Free digital files? Are you kidding?

I’m thinking about allowing folks to download and print photos up to 8×10 from my blog. More accurately, actively encouraging them to do so. I’d post them as 800×1000 files. Perfect for printing. They could print as many as they like. They’d probably have my url on the bottom in small print. Maybe do something like a 5×7 image in the center of the 8×10.
Naturally, being a capitalist pig, this isn’t for sunshine and happiness. No, the goal would be for folks to enjoy the small prints and hopefully purchase larger versions at eye gouging prices. Thoughts?

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  1. Hi David, just in case you have not been reading Dave Beckerman’s blog, you might want to see where he is going with much of that.
    http://www.beckermanphoto.com/blog/

    Personally I would just say ‘that I don’t have the foggiest idea’ as to what a good business model would be here. As we used to say in the old days, ‘every-time I know the answer they change the question!

    Let’s know how it works out!

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