Announcements

New Featured Images Contest for Zenfolio Home Page

Laura — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 23:50:27 GMT

We are re-opening submissions for more candidate photos to be featured on our Home page. Here is how it works:

1. Time line

Submission deadline: Monday, September 28, 11:59 pm PST
Publish 30 image candidates for voting: Monday, October 5
Voting for candidates: October 5 - 12
The winners will be featured on www.zenfolio.com Home page for at least one month shortly after the contest has completed.

2. Theme

The subject theme for this contest is All About Light

We are looking for images that are striking because of their use of light, natural or artificial, witnessed or controlled. We will accept a lot of flexibility in the subject but the light must 'make the shot'.

3. Requirements

The rules from the previous contests stay:

Submitted photos should follow the subject theme above and be original works.
They should make the viewer pause, take a deep breath, and admire the work.
Our Home page requires horizontal images. Vertical images will have to be rejected.
The content should be appropriate for our Home page. Use your best judgment.

4. Submitting the Images

We are asking you to submit images by posting links in this forum thread. Please post the link to the image in your gallery, not the link to the JPEG file.

We will go through the submissions and add them to a special Collection, so we can review them. Please make sure that adding to collections is allowed for submitted images and that the gallery they are in is not password protected. We will have to reject submissions that we cannot view, or cannot add to a collection. You can test if everything is setup correctly by logging out and trying to add your submission to a collection.

Refer to the following help topics for more information:

Links to Image l Collections l Access Control

We will have to promptly stop accepting submissions after the deadline to be able to review the submissions and vote for them.

5. Picking the Winners

Our creative staff will review the images and select 30 candidates for voting. You will then be able to choose the top 10 winners.

The top 10 winners will be featured on our Home page.

To get the legal stuff out of the way, let's agree that by submitting the image you allow us to use it on the www.zenfolio.com Home page. In addition, please verify that the subjects in your photos do not object to being displayed on a public Web site.

We are looking forward to seeing more wonderful images from you! You can see the finalists from our previous contest in this collection.

September/October Featured Contest Winners

Laura — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 16:38:28 GMT

The winners for the latest contest are (listed by the number of votes):

Water Tank Mandy Schoch Photography
Elk Bob Schillereff Photography
Soccer Game Claire Photo
Northern Lights InFocus Imagery Inc. - - - - - - Photography by Zoltan Kenwell
Pier Glenn Nagel Photography
Lights Under Bridge Osocarras Photography
Plane Over Lake with Sunset Media & Imaging Solutions
Cat Eyes Dan Skinner Photography
Wind Surfer Joe Marquez - The Smoking Camera
Child Nicolaus Wegner

You can view winners in this collection.

The winning photos will appear on our homepage very soon. We would like to thank everybody who contributed their works and voted for their favorites.

Voting for Featured Images Contest NOW OPEN

Laura — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 20:48:26 GMT

Please help us pick the winners of our photo contest. Please review the collection of finalists and vote for your favorite before Monday, October 12, MIDNIGHT PST. You can cast your vote for exactly one photo. Ten photos that receive the most votes will be featured on the Zenfolio front page.

Thank you for your participation!

Click here to view the finalists
Cast your vote by selecting the option below thumbnails on this page.
YOU MUST BE LOGGED IN TO VOTE

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New Release: Support for Google Analytics, new Eco Theme, larger thumbnails, more Mpix products and frames, and many more improvements

Alex Peyzner [Zenfolio] — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 20:52:24 GMT

As promised, we are working hard on having more frequent feature releases. This release was supposed to be a small update but we kept getting more features completed and tested so now we have a pretty big update rolled out.

Support for Google Analytics for visitor tracking

We have added support for Google Analytics to collect detailed visitor statistics. You can find the new Visitor Tracking page under the PREFERENCES menu. This is available for all Zenfolio plan levels.

Google Analytics is a free tool that allows you to collect aggregate information about visitors to your Zenfolio pages, such as the number of unique visitors over time, their location, length of visits, and much more. For more information about Google Analytics visit the main Google Analytics home page.

Introduced a new Theme: Eco

We have a new Theme designed called Eco. This design was inspired by clean air and green leaves. We hope nature lovers will find it particularly suitable for nature photography.

Sorting of photos is now "sticky"

We have been wanting to change how photos and galleries are sorted for a while, and this is finally here. Now the sorting criteria you select for a gallery or group is going to apply all the time, no longer do you need to resort after uploading new photos. In the process we have also fixed a bug where sorting of sequentially numbered files was not consistent with desktop sorting.

New Mpix products and services

We continue adding support for more Mpix products:

Three new print sizes: 8.5"x11", 9"x12", 12"x24"
Wall Clings products, all sizes
Three new square Standout sizes: 8"x8", 10"x10", 20"x20"
New foam core backboard mounting

Brand new Frame Editor with support for new frames and options:

Sixteen (16) different frames available for all print sizes
Frames can be ordered with an actual overlaid mat in two colors: white or black
Frames can be ordered with no glass, standard glass, or non-glare glass

Also note that we had to rename matboards to backboards to eliminate the confusion with the framing mats introduced as an available option.

Larger 200px thumbnails

By popular demand, we are introducing a large 200px thumbnail size. Photos uploaded after September 12th, 2008 have this new thumbnail size available immediately. Photos uploaded prior to September 12th, 2008, will have this thumbnail size generated the first time it is accessed, which may take a few minutes.

Current users need to explicitly select this new thumbnail size under Customize Visitor View > Options when looking at the Home page or Group and Gallery pages. There are three Auto settings there now:

Auto 1 (Small and Medium) - this is what we had in the past, and this continues to be the default for your pages
Auto 2 (Medium and Large)
Auto 3 (Small, Medium, Large)

New features and improvements:

It is now possible to include a Password Hint for password protected items. You will find it in the newly redesigned Access Control window.
New coupon type "Discount to base prices". Using such coupon during Checkout will change product prices to base cost. This has been requested by many users and is particularly handy when you have friends or family wanting to buy prints that are otherwise marked up. Can also work as a promotion for clients (Premium feature)
Focal length is added to short EXIF whenever available
By popular request the Login link in the Visitor View is moved to the footer when Zenfolio brand is replaced with your name under Global Preferences (Premium feature)
Increased the number of characters allowed in the gallery and photo captions (up to 10,000 characters) and in the About Me field (up to 10,000 characters). Titles can now be up to 200 characters long.
A notice is posted to your Home page in the Edit View if there are pending orders that need your attention (Premium feature)
Access Control window was redesigned to better separate items and make room for new items
It is now possible to view the actual password assigned to photos. This applies to all new passwords assigned after this update. Passwords assigned prior to the date of this update cannot be viewed, but they can be typed over.
If disabled by owner in the price list, the Cropping link will not be displayed in the Cart. Same for Color Enhancement and Color Conversion options. This eliminates any client confusion during Checkout (Premium feature).
New page under PREFERENCES called Upload Settings includes the option to copy file names to photo Titles for all future uploaded photos as a new default. This option is disabled by default, can be enabled.
There is a new page under MORE RESOURCES called Spread the Word, it includes information about using Zenfolio referral buttons with a referral code embedded in a URL. Several button designs are provided in two sizes each.
Better grouping of transactions in the Account Statement makes it easier to read them

Our next release will include user Comments functionality which we have been working on concurrently.

Order and sell custom postage stamps, password-protect original file downloads, enhancements to the embeddable Slideshow

Vitas [Zenfolio] — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 18:36:03 GMT

While we continue to work on the exciting release on track for the end of this year, we wanted to get these few features out before the holiday season.

We are excited to announce a new partner on the Zenfolio platform: PictureItPostage by Endicia. This new vendor allows you to order customized USPS Postage stamps in almost any denomination with your favorite image. These are large high quality stamps and they will look great on a holiday card or a wedding or baby invitation. You can give personalized stamps as special gifts, and Zenfolio Premium users can sell stamps with their own markup. Photos must comply with the USPS allowed images guidelines.

You can see the list of all available stamp products in the PictureItPostage product list. These products are available in US Dollars only.

Password-protecting original file downloads

We know many of you have been asking for this feature, and we are happy to make this available. You can now keep the photos public and only give out password for downloading original files to those few who need them. The password assignment is under the Access Control | Image Protection tab, and there is an optional password hint.

Enhancements to the embeddable Slideshow

Responding to your requests, we have added the following enhancements to the embeddable Slideshow:

The option to Auto-start. Once enabled, the Slideshow will start playing automatically as soon as it is loaded in the browser.

Ability to have transparent background and no border. This makes it easier to integrate with any site background.

Ability to hide both the top bar and the bottom controller bar for a simple and clean presentation.

Other Enhancements:

New and updated online Help. It will become searchable very soon.

Added a special Print button to Order Details pages to make them more legible when printed.

We are now using USPS and FedEx URLs directly for tracking order shipments.

Improved visibility of the default Print Ordering settings by displaying them in the Main Area of the Edit View.

Esc key can cancel Add to Cart popup window to save time.

Added a new subcategory: Sports > Triathlon.

We are now focusing on the next major release scheduled for the end of the year. This release will include Theme customizations and new Home page layouts.

Mpix promotion: 15% off ALL prints

Vitas [Zenfolio] — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 16:52:32 GMT

Mpix has a special promotion for this weekend: ALL Mpix prints are 15% off!

The promotion will run from 9:00AM on Friday, August 28^th until midnight on Monday, August 31^st. This includes E-Surface, Metallic and True B&W papers and print sizes mini-wallets through 24x36".

Selling Digital Products, Friendly links, updated price lists, and more...

Vitas [Zenfolio] — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 17:24:34 GMT

Selling Digital Products

With the introduction of Digital Products, photographers have the ability to define almost any downloadable product with custom licensing terms, at any price. Here is what is included:

Four standard licenses, provided by Zenfolio
The ability to create your own custom licenses by modifying the sample licenses or pasting in your own licenses
Many image size options to choose from including your own custom dimensions
Create a digital product with fixed image dimensions. A cropping tool will become available in the Shopping Cart so users can crop based on defined dimensions. A good example of this would be creating iPhone wallpaper which has to be specific dimensions.
Create almost any product available for download, including original full size files, desktop backgrounds, Web avatars, iPhone wallpapers, etc.
Zenfolio charges a 8% service fee, which is one of the lowest fees in the industry
Order e-mails are sent to photographer and clients when the order is placed, with links to the download page
Photographer can still review and approve orders, including uploading new files and making cropping adjustments, if needed
Zenfolio stores downloads for 30 days
Customers can download individual photos, or a complete order as a ZIP file

To learn more about how to create and offer digital products, refer to the Guide to Digital Products on Zenfolio

Redesigned price list editing
The new price list editing pages are many times faster than before and allow you to manage many products easily. As part of this redesign we have introduced separate formulas for each product category including a dedicated formula for framing and mounting. Look for more more related features coming soon including export to Excel and printing.

Friendly URLs
You can now use plain words to create easy links to group, gallery, or collection pages (such as http://demo.zenfolio.com/weddings). You can use letters, numbers, and some punctuation including dash '-' and a slash '/'. This works with custom domain names as well.

Updated Reports
We have overhauled the Reports to make them more consistent and easier to understand. We've added a Summary report and a Coupons report under SELLING > Reports. The Summary report makes it easy to view high level financials for any time period. Coupons are now accounted for everywhere in the reports.

Additional Visitor View page customizations
New setting in Customize Visitor View > Options provides the ability to hide the path to the Gallery/Collection/Group (also known as breadcrumbs) displayed at the top of a Visitor page.

Private paths no longer display in breadcrumbs on Visitor pages allowing you to create "branches" in your organizational hierarchy. This really helps keep visitors focused on specific galleries or groups. For example, if you have a private group in the middle of a path to a gallery, the path leading to that group and the group itself will be hidden from your visitors.

"Publish to Zenfolio" plug-in for Windows Live Photo Gallery
Released a plug-in to export to Zenfolio directly out of Windows Live Photo Gallery. If you are not familiar with this product from Microsoft, it is a free application used for managing and previewing photos on your Windows XP or Vista system.

Other feature enhancements
In addition, the following enhancements were released:

Streamlined Account Statement with mini summary reports for each order sold
Added easier access to links from the Edit View
In the Add to Cart window we have renamed 'Back to Categories' to 'Back to All Products' to help navigation
By popular demand from our forum members, added a new subcategory: Artistic > Picture a Day (PAD)
New Mpix products and services - more canvas gallery wrap sizes available from Mpix:

8"x10" $55.00
10"x10" $55.00
10"x20" $75.00
10"x30" $90.00
16"x16" $80.00
16"x24" $100.00
20"x20" $105.00

New shipping option to Canada from Mpix

Alex Peyzner [Zenfolio] — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 01:59:52 GMT

We are very happy to announce a less expensive shipping option available for Canada when ordering from the Mpix lab. The new USPS First Class mail service will deliver orders with 50 prints or less in print sizes equal to or smaller than 5" x 7" for US$5.50 / C$6.70. Available immediately.

List of approved features updated

Vitas [Zenfolio] — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 04:54:49 GMT

We updated the list of approved features. These features have a very high chance of appearing in future releases. We are either working on them, or have them on our schedule.

View the list here »

Mpix promotion: 15% off Canvas Gallery Wraps

Alex Peyzner [Zenfolio] — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 22:31:01 GMT

Mpix is offering a special discount until August 16th: 15% off all Canvas Gallery Wraps.

If you haven’t yet seen a Canvas Gallery Wrap from Mpix, now is your chance. There is a total of 13 sizes available, so you will definitely find one that fits your walls and your needs.

Offer expires at midnight on Sunday, August 16th.

Weekend Special: 50% off on 8x10 prints from Mpix

Alex Peyzner [Zenfolio] — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 23:58:07 GMT

Mpix is offering a special deal this weekend on 8x10 prints: 50% off all 8"x10" prints on all paper types.

Regular E-Surface Color paper prints are only $0.99 while Metallic and True Black & White paper prints are $1.24. No special code is needed, new price is automatically reflected during the checkout.

Offer expires at midnight on Sunday, July 19th.

Pick a feature for the next release - your opinion needed

Vitas [Zenfolio] — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 05:07:47 GMT

We are very excited to offer you a chance to help define the next release of Zenfolio. Can you please help us to decide between two features for the upcoming release?

Feature 1: Password-protecting originals

You will be able to set up a separate password for locking original files. This allows you to have a public gallery, but have the originals protected with a password. This is useful when you want to open a gallery for viewing and printing, but you do not want to give away the originals.

Feature 2: Downloading all original files from a gallery or a collection

All originals from a gallery can be downloaded as one ZIP file. This feature is useful for providing your visitors with a way to quickly download all original files to their computers.

Both features are important, and will be implemented eventually, but we have time for only one of them in the next release. The feature that does not win this time will likely go into the next release.

The voting is open until Monday, July 27th 11:59 p.m.

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Worldwide shipping with Photobox UK-based lab, sell globally in multiple currencies, use PayPal for order checkout, and embed slideshows of your photos on other sites

Alex Peyzner [Zenfolio] — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 19:13:05 GMT

We are very happy to announce a new print partner available on the Zenfolio platform: Photobox. Photobox print lab is based in the UK and has production facilities in Ireland, London, Paris, and several other locations throughout Europe.

Photobox offers a range of print sizes on Fuji Crystal gloss and matt papers, as well as specialty photo products. To enable Photobox products in your account, click Edit in the Print Ordering section of the Toolbox and tick the checkbox next to it. All Photobox products are available for shipping anywhere in the world, excluding US and Canada, which are served by the Mpix lab.

As part of this announcement we are very happy to introduce support for multiple currencies on Zenfolio. This multi-currency project has been in the works for many months and represents a major leap in photographers' ability to service customers globally.

This means that you can immediately start selling Digital Products and Custom Products in 18 currencies:

Australian Dollars	Singapore Dollar
Canadian Dollars	Swedish Krona
Euros	Danish Krone
Pounds Sterling	Polish Zloty
Japanese Yen	Norwegian Krone
U.S. Dollars	Hungarian Forint
New Zealand Dollar	Czech Koruna
Swiss Franc	Israeli Shekel
Hong Kong Dollar	Mexican Peso

Our partner products are now available in several currencies; you can see specific prices listed in the corresponding product tables:

Mpix products are available in USD and CAD
Photobox products are available in GBP and EUR
IYP products are available in USD, CAD, GBP, and EUR
fotoflōts are available in USD, CAD, GBP, and EUR

NOTE: we have made sure that nothing has changed for the current US based customers in regards to their prices and price lists; it is business as usual.

Details relating to using multiple currencies

Price lists can contain products in multiple currencies, you will need to first add a new currency tab to your price list and then add products to each currency separately.

Digital Products do not belong to any one currency and can be added to any currency in your price list.

Each Custom Product has a currency it belongs to. If you would like to offer the same custom product in several currencies, you need to define new custom product per currency and then add it to a corresponding currency tab in the price list.

Coupons and Shipping Methods are also set up per currency. You can use the same coupon code across coupons in different currencies.

The balance for each currency is maintained independently in your Zenfolio account. Payouts are available to request via PayPal in the specific currency, if you have a balance in it.

For more detailed instructions on how to configure and sell products globally on Zenfolio please refer to the Guide to Selling Globally on Zenfolio.

Service Fees for non-US Currencies

Orders placed in currencies other than the USD have the following service fee rates applied:

Products fulfilled by Zenfolio partners:	15%
Digital products (downloads):	10%
Custom products created and fulfilled by you:	5%

Shopping Cart Improvements

Customers are now able to use PayPal as a payment type for order checkout.
Added PayPal Express Checkout
Using account balance during checkout is now optional
You can now select between three payment methods during checkout:
- Account Balance
- Credit Card
- PayPal

Sales Tax

There is now a separate Sales Tax page under SELLING to configure tax rules for your orders. When you specify sales tax, it will apply to partner-fulfilled orders as well as your custom orders. Sales tax can be setup per state or per country. There is an option to apply tax to shipping charges as well.

Sales Reports

Sales reports have been redesigned to make them more useful and easier to read. In addition, a new Taxes report was added showing sales taxes and/or VAT broken down by country.

Embed a Slideshow of Your Photos on Other Web Sites

By popular demand, a Flash-based embeddable Slideshow is now available under MORE RESOURCES. You can create a standalone slideshow from any gallery or collection in your account in almost any size, and then post it to any Web site that allows including objects. This is similar to embedding a YouTube video. Adding music to slideshows is coming in the next release.

Other New Features and Improvements Include:

Introduced two new Themes: Baby Boy and Baby Girl.
Premium users: there is now a way to disable displaying Best Fit in the Add to Cart window. If you force cropping in your price list to be Centered or Fit, Best Fit will be disabled.
Option added under Customizing Visitor View > Options to hide pagination from thumbnail pages and force all thumbnails to be loaded all the time.
Added new Subcategories:
- Sports > Skating > Roller Derby
- Sports > Skating > Figure Skating
- Sports > Skating > Speed Skating
- Sports > Jump Rope
- Transportation > Fire Department
- Architecture & Structures > Temple
Search field styling was updated on all Visitor View pages, it is now rounded and more elegant
The popular software program Photo Mechanic now offers built-in support for uploading photos directly to your Zenfolio account

May 2009 Featured contest winners

Vitas [Zenfolio] — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 19:31:41 GMT

The winners for the 2009 contest are (listed by the number of votes):

Prom dresses - Brooke Moxley Photography
Purple flower - Cathy Stancil Belle Image
Water drops - Eric Phillips Photographs
Fjords - Eric Rowe Photography
Vespa Scooters - Eric Shemtov Photography
Colorful Mask - Joe Marquez - The Smoking Camera
Red daisies - Eric Phillips Photographs
Remembrance -tim austin images
Japanese Fans - Joe Marquez - The Smoking Camera
Kids with paint - Images By Lori

You can view winners in this colleciton.

The winning photos will appear on our homepage in a couple of weeks, when our next release goes live. We would like to thank everybody who contributed their works and voted for their favorites.

Voting for featured images is now open

Vitas [Zenfolio] — Sun, 31 May 2009 05:41:36 GMT

We selected 30 nominees from 483 submissions - our biggest contest ever! It was extremely hard to narrow down all the wonderful submissions to 30 nominees. Now we ask you to help us pick the winners

Please review the collection of nominees and vote for your favorite before June 14th, 11:59 p.m. Pacific Standard Time. You can cast your vote for exactly one photo. Ten photos that receive the most votes will be featured on Zenfolio home page.

Thank you for your participation!

Click here to view the nominees
Cast your vote by selecting the option below thumbnails on this page.
(you need to be a registered forums member to vote)

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Featured photos for Zenfolio homepage - new contest

Vitas [Zenfolio] — Thu, 07 May 2009 19:23:49 GMT

We are reopening submissions for more candidate photos to be featured on our Home page. Here is how it works:

1. Timeline

Submission deadline: Sunday, May 24th, 11:59 p.m.
Publish 30 image candidates for voting: Friday, May 29th.
Voting for candidates: May 29th - June 12th
The winners will be featured on www.zenfolio.com Home page for at least one month. We will publish them when our next release is ready.

2. Theme

The subject theme for this contest is Chromatism.

Chromatism:

1. (Optics) The state of being colored, as in the case of images formed by a lens.

We are looking for photos that stand out because of the use of color. We want to see striking, amazing color that makes the viewer's jaw drop. We will accept a lot of flexibility in the subject so B&W photographs will definitely qualify if the lack of color 'makes' the image.

3. Requirements

The rules from the previous contests stay:

Submitted photos should follow the subject theme above and be original works.
They should make the viewer pause, take a deep breath, and admire the work.
Our Home page requires horizontal images. Vertical images will have to be rejected.
We like "Zenny" images. "Zenny" in this case means playing well with the overall look and feel of our site.
The content should be appropriate for our Home page. Use your best judgment.

4. Submitting the Images

We are asking you to submit images by posting links in this forum thread. Please post the link to the image in your gallery, not the link to the JPEG file.

Refer to the following help topics for more information:

Links to image | Collections | Access Control

We will have to promptly stop accepting submissions after the deadline to be able to review the submissions and vote for them.

5. Picking the Winners

Our creative staff will review the images and select 30 candidates for voting. You will then be able to choose the top 10 winners.

The top 10 winners will be featured on our Home page.

We are looking forward to seeing more wonderful images from you! You can see the finalists from our previous contest in this collection.

Welcome new Zenfolio team member: Laura

Alex Peyzner [Zenfolio] — Tue, 12 May 2009 22:46:54 GMT

All,

We are very happy to introduce a new member of our Customer Support team: Laura.

Some of you have already noticed Laura starting to post around the forums as she is getting up to speed with using Zenfolio.

Laura is a professionally-trained photographer with a strong background in commercial and fashion work. One of her first tasks is to update the online Help system which is in a dire need of an overhaul and updates.

Please join me in welcoming Laura to the team, and drop her a message to say hello.

- Alex

Collect Payments for Custom Products through PayPal, New Price List Features, Added fotoflōt Products, and New Themes

Alex Peyzner [Zenfolio] — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 16:47:25 GMT

We know that many of you have been waiting patiently for the ability to collect payments for custom orders you fulfill yourselves. With this release we have added the ability for you to use your own PayPal account in the Shopping Cart so clients can pay you directly through a seamless Checkout experience.

We have also lowered the service fee for self-fulfilled custom orders to 4% (down from 6%). Combined with the new option to use your own PayPal account for collecting payments, Zenfolio now offers the most complete solution for both photographers wishing to fulfill their own orders and those who wish to use Zenfolio print partners.

Adding External Web Site as a Custom Home Page

We have studied carefully how many professional photographers integrate Zenfolio into their workflow and came up with an innovative way of making Zenfolio an even better client proofing site.

Premium users now have a choice of adding an external portfolio web site in place of the Zenfolio Home page. Your Display Name and the Home link on all your pages will take viewers to an address determined by the preferences you set. You will find this feature in the Preferences of your Premium account.

Price List Improvements

Price Lists can be printed neatly using the special Print function
Ability to export Price Lists in CSV format compatible with Microsoft Excel and other spreadsheet programs
Full control over the sorting order of items presented in the Add to Cart window using an easy to use drag-and-drop interface. Give this one a try, the simplicity of rearranging items cannot be overstated.

Introducing New Vendor: fotoflōt

We have added fotoflōt as a new vendor to the Zenfolio E-Commerce platform. Photographers are now able to sell frameless fotoflōt prints by setting their own prices and making a profit. fotoflōts are innovative products printed on real photographic paper, bonded to hard acrylic surface, and laser-cut to size, resulting in extremely precise edges. They come with innovative magnetic mounting hardware for displaying on your desk or hanging on a wall. Try ordering one and you will be hooked!

See the complete list of available fotoflōt products and prices.

Announcing Integration with the Eye-Fi Cards

We are very happy to announce that you can use the Eye-Fi cards to upload wirelessly to your Zenfolio account from any Wi-Fi enabled location. The Eye-Fi card stores photos like a traditional memory card, and fits in most cameras. When you turn your camera on within range of a configured Wi-Fi network, it can wirelessly transfer photos to your Zenfolio account. Learn more about the Eye-Fi cards.

Other New Features and Improvements Include:

Introduced two new Themes: Romantic and Vintage
Availability of the Express Send to Zenfolio third-party tool for Windows. Installing this tool on your Windows computer allows batch uploading of photos and folders by using the 'Send to Zenfolio' menu on right-click.
Added "Best Fit" option to the Add to Cart window to help customers make the best selection from available product sizes based on the aspect ratio of the selected photo.
The Zenfolio site is now fully compatible with the recently released Internet Explorer 8 web browser. If you are still using the Internet Explorer 6 browser, please consider upgrading. The new versions of Internet Explorer and Firefox are much faster and more secure than IE6.
Added the ability to save a Free shipping method for custom products. This is particularly useful if you are personally fulfilling and delivering orders, and there is no need to charge for shipping. Setting the shipping price to 0.00 automatically displays FREE in the Shopping Cart.

New Mpix products and services

We continue to bring you the benefits of our partnership with Mpix as they make available new products and services:

added 20"x20" size print in all paper finishes
added magnets as a new product in two sizes: 2"x3.5" and 3"x4.5"
added a two-sided acrylic key chain product
Lustre coating is now available for Metallic prints
introduced tracking numbers for USPS Priority Mail and USPS First Class orders. This is really big as customers are able to track and get delivery confirmation on all shipping methods with no additional charge.
5"x5" and 5"x7" size prints in quantities under 50 are now eligible to be shipped using the inexpensive USPS First Class mail service. All small size prints up to the size of 5"x7" can now be shipped using this economical method.

Featured photos for Zenfolio homepage - new contest

Vitas [Zenfolio] — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 20:12:12 GMT

We are reopening submissions for more candidate photos to be featured on our Home page. We’ve learned a lot from our last contest so we can optimize the process. Here is how it works:

1. Timeline

Submission deadline: Sunday, November 30th, 11:59 p.m.
Publish 30 image candidates for voting: Friday, December 5th.
Voting for candidates: December 5th - December 11th.
The winners will be featured on www.zenfolio.com Home page shortly thereafter.

2. Theme

The subject theme for this contest is Winter and Winter Holiday Season. We will accept a lot of flexibility in the subject so a Palm Tree with Christmas lights will definitely qualify.

3. Requirements

The rules from the previous contest stay:

Submitted photos should follow the subject theme above and be original works. They should make the viewer pause, take a deep breath, and admire the work.
Our Home page requires horizontal images. Vertical images will have to be rejected.
We like "Zenny" images. "Zenny" in this case means playing well with the overall look and feel of our site.
The content should be appropriate for our Home page. Use your best judgment.

4. Submitting the Images

We are asking you to submit images by posting links in this forum thread. Please post the link to the image in the gallery, not the link to the JPEG file.

Refer to the following help topics for more information:

Links to image | Collections | Access Control

We will have to promptly stop accepting submissions after the deadline to be able to review the submissions and vote for them.

5. Picking the Winners

Our creative staff will review the images and select 30 candidates for voting. You will then be able to choose the top 10 winners.

The top 10 winners will be featured on our Home page.

To get the legal stuff out of the way, let’s agree that by submitting the image you allow us to use it on the www.zenfolio.com Home page. In addition, please verify that the subjects in your photos do not object to being displayed on a public Web site.

We are looking forward to seeing more wonderful images from you! You can see the finalists from our previous contest in this collection.

Mpix promotion: 25% off Wall Clings

Alex Peyzner [Zenfolio] — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 19:23:46 GMT

Mpix is offering a special discount until March 22nd: 25% off all Wall Clings.

Five wall cling sizes are available to choose from. See the complete list of available Mpix products here.

Offer expires at midnight on Sunday, March 22nd. No coupons are needed, new prices will automatically apply in the Shopping Cart.

New 24" x 36" print size available from Mpix

Alex Peyzner [Zenfolio] — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 19:40:51 GMT

We just added support for the largest size print available from Mpix: 24" x 36"

This print size is available in E-Surface Color Paper finish only, and it is possible to add double-weight backboard, foam core mounting, and Lustre coating to it during the checkout. No frames are available for this large size print.

Mpix promotion: 25% off Canvas Gallery Wraps

Alex Peyzner [Zenfolio] — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 00:02:39 GMT

Mpix is offering a special discount until March 11th: 25% off all Canvas Gallery Wraps.

Seven new canvas sizes were recently added for a total of 13 available sizes. See the complete list of all available Mpix products here.

Offer expires at midnight on Wednesday, March 11th.

Weekend special: 50% off 8x10 prints from Mpix

Alex Peyzner [Zenfolio] — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 21:49:48 GMT

Mpix is offering a special deal this weekend on 8x10 prints: 50% off all 8"x10" prints on all paper types.

Offer expires at midnight on Sunday, March 1st.

Zenfolio update: changes to product and partner offerings

Alex Peyzner [Zenfolio] — Thu, 08 May 2008 17:32:33 GMT

Over the past year, Zenfolio fulfilled tens of thousands of print orders with great success. We have gained a lot of experience working with our partner labs, and learned a lot along the way. We are very excited to share with you the news about upcoming changes and additions to the products we offer.

We are expanding our relationship with the Mpix Lab by adding more products and services, and we are discontinuing products from the EZ Prints Lab.

Partnering with Mpix, a division of Miller's Professional Imaging, has been a real win for our users as it is one of the best labs in the country. And it is about to get even better as we are working on adding a full range of their products including canvas gallery wraps, greeting cards, standouts, memory mates, puzzles, statuettes, and other products from their extensive and growing list.

In addition, Zenfolio Premium users will soon be able to customize Mpix prints with text printed on the reverse side, also known as backprinting.

Even more exciting is that Premium users will be able to remove the Mpix brand name from the Cart, and have non-branded packaging ready for delivery to their clients. This will surely make for an even more professional presentation upon delivery.

We are very proud of the relationship we were able to forge with Mpix, and we continue to be impressed with the quality of products, services, and precision of operations the Mpix lab delivers. Extending the integration between Zenfolio and Mpix will give you, our user, access to more products, services, and expertise gained from over 70 years in the photofinishing business.

On the other hand, after the recent EZ Prints' switch from Fuji to Kodak paper, it has become redundant to offer products from the two labs given their broad overlap in products and competing pricing. With that in mind, we have decided to send all Zenfolio print fulfillment to Mpix and discontinue the EZ Prints products.

Effective May 16^th, 2008, we will no longer be offering EZ Prints products. Orders placed through EZ Prints prior to and on May 16^th will not be affected.

The EZ Prints products will be removed from the site after May 16^th.

Questions & Answers

What does this mean for me?

If you allow visitors to order your photos - make sure the Mpix Lab is enabled in the Print Ordering section of the Toolbox.
If your Price Lists include products from EZ Prints - you can remove them and add corresponding products from Mpix instead. Make sure to do this before May 16^th.

What happens if I do nothing?

The EZ Prints products will be removed automatically after May 16^th.

What happens to the EZ Prints products that Mpix does not offer?

With the latest addition of 19-cent value prints from Mpix, and the new specialty products from IYP Photo Products, there is a corresponding item available for almost every product we offered from the EZ Prints Lab.

Mpix does not ship internationally, what if I am outside of North America?

We are committed to finding a good fulfillment partner located in Europe to provide a cost effective solution for our growing base of European users. We are actively searching for the right partner, and we will be working on integrating with such a lab to provide better pricing and delivery times.

More Questions?

Our Support folks would be happy to answer any questions you might have about this transition. Please use the Contact Us form.

Best Regards,
Zenfolio Product Team

Promotion from Mpix: 25% off large prints

Vitas [Zenfolio] — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 06:57:27 GMT

We would like to let you know about the special promotion by Mpix, our partner lab. From now until February 25^th, all large prints sized 16" x 20" and larger are 25% off.

This is the perfect opportunity to get your favorite shots blown up to poster-size prints, ready for framing. You have a choice of professional-grade E-Surface, Metallic, and True Digital Black & White papers. As usual, Mpix will print, package, and ship your order with the highest attention to detail, delighting you with the results.