Their own website
- On their own web address
- They edit words, photos and colours themselves
- Their brand, not ours
Studio engine
Everything a working photographer needs to run the business, in one system they rent by the month: their own website, enquiries and bookings, quotes and invoices, client galleries that watermark proofs and unlock when paid, and editing in the browser.
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Screens below are real, with sample data
What the photographer gets
One login. Nothing to install.
Client galleries
- Proofs watermarked automatically
- Clients heart favourites and send their picks
- Paying unlocks the full-resolution downloads
Money in
- Quotes that become invoices
- Deposits hold the date
- Paid into their own payment account
Nothing forgotten
- Every enquiry tracked from new to booked
- Reminders for contracts and follow-ups
- Editing and presets in the browser
Every screen
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How we sell it
Monthly, per photographer. Final prices are set with Leon — these are the shapes of the plans.
Starter
Solo
R—per month
- One photographer, one website
- Client galleries with watermarks
- Quotes, invoices, deposits
- Their own payment account
- Email support
Most will take this
Studio
R—per month
- Everything in Solo
- More storage and larger galleries
- Contracts and automatic reminders
- Browser editing with presets
- Setup done with them
Done for you
Launch
R—once off
- Brand, logo files and stationery
- Website built from their own work
- Domain and mailbox set up
- Google Business Profile
- Marketing plan for the first 90 days
GRO Creative Media in Cape Town is the first studio on this engine: brand, website and galleries delivered in a day, from the photographer's own work.
Under the bonnet
For anyone who asks the technical questions.
| Item | What it is |
|---|---|
| Hosting | Our server in South Africa, with a certificate on every site and gallery |
| Their domain | Their own web address, or a subdomain from us until they buy one |
| Payments | Through the photographer's own merchant account, so money never passes through us |
| Watermarks | Added automatically to proofs; originals are never altered |
| Storage | Originals kept per studio, separate from every other studio on the system |
| Data | Each studio's clients and photographs belong to that studio; they can export and leave at any time |
| Trackers | None. No advertising pixels on their site or galleries |
Good to know
The questions photographers ask first.
Do I need to know anything technical?
No. A guided setup asks what you shoot, where you work and how you price, then builds the rest. We do the first setup with you.
Who gets the money?
You do. Payments run through your own merchant account, so client payments land in your bank, not ours.
Can I use my own domain?
Yes. Bring one you own, or we register one for you. Until then you get an address from us.
What happens if I stop paying?
You can export your galleries, clients and invoices, and leave with everything. No penalty.
Does it look like your brand or mine?
Yours. Your website and your client galleries carry your name, logo and colours.
Strength in every system