Besides selling - what are differences between pro and power accounts?

Question

Besides the ability to set prices and sell prints for profit, what are the meaningful differences between the Smugmug power and pro accounts? Do pro accounts get more customization capabilities? different support?

Answer 1

The sales features are the big difference between the Power and Pro levels. But here are a few others that the Pro account offers that the Power level cannot use.

• Watermarking
• Largest Display size (Power is limited to Xlarge, Pro can set to
  Medium)
• Assistants Password
• ability to use Bay Photo or WHCC as a print lab
• add your own custom bit.ly shortening URL
• use the events feature to allow visitors to select favorite photos
• Custom back printing
• Use the customer contact link/form in the footer. The customer contact email address is used for emails as well as the contact form. This can be a different address from the account address.

The ability to customize the site is the same. The support for all accounts is also the same.

Answer 2

In addition to the ones that Doc mentioned, the one that has been much more useful than I expected is the Events feature. I use it to do a culling session with people across the internet. I send them the link and they pick their favorites, rather than writing down information and maybe getting it wrong. I used to get the description of I like the 7th picture on the 2nd page. So how do I determine that since the thumbnail count is different based on screen resolution, it is not a good indicator. Having the other person pick a favorite is much easier and faster.

It is fast and easy enough that I use it just to cull images with my wife when she is down the hall and we are both too lazy to get up.

Also don't underestimate watermarking. It makes it much easier than I expected.