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Question: Trying to start my own website to sell my photography!.!?
im 16
and trying to start selling my photos on a website
but i have no clue how to start one or anything

any help!?Www@QuestionHome@Com


Best Answer - Chosen by Asker:
There are many ways to sell your own photos!.

You can buy a domain and get it hosted!. I buy my own domains from godaddy which cost around $10, but you can buy them anywhere, just google domains!. Godaddy also host but I have no idea how much!.

After getting the site hosted, then you'll need some sort of software like Frontpage or Dreamweaver or you can use the sitebuilder your hosting company may provide!.

Design the site!.!.!.!.put the photos up as a gallery, however you like!. You can add paypal onto your site as a shopping cart to sell your photos!.

If you do not wish to go all into the whole web design, there are many sites out there which you can upload your photos to sell!. Mind you there are fees!. Either a monthly or yearly fee!. I know that with paypal there is a fee, but you only get charge a certain % when you sell a product!.

Websites which you can sell your photos on are!.!.!.cafepress!.com etsy!.com (to sell stock images) shutterstock!.com etc!.!. Google "sell photos" you'll come up with alot of searches of websites to sell your photos!.

Please keep in mind, there is a yearly fee to buying a domain and depending where you get hosted there is a monthly or it can be a yearly hosting fee!. I can't help you on much on hosting fees as I host my own websites!. Www@QuestionHome@Com

The quick and easy way to get started is by using a site like Smugmug or Etsy!. If you want to do it yourself, get a website started and domain hosting!. Lunarpages!.com is a very photographer friendly service at a low price!. Being a photographer already you may have Lightroom, there are templates for Lightroom galleries that will let you link your photos with a Paypal shopping cart for free!. Coppermine is also a nice web gallery that has some support out there for Paypal!. Coppermine is free and so are the templates for both it and Lightroom!.

Once you start selling more and more photographs you may wish to move to a more professional solution like PicturesPro Photo Cart which can link to PayPal or your own credit card processing solution!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

hello mate,

I was in the same boat last year didn't know how to do it and somebody helped me!.
First go to http://www!.clikpic!.com a web service for professional and amateur photographers and artists!. Using our special admin system and a choice of stylish and purpose-built template designs, you can create and edit your own web site quickly, easily and very cost-effectively!.

And then go to https://www!.telivo!.com to get your Domain name

it's easy mate need help email me gareth@justanotherpicture!.co!.uk

Take a look at my site see what you think!.

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I would recommend that you give stock photo sites a try!. Here's a page you can start from: http://istophoto!.googlepages!.com/

You can also use dotphoto!.com to sell your photos directly to specific people!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

You could start on Etsy!.com or deviantart!.comWww@QuestionHome@Com