{"id":2281,"date":"2016-10-26T11:41:00","date_gmt":"2016-10-26T11:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.topitstudios.com\/blog\/selling-using-product-photography\/"},"modified":"2023-09-23T04:57:52","modified_gmt":"2023-09-23T04:57:52","slug":"selling-using-product-photography","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prophotostudio.net\/blog\/selling-using-product-photography\/","title":{"rendered":"Selling Using Online Product Photography"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"2281\" class=\"elementor elementor-2281\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3af73b8b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3af73b8b\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-65ef2551\" data-id=\"65ef2551\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1fa5e3a0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1fa5e3a0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"Image-of-an-illustrated-hand-on-a-keyboard\" src=\"https:\/\/www.prophotostudio.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/selling-product1.png\" alt=\"Image-of-an-illustrated-hand-on-a-keyboard\" width=\"802\" height=\"401\" \/><\/p><p>You have finally moved your business into the new digital age and had a website built.<\/p><p>There&#8217;s not a doubt that having your products available on the internet will increase your sales, however, there is more to conducting business on the web than just making a website and hanging an &#8220;Open&#8221; sign on the home page.<\/p><p>What your customers need, is to see your product images to decide what they want to purchase from your online store. This is where an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.prophotostudio.net\/blog\/learning-center\/i-wish-i-knew-these-5-things-before-i-hired-a-product-photographer\/\">online product photographer<\/a> will become your new best buddy.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"image-of-major-retailer-logo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.prophotostudio.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/selling-product2-200x72.bk_.png\" alt=\"image-of-major-retailer-logo\" width=\"800\" height=\"288\" \/><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>It doesn&#8217;t matter if you are a private seller on eBay, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.prophotostudio.net\/dev\/marketing\/online-business-marketing\/amazon-seller-product-ranking-for-2020-the-full-guide\/\">Amazon<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shopify.com\/blog\/how-to-start-a-subscription-business\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Shopify<\/a> or you are the owner of a multi-million dollar company, if you want customers to buy your stuff, you have to show it to them. The best way to do that is with online <a href=\"https:\/\/www.prophotostudio.net\/blog\/how-to-became-a-professional-product-photographer-by-tsour-lee-adato\/\">product photography<\/a>, which is, of course, images of your products.<\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">This is how you attract customers and reel them in.<\/span><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.prophotostudio.net\/marketing\/online-business-marketing\/instant-guide-to-photographing-clothes-for-your-online-store-in-2022\/\">Online Clothing photography<\/a> is also very useful in advertisements, catalogs, menus, brochures, magazines, and flyers. Just stop and think about it, each and every time you read a sales paper from<\/p><p>your favorite supermarket or variety shop and you look at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.prophotostudio.net\/blog\/learning-center\/the-art-of-product-retouching-a-guide-to-perfecting-your-product-images\/\">images of the different products<\/a>, you are looking at the handiwork of a product photographer. And it isn&#8217;t as simple as it appears.<\/p><h2>Should I use stock images?<\/h2><div>\u00a0<\/div><p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"image-of-a-woman-eating-a-salad\" src=\"https:\/\/www.prophotostudio.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/selling-product4.jpg\" alt=\"image-of-a-woman-eating-a-salad\" width=\"789\" height=\"506\" \/><\/p><p>When you create leaflets, you may use\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.freepik.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">some stock images<\/a>, these are photos made for general commercial use. In other words, these &#8220;stock&#8221; images are not specific to your needs. Product photography, on the other hand, is highly specific to your needs.<\/p><p>The photographer shoots to your requirements and shoots your great product. There is nothing general or generic about it. The service is specifically tailored to you and your business.<\/p><p>Using this type of specialized service in your sales material packs a powerful punch. Now your customers can see step by step exactly what they are buying. They don&#8217;t just see some generic &#8220;stock&#8221; photos but instead see the exact product or products that you are offering. It lends trust and strength to your advertising.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><h3>Image Quality<\/h3><div>\u00a0<\/div><p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"image-of-professional-product-photos\" src=\"https:\/\/www.prophotostudio.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/selling-product6.jpg\" alt=\"image-of-professional-product-photos\" width=\"799\" height=\"418\" \/><\/p><p>At this point, it is important to say that the quality of the picture is very important. If you would like photos of your products to be posted on your site, but the only camera you have is your phone&#8217;s camera, then you must think about using the services of a professional photographer to take pictures of your products.<\/p><p>Despite the fact that you might have an advanced camera that has all the latest features, your photos will not turn out the way you want them to if you do not have any skill in photography particularly in taking shots of the products you want to be photographed.<\/p><h3>Professional Product Photographer<\/h3><p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"Image-of-a-metal-meet-grinder-on-a-white-background\" src=\"https:\/\/www.prophotostudio.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/selling-product7.jpg\" alt=\"Image-of-a-metal-meet-grinder-on-a-white-background\" width=\"799\" height=\"658\" \/><\/p><p>Online Product photography can be very tricky to get right and time-consuming too. You don&#8217;t have the luxury of a live model who bends and moves according to your directions.<\/p><p>The products will need to be manually moved into position, keeping in mind lighting, reflections, and angles. Add to that the challenge of shooting small objects and you&#8217;ll soon come to realize that online product photography is best left to the professionals.<\/p><p>Find a fantastic online product photographer who will be able to give you crisp, clear photos of your products so that you can put them in your sales material, in your catalog, or on your website.<\/p><p>Marketing is highly visual and the more imagery you can use to tempt your customers, the better off you&#8217;ll be. Add some clear, detailed images to your next catalog and watch your products fly off the shelves.<\/p><p>Feel free to use <a href=\"https:\/\/www.prophotostudio.net\/photography-prices-by-service\/\">our services<\/a> here<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You have finally moved your business into the new digital age and had a website built. 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