The only required fee for each account level.

Our one-time fee to activate e-commerce and sell your photos.

All sales invoices (all print, merchandise, RM, RF, and Personal Use sales transacted through our system) are subject to a transaction handling fee, charged monthly.

Upload and store your full-size image files.

Truly bulletproof: Several copies of your files are backed up at geographically redundant locations.

All accounts come with unlimited bandwidth for uploading or downloading images to and from your own account. The bandwidth limits refer strictly to exports from your account (e.g. FTP or client download).

Exceeded bandwidth is automatically charged at $5/month per 5GB. (It takes a lot to exceed your bandwidth — very few members incur this charge!)

Need more than 100GB? No problem. Buy as much space as you need — we have members using up to tens of terabytes.

Purchase additional storage for any paid account type — the more you buy at once, the deeper the discount. Call to negotiate bulk purchases!

For organizations that need a digital asset management platform to accommodate multiple editors and contributors, try the affordable, flexible Multi-User account. Learn more.

Store all your image files — not just JPG and TIF.

Take advantage of our true archival capacity to store your originals and retouched files. Upload Nikon, Canon, or Adobe RAW, Photoshop files, even PDFs.

There is no limit to the size of any single image you upload to your archive. Our super image processing capacity supports images in all of their stages, from straight out of the camera to layered, post-processed and ready-to-print.

Transfer images into your archive however is easiest for you:

• Standalone Desktop Uploader,
• In-browser batch uploader,
• Incoming FTP,
• Via partner apps.

Optimize your workflow by using our integrations with Photo Mechanic, Apple Aperture, or Adobe Lightroom to transfer images directly to PhotoShelter.

Have a huge archive you need transferred to PhotoShelter? Save hours of your time and send us a drive — we'll upload it for you for $100/device.

Your original folder structure will be preserved within our Archive Browser, where unlimited levels of folder nesting are supported.

Use the Archive Browser to organize, sort, tag, rotate, rename or assign releases to your images — individually or in batch.

Enjoy desktop-strength asset management through unlimited folder nesting and click & drag image organization

All IPTC (legacy and IPTC Core 1.x) and EXIF metadata, including keywords and captions, are ingested at the point of import.

Use the archive's editing tools to add or make changes to existing metadata — opt to re-embed upon export so your most current metadata is carried with your images wherever they go.

Search your full archive — both private and public images — by a variety of factors, including filename, pricing tier, and keyword. Create galleries or edit in batch from search results — or locate that perfect image to land a sale.

Sell your photography by using our simple, readymade cart checkout system.

Don't have a website? Use PhotoShelter to create a website from scratch and get set up to sell in minutes.

Already have a site? Save thousands of dollars on custom fees by seamlessly integrating our cart into your existing setup — and keeping the look and feel completely consistent.

Customer payments are transferred immediately to your PayPal or merchant account. No waiting for a check to arrive!

Be your own stock photo agency: Set your own rates and price images for rights-managed or royalty-free license.

Not sure how to price your images? Use our industry-standard, built-in rights-managed pricing calculator, powered by our trusted partner fotoQuote™.

You can instantly price your work at fotoQuote™'s recommended rates or use fotoQuote™ as a reference and mark your own prices up or down based on usage and region.

Sell prints and other image products for profit without lifting a finger. Set your own prices, but allow our pro photography lab partner to fulfill and ship your prints right to your clients' doorsteps.

For more control over the printing process, opt to self-fulfill your print orders. Sell unique sizes or finishes, farm out to a lab of your choice, or customize the packing and shipping process.

When a client purchases a self-fulfilled product, we process the transaction, get you paid, and notify you of the sale. You handle the rest!

Spice up your merchandising by offering alternatives to prints such as key tags, magnets, mugs — even puzzles.

Opt for automated fulfillment of products through our partner pro photo lab or handle the production and shipping on your own through self-fulfillment.

Make image downloads available for sale to your non-commercial clients, too.

Set prices based on file size to monetize your event photography, and sell downloads in addition (or as an alternative to) prints & products. (We have clients making a healthy living off of Personal Use licenses alone!)

Set your own prices with virtually limitless possibilities. Create a variety of pricing tiers to sell certain images at a premium; disable products in a given profile; mark up a usage category based on region — the combinations are endless.

And since all pricing is done through centralized profiles, there is no need to re-price every single image when you want to make an adjustment.

Use this quick invoicing tool to deliver a file with custom license terms. The file cannot be downloaded until the buyer pays online. (You also have the option to allow payment offline by check if you so choose.)

Perfect for formalizing those rights-managed sales negotiated offline!

Upload lo-res files to save storage space or speed, then replace them with full-resolution files as sales occur — even after a print has been purchased.

Use our best-in-class, photo editor-approved design templates to launch a clean, professional photography website in just a few clicks.

Choose from our growing library of flexible themes to find the look and feel that best suits your tastes; turn on/off any of PhotoShelter's features to fit your needs.

Power up your personal site with our full shopping cart, display, and delivery functionality, all while maintain the look and feel of your existing portfolio.

Use HTML & CSS to reskin PhotoShelter with your site's exact design, seamlessly outfitting your site with our pre-built features. Don't know HTML or CSS? Hire a designer or a member of our in-house design team to get the job done for a one-time fee. (Pricing varies per your needs — please call us to discuss your project.)

Simplify the link you give to clients for an easy-to-remember personalized web address.

Or, redirect any existing link to your PhotoShelter portfolio or create a vanity domain for a seamless brand existence.

Display galleries as static images or in elegant Flash-based slideshows.

You control how your images are presented — choose your default based on your audience.

Group your images together in galleries to optimize the viewing experience.

Choose which galleries to list on your site; sort them by date, name, or in a custom order to bring your most important content to the forefront.

When a group of galleries are thematically related, cluster them together in one gallery collection for more organized browsing.

Offer site visitors advanced archive search and allow them to browse through your library based on keyword, image location, date, and other filters.

Designate what content is searchable to maintain full control over your library's visibility.

Upload your full-sized image once, and our advanced image processing technology can make adjustments on the fly — from screen rendering to delivery.

Allow your site visitors to determine their optimized viewing experience. You choose the defaults, but the visitor may choose the preferred number of thumbnails per page and caption display.

In one click, add a link to your blog to provide an end-to-end brand experience.

For WordPress blogs powered by our partners Graph Paper Press or Visual Society, match your PhotoShelter portfolio to your blog's exact look & feel without knowing any code, and take advantage of their WordPress plug-ins designed specifically for PhotoShelter.

Control who sees your images: Set any gallery or gallery collection to password-protected, invitation-only, or public.

When delivering secure content, you may opt to require login for your clients. We'll automatically set up a free, easy-to-use client account — once they're logged in, they'll have permissions a regular Joe doesn't.

You decide the level of access for each client — down to a very granular level.

Secure your images with our automatic image watermarking. Choose a text watermark that displays your copyright, or upload your own image watermark for a customized display on all of the images in your portfolio.

You're in control — change the position or turn your watermark on/off as needed.

Our display interface prevents dragging and dropping images to a visitor's desktop and "right-clicking" to save your work — a visitor must be authenticated and have the appropriate permission to download an image.

Help extend your marketing reach by embedding slideshows or single images into blogs or any other external website.

Visitors to these sites may then re-embed your work elsewhere — and any click on your image will always link back to its original home on your website, drawing more traffic and sales opportunities.

Enable a keyword search of your archive from anywhere on the web by embedding readymade HTML into the site code.

Use this linking tool to band together with like-minded photographers.

Sell your work independently, but leverage the power in numbers by grouping your galleries together with colleagues in one searchable archive.

For example, the internationally diverse Metro Collective used the Virtual Agency to connect based on their unique brand of humanistic photojournalism; they now market their shared archive to clients all over the world.

Get seen in search engines and by prospective clients though self-listing in our public Photographer Directory.

List out your specialties, your location, and your willingness to travel for assignment work to reach a new client base.

Use our built-in tracking to monitor image views, image download and transfer history. Note who has downloaded your work and which images are the most popular.

For robust traffic analysis, use our interface to directly plug in Google Analytics or other tracking code.

PhotoShelter works hard to get you and your images noticed by Google and other search engines — we speak their language.

Your archive is automatically optimized for search placement as soon as your account is created. Our SEO "special sauce" is constantly refined and improved to meet ever-evolving standards: You upload your work and add metadata — our system does the rest.

We've harnessed the power of syndication to allow buyers to subscribe to your new public content, galleries, and search results through RSS feeds. Buyers love this!

Extend your reach and exchange content with your communities by exporting content directly to partner sites including SportsShooter.com, Eddie Adams Workshop, Altpick.com, and NAPP.

This collaborative tool allows you and your clients to collect selects in one place and share for review, editing, or downloading purposes (where allowed).

Once in a lightbox, images may be rated, removed, re-sequenced — even purchased directly.

Send a gallery directly to a client or friend using the gallery invite function.

Automatically create an account for your invitee, enable hi-res downloads, set size limits, set expiration dates for viewing and downloading — you control the permissions when issuing an invite.

Save time and create an invite group of your most common recipients — send a gallery to your whole team or client list in one click.

Match the design of your email invite headers to your customized portfolio to keep your brand consistent.

We'll automatically populate your correspondence with your logo and preferred site header.

Send images in batch using the industry standard File Transfer Protocol, a fast and easy way to deliver images.

Resize images on the fly, distribute to your entire client list in several clicks, batch-rename files at the point of export, and more

For those visitors you trust or those clients you prefer to bill offline, grant Trusted Client Download access through the Address Book.

Once a Trusted Client is logged in, they may download anything they have access to within your archive — and you may track it all through the Image Statistics transfer history. Issue them invoices based on their usage.

Our dynamically generated download interface allows clients to choose the most appropriate file size for their needs (within any limitations that you set).

You set the maximum download size, and we calculate a range of smaller sizes to keep things fast and easy for your clients.

When you enable a gallery's contents for download, a client may opt to download the whole batch in one click using our simple Java-based tool.

Save time for you and your clients through the quick hi-res download feature: Deliver a one-off full-resolution file through a simple time-sensitive link — no login required, no fuss.

Opt to enable clients to download low-resolution, watermarked files to see how your images will fit in their layouts.

All downloads are tracked in your Image Statistics so you can monitor usage.

Stop by any of our seven topics-based user forums to share strategies, get help with your account, dish on photo business news, or speak your mind.

If you're a member of a Virtual Agency, enjoy your own private forum for members-only discussion.

Join our monthly live Webinars with PhotoShelter staff to learn how to get the edge using your account.

Allow clients or fellow photographers to contact you through our private messaging facility. Your email address is hidden, but correspondence is delivered directly to your inbox.

Visitors may rate or leave comments on your gallery images. This feedback, visible to you alone, may be monitored through your internal gallery management area.

Stay connected to the latest developments in the industry, business development and self-marketing best practices, and what your colleagues are up to through our widely-read blogs, including A Picture's Worth penned by our very own CEO, Allen Murabayashi.

We have a dedicated team (real humans in our office!) ready to answer your calls and emails. They'll help you make the most of PhotoShelter — and do it with a smile!