Hammy Offline Upload & Sell: Off
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timgangloff wrote:
Hammy,
Clearly, you have a different model than almost anyone here and probably most in the country and you offer wonderful insights. But one quick question. I think I recall reading here previously that you provided DVDs for contestants at some of your events, thus had to bring burners, replicators and media, etc. Is this much different than printing? And if you are doing this, I would suggest that it supports the notion that we do like instant gratification.
Yes, as I mentioned - its a business decision that when the show is large enough, it is more cost effective to print/burn onsite. It was cheaper to have burners and staff onsite than to mail 25,000 DVDs.
timgangloff wrote:
Anyway, It looks like your model is clearly working for you so no one can really suggest you don't know what you are doing or ignore your suggestions out of hand. I don't offer onsite sales (yet) or printing. But,then I don't do this full time (yet). I can see however, when on-site printing at some events could be a value-add service. I don't know that you would have to fullfil all of your orders that way and perhaps could even offer an onsite sales discount to those who select delayed delivery (mail order).
I agree - there are always different models that can work. Different solutions involve different expectations of time, money and satisfaction.
timgangloff wrote:
And what is amazing to me, is that just a few years ago, relatively speaking, none of this onsite viewing, purchasing or printing was even available. And in fact, this onsite selling method without view stations, order stations and printing stations still happens everyday when kids get their T&I pix taken. In my area, the company takes the order (pen and paper usually), takes the check, takes a picture or two, and then mails the products to the team or player. And this method seems to work pretty well too.
Exactly - my point to a T. There is no printing onsite for T&I. No need for viewstations either when you only take one shot and then print it. Point is - there is no instant gratification except in the bank account of the photographer!
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