So my user experience of my Pro flickr accounts currently has been less than stella. Ever since Smugmug acquired flickr I have noticed a loss in performance and features, a short list of the troubles I have met (whereas previously before had none);
1) Spam, fake accounts, 40 accounts in 24hrs liking and commenting on my work, their About page would link to porn sites. Annoying but they did get on top of it within 48hrs.
2) Sharing Private photos was broken, still is I think. You used to be able to set a photo to Private, create a private Album, generate not only a share link but an actual download (zip file) link that the client could use (within 3 days) to get the work. This feature was (not sure if still is) broken for over a week.
3) Batch edit hanging and not finishing. Stuff like bulk tags or group adds would just hang, this for a mighty 11 files... :/
So yeah, thinking of moving off flickr now before I'm forced to or things get worse. I never heard of Smugmug tbh till they acquired flickr some months ago. I have started a trial and noticed their subscription account options;
I have circled red the things that matter to me. I would definitely want to private share ($50 flickr vs Smugmugs $71.88 for the same feature!), but I also see that you can set prices of your photos with the aim of selling your work! I wonder if anyone here has had success with selling any of their work in this manner?
I'm a little confused over the Portfolio and Business difference in 'Set Prices and sell for profit', because the Business also has 'Gallery and photo-specific pricing', how does that differ from the Portfolio 'Set prices and sell for profit'...?
Oh well, seems more expensive but with potential to be more like a real 'website' rather than flickr.
I also have a free Adobe Portfolio account that's bundled with my LR/PS subscription, I have to say its been a pretty poor experience, usual stuff again such as bulk uploading 10-15 files, then once complete trying to 'update Live site' and it would just hang, never been able to complete it... urgh.
Any Smugmug account holders here?
Cheers,
Bruce