This will give you a quick guide and walkthrough of Pic-Time to not only get your account up and running but also introduce you to some of the features of the site that will help elevate your business and your clients’ experience.

After this article, you can check out part 2 and 3:

You can access this guide and any Help article from your photographer dashboard by clicking on the question mark icon in the lower lefthand corner. Or feel free to reach out to our Support Team by clicking on the help bubble on the lower righthand corner. Almost everyone on the team is also a photographer, and we’re always happy to help!

1. Go to Settings from your Main Dashboard.

2. In the Profile tab, add your basic information like business name, address, phone number, and timezone.

3. You can also change your password, and we strongly recommend enabling two-factor authentication for extra security.

4. In the Plans & Billing tab you can add or update your payment method which will be used for subscription charges and order costs when applicable. You can also view your current subscription status. In addition, this is where you will need to add a valid Tax Number or SSN/EIN in order to accept and receive payments from orders.

5. In the Brand & Style tab, you can customize your brand by adding your logo, website, social media links, and watermark. These will be displayed in various places throughout the site and client emails for cohesive branding.

6. Go to the Store Pricing tab. Store pricing allows you to have full control over your store prices and the products you offer. For a quick store setup, use Pic-Time’s premade pricing presets.

7. In the Store Settings tab, under Payments, click Setup to add your Paypal email to begin accepting payments.

8. Set a hold on orders so you can review before they are sent to production.

While an order is on hold, you can adjust the cropping of the images and make sure the correct images were selected for the order. After the hold period is up, the order is automatically sent to production. We recommend 3 days, so you have time to check the order if need be without adding too many estimated days to your client’s delivery. This will give your clients the best customer support experience they won’t receive from a 3rd party. After you finish reviewing an order on hold, you can approve the order and it will be sent to production.

9. In Preferences, create your Gallery Templates in order to save your gallery settings and re-use them for future galleries to save you time, such as automatic scenes for Wedding galleries, specific download permission settings, and more.

10. If you’d like to migrate your galleries to Pic-Time from another service, check out Pic-Time’s gallery migration guide and begin walking through the step-by-step guide.

After your gallery migration is complete, use the Gallery Migration App to invite your clients to their new Pic-Time gallery, either with a store sale to gather excitement, or as a standalone announcement letting them know of their new gallery.

11. Search for the Pic-Time app in your Android or Apple app store and download it on your mobile device. The app allows you to view and share your galleries, adjust some key gallery settings and download your images on the go. Your clients can also download the app to view their galleries from the convenience of their mobile phone. Click here for a detailed guide to the app.

Now that your account is set up, you can create and send your first client gallery!