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I would recommend Zenfolio. You can set up your website front end, and have image galleries in a presentable format right on there - or you can host your own site and link your image galleries from your site like I do. You have option to make files downloadable as well. I have the premium plan at 140 yr (grandfathered in- have since changed plans and costs ), but is unlimited storage. That breaks down to $9 month, with included fulfillment option, customizable gallery look, set your pricing plan, unlimited storage, branding, etc.
looks like the equivalent of what I have is the Advanced at $30 month, but you can get the Pro plan at 240 annually and have all features I listed. ($20 mo)
One drive and google drive are nice, but they don't offer option to present files in a nice, package with a bow on top. If you want to be a professional, present yourself as one
Also keep in mind we as photographers use significantly more bandwidth than the average person and thus, most of us have high speed connections. Most clients of ours, who simply browse online and check emails have the basic internet packages - and while companies have improved bandwidth and speeds overall, the basic packages will still be awfully slow when it comes to trying to download entire wedding files ( last wedding I shot was right around 17GB of delivered files to client with 2 D800's and second shooter with Canon 7D2's ).
Rather spend 20-30 bucks for USB, packaging and priority mail than have a client frustrated because they cant download files.
Also - USB drive costs have significantly gone down. They are right around $5-7 for 16gb, which is usually great for most weddings. 32 gb drive will run you $12ish. I like to buy them in bulk when they go on sale locally or on Newegg.
40 weddings a year is $200 worth of USB drives. Considering tacking on $10 bucks per wedding to cover cost is easy enough, and say an extra $10 for packaging those USB drives properly. Give one free to B&G and then charge $25 for each additional USB drive a client requests. One day technology and basic connection download speeds will catch up to downloading bulk files for the mass of consumers, but it isn't quite there yet. Just like the drop in USB and flash drive prices we have seen in the last 2-3 years, the same will be true of data transfer in a few years. With media streaming becoming the norm, and 4k entering into the picture, data consumption requirements are increasing exponentially.
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