Vendor albums were designed with the busy photographer in mind!
When you create a Vendor Album within a gallery, you can send a direct link to that album and know that the person viewing the photos does not have access to the rest of the gallery.
This means that you can upload photos one time to a gallery, rather than being forced to make separate galleries for your clients and their vendors (or for multiple vendors!).
Here are some scenarios in which a Vendor Album may work for you:
- You're a wedding photographer who gives vendors (florists, caterers, etc.) free low-res, watermarked versions of the photos you took of their products during the ceremony or reception.
- You'd like an event venue (catering hall, for example) to see your photos, but only want them to see specific images and not the entire gallery.
- You're building a relationship with several small businesses, so you trade images of their products in use at a portrait session for their word-of-mouth referrals. However, you do not want each business to see the photos you've taken of the other business's products.
Setting Up a Vendor Album
- Within the gallery, click the Add Albums button to add and name the album
- Within the album itself, click Album Settings
- Turn on the Set as Vendor Album option
- Click Save
Customizing Free Digital Permissions for a Vendor Album
Use Vendor Albums to give a specific person access to free digital downloads, without giving them access to the rest of the gallery.
- Go to Galleries > All Galleries > Actions > Gallery Settings > Free Digitals
- Click Create Free Digital Rule > Visitors to a Specific Album
- Select a template that we've created, or create your own rule by creating a Rule Name
- Set up the download rule for that album.
- Click Save.
- Save the settings by clicking Save in the top right corner
Sharing a Vendor Album
- Within the album itself, go to More Actions > Share Album
- Customize the email, including the recipient's email address
- Click Send