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Posting from posterous
Jan 25th
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This is a post from my phone that is being posted through posterous,
let’s see how it works.
Picture Hosting Service
Feb 20th
Today I am going to try out the Picture Hosting Service called Smug Mug. I have been wanting to share photos online with friends and family for quite some time, but there never seemed to be a good solution. Some services like Google limit the space, and the site isn’t that attractive. Since I travel as much as I can, I do have quite a few photos, and storing all of your pictures online can get expensive. Smug Mug offers a starter service though, for $40 per year, which lets you store an unlimited amount of photos, and unlimited bandwidth.
One of the coolest features I think though is the ability to choose who gets to view which album or gallery. I can allow anyone to view one gallery and make friends and family use a password to view other online photo galleries.
But that’s not even the start of it. Probably the biggest feature of Smug Mugs is that as a photographer you can set up your online photography shop. All you have to do is upload your photos, and choose what sizes you would like to sell, and how much you want to sell them for. Now if someone orders an image from your online photography store, the order goes through a third party sprinting service, and is shipped out within a day or two. This literally lets you set up a storefront and have your beautiful photos on sale to the public within minutes. All you have to do is sit back and watch the money come in. Well, you may want to do some promotion of your store, but other than that, its up and going within just a few minutes. Smug Mugs also give you the flexibility to change themes, and modify the look of your storefront to match your website.
Video can also be hosted, but you have to be a Power or Pro member to host video, and the videos are limited to 10 minutes in length. Although you can host an unlimited amount of videos too, but you have to be a Pro member to take advantage of the Full HD video hosting.
Anyway, I will be giving it a spin, and will report back with what I think of the service after being a member.
If you want to try the service for 14 days FREE, then click here now, and let me know your thoughts.
