Thank you so much for this!! I have a lot of interest in my wildlife/landscape photography. A proper website has been my stumbling block to get things going. This video was so helpful!

Thank you so much! I’ve been looking for this video exactly, beautifully done!

Great way to clearly present all the information from many diffrent sources! Thanks Sarah!

@forestchaput

Жыл бұрын

You're so welcome!

I was so stoked to see this, I am in the phase of choosing my platform!! Thank you Sara!! It’s 100% what I need!!

@josefmadrid

Жыл бұрын

What did you pick ?

This was the best video about different website builders for photographers I have seen so far! And I have seen quite a lot because I am now in the process of choosing a builder. Where most videos cover only the well known plattforms, here are builder sites which are more useful for photographers. I also like the overview about the purposes a website for photographers can have. Other videos only cover the portfolio aspect but I want more of a building plattform than a "clean" portfolio. Thank you!

@forestchaput

Жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

Sarah, this video was incredibly helpful. You mentioned several sites I've never heard of before and gave excellent (and concise) details on them. This was great, and super appreciated. Thanks so much!

@forestchaput

Жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@hugorojas5108

9 ай бұрын

THANK YOU, you completely helped me out of my long term Wordpress hell! Best to you and yours! We'll be using your offer codes!

That was so incredibly helpful omg!!

Great content and infos!! Really in details, thank you :)

Fantastic information Sarah. Im a denver boy, I'll have to swing by sometime. Great video. Great communication with the viewer.

OHHHH my god, wow. Sara, thank you SO much for this video. I'm coming up on ONE WHOLE YEAR of working on a squarespace website for my photography gig, but have never felt confident enough in the presentation, design and layout to make it live. I literally hit a wall, and there wasn't a single thing I could've added to my site to make it any better. I felt like giving up on marketing my photography business entirely. Then I found this video, and... you've lit a fire under me again! I feel confident that theres a platform out there for me to successfully create my own website on, and the information you presented was laid out in such a digestible way. I'm going to get designing now, and I'm genuinely excited for the first time in so long. Thank you from the bottom of my heart. ❤

@forestchaput

10 ай бұрын

You are welcome! I'm so glad you enjoyed it.

Great content and great video. Thanks for taking the time to put this together

@forestchaput

2 жыл бұрын

My pleasure!

This was very helpful, thank you for your time.

Well done Sarah. Informative. Good communication. Lots of options given.

@Hephasto

Жыл бұрын

So which platform did you go for in the end?

@2cleverxhalf

Жыл бұрын

@@Hephasto None.

Fantastically clear and helpful, well done and thanks.

@forestchaput

7 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

Thank you so much for this video. This vid got me so excited to get started on my site!

@forestchaput

Жыл бұрын

Yay! Glad to hear it.

Great videeo! Thanks for sharing that Sarah :)

@forestchaput

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

Excellent video! Thank you for the great work

@forestchaput

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

Excellent! So helpful!!

Thank you so much, great information!

Sarah, thank you for helping me understanding this recent choice to make a site for my work. Facebook was my site, but I'm done with it for many reasons. Thank you for the guidance. I'm a subscriber!

@forestchaput

Жыл бұрын

You are so welcome! Thank you for Subscribing!

Awesome information!!! Thanks for this!!! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

@forestchaput

6 ай бұрын

Any time!

Invaluable content, thank you. My only comment is about my personal experience with Squarespace. A friend was building a new website for my primary business (not photography). Long story short he passed away during the process. I tried to reach out many times to C.S at squarespace and was unsuccessful getting any help. No phone support. Received a few emails back in response to. my emails but not one of those emails was remotely helpful. Email response was at a glacial pace.

Great info ! Tysm 👍🏼👍🏼👏🏼🫶🏼💕

I am so happy you tried to lay out this information to help us FURRtographers... Thank Sara :D

@forestchaput

10 ай бұрын

You are so welcome!

... that was REALLY helpful - thank you!

@forestchaput

Жыл бұрын

Glad to hear it!

Just what I was looking for to get started with my photography venture. Thank you.

@forestchaput

6 ай бұрын

Best of luck!

@timwilk5404

6 ай бұрын

Sara, do you have any opinion on Shootproof? I'm torn between that and Zenfolio. They seem very similar. Shootproof has no commission though. I'm thinking I'm going to steer towards local sports photography, particularly youth. So I want client galleries that they can order prints from. I also want portfolio options for other genres I shoot and an area for testimonials. I would really appreciate your input again @@forestchaput

amazing video!

Thank you so much for this detailed video

@forestchaput

Жыл бұрын

You’re welcome!

Thanks, im just new and I’ve learned something

Thank you so much for this video!!!! I felt so lost in finding a good business website

@forestchaput

11 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

Great video and helpful. Next question which to choose :)

@forestchaput

Жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful! Good luck on your decision!

Thank you Sarah

Very good review.

Hello there, great video, very useful, thank you. Did the video by Forest on 'selling photography' get uploaded? I haven't been able to upload it. Cheers.

Sarah, thank you for your video👍👍

@forestchaput

3 ай бұрын

You are so welcome!

What website do you recommend for making photography appointments in person such as general photographer and weddings etc with no high fees.

THANK YOU FOR THIS VIDEO!!!!

@forestchaput

Жыл бұрын

You’re welcome!

Hi Sarah, does these website protect the copyrights of the photos uploaded onto the platform?

what are your thoughts on Hostinger? I see that some platforms mention video. With Hostinger, you get a free domain and can make 100 websites with their plans but nothing mentions anything for video features. I could be overthinking this one but I'm looking to start a business in wedding videography. Looking forward to your input

Thank you for this!

@forestchaput

2 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

Excellent excellent video very informative 👍

@forestchaput

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Hi, I am working on a website for a youth sports photography company. We are looking to be able to have customers pre-order their photos, before/day of the actual photo day and deliver galleries w/ print option to customers who didn't pre-order. Is there something like this out there? Thank you

Thanks. There were a few I had never heard of.

@forestchaput

2 жыл бұрын

Glad to hear that!

Very informative video. Thank you very much. Could you tell me why you did not include Pixieset in the list? Are they not legitimate enough?

Could you do an updated version of this please. It's so amazing. I'm sure a lot has changed and evolved on that market. ❤

@forestchaput

Ай бұрын

Thank you for watching, will note!

Veryhelpful, thanks!

@forestchaput

Жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

what would you rrecommend a beginner like me to use

Thank you Sara, very clear!!! P. S. You are beautiful

@forestchaput

Жыл бұрын

Oh thank you!

I am an Adobe suite subscriber and I hate every user interface they have ever created. I was planning to disconnect from their monthly package but I didn't know there was an option to set up a website through them. As an internet marketer I was thinking of a WordPress based site with a photography template that I could adjust. a programmer and storage would cost about $1000-800 so I looked into Squarespace and other offers until I saw your video. You saved me at least $100. Thanks!

very good and Professional. This is the new Open School of the world? jajaj amazing...

What about the sites for mainly sharing pics with people like friends, family, coworkers, that are not for selling and are even for downloading?

Thank you. Sara

@forestchaput

3 ай бұрын

Sarah said: You're welcome!

I enjoyed your video.

@forestchaput

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Learning Pixpa's language to navigate is harder for me to get my head wrapped around it than most I've tried. I'm not giving up though.

PhotoBiz should be considered!

Thank you for the video. Lots of good information. What would you recommend for a commercial photographer that wants an attractive site, somewhat mid level complexity but isn't the cost of Photofolio? And is the pdf builder a deal breaker in this field? Thanks again.

@forestchaput

2 жыл бұрын

Great question! The PDF builder isn’t necessarily a deal breaker in the field until you get up to the big leagues working for huge companies. For most commercial clients (small-to-medium size companies) then they’re not going to be looking for that feature. If you’re trying to get a clean professional site with a lower price tag, look at Format, Webflow, and Squarespace. Customizations are possible but just a bit more complicated.

@brianb8698

2 жыл бұрын

@@forestchaput Thanks!

PS "stay hydrated" saved my life, Was eating wayyyy too salty food

My main goal is to do a hybrid between photography and blogging I would like to do both. I say this because I am an amateur photographer who never got paid for it I would love to do both for a living. I know blogging takes a while to build followers so you can get paid. Photography would pay in the short run, blogging could pay in the long run feels like a win/win situation

@forestchaput

14 күн бұрын

That's a great goal!

I suffer so much with fry voice ... I had to drop because it crashes my nervous system. So sorry because I needed the knowledge that seemd concise ans straight to the point

@forestchaput

Жыл бұрын

Sorry to hear that!

this is a very helpful video. I am looking for a portfolio and client gallery with function for accepting booking (scheduling) for real estate photography. Been looking at pic-time but it does not have the scheduling feature.

@forestchaput

Ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

Great video and food for thought. Would you happen to know any platforms that would be great for including 360 photos and tours? I have no clue about web design 😳 thanks!

@forestchaput

5 ай бұрын

Unfortunately, I don't know of any. I think most people host their 360 photos and tours on a dedicated 360 platform and embed them on their website.

THANK YOU!! : o )

@forestchaput

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching!

Thank you very much for this video. I am a photographer and want to begin developing my website so I can sell my photos and greeting card line. One problem, is when I went to subscribe it took me away and to a square space website. And it doesn’t show that I’ve subscribed to your KZread channel. Anyway, I plan to contact you somehow because I’d like to ask some questions.

@forestchaput

Жыл бұрын

You can email us at the email address in our channel information.

Perhaps I missed this but, did you mention which ones actually allowed for human beings to talk with you on the phone vs. email only? Thank you for this in-depth view of websites host!

@forestchaput

11 ай бұрын

Good question! Most of them do not offer phone support. Many of them offer live chat or email support, but none of them give out a support phone number except for Adobe, which is just their general Adobe number (which usually involves significant wait times). Wix and EditorX offer callback support, so you can put in a request to have them call you back. In my experience though, most of the platforms respond within one day for email support, and one thing I really liked about Pixpa is they sent me a video tutorial from inside my own website account that walked me through the fix for the issue I found. Best of luck!

How wonderful is this. Bravo. I have a question about the list at 6:27. What about PhotoShelter? I've used them for awhile but now have some access problems. What is the reason they did not make this cut? Just asking.

@forestchaput

2 ай бұрын

Thank you for watching! I'm sure that PhotoShelter is a good platform but those were just 12 of Sarah's favorite's!

@danieljackson654

2 ай бұрын

@@forestchaput Thank you. I think it's overlook is significant given other similar google searches I've completed.

I've had zenfolio for a few years now. They don't have any options for SEO. I rank nowhere even though I've been backlinking, blogging, etc.

@forestchaput

Жыл бұрын

I'm sorry to hear that! Thank you for the input!

Is there a reason you didn’t include Pixieset?

@bswizz3

9 ай бұрын

I was thinking the same thing

How do you feel about cloudspot?

@forestchaput

Жыл бұрын

I’m not familiar with it, sorry!

Curious why Photobiz isn’t in there

jifs!

You did not include WordPress? What about WordPress? I feel like my website has been terrible for like 3 years now 😢. And it's not getting any better. I got fooled into buying a wordpress theme thats focused around a carousel thats super heavy to load aka useless

@forestchaput

Жыл бұрын

I'm sorry to hear that! Wordpress can be great, but it requires choosing a well supported theme and quite a bit of know-how. Maybe consider purchasing a different theme!

@trancer03

Жыл бұрын

@@forestchaput I have this new theme for it. But it has 12 different options for the homepage alone. In what order do you recommend stuff to be on that first page for a family portrait photographer? And like what does it need on it. Title first etc

@forestchaput

Жыл бұрын

That gets in to a whole conversation on sales, marketing, etc. which is all part of our Professional Intensive program: pi.rmsp.com Long story short, your website should answer and question or solve a problem for your customer. Once you know who that customer is, you can build the website around that person.

@trancer03

Жыл бұрын

@@forestchaput I will have to block you for suggesting that..

What guarantee do you have that after you've built your site and moved all your images to a service like these, that they won't go out of business in a month and leave you hanging with no way to move your site to another host easily....

@forestchaput

6 ай бұрын

Zero! But that's true on all platforms. The only thing you can do to prevent that is design the code yourself.

Square Space is $23 a month...

@forestchaput

Жыл бұрын

It pays for itself in no time!

Smugmug's customer service went to shit after they bought Flickr

Not exactly DIY when you purchase a complete web site service. A little misleading.

@forestchaput

Жыл бұрын

These aren't complete website services. They still require a lot of work from the user to build the website. They are simply platforms.

Please use less scroll while demonstrating sites and think well what to say instead of awesome. If everything you comment is awesome, then value of your review is equal to the simple list.

This video uses too much words than what's actually needed.

thanks 🦬