DSF

you can download xpres images, if you use their products - how come you have left it so late ? was the advert a late deal ??

Yes it a late deal and the price was soooo reasonable that I could not say no, in fact its two adverts for the price of one, I've done for the web that was easy, but there's two sides to our business so it was ideal for me.

mrs maggot;20199 wrote:you can download xpres images, if you use their products - how come you have left it so late ? was the advert a late deal ??

Where do you go for those Laura?

you need to phone and get a log in and password, then its under customer services on the main page. if you are not registered you will get a box saying to contact them, and it wont let you in

Justin;20188 wrote:A while back we mentioned the possibility of having stock photos for advertising etc. I know Xpres used to supply generic leaflets showing many of the products but it would be useful to have access to suppliers images for such instances. Not sure if this can be done or not.

I'm wary of using the same stock photos because it makes you look just like everyone else. If someone's had a bad experience with one printing business and your adverts/website looks the same because the images are the same, then they're less likely to buy from you.

Also, if you're using the same stock images as everyone else, it makes it look like you haven't actually printed anything yourself. If you've been around for a while and this is the wrong impression, it can damage your reputation. If you have only just started up and you're trying to "fast track" your business, then you'll just run into a whole world of hurt the first time someone orders something from you that you haven't printed before .

Far better to build up your own range of stock images. After all, each time you try out a new range of items you must print one to check it out, right? So you'd soon have your own range of images that's different to everyone else's. There's no need for a common "pool" of stock photos.