Platform for selling graduation photo shoots
What is this project about?
In August 2019, Agamir Aliyev, a young entrepreneur from St. Petersburg, approached us. He wanted to make an online service where customers could choose and purchase their photos. Employees — easily share snapshots as they prepare for the sale and then calculate their profits. This is how SmilesOn was born — a platform that allows several types of stakeholders to interact remotely:
- photographers & retouchers
- students and their parents
- school principals
Who will be interested?
Imagine that instead of photos you have any other product that several different people are working on at once. Perhaps this is a landing page that a layout designer, a designer, an author, and an SEO specialist should work on. And clients want to choose the best project. Instead of endlessly forwarding links and opening accesses, they can all be combined on one platform.
How to automate the sale of graduation photos in3 months and get 8,000 orders in a year?
Selling graduation photo albums is not a new business. But due to the growing digitalization, it is no longer so profitable. It is obvious that fewer people need printed albums, and more and more preference is given to electronic pictures. Looking ahead, let's say that, according to Yandex analytics, the ratio of the first and second types of customers is 50 to 50 (in CIS). However, this is not the only problem for those who have been shooting graduations for a long time. Let’s look at some of them!
💣 Potential problems
Summarizing
Most of these problems can be solved with the help of automation. This is how the SmilesOn project was born. Using his example, we will tell you how to build online interaction between different types of customers and employees.
🔥 Problem solving
Automation
Make a service where all the pictures were uploaded after the graduation photo session.
Editing
Make images available to retouchers so they can download the originals, process them, and upload new ones.
Access control
Access to ready-made photos is open for customers so they can easily view everything and select the required number of photos.
Payment system
Make a system for charging photographers depending on the number of shots sold
Separate access
Provide separate access for managers, where they would see all reports and accruals on commissions received.
Personal account
Make a personal account in which parents will see all visible pictures, the cost of their acquisition, various discounts, payment methods, as well as download links that are created after payment. Cabinets should keep a history of orders and purchased shots.
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