Hello everyone, I have started a site where I offer my digital photographs to people for free (personal use only) by using ads to bring in revenue. So far I figured this would be best since no one pays to use digital images as wallpaper or for digital frames (etc.), especially when they can go to Google images and click to save to their computers. The idea that I was hoping to make my site stand out a bit more was the idea that I support charity with a portion of my revenue. In a sense, fans of my work can be supporting both myself and charity by simply browsing my site. Currently I am using a free (and limited) script for the home page and linked some pages from my old site to it (such as news, contact, etc.) and so far it only allows google adsense ads. If this ever picks up interest I will consider purchasing a better script. What I wish to know is what you all think about the idea of the site (such as charity being supported), whether or not people will be interested, what you think of the content (such as the photographs), best ways to market, and anything else you feel important. http://www.adamsimsphotography.com/ Thank you in advance for your help in making my site better!
The template doesn't look that good IMO, I'd change it (also your header etc). And ofcourse the favicon is missing, unfortunately. I don't think that the charity will help, I would just add those advertisements and put all money that you earn (keep in mind that it won't be a lot) in your own pockets. It's weird that this page and all, feels so different than the homepage (http://www.adamsimsphotography.com/followme.php). Other than that, the content is pretty good. Keep it up!
Thank you for your input! The home page was done with a wallpaper site script that is very limited (because it was the free version lol). The other pages are from my site that I had up before I downloaded the script. So you think that the fact I support charity won't motivate people at all?
Yes, would you donate money to a photograph site, just because the owner donates some of the money to charity? I wouldn't..
What I meant was a portion of the advertising revenue. I was wondering if that would motivate them to visit my site more, especially if I placed CPM ads in the future. It would be a free way for the visitors to support my work and charity, simply by browsing the site. I do have a donate link though, but I may remove it.
Very good looking and a nice site, just change and more creative header and logo need for decent look.
I don't think it would. This isn't a masses site, it's mainly people you know that will visit it or some visitors seeing it from a forum post or when lucky enough from a search engine. Those aren't repeating visitors (most won't be) so that's the reason I'd just put all money in your own pockets
Sorry to say but I don't like it. Header needs some graphic and you need a cool logo. You can get a better theme too. Your site looks incomplete, may be you are still working on it.