Red Bubble

What are pentax users opinions of red bubble? I have been using it for the last year to not only attend forums and competitions for my personal photography critique, but to gain some mild publicity. So far I have managed to sell one large print of mine and a few calendars which I am very satisfied about being an amateur and all.

In short I think there fine, I've sold a few things and had plenty of features, it takes ages to upload as I have only a 1meg wifi connection but other than that there OK.

Jack.

Just make my account yesterday, are there more user on Red bubble?

I never like to sell stuff over such sites, if someone want your photo they can always call you right?

That That's right. However, poor people like me who have a full time job and little access to promoting my work, don't have the promoting engines to let people out there know i exist.

If your a well known pro photographer with a name out there, that is another issue.

Yes but promotion is something else then sell over those sites.

Just for example, you won a competition with a photo and a company calls you that they want to use that photo and offer you $500. You say something that you want to think about it more and that you would call them back.
Then the next day you call back and they have no interest any more since they have downloaded your photo for $10 on red bubble.

Like said just an example but I can see it happening.

Oh competitions are great way for promotion btw, just enter as many as you can and I'm sure you will be notice. Surely if you end in the top 3.

I am pretty positive that you cannot download images from red bubble. The only way to buy is to purchase a print and that is it. Maybe they have change the format recently. I am not sure. Will look into it and get back to you.

The format is he same, the images are reduced for display, if you try and copy anything it pastes as a blank image, click on my link below and try it. Apart from the sunset photo mmmmm

Jack.

Ah yes you can only order print from Red Bubble, didn't notice that.
With other sites you can get the digital photo most of the time.

Have I missed something. the red bubble has burst before I could find it.


Thoramay

Here is the site if you're asking for that http://www.redbubble.com/

I hate to say this, but they can be saved as small images. I just tried one for research purposes (was 64KB), and immediately deleted it. (I won't say how!)

I hate to say this, but they can be saved as small images. I just tried one for research purposes (was 64KB), and immediately deleted it. (I won't say how!)[/quote]Thats very interesting. Being such a small file, i personally am not too bothered buy it.

Already wrote a PM to Jack about it and you can very easily get the images shown here without a problem and without special software besides your normal browser.

http://www.redbubble.com/people/ouldm01/art/4023746-3-windy-day-fintry

If you know a tiny bit how internet work it's very easy, I can even hot link the photos from RedBubble to here without a problem.

mmmmmmmmmm......a bit problematic for bubblers. Just as well my photo's are terrible. Don't think anyone would go to the effort to download mine.

Effort???, it's only one click and you have them on your computer and I'm sure yours are worth that.