I dont mean to be so off topic but does anyone know a way to log back into an instagram account..? I was stupid lost the login password. I would appreciate any tricks you can offer me.
Hi Eric ! Great video as usual ! 👏🏻 The lights seems very smooth on your face, do you use something special ? (filter, diffusion scrim) Have a great day ☀️
Love the content and signed up for Pic-Time based on your videos!! I wanted to know if you would be able to share how you set up your actual print pricing? Do you manually set each price or do a straight 25% or something across all the products?
Thank you! Amazing! Yeah, it's different depending on the product. Most markups are 300-400% and still give me a good profit margin with a 30% discount. I'll be breaking down all the prices soon on my Patreon though! :) www.patreon.com/ericfloberg
Hey Dad! I am using Pic-Time already. Great video - thx for the inspiration, will test some of that pretty soon. One additional question for you: how or what do you tell your clients about the shop system and why they should print their photos right here? Plus do you tell them, that you are making money when they print from Pic-Time? Thanks from Germany! Flo
Thanks for wathcing, Flo!! We basically have the same name! 😏This is definitely something I want to get better at. I always talk about it in the booking process to plant a seed and also include it in my pricing sheet and contracts so that they know it's always an option. Plus, the automation emails that are sent from the Pic-Time apps help a lot in reminding the clients and their family/friends (who are usually the ones that end up buying) that it's an option. I always just assume that they know I'm making money off of the prints. There isn't any need to discuss with them that you make money from it. I think it's almost always safely assumed on their part.
Love your content man. Weird question though... how do you have a photography business and a TH-cam channel when you share this level of transparency? Do you ever fear your clients will watch your videos and/or find it odd that your discussing pricing and marketing strategies?
Thank you so much! Such a good question. I struggled with this so much when I was planning on making my video titled "Make $100k a Year as a Wedding Photographer" - I was so worried that my clients would watch it and think that I only cared about money, so that's why I really dumped my heart and philosophy into that video as well. Seeing the response from everyone, it completely broke my fear of making content like this, and I realized it's more powerful to just be transparent for the sake of community and helping other creatives. Plus, one of my brides DID watch that video, and they came over for dinner. The conversation lulled at one point and she just goes "I wanna make $100k a year" and then we had an amazing conversation about her wanting to start her own business. My clients get it and are totally in my corner as a business person. Thanks for asking!!
Wow. This is an excellent idea! I've never thought of this. I'm used to photographers having a print package included and then doing the work themselves. This is really clever.
The one thing that turns me off from pic time is the shipping costs. They claim that it’s set from the vendor that the print etc is shipping from but I’ve noticed it’s cheaper to actually ship through the vendor directly. Example, order a calendar for $30 shipping cost is $14.99. Actual shipping cost if made from actual vendor is $11.99. Also, shipping say 10 4x6 photos is about $11. Why would anyone pay that much for shipping and how have you been getting around that?
Hey! This is super helpful. Currently using Pixieset- is there any option to transfer albums into Pic-Time, or is that something you have to do manually?
So good to hear! You can do it manually or pay them to migrate all of your existing galleries over! :) I believe it's $2 per gallery, but I believe they're about to do a black friday deal with free migration.
Okay, not sure how this works, looks flash, but is it secure to a particular so the family need a code, or can anyone see everyones pics. Also how does pictime make money? Do they take a cut on the sales or you pay a subscription fee? P.S. how do they get prints? Or do they need to download and organise their self?
Being a total novice, I'm curious: do you deliver the full gallery digitally to the client as part of the contracted service? And then this acts as a nice after-the-fact option for the client, their friends/family if they want specific prints/products? Thank you for the generous advice!
Not just because their a sponsor, but because I just think it's true: Pic-Time is way cleaner and gives you more options to sell things after shooting. 🤘
Unfortunately I haven’t had much success in selling anything on PicTime, I wanted to ask you as a person that is successful in promoting it, “how do you bring up the sale aspect of PicTime to your clients? With out sounding pushy??” Please and thank you!
Yeah, the apps that send out repeat emails is super helpful, mostly because you don't have to do it, but it makes you feel less weird about being pushy, which is what you have to do to keep reminding them that it exists and is right there. The percentage discounts and incentives to buy help more than anything though.
Anywhere from a 300-500% markup is what I like to do. Then, when the percentage discount is applied, I can still make a decent profit from a sale. Hope that helps!
For sure. The amazing thing is that most clients print the simplest, easiest photos to take. I call them "grip and grins" - just holding each other, smiling and looking at the camera. If you're intentional about taking photos of the people they love and people smiling at the camera, people will absolutely print those. Hope that helps!
Great question. I never want to promise that the galleries will be live indefinitely, because if I ever have to take them down, that would suck to have to do, so I just tell them that they'll be up until their 1st anniversary. That also gives them incentive to buy before the expiration of the gallery.
Was actually looking for something just like this, however I can see they don't ship to european countries - anyone know of similar solutions that delivers in EU?
Hey hey! Pic-Time is actually based out of Tel Aviv and they have European labs as options, so I’m pretty sure you’re able to! You can always start with the free version of the gallery and see if it works! 😊
@@EricFloberg Thanks - I tried one if their ‘demo libraries’, which couldnt ship to my country. Maybe it’s different if I sign up and choose location and lab that way - i’ll try 👍🏽😊
They have labs in Portugal, Uk, Poland and so on. Just be aware that different labs sell different goods so you may need to mix a few labs depending on your offering. All works fine but it just requires some time to learn how all the bells and whistles work. It is very flexible. There are a few things you can’t customise like the gallery shop gallery headers that stay in English even though your whole shop is in a different language, and some emails that are send out as ‘pic-time’ emails instead of ‘your brand’ emails, making it obvious for your customers that it’s a system. Also it still sometimes mixes cms and inches which is a bit confusing. A few bugs but not deal breaking. Margins of 300-500 don’t seem to work for our customers though. Not during 2020 at least and even though we do use the sales and automations. Give it a try but take your time to learn it all. It’s all well documented!
your first pic-time vid convinced me to make the switch over. the automation is truly next level. bless you eric
I dont mean to be so off topic but does anyone know a way to log back into an instagram account..?
I was stupid lost the login password. I would appreciate any tricks you can offer me.
Love it Eric! Your photos are bomb my friend. Great content as always
Thanks so much!
Awesome info. I found myself a bit distracted at the volume of the music. Could just be me, but if other's concur, it may be something to think about.
Thanks! Yeah, I've noticed that I can barely hear the music in my past videos..maybe brought it up too much on. this one. 😬 Sorry! 😂
i thought it was some other tab i had opened..and nope,
What if we do landscapes will pic-time be good for selling my product or pixieset
Nice video. I'm in Chicago as well. I used to do weddings for 10 years as well on my own. Thinking of doing it again, or another area of work.
Good to see you YT Dad. Love printing and albums. I photographed my brothers wedding but they lost them so I’m gonna surprise them with an album
My man! Good on ya!
Nice, you are living in Pinterest. 👍
lol thanks to my wife - bit.ly/2H2Nrn8
Lmfao this comment was savage 😁😂😂
it's really helpful. i m already registered to pictime but it made me remind to go back and check it.
Hi Eric ! Great video as usual ! 👏🏻
The lights seems very smooth on your face, do you use something special ? (filter, diffusion scrim)
Have a great day ☀️
Thanks, Pierre! Yup, I have a big Godox softbox with a grid, diffusing a Godox SL-200W light. 🤘
Great to see you again bro! Nice vid!
Thanks, Fran! Always great seeing you here!! 😊
Been on Pic-Time for about 3 months now and really happy with it!
So good to hear!
Dude your stuff is always so good
Thanks so much, Kevin!
Love the content and signed up for Pic-Time based on your videos!! I wanted to know if you would be able to share how you set up your actual print pricing? Do you manually set each price or do a straight 25% or something across all the products?
Thank you! Amazing! Yeah, it's different depending on the product. Most markups are 300-400% and still give me a good profit margin with a 30% discount. I'll be breaking down all the prices soon on my Patreon though! :) www.patreon.com/ericfloberg
Hey Dad! I am using Pic-Time already. Great video - thx for the inspiration, will test some of that pretty soon. One additional question for you: how or what do you tell your clients about the shop system and why they should print their photos right here? Plus do you tell them, that you are making money when they print from Pic-Time?
Thanks from Germany! Flo
Thanks for wathcing, Flo!! We basically have the same name! 😏This is definitely something I want to get better at. I always talk about it in the booking process to plant a seed and also include it in my pricing sheet and contracts so that they know it's always an option. Plus, the automation emails that are sent from the Pic-Time apps help a lot in reminding the clients and their family/friends (who are usually the ones that end up buying) that it's an option. I always just assume that they know I'm making money off of the prints. There isn't any need to discuss with them that you make money from it. I think it's almost always safely assumed on their part.
This is so helpful thank you!!
You're welcome! Thanks for watching!!
Love your content man. Weird question though... how do you have a photography business and a TH-cam channel when you share this level of transparency? Do you ever fear your clients will watch your videos and/or find it odd that your discussing pricing and marketing strategies?
I dont think they mind. People really love his honesty and clarity. Clients are aware we have profits on things. They wont mind.
Thank you so much! Such a good question. I struggled with this so much when I was planning on making my video titled "Make $100k a Year as a Wedding Photographer" - I was so worried that my clients would watch it and think that I only cared about money, so that's why I really dumped my heart and philosophy into that video as well. Seeing the response from everyone, it completely broke my fear of making content like this, and I realized it's more powerful to just be transparent for the sake of community and helping other creatives. Plus, one of my brides DID watch that video, and they came over for dinner. The conversation lulled at one point and she just goes "I wanna make $100k a year" and then we had an amazing conversation about her wanting to start her own business. My clients get it and are totally in my corner as a business person. Thanks for asking!!
That’s really encouraging to hear and makes total sense. I appreciate the perspective and am glad you took the leap! Keep up the amazing work!
Wow. This is an excellent idea! I've never thought of this. I'm used to photographers having a print package included and then doing the work themselves. This is really clever.
Yooo, Chicago squad 🔥
Love your stuff bro
Especially setting up in a kitchen!
Thanks so much! Took nearly a year to remodel the kitchen, so I gotta use it as much as possible 😂
@@EricFloberg lol nice. Just started my pic-time trial
I haven’t made any money from pic-time people just download them they are out! Haha any suggestions?
The one thing that turns me off from pic time is the shipping costs. They claim that it’s set from the vendor that the print etc is shipping from but I’ve noticed it’s cheaper to actually ship through the vendor directly. Example, order a calendar for $30 shipping cost is $14.99. Actual shipping cost if made from actual vendor is $11.99. Also, shipping say 10 4x6 photos is about $11. Why would anyone pay that much for shipping and how have you been getting around that?
Hey! This is super helpful. Currently using Pixieset- is there any option to transfer albums into Pic-Time, or is that something you have to do manually?
So good to hear! You can do it manually or pay them to migrate all of your existing galleries over! :) I believe it's $2 per gallery, but I believe they're about to do a black friday deal with free migration.
Okay, not sure how this works, looks flash, but is it secure to a particular so the family need a code, or can anyone see everyones pics. Also how does pictime make money? Do they take a cut on the sales or you pay a subscription fee?
P.S. how do they get prints? Or do they need to download and organise their self?
Being a total novice, I'm curious: do you deliver the full gallery digitally to the client as part of the contracted service? And then this acts as a nice after-the-fact option for the client, their friends/family if they want specific prints/products? Thank you for the generous advice!
Believe me, when it's November in the US it's also November in Australia or France ;)
Whats that music in the background and its purpose in the message you are trying to deliver?
Straight bangers bringing all the vibes. Dunno what else to tell ya.
@@EricFloberg Okay, I guess it's better than no reply. Thank you!
Hmm I'm doing car show coverage was going to do zennfoli wondering now if this would be better.
Not just because their a sponsor, but because I just think it's true: Pic-Time is way cleaner and gives you more options to sell things after shooting. 🤘
can we use pic-time 100% free?
Aay! That's my youtube dad 😁
Always here for you. Always.
Hi there... How was a master class in Denver?
Venture Workshop? It was awesome!! Had such a blast seeing and being around all my favorites in the wedding filmmaking world! :)
This is RAD. Random question... what's the usual direction you twist/shift ottilt your 45 TS-E lens to get the desired effect?
So does this allow you to sell prints to the public or just clients?
Do we have to pay for these prints or does the money a client pays for each print etc go towards pictime? Do you get a percentage? How does it work?
Greta ideas Eric! Thanks
This is lovely!
Thanks so much, homie! 😊
Hey @Eric what percent markup do you do for prints in the store, 300% 400%?
You got it! Right in that range so when the discount is applied, you still make a reasonable profit.
@@EricFloberg doesn’t that make the prices incredibly high? What stops them from just checking Shutterfly and using them?
Convenience, interface, experience, quality, trust, discounts expiring, wanting to support you as a business. Tons of reasons. 😊
Unfortunately I haven’t had much success in selling anything on PicTime, I wanted to ask you as a person that is successful in promoting it, “how do you bring up the sale aspect of PicTime to your clients? With out sounding pushy??”
Please and thank you!
With these apps and emails that send out to them!
Yeah, the apps that send out repeat emails is super helpful, mostly because you don't have to do it, but it makes you feel less weird about being pushy, which is what you have to do to keep reminding them that it exists and is right there. The percentage discounts and incentives to buy help more than anything though.
@@EricFloberg awesome, well I guess I haven’t found anyone interested in the printouts yet, lol thank you for getting back to me! 🙌🏼
All in One thank you so much
I missed you!
Missed you too!! It feels so nice to be back after a much needed break. :)
It’s been a minute but the algorithm still isn’t off the hook
I never doubted you for a second. Now, come back to Chicago.
@@EricFloberg very soon😌😌😌
Make a video on shutterstock too
Your kitchen is nice
How much do you up-charge your prints by in pic-time to make a profit? Do you change the percentage when you implement a sale?
Anywhere from a 300-500% markup is what I like to do. Then, when the percentage discount is applied, I can still make a decent profit from a sale. Hope that helps!
@@EricFloberg yes that helps, thanks so much!!!
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What camera is this guy using for this video?
C200 🤘🏼
Cool video, I just emailed them to see if they offer print in my country :-)
First, you kind of need prints worthy of selling? lol I think I should focus on that first.
For sure. The amazing thing is that most clients print the simplest, easiest photos to take. I call them "grip and grins" - just holding each other, smiling and looking at the camera. If you're intentional about taking photos of the people they love and people smiling at the camera, people will absolutely print those. Hope that helps!
Hi Eric does it work also in Europe ?
Yes it does, check my reply to Morten.
Yup! What Jim said! :)
@@EricFloberg Thanks ☺️
@@jimvh7557 I’ll check it out Thanks Jim ☺️
Thank you kind sir. Dare I say, Dad.
You're welcome. Dare I say, son.
@@EricFloberg 👨👦❤️
Why do you have your gallery expire?
Great question. I never want to promise that the galleries will be live indefinitely, because if I ever have to take them down, that would suck to have to do, so I just tell them that they'll be up until their 1st anniversary. That also gives them incentive to buy before the expiration of the gallery.
Clapping at you
better than clapping at a lamp @0:19
Who buys stock images? Mostly businesses I assume?
Was actually looking for something just like this, however I can see they don't ship to european countries - anyone know of similar solutions that delivers in EU?
Hey hey! Pic-Time is actually based out of Tel Aviv and they have European labs as options, so I’m pretty sure you’re able to! You can always start with the free version of the gallery and see if it works! 😊
@@EricFloberg Thanks - I tried one if their ‘demo libraries’, which couldnt ship to my country. Maybe it’s different if I sign up and choose location and lab that way - i’ll try 👍🏽😊
They have labs in Portugal, Uk, Poland and so on. Just be aware that different labs sell different goods so you may need to mix a few labs depending on your offering. All works fine but it just requires some time to learn how all the bells and whistles work. It is very flexible. There are a few things you can’t customise like the gallery shop gallery headers that stay in English even though your whole shop is in a different language, and some emails that are send out as ‘pic-time’ emails instead of ‘your brand’ emails, making it obvious for your customers that it’s a system. Also it still sometimes mixes cms and inches which is a bit confusing. A few bugs but not deal breaking. Margins of 300-500 don’t seem to work for our customers though. Not during 2020 at least and even though we do use the sales and automations. Give it a try but take your time to learn it all. It’s all well documented!
Pictime is sooooo long to setup omg I have to translate everything in French. I hope it will be possible and I won't have deal-breaker on the road
Sorry to hear that! I'll bet that it'll be worth it in the long run if it can make you more money!!
First!
*sends a virtual trophy*
Nobody can take this accomplishment away from you.
Do they ship worldwide?