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Questions photographers ask.

Written to be useful whether or not you ever use Encore, including where Encore is the wrong answer.

How do photographers deliver photos to clients?The four common methods, what each one costs you in time and trust, and when a file-transfer link is genuinely enough.
Should photographers watermark client galleries?What a watermark actually protects against, what it does not, and why proof galleries and delivery galleries deserve different answers.
How long should photographers keep client galleries online?Why the usual answer is an expiry date, why that creates work rather than removing it, and how to decide what to keep.
How do photographers sell prints to clients?How print sales through a gallery actually work, who is the merchant of record, and the sales-tax question most guides skip.
How do you prove a client received their photos?What email receipts, read tracking and access logs actually prove, and the difference between a log and evidence.
What does a client gallery platform cost?The two pricing models, which one suits which kind of photographer, and the costs that are not on the pricing page.
How do photographers collect photos from second shooters?The three ways a lead photographer gathers frames from second shooters, what each costs in time and risk, and what an upload link has to do before it is safe to hand out.