Smugmug Announces Online Commerce Solution for Professional Photographers to Display and Sell Prints

MOUNTAIN VIEW, CALIF., January 21, 2004 – Smugmug today announced major upgrades for its Professional account holders, providing a personalized portfolio, online pricing and sales of digital images, with fulfillment handled by Smugmug. Smugmug's continued focus on style and ease-of-use brings the industry's leading professional photography tools together with the elegant presentation Smugmug has become renowned for.

Print prices can be set individually by the image, by the gallery, by size of print, or by the owner’s total collection. Other new features include watermarking, right-click protection against downloads, and up-to-the minute online sales reports that detail which products are selling.

Smugmug is the only photo sharing site that gives its professional subscribers the power to use their own custom hostnames. For example, presidential candidate Howard Dean’s Smugmug galleries can be found at http://photos.deanforamerica.com. Coupled with the ability to completely customize their Smugmug pages with their own brands, colors, graphics, and styles, Smugmug provides an easy way for them to create unique and powerful sites to conduct their business.