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Selling digital files in several sizes and licences

Enable digital photos and videos, add them to a price list and choose sizes and licences.

Written by Félix Mezcua

With digital downloads in several sizes and licences you can sell the same file at different prices depending on the size downloaded and the use the customer will make of it: personal or professional. It is useful for event, sports, stock or commissioned photos. Selling relies on a price list that you assign to the gallery: if you don't have one, see Price lists: create and set up.

Enable the digital download formats

They are lab products. In Client Galleries / Products / Products look for Foto digital and Video digital (type “Digital file”, price “By options”).

Turn on the switch next to the name. If you haven't enabled Arcadina Labs, a window opens: accept the lab formats' conditions and click Accept. Orders for these formats are processed automatically. See also Enable/disable lab products.

Add them to a price list

Open the list in Client Galleries / Price lists, click Add, choose Foto digital (and Video digital if you sell video), click Confirm and then Save.

Sizes and licences

Each combination of size and licence is a variant with its own price in the list. Foto digital includes seven sizes (XS, S, M, L, XL, XXL and Original) and two licences (Personal and Professional): 14 combinations. They are defined in Products / Options. To set their prices, click the product's three dots in the list and choose Edit price: enable only the variants you want to sell and click Save.

How many price lists you need

  • One type of photography: one list with sizes and licences is enough.

  • Several specialities: usually at least two, one with size and licence and one with sizes only.

  • School, children or communion photos: the buyer is a private person, so there's no need to tell licences apart.

  • Sports or events: the same photo may be bought by a runner (personal use) or an agency (professional use): it pays to distinguish.

  • Stock or author photography: a list with all sizes and licences.

Assign each list to the right galleries from the gallery's Functions tab.

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