Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/09/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Tina Manley OFERED IN ANGER! Subject: [Leica] SmugMug > LUG: > I would like to apologize to those to whom I've suggested signing up with > SmugMug. SM are suddenly increasing their yearly fee from $150 to $300 > with no increase in services. That's too much for me since they have > never > figured out how to enable their subscribers to lease RM photos. I'll be > switching to PhotoShelter when my account with SmugMug runs out in > February. I resent the enormous amount of time and effort I've spent on > developing my website and uploading photos to SmugMug! Can you tell I'm > angry?<<<<<< Hi Tina, I don't blame you one bit as it's tough enough these days trying to or expecting much income from stock photography. Royalty free or Royalty Managed! And this move in doubling their fees is just another rip off of "real photographers" who've been professionals for years. My son Scott is with PhotoShelter and reasonably happy with it with sales varying from a few dollars to a few hundred fairly regularly. You have all the right to be angry! Treat them in this manner: "SHOW NO MERCY!! TAKE NO PRISONERS!" CLICK-GONE! cheers, ted PS. Now go sit and play with the MM some more! :-) Help you relax! :-) As you are illustrating some interesting capture qualities I don't think many expected.