Here is a quick tip on how to receive SMS text message notifications when you receive a new order. All you have to do is add a email address to your “Order Confirmation Emails” field in your PhotoManager application during your upload, or you can add the email to the “Order Confirmation Emails” field located in your Online Manager for events that are already online. Determining what email address you need to use in order to send a SMS text to your phone is easy, here is an article on how to determine what email address you need to use.
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Show season 2010
We spent approximately 112 man hours putting up and taking down our booth during this years trade shows. About 220 hours traveling, and 264 man hours during show time going over our features with clients and other eager-to-learn photographers. The show season can be exhausting, but also inspiring. Our new Search Engine friendly flash (because its also HTML) was VERY well received. Every year we make strong new connections and come away with new focus and determination.
A special thanks to all of our clients and to the professional photography community in general for your hard work. It is your determination to raise the bar that keeps the profession alive and strong, despite thousands of prosumer cameras being sold every month.
We still have more shows, including the HOAPPA in Kansas City next month. We look forward to seeing a few of you there!
-MorePhotos Team
Setting up PayPal as a payment method
You only need to complete a few steps in order to use PayPal with your MorePhotos shopping cart. The first step is to sign-up for a PayPal account if you do not already have one. Visit their website at www.paypal.com to get your free account. Once you’re signed up with PayPal log-in to your Online Manager and follow these steps:
- Click Cart Manager from the left, then click the Real-Time Processing tab from the top.
- Click the update icon to the right of Payment Service.
- Select PayPal from the Service Name drop down menu.
- Enter the email address associated with your PayPal account in the Account Name/Email text box.
- Select the appropriate currency from the Currency Code drop-down menu.
- Click the Update button at the bottom to save.
Now that we have your PayPal account information saved in the system, our next step is to setup a payment method for your clients that corresponds with the PayPal account.
- Click the Billing Info tab from the top of the page.
- In one of the blank Payment Method fields type in PayPal.
- Select Payment Service from the type drop-down menu.
- Click the Update button to save.
Once you have added PayPal to your Billing Info tab the PayPal payment method will be live on your site for customers to use.
ProTip: You don’t have to type “PayPal” into the payment method field, you can type in “Credit Cards” or something similar if you plan on using PayPal exclusively to process credit cards. When a client selects ANY payment method you have entered with a type “Payment Service” they are taken to the PayPal site to enter billing information.