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Chapter 16 ✦ Creating the Finished Product
Figure 16-4: With Darkroom you own the software, so you have complete control over your
online storefront.
The major benefits of the Darkroom software include:
✦ You own the software so there are no fees for using it after the initial purchase, nor are there any
upload fees or limits to the amount of hard drive space you can use.
✦ Client purchases go through your normal credit card or PayPal accounts. Clients can also pay with
personal checks.
✦ You can easily integrate it to look similar to the rest of your Web site.
✦ Branded with your logo.
✦ Innovative Flash interface that loads much faster than a normal HTML interface.
✦ The software lives on your server so it is much faster than most online labs that are serving images
to hundreds of viewers at any one moment.
✦ Very easy to make new galleries by simply resizing a folder full of images and then uploading it to
your Web site.
The downsides to this software are that it takes a bit more work on your part to fill the orders, charge the
credit cards, package the prints, and ship them out.
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