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Pixieset+Lightroom: efficient, elegant and free (up to 3GB)

As a photographic artist, I wanted a quick & easy way to post my images to be viewed in a portfolio/gallery format and to effortlessly sell quality prints.

A friend of mine who is a portrait photographer showed me how to set up Pixieset, connect it to Lightroom and publish my finished images. Then, when you update any published photo in Lightroom, it is marked as "Modified to Republish."

Both he and I use the "Client Gallery" in Pixieset, NOT the "Website" builder. As a former web designer, I do not want to spend ANY more time configuring web pages, or navigation, or writing content or posting blogs. (But the choice is there if you want to go down that rabbit hole.) Personally, I only want to spend my time organizing, selecting and processing my photographs to publish.

Pixieset's Client Gallery is a simple and elegant presentation for your photos, and integrates with the lab of your choice for fulfillment options—from plain prints to various types of frames, as well as canvas, metal, acrylic and more—depending on the lab that you choose.

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When doing your initial setup, Pixieset's documentation is very thorough and can be found here:
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with many (short) pages of easy-to-understand step-by-step answers with screenshots.

And if you need more assistance, use the "Contact Us" button and post your question to their chatbot. An *ACTUAL PIXIESET EMPLOYEE* will respond within 24 hours—every time! They have always been extremely helpful, and sometimes I even make suggestions for features that they appreciate receiving!

If you are any type of photographer looking for a fast, efficient, and elegant solution for publishing and selling your photographs, Pixieset is it!

And it is FREE! No gimmicks—upgrade to a paid plan only when you need more space or more features. My friend, a very active portrait photographer, was on the free plan for many years until he finally ran out of space. (You get 3 GB on the free plan.)

I have been using Pixieset for over two years now, on a daily basis. I switched to a paid plan so I could use my own domain name and logo, and also for commission-free sales.

In the past, I have used Zenfolio (too expensive and too much website "design" work to do); and then I custom-built my own WordPress site integrated with Fotomoto for fulfillment (WAY too much work and very time-consuming); and I also checked out Smugmug, Photoshelter, Photobucket and ShootProof, but each site and setup had its own very time-consuming complexities.

Pixieset+Lightroom allows me to focus on just one thing: doing my photography.

Try it, you'll love it!