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You may have notices a new button on the bottom of the S.O.S. screen recently. PicsXpress.com is our new sister web site. PicsXpress gives Photographers the ability to post Events (such as Weddings, Sports Tournaments, Schools, Portrait Sittings, Galleries) so that their Clients can order Enlargements and Photo Products off the web.


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How does it work?

Upload your images to the site (PicsXpress figures out the resizing on its own, so you don't have to). Only Low Res images are sent through to PicsXpress. Your Hi Res images stay with you. In the admin section, you can decide on which products you offer for sale, the pricing to be charged, the kind of watermark you'd like applied to your images. You also decide what payment methods are aceepted (e.g. if your site already accepts Amex, you can choose Amex) between Amex/Visa/MasterCard/Paypal and Cheques. You choose whether to have a password for the Event and whether to direct your Clients to the PicsXpress site or to create a link to the Event from your own site. You also have the facility to use templates for producing cards to hand out at Events letting people know where and when to find these images.

How do Clients order?

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Once the Low Res images are uploaded and Clients know where to find your images, your files can be accessed. In the main Splash window (or from a link on your site), Open the Event Window (as above from the Demo Event). Click on an thumbnail and an enlarged image opens in a second window (which can be further enlarged, but not copied through right-clicking). Under the image there is pull-down menu with the available Products and Pricing and a choice between Color, B&W and Sepia. After Sizes are chosen, Clients can review their orders. Then they are guided through payment windows and are prompted to print out an Order Record.

How does the Photographer handle the order?

You receive an e-mail letting you know that an order has been placed (and what the order is). After payment has been arranged/received, the Photographer can click on that PicsXpress button in the S.O.S. and available orders come up. You are prompted to open the folder with your original Hi Res images. When S.O.S. sees them, it puts the order together, matching the products with the images. You can then check to see if Cropping is okay and send the order.

Okay, Great. So how much does this cost?

We've seen a number of companies that are trying to charge the Photographer every way possible. For example, some charge a monthly membership fee, a per-image upload fee, a credit card transaction fee and a 12 - 15% order fee. We don't think that this is good business. We want Photographers to have access to a semi-passive income stream so we don't have most of those charges. We charge a per-event fee based on the number of images posted for a 6 month duration.

           up to 50 images     $7.95          51 to 100 images        $14.95           101 to 2000 images        $27.50

So how do I get set up?

Call our office at 416-766-4131 and we'll set you up with an account, User Names and Password. You won't be charged until you upload an Event.

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