Photo Web Sales

[4XTaco]

I've had some recent interest in some of my pictures... is there anyplace anyone can recommend online that will handle everything? As in host pictures, print the items and ship them?
I guess what I am saying is... I want to be able to set prices for me to make a modest profit on each item (strictly so I can buy more photog equipment) but let someone else do the work (oh that sounds bad). My reasoning for this is that I am still a hobbyist and have a full time job so I don't want to have that extra hassle right now.
I looked at smugmug as a possibility but they want around $150.00 for a year account. I'm not familiar with their print quality so I am apprehensive to try them at that cost and end up with unhappy customers. Can anyone recommend anyplace? or suggest another method of doing this?

[mjs1973]

I have never used a service like this, but have heard of a few. Smugmug was one of them. ShutterlyPro also offers a service like this.

www.printroom.com also offers this type of service. I'm not positive, but I think they have a free version, and a pro version that you pay for. Better double check that tho. I know Photo John has used them before.

[jorgemonkey]

I've got an Exposuremanager account that does what you'd like to do. Mine is $70 (I think) a year for unlimited storage, and you can either have it set so they handle all payment stuff, then you print & ship, or you can upload photos & let them take care of everything.

I've been extremely happy, and in the few times they've made a mistake they have been very fast at correcting it.

[livin4lax09]

photoreflect.com

it's free. It's good for people who don't know about how much business they are going to get. they take a percentage of your sales, which is annoying, but if you don't sell a lot it'll be cheaper than using a site that charges a monthly/yearly rate.

[4XTaco]

photoreflect.com

it's free. It's good for people who don't know about how much business they are going to get. they take a percentage of your sales, which is annoying, but if you don't sell a lot it'll be cheaper than using a site that charges a monthly/yearly rate.

I think that is exactly what I am looking for... low start up cost etc. Have you worked with this site? Is it hard to use the print shops they have linked to the site? I just want to make sure I can make some type of profit off these, so I can get started up. I am also hoping to eventually find the time in my life to do this properly.