Basic account -- Sell Prints for Profit?

[BorisMD]

From what I can see in the different accounts, unless I upgrade to a Pro account, I am not able to make any profit off of print sales -- Is this correct?

I am going to shoot a local marathon in a few weeks, and was thinking that I would like to put the photos up for any of the runners to purchase. I'm not a Pro, nor have I ever attempted to sell any photos before. I have no idea what the market for these shots might be like, so I'm a little put off by the idea that I might have to shell out an additional $110 for no capture. I'm not looking to make a killing here, just testing the waters to see if there is any market out there. Ideally, people would buy some prints and I might make enough money to buy another camera accessory. I won't be at the finish line, but mid course, and I wouldn't be taking any officially sanctioned photos -- just freelance.

Any thoughts on this?

Thanks,

Boris

[mbellot]

From what I can see in the different accounts, unless I upgrade to a Pro account, I am not able to make any profit off of print sales -- Is this correct?


Correct.

[BorisMD]

Correct.

Maybe I'll just put them up there for public domain use and see what the download stats are like. If they get used, and I shoot anything of any decent quality, I can try to do more with it next year.

Thanks,

Boris

[PBolchover]

Smugmug allow you to upgrade and downgrade you account (to downgrade, you have to email the smugmug helpdesk).

You could upgrade to a Pro account for a month or so, and then downgrade afterwards...

[Andy]

Smugmug allow you to upgrade and downgrade you account (to downgrade, you have to email the smugmug helpdesk).

You could upgrade to a Pro account for a month or so, and then downgrade afterwards...
Payments are for a year in advance, so that'd be bad, as Boris would lose out on the pro stuff for 11 months.