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Your friendly neighborhood photo proofing solution with WordPress. ✅
"I have bought several plugins for WordPress over the years. I can say without hyperbole that this is my favorite I have purchased and one I would be sad not to have access to."
— a happy picu customer
This is why we do what we do – thank you ❤️
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We’ve been working on improvements and refinements to make your day-to-day workflow just a little bit smoother.
Here's our monthly update:
– Invoices for clients
– Business details in settings
– Order History Logs
– Bugfixes and Improvements
🔗 picu.io/blog/update-...
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Screenshots of the notifications shown to the client about the order status after images have been ordered.
The newly released order status notifications let your clients access their invoice and gives them the option to retry a purchase, in case payment wasn't successful.
Some more details in our dev-blog:
log.picu.dev
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picu 3.3.0 & picu Pro 2.3.0 released ✨
– Professional Invoices for your clients
– Add business details to picu orders
– Log important changes to orders
– Improved handling of orders with failed/abandoned payments
– Bugfixes & Improvements
Update to the newest versions now!
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We'll be sending out some news this week.
Subscribe to our newsletter to make sure you don't miss it!
💌 picu.io/newsletter/
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Screenshots of our e-commerce settings in picu Pro to sell images right from a proofing gallery.
Are you using your proofing galleries to sell images yet?
picu Pro supports Stripe, PayPal or manual bank transfers to accept payments directly on your own website. Your gallery, your prices, no hidden fees.
Check it out here:
picu.io/pro
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A screenshot of how client invoices will look in our upcoming release.
Our e-commerce feature already lets you sell photos through WordPress directly to your clients. And very soon, we’re adding professional invoices for your clients, that they can download and/or print on their own for each of their orders.
🔗 log.picu.dev/client-invoi...
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Our newsletter brings you curated updates on new features, tips for your proofing workflow, exclusive promotions and the occasional behind-the-scenes look at our development.
No spam, just the good stuff – delivered straight to your inbox.
✉️ picu.io/newsletter/
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Here's a quick update on what we've been up to recently and what we've got planned for the months ahead.
– Support for PayPal launched 💸
– Bank Transfer as a manual payment option 🏦
– Rank Math Compatibility 🚧
– and more...
🔗 picu.io/blog/update-...
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We're excited to announce that picu Pro now officially supports PayPal when selling images.
Now you can offer payments through Stripe, bank transfer and PayPal, making it easier than ever for clients to complete their orders.
Read more:
picu.io/blog/paypal-...
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A slightly cut-off PayPal logo on the left and our picu logo in the right bottom corner, both sitting on a dark background.
We've been working hard this week to iron out the final details for our upcoming release, bringing PayPal integration to picu.
Can't wait to get this into your hands on Monday!
And now, have a great weekend everyone ✌️
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Can't believe it's been 10 years since releasing our photo proofing plugin as a public beta on wp.org! 🥳
Born out of frustration with existing tools back then, it became an essential tool for thousands of photographers and their businesses!
Here's to the next ten years! 🥂
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picu Pro already lets you sell images directly from your proofing galleries with Stripe payments – and now we're adding PayPal support too!
Coming very soon! 📸💰
picu.io/pro/
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📸 Tired of endless email chains with your clients over image selection?
"Can you resend photo #47? Wait, I meant #74... actually, can you show me all the ones from the ceremony again?"
Sound familiar? 😅
Stop the chaos and start proofing professionally with picu.
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🎉 picu 3.1.0 & picu Pro 2.1.0 are live!
– Original filenames preserved
– Auto-cleanup of unused images
– Preparation for more payment options
– Bank transfer support
– Fixed various bugs
– Added missing translation strings
Update to v3.1.0 & Pro v2.1.0 now!
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Monday check-in: What's one thing in your photography workflow that you wish worked better?
Curious to hear what's on everyone's mind this week.
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Photographer Mark Henney shared some of his favorite Adobe Lightroom tricks on YouTube. He touches on a lot of things from working with the tones panel, histogram, tone curves or even the color mixer.
Did you know all of them?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=csIO...
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We just released picu 3.0.4, which fixes a compatibility issue with the Rank Math SEO plugin.
Upgrade now, especially if you are using Rank Math and/or experienced any issues.
Download here:
wordpress.org/plugins/picu/
More information about the issue in our dev-log:
log.picu.dev/rank-math-co...
Finding the perfect moment to capture the blue or golden hours of the day can be tricky, but there are ways to make it easier.
We collected some helpful tools in this guide:
🔗 picu.io/blog/find-th...
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Ever wanted to learn more about how autofocus systems actually work?
This introduction to the "Anatomy of Autofocus" gives you a great overview of the different systems that need to work together in your camera and lenses to make them focus.
🔗 petapixel.com/anatomy-of-a...
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Here's a quick update on what we've been up to recently and what we've got planned for the months ahead.
– E-commerce: Payment Providers & Paypal 💸
– Translations Update 🌐
– Bugfix Updates 🚧
– Special Offer for Photo Clubs & Associations 📸
🔗 picu.io/blog/update-...
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Pricing photography services can feel like walking a tightrope.
Too low and you risk burnout & razor-thin margins. Too high and potential clients walk away before you could even show your work.
Learn how to set prices with confidence in this guide
🔗 picu.io/blog/pricing...
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Did you know you can style the text in your emails when sending out proofing galleries to your clients?
picu lets you use markdown to add things like headings, links, lists and more to your emails easily.
🔗 picu.io/docs/how-to/...
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Screenshot showing the option to import images to a proofing gallery directly from the server in picu Pro.
If you're uploading large quantities of images for proofing, doing so through the native uploader in WordPress can become tedious and slow.
This is why picu Pro lets you import image files directly from a directory on your server as well.
🔗 picu.io/docs/how-to/...
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Online marketing isn't optional anymore. Clients search for photographers, compare portfolios, and make decisions online.
In this guide, we'll cover the essentials, from building a converting website to paid ads & improving client retention.
🔗 picu.io/blog/online-...
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Photographers wear many hats – shooting, editing, responding to client inquiries, managing bookings, delivering images & marketing.
In this post, we look at ways to automate your workflows, from client onboarding to post-processing, proofing, and marketing.
🔗 picu.io/blog/use-aut...
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Are you using our new e-commerce feature already, to sell images directly to your clients?
We'd love to know more about your experience if you do.
And if you don't, we'd love to know why not!
🔗 picu.io/blog/from-pr...
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If you're a photographer, there's a pretty good chance that your clients are searching local.
In this guide, we looked at some of the ways to optimize your online profile for local searches.
Local SEO for photographers (Guide):
🔗 picu.io/blog/local-s...
#photography #marketing #seo #WordPress
This is why we do it ❤️
"I’ve been a happy Picu Pro user for the past year, and it has streamlined my small photography business tremendously."
— Feedback from a picu Pro Customer
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Screenshots that show the settings in picu Pro to set prices for either single-images or by package.
When you sell images with picu, you can choose between two pricing types, Single Images or Package Pricing.
But this is only the start and we plan to add more!
Q: If you had one wish, what pricing models would you want to use most, when selling images to your clients?
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