Best DIY Website Platforms for PHOTOGRAPHERS!

Thank you so much, great information!

OHHHH my god, wow. Sara, thank you SO much for this video. I'm coming up on ONE WHOLE YEAR of working on a squarespace website for my photography gig, but have never felt confident enough in the presentation, design and layout to make it live. I literally hit a wall, and there wasn't a single thing I could've added to my site to make it any better. I felt like giving up on marketing my photography business entirely. Then I found this video, and… you've lit a fire under me again! I feel confident that theres a platform out there for me to successfully create my own website on, and the information you presented was laid out in such a digestible way. I'm going to get designing now, and I'm genuinely excited for the first time in so long. Thank you from the bottom of my heart. ❤

Perhaps I missed this but, did you mention which ones actually allowed for human beings to talk with you on the phone vs. email only? Thank you for this in-depth view of websites host!

Thanks for this amazing overview! I’ll look into some of the options instead of just going with Squarespace because like every other video I watch is sponsored by them. 😀

Thank you, great video. For some reason I'm getting drawn to Pixpa and Pixieset. I'm barely starting out, so should my decision be this difficult to choose? Do you have a preference for either?

Thank you so much for this video!!!! I felt so lost in finding a good business website

Not exactly DIY when you purchase a complete web site service. A little misleading.

Sarah, this video was incredibly helpful. You mentioned several sites I've never heard of before and gave excellent (and concise) details on them. This was great, and super appreciated. Thanks so much!

This was the best video about different website builders for photographers I have seen so far! And I have seen quite a lot because I am now in the process of choosing a builder. Where most videos cover only the well known plattforms, here are builder sites which are more useful for photographers. I also like the overview about the purposes a website for photographers can have. Other videos only cover the portfolio aspect but I want more of a building plattform than a "clean" portfolio. Thank you!

I suffer so much with fry voice … I had to drop because it crashes my nervous system. So sorry because I needed the knowledge that seemd concise ans straight to the point

Thank you very much for this video. I am a photographer and want to begin developing my website so I can sell my photos and greeting card line. One problem, is when I went to subscribe it took me away and to a square space website. And it doesn’t show that I’ve subscribed to your YouTube channel. Anyway, I plan to contact you somehow because I’d like to ask some questions.

Excellent excellent video very informative 👍

I've had zenfolio for a few years now. They don't have any options for SEO. I rank nowhere even though I've been backlinking, blogging, etc.

You did not include WordPress? What about WordPress?

I feel like my website has been terrible for like 3 years now 😢. And it's not getting any better. I got fooled into buying a wordpress theme thats focused around a carousel thats super heavy to load aka useless

… that was REALLY helpful – thank you!

Thank you so much for this video. This vid got me so excited to get started on my site!

THANK YOU FOR THIS VIDEO!!!!

How do you feel about cloudspot?

Thank you so much for this detailed video

Thank you Sara, very clear!!!
P. S. You are beautiful

Fantastic information Sarah. Im a denver boy, I'll have to swing by sometime. Great video. Great communication with the viewer.

Hello there, great video, very useful, thank you. Did the video by Forest on 'selling photography' get uploaded? I haven't been able to upload it. Cheers.

Great way to clearly present all the information from many diffrent sources! Thanks Sarah!

Great video and helpful. Next question which to choose 🙂

I enjoyed your video.

Square Space is $23 a month…

Where’s PhotoBiz ?

Shut up

This video uses too much words than what's actually needed.

Wow, wish I had seen this a week ago. I ended up giving up on Squarespace, and ended up rolling the dice on pixpa. A rocky road to get going but somewhat stable so far. Thanks for the video !

Well, you are a breath of fresh air. I have spent so many hours trying to figure this out. I don’t want to start a site and then find out. I don’t like the printer. Square Space only has one printer and I know WHC because I have used them. As provocative as Square Space is because it’s everywhere. I think I’m going to with PIXPA! Thanks so much!

Hi Sarah, does these website protect the copyrights of the photos uploaded onto the platform?

Hi, I am working on a website for a youth sports photography company. We are looking to be able to have customers pre-order their photos, before/day of the actual photo day and deliver galleries w/ print option to customers who didn't pre-order. Is there something like this out there? Thank you

Is there a reason you didn’t include Pixieset?

Learning Pixpa's language to navigate is harder for me to get my head wrapped around it than most I've tried. I'm not giving up though.

Invaluable content, thank you. My only comment is about my personal experience with Squarespace. A friend was building a new website for my primary business (not photography). Long story short he passed away during the process. I tried to reach out many times to C.S at squarespace and was unsuccessful getting any help. No phone support. Received a few emails back in response to. my emails but not one of those emails was remotely helpful. Email response was at a glacial pace.

Sarah, thank you for helping me understanding this recent choice to make a site for my work. Facebook was my site, but I'm done with it for many reasons. Thank you for the guidance. I'm a subscriber!

what are your thoughts on Hostinger? I see that some platforms mention video. With Hostinger, you get a free domain and can make 100 websites with their plans but nothing mentions anything for video features. I could be overthinking this one but I'm looking to start a business in wedding videography. Looking forward to your input

What website do you recommend for making photography appointments in person such as general photographer and weddings etc with no high fees.

Please use less scroll while demonstrating sites and think well what to say instead of awesome. If everything you comment is awesome, then value of your review is equal to the simple list.