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Introducing the Stock Photography theme for WordPress
For years there’s been only one way to sell stock photography: Do business with a large, corporate stock photography company. Photographers had no choice but to be at the mercy of a company’s shifting rules and regulations. We knew there had to be a better way. So, we set out to build an alternative to…
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Grow Your Mailing List by Offering Free Downloads
Offering free theme and plugin downloads here at Graph Paper Press grew our mailing list from a big fat zero to well over 200,000 subscribers in less than four years. Today, we’re releasing this same functionality to you in the form of a plugin called Free Downloads. To use Free Downloads, all you need is…
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Sell Photo Reprints without the Middle Man
Our Photo Reprints extension for the Sell Media plugin for WordPress will simplify the way you sell images and free you from third party websites. This extension allows you to sell both downloadable files and photo reprints from your WordPress site—no middlemen involved—and print and ship them directly to your customers. You can create an unlimited number of…
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Build Your Own Stock Media Empire using the Sell Media Plugin
Do you want to build your own stock photography website where you keep all of the sales revenue? Do you want to protect your high resolution images from thieves? Do you want to monetize your blog? Sell Media is a new WordPress plugin that allows you to sell, license and protect images, videos, audio files…
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He Shoots… He Scores! Winning Sports Photographers Using Our Themes
It’s been a few months since our last showcase feature on the blog, but that’s not for the lack of submissions. Each week we update our Showcase with tons of new sites from our Graph Paper Press users, and can we get a virtual high five? Because y’all rock. So far this year on the…
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Test Our New Sell Media Plugin for WordPress
Our new Sell Media plugin is now ready for beta testing. The Sell Media plugin will allow you to turn any image, pdf, video, audio or document into a product that your visitors can purchase and download. If you can upload it into WordPress, you can sell it. The plugin allows you to: Sell Your Media…
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Introducing More Themes for PhotoShelter Integration
We’re stoked to announce that for the past few weeks, we’ve been working hard to extend our partnership with PhotoShelter, and six of our newer Graph Paper Press WordPress themes now integrate with PhotoShelter. For the uninitiated, PhotoShelter provides photo sales, portfolio and licensing tools for serious photographers. When you partner that with the robust…
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Get Sleek and Professional with Our Newest Theme Albedo
Our newest theme Albedo is a sleek and professional magazine-style WordPress theme that is absolutely gorgeous and ideal for photographers. We’re thrilled to announce that Albedo also includes the amazing Live Theme Customizer which allows you change background colors, upload a custom header image, or choose between over 20 Google fonts and watch the changes happen instantaneously. Check out…
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A Portrait of Portraits: Brilliant Photographers Using Our Themes
Each month we like to feature users who are inspiring us with their brilliance and finesse. So far this year, graphic designers, editorial photographers, and illustrators are among the artists we’ve highlighted. And this month we’re shining the spotlight on three impressive portrait photographers. First, photographer Kevin Umlauf is utilizing our Fullscreen theme to showcase several of…
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Top 3 Pitfalls of Portfolio Websites
It’s amazing what can happen when the right theme is combined with a little creativity. We love producing beautiful, minimalist themes, but it’s no secret that it’s your vision, ideas, and hard work that determine the impact your online portfolio has on your viewers. With that in mind, here are a few pitfalls to avoid…
