have used MPix and have been pleased with it. I did some prints just to see and they were prompt and good quality. I sent orders for portraits for my family at Xmas and have done 2 of my better photos enlarged and framed.
Cost: I think it is on a par or less than many - In my mind (again, my opinion for me) it offers the easiest and most tailorable for the money. I have looked at 3 or so since I got it that I saw ads for and sounded good... They were all more expensive... (Yes, you can get cheaper too!
Pros
Configures easily
has a professional look
you control who/what can download (if at all)
You create/adjust your price lists (as many as you want) and assign with collections are under each structure (I have a clienst folder and a price assigned to each of the 4 jobs I did...
You can upload to a directory or collections or assign photos to collections... for example:
I upload ALL up into a Hidden directory... I then created collections Nght, Scenic, Industrial, HDR etc... I then can just assign the photo to a collection or multiple (only one photo is created (the upload) The collections just reflect your assignments. I have a scenic in HDR. I can tag the photo to scenic, HDR, Favorites etc...)
Cons: To many price list options so is a little unwieldy to get started..
Most Recent Uploads was a bit bogus. I disable and created my own.
Thats about it for now... give mine a look and the pop back with more questions...
Pat in NH