BitShelter LLC today announced the addition of the “Seamless Customization Option” to PhotoShelter (www.PhotoShelter.com), their professional, online image archiving service and marketplace.
The new product, developed for photographers who maintain their own websites, makes it easy for PhotoShelter subscribers to add a searchable
e-commerce-enabled archive to their website while matching its look-and-feel.
“Photographers spend time and money to develop a website, and want to extend the functionality without sacrificing their design and brand,” says Allen Murabayashi, CEO of BitShelter, LLC. “The Seamless Customization Option is the only product of its kind on the market. More than just changing a font and background color, it offers full page layout control while still providing the full suite of PhotoShelter archiving and e-commerce tools.”
“It’s of the utmost importance to maintain my website’s branded look,” says Oregon-based photographer Thomas Boyd. “The PhotoShelter Customization Option accomplishes that perfectly.”
“It turns what would have been just a portfolio site to view photos, into a site that allows me to not only showcase my work, but put it up for sale, archive projects, and password protect galleries. My website would not have a fraction of the functionality without it,” Boyd says.
European-based photojournalist Jock Fistick used PhotoShelter’s Seamless Customization Option to breath new life into his aging website.
“My website was a mess and a nightmare to update before PhotoShelter came along,” says Fistick. “Now updating is a breeze. Clients can not only view my portfolio – but they can search my archive and request images or order prints online,” he says. “And all parts of my website look like my website. Imagine that!”
By using special PhotoShelter “widget” tags inserted into a website’s standard HTML code, the PhotoShelter Seamless Customization Option is able to fit into nearly any website design. Photographers with basic HTML skills are able to complete the customization process themselves. Customization setup assistance is also available from PhotoShelter for an hourly fee.
Examples of The Seamless Customization Option at work, can be viewed at: https://www.photoshelter.com/tour/?c=customize
“The Customization Option reinforces our belief that a central, online archive can be the cornerstone of business for today’s photographer,” says Murabayashi. “Distributing and selling images is no longer confined to traditional stock and wire agencies.”
About PhotoShelter
PhotoShelter provides secure storage that is both locally and geographically redundant, with 24-hour online accessibility and simultaneously serves as a sales platform, allowing photographers to create galleries, sell images, add search capabilities to their own sites and create RSS syndication feeds.
PhotoShelter plans start at just $5.99/month, and offers a 7-day free trial.
About BitShelter
BitShelter, LLC creates technological solutions built upon the BitShelter Digital Asset Storage Solution platform. Founded in 2005, BitShelter is committed to developing products that help people protect and manage their digital assets.
This article was last modified on January 7, 2023
This article was first published on February 1, 2006
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