Digital Download Problems

Digital Rights Management: How much control do you want to maintain over your images?  How much control is technically possible?

Online picture storage issues:  Digital images, especially good ones, take up lot of space.  Server space has gotten much cheaper, but inexpensive hosting accounts won't give you what you will need to service an active photo selling business.

Image preparation requirements:  Even with Photoshop™ actions preparing your images for sale will take lots of time.

Search Engine Optimization (SEO) Issues:  Lots of professional photography websites have beautiful pictures and terrible search engine position rankings (SERPS).  If you are going to make a success of selling your pictures on the internet you have to learn the basics of SEO.