Image Proofing & Sales
Don't accept second best to sell your images online.
You're only as good as the number of people you can reach effectively. That's why we're passionate about both functionality and ease of use for you and your online audience. It takes time and experience to get this balance right and that's exactly what we've been perfecting for you since the year dot. Well, 2001 to be precise!
imagicam's know-how keeps your viewers glued to your galleries and makes sure your business takes the credit. Our acclaimed Image Proofing & Sales service exists to support your business first. Because when you do well, we know we're doing much more than just rendering an excellent service, we're building a relationship for the future.
More on our Image Proofing & Sales features...
The Basics
- Display your images professionally for Sales, Proofing and Presentation
- Upload Image Manager for speed and simplicity (drag & drop with supported browsers)
- Works with or without your own website
- Commission-free service option on all self-fulfilled orders
- Online payments via WorldPay, PayPal, your own Merchant Account, Bank Transfers, Cheques
- Works in multiple currencies
- Unlimited custom Pricing Profiles
- Apply Online Album discounts
- Various Postage & Packaging options
- Real-time online order notifications
- Multiple gallery Categories & Sub-Categories
- Manage gallery passwords at any time
- View Album Statistics
- Create iCards to distribute gallery access details
- Allows multiple session viewing & ordering via 'Favourites'
- Auto-generated colour to Black & White or Sepia options
- Help your orders with dynamic zoom and compare tools
Online Albums
What Are They? Online Albums are the main galleries that house photographer's images for display, sales and customer image selections online. These galleries have been optimised to be intuitive for users, yet they offer a powerful, feature rich experience that provides everything online visitors require when viewing and ordering online.
How Will They Help? Often imitated, but never equalled, the imagicam Online Albums engage interest in your galleries and allow your visitors to remain focused on the image selection process, all the while maximising attention on your photography site and boosting your online sales as a result. read more
Web Portal
What Is It? The Web Portal allows visitors access to their Online Albums directly via the photographer's website using the convenience of Album Categories for navigation. To further enhance Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) performance, the Web Portal Category pages operate using generated Search Engine friendly URL's.
How will it help? The Web Portal provides the convenience to organise your work with simple 'drag & drop' Album Category management. Of course, guiding visitors to your Online Albums directly through your own website greatly increases business activity around your images, whilst the SEO'd pages makes it more likely for a wider audience to find your work.
Look & Feel Integration
What Is It? Most professional photographers like to distinguish their online presence with unique looking websites, that's why imagicam's 'Look & Feel' service has evolved, so no matter what your design, our integration will perfectly mirror your website and generate this look across all your imagicam applications for completely seamless branding.
How will it help? Visual consistency throughout your website applications and services will greatly increase awareness of your business branding to online customers, while adding distinction and depth to the range of services you are perceived to be offering your clients.
Print & Product Fulfilment Options
1Automated Print Fulfilment - seamlessly automates your order fulfilment to your customers through our pro Photo-Lab partners. Payments are processed in real time via WorldPay's secure payment gateway and orders are relayed automatically to the lab to fulfil and dispatch directly to your customers. (Includes Hi-res Digital Downloads).
2Assisted Print-Fulfilment - simplifies your workflow by relaying order details to your preferred Photo-Lab, who can then fulfil orders according to your own prior arrangements with them. Of course, this means supplying the Hi-Res files to the lab yourself, but the service is rendered Commission Free. (WorldPay payment processing fees apply).
3Self-Fulfil Your Online Orders - With this Commission Free service option, orders are accepted automatically online on your behalf, but the responsibility of organising the fulfilment & delivery of orders to your customers is down to you.
Please see our Print Fulfilment page for more on these options.
Products Page
What Is It? The Products Page is a separate online shopping area that is dedicated specifically for selling non-image related products and services, such as vouchers or deposits through the photographer's website.
How It Will Help? A dedicated Products Page is a really effective way to consolidate your sales and provides your customers with the convenience to buy gifts for others using the online payment options you already have set up.
PictureBus
What Is It? PictureBus works within the Online Albums and allows clients to make special image selections from their overall gallery, letting them add specific notes and even change the sequence of their selected images, before forwarding them to the photographer online. Every PictureBus submission is also catalogued in the photographer's control panel for clear and easy reference.
How Will It Help? PictureBus greatly speeds up communication between you and clients during the image selection process, particularly with say wedding clients picking their best images for their actual album, or even commercial clients choosing a spread of images from an assignment. PictureBus reduces the time spent in meetings with clients and avoids typical misunderstanding otherwise caused by sketchy telephone calls, missed messages or even lost notes. read more
FolioAgent
What Is It? A series of independent online portfolios, which photographers can quickly create or update to showcase selected work online. FolioAgent additionally works like a virtual online assistant, covering key tasks such as sending folios directly to clients as well as dealing dynamically with their enquiries.
How Will It Help? Expands your online image presentation to potential customers, letting you manage your portfolio galleries directly through your website, but also provides the option to customise portfolios specifically to client enquires on the fly, even letting you add a personal message within the portfolio itself, before sending to clients for a response. read more
LUXAlbums
What Is It? The LUXAlbum adds a dynamic and interactive dimension to an Online Album by allowing clients to customise their slideshow and other special features of their gallery and so make sharing their pictures a more personal and rewarding experience for all visitors.
How Will It Help? Boosts the impact and appeal of your images online, giving your business an important advantage over other photographers - and of course is far more likely to guide many more visitors to your Online Albums to view and place orders. read more
EventPlanner
What Is It? EventPlanners are hosted in the form of personal websites that photographers can offer on to their wedding clients in assisting them with the organisation of their big day. The website is typically activated 6 months in advance of the actual wedding and acts as a central hub of information for all wedding guests to access at their convenience online.
How Will It Help? By being able to offer your wedding clients a beneficial online service, which is accessed by their wedding guests directly through your website, you firstly distinguish your services from other wedding photographers, but more importantly your website enjoys far greater exposure to potential customers for at least a whole year around each wedding. read more