http://www.lightstalkers.org/posts/q__digital_railroad An entire Lightstalkers thread via RSS/XML. en-us Is Digital Railroad worth the money? What are your personal PROS and CONS? Wed, 12 Mar 2008 12:55:27 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/posts/q__digital_railroad I myself am about to find out. The main thing of course is that you have your archive organized and available for download in hi res from wherever you are in the world. You can give a client access so you are not always ftping editors individually. You upload in hi res once to the DRR servers. It's like having an agency's infrastructure at your finger tips although of course you have do the promotion yourself! Mon, 29 Jan 2007 22:57:07 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/posts/q__digital_railroad#56259 Peter, There are some very long threads on DRR and Photoshelter already on LS. It would be worth doing a search and reading those first. I am sure if you had any unanswered questions, users would be more than happy to answer those. As for me, I use Photoshelter customisation option. Check it out: www.thomaspickard.com Or try it yourself with their free starter account: www.photoshelter.com I have no affiliation with Photoshelter - just a paying customer. Thomas Tue, 30 Jan 2007 03:48:58 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/posts/q__digital_railroad#56298 I was a DR user for over a year and it saved my ass many a time. However, it is expensive and I've waited too long for the marketplace thing. I'm currently in the process of switching to PS and I'm rather enjoying the PS interface. It's really terrific. I'll save some money and get more storage space but I'll also have the ability to sell prints as well as usage rights. It's the print sales capability that brought me over and the fact that it is integrated with PayPal. I actually feel much more at ease with my workflow using Photoshelter for some reason. It's a good environment to be in online and a nice place to work. Good luck. They are both great facilities. Tue, 30 Jan 2007 05:27:21 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/posts/q__digital_railroad#56303 Thomas, you're right I posted this rather late last night before doing a search on the subject. I read most of what I can find and have a good idea of the differences. But would it be worth the money if "you" had the know how to setup a website, ftp server and all the other bells and whistles... it would just be a question of marketing at this point, no? Tue, 30 Jan 2007 09:33:35 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/posts/q__digital_railroad#56318 Was it a big deal to move your archive Paul? Did you download everything and re-upload it? I guess the metadata would be fairly consistent between the two if you did that? Tue, 30 Jan 2007 11:02:29 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/posts/q__digital_railroad#56325 Peter: well, I do not know how to set up a website with all the capabilities of Photoshelter. Nor do I want to spend my time managing the technology side of it either - I'd rather drum up new business and take photos. As for marketing, well having a PS site doesn't mean people will come rushing to your door, so yes, marketing is definitely needed (which ever you choose). Wade: Could be wrong on this, but if you have a DRR archive and a PS archive, couldn't you ftp the images from DRR to PS? Thomas Tue, 30 Jan 2007 11:16:43 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/posts/q__digital_railroad#56327 Yeah, I think you're right, Thomas. Tue, 30 Jan 2007 11:45:42 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/posts/q__digital_railroad#56328