Making Money from Digital Images

Stefan Bruckel said:

I have spent several thousand $ on a DSLR and good lenses. I would
like to find a way to recoup some of that investment. I am trying
to figure out how - I am NOT a professional photographer, but an
amateur whose No. 1 hobby has been photography for about 30 years
now.

I do take a lot of pictures with my kids playing in all kinds of
sports. I also take pictures of all of the kids, not just my own,
and, over the past couple of years, have uploaded 200 or so images
per team to Ofoto and then made the images available "free" for
printing to the other players.

I would like to find a similar service (since Ofoto does not offer
it) that will allow me to make a marginal profit from those prints.
For example, Ofoto currently charges $.49 per 4x6 print. What I
would envision is an Ofoto like service that charges, say, $.98 per
4x6 print, with $.49 going to the lab and $.49 going to me.
Ideally, a similar margin can be arranged for other print sizes
etc. and hopefully this lab would offer several "margin" templates
that would allow me to charge various levels of markups. For
example, for the teams my kids play on, perhaps I'd only charge 10%
additional, but if I took images of kids completely unrelated to my
own kids' teams, the markup would be the 100% as indicated above.

This would appear to be a very logical and simple business model
and I am sure this service probably exists somewhere already. Can
anyone point me in the right direction? Ideally a reputable company
with print quality and services quite similar to that offered by
Ofoto.

Thank you.

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Mike Sommers said:

I wonder what kind of response you'd get if you sent this
proposal/question in to ofoto, snapfish or shutterfly?

Good Luck!

m

Stefan Bruckel said:

I have spent several thousand $ on a DSLR and good lenses. I would
like to find a way to recoup some of that investment. I am trying
to figure out how - I am NOT a professional photographer, but an
amateur whose No. 1 hobby has been photography for about 30 years
now.

I do take a lot of pictures with my kids playing in all kinds of
sports. I also take pictures of all of the kids, not just my own,
and, over the past couple of years, have uploaded 200 or so images
per team to Ofoto and then made the images available "free" for
printing to the other players.

I would like to find a similar service (since Ofoto does not offer
it) that will allow me to make a marginal profit from those prints.
For example, Ofoto currently charges $.49 per 4x6 print. What I
would envision is an Ofoto like service that charges, say, $.98 per
4x6 print, with $.49 going to the lab and $.49 going to me.
Ideally, a similar margin can be arranged for other print sizes
etc. and hopefully this lab would offer several "margin" templates
that would allow me to charge various levels of markups. For
example, for the teams my kids play on, perhaps I'd only charge 10%
additional, but if I took images of kids completely unrelated to my
own kids' teams, the markup would be the 100% as indicated above.

This would appear to be a very logical and simple business model
and I am sure this service probably exists somewhere already. Can
anyone point me in the right direction? Ideally a reputable company
with print quality and services quite similar to that offered by
Ofoto.

Thank you.

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Stefan Bruckel said:

I have spent several thousand $ on a DSLR and good lenses. I would
like to find a way to recoup some of that investment. I am trying
to figure out how - I am NOT a professional photographer, but an
amateur whose No. 1 hobby has been photography for about 30 years
now.

I do take a lot of pictures with my kids playing in all kinds of
sports. I also take pictures of all of the kids, not just my own,
and, over the past couple of years, have uploaded 200 or so images
per team to Ofoto and then made the images available "free" for
printing to the other players.

I would like to find a similar service (since Ofoto does not offer
it) that will allow me to make a marginal profit from those prints.
For example, Ofoto currently charges $.49 per 4x6 print. What I
would envision is an Ofoto like service that charges, say, $.98 per
4x6 print, with $.49 going to the lab and $.49 going to me.
Ideally, a similar margin can be arranged for other print sizes
etc. and hopefully this lab would offer several "margin" templates
that would allow me to charge various levels of markups. For
example, for the teams my kids play on, perhaps I'd only charge 10%
additional, but if I took images of kids completely unrelated to my
own kids' teams, the markup would be the 100% as indicated above.

This would appear to be a very logical and simple business model
and I am sure this service probably exists somewhere already. Can
anyone point me in the right direction? Ideally a reputable company
with print quality and services quite similar to that offered by
Ofoto.

Thank you.

Click to expand...

Stefan Bruckel said:

I have spent several thousand $ on a DSLR and good lenses. I would
like to find a way to recoup some of that investment. I am trying
to figure out how - I am NOT a professional photographer, but an
amateur whose No. 1 hobby has been photography for about 30 years
now.

I do take a lot of pictures with my kids playing in all kinds of
sports. I also take pictures of all of the kids, not just my own,
and, over the past couple of years, have uploaded 200 or so images
per team to Ofoto and then made the images available "free" for
printing to the other players.

I would like to find a similar service (since Ofoto does not offer
it) that will allow me to make a marginal profit from those prints.
For example, Ofoto currently charges $.49 per 4x6 print. What I
would envision is an Ofoto like service that charges, say, $.98 per
4x6 print, with $.49 going to the lab and $.49 going to me.
Ideally, a similar margin can be arranged for other print sizes
etc. and hopefully this lab would offer several "margin" templates
that would allow me to charge various levels of markups. For
example, for the teams my kids play on, perhaps I'd only charge 10%
additional, but if I took images of kids completely unrelated to my
own kids' teams, the markup would be the 100% as indicated above.

This would appear to be a very logical and simple business model
and I am sure this service probably exists somewhere already. Can
anyone point me in the right direction? Ideally a reputable company
with print quality and services quite similar to that offered by
Ofoto.

Thank you.

Click to expand...

Stefan Bruckel said:

I have spent several thousand $ on a DSLR and good lenses. I would
like to find a way to recoup some of that investment. I am trying
to figure out how - I am NOT a professional photographer, but an
amateur whose No. 1 hobby has been photography for about 30 years
now.

I do take a lot of pictures with my kids playing in all kinds of
sports. I also take pictures of all of the kids, not just my own,
and, over the past couple of years, have uploaded 200 or so images
per team to Ofoto and then made the images available "free" for
printing to the other players.

I would like to find a similar service (since Ofoto does not offer
it) that will allow me to make a marginal profit from those prints.
For example, Ofoto currently charges $.49 per 4x6 print. What I
would envision is an Ofoto like service that charges, say, $.98 per
4x6 print, with $.49 going to the lab and $.49 going to me.
Ideally, a similar margin can be arranged for other print sizes
etc. and hopefully this lab would offer several "margin" templates
that would allow me to charge various levels of markups. For
example, for the teams my kids play on, perhaps I'd only charge 10%
additional, but if I took images of kids completely unrelated to my
own kids' teams, the markup would be the 100% as indicated above.

This would appear to be a very logical and simple business model
and I am sure this service probably exists somewhere already. Can
anyone point me in the right direction? Ideally a reputable company
with print quality and services quite similar to that offered by
Ofoto.

Thank you.

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Mike said:

http://www.printroom.com/proFeatureBenefit.asp

Mike H

Stefan Bruckel said:

I have spent several thousand $ on a DSLR and good lenses. I would
like to find a way to recoup some of that investment. I am trying
to figure out how - I am NOT a professional photographer, but an
amateur whose No. 1 hobby has been photography for about 30 years
now.

I do take a lot of pictures with my kids playing in all kinds of
sports. I also take pictures of all of the kids, not just my own,
and, over the past couple of years, have uploaded 200 or so images
per team to Ofoto and then made the images available "free" for
printing to the other players.

I would like to find a similar service (since Ofoto does not offer
it) that will allow me to make a marginal profit from those prints.
For example, Ofoto currently charges $.49 per 4x6 print. What I
would envision is an Ofoto like service that charges, say, $.98 per
4x6 print, with $.49 going to the lab and $.49 going to me.
Ideally, a similar margin can be arranged for other print sizes
etc. and hopefully this lab would offer several "margin" templates
that would allow me to charge various levels of markups. For
example, for the teams my kids play on, perhaps I'd only charge 10%
additional, but if I took images of kids completely unrelated to my
own kids' teams, the markup would be the 100% as indicated above.

This would appear to be a very logical and simple business model
and I am sure this service probably exists somewhere already. Can
anyone point me in the right direction? Ideally a reputable company
with print quality and services quite similar to that offered by
Ofoto.

Thank you.

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Mike said:

http://www.printroom.com/proFeatureBenefit.asp

Mike H

Stefan Bruckel said:

I have spent several thousand $ on a DSLR and good lenses. I would
like to find a way to recoup some of that investment. I am trying
to figure out how - I am NOT a professional photographer, but an
amateur whose No. 1 hobby has been photography for about 30 years
now.

I do take a lot of pictures with my kids playing in all kinds of
sports. I also take pictures of all of the kids, not just my own,
and, over the past couple of years, have uploaded 200 or so images
per team to Ofoto and then made the images available "free" for
printing to the other players.

I would like to find a similar service (since Ofoto does not offer
it) that will allow me to make a marginal profit from those prints.
For example, Ofoto currently charges $.49 per 4x6 print. What I
would envision is an Ofoto like service that charges, say, $.98 per
4x6 print, with $.49 going to the lab and $.49 going to me.
Ideally, a similar margin can be arranged for other print sizes
etc. and hopefully this lab would offer several "margin" templates
that would allow me to charge various levels of markups. For
example, for the teams my kids play on, perhaps I'd only charge 10%
additional, but if I took images of kids completely unrelated to my
own kids' teams, the markup would be the 100% as indicated above.

This would appear to be a very logical and simple business model
and I am sure this service probably exists somewhere already. Can
anyone point me in the right direction? Ideally a reputable company
with print quality and services quite similar to that offered by
Ofoto.

Thank you.

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