Lumys alternative: selection and sales for portrait studios

On Pelli, you connect portrait galleries with your clients and their documents. You can limit the number of images to select, receive confirmed choices by email and offer files or packs in your store.

📷 A portrait studio needs more than file delivery

After a family, maternity or professional portrait session, clients do not always receive every image immediately. They may select images for retouching, purchase additional files or prepare an album.

These steps must remain understandable. A client hesitating between “add to favorites,” “confirm my choice” and “buy” may need to contact you even when the gallery looks beautiful.

Selection, confirmation and purchases: distinct actions

In Pelli, you organize selections, additional purchases and session management in one workspace. Your client confirms their images; you find their record, documents and gallery together to prepare the next step.

On Pelli, you also have client records, quotes, invoices and contracts for your sessions. Image selection becomes part of managing the agreed service.

Pelli: your website and management tools alongside your galleries

An example: a session with ten photos to choose

Consider a hypothetical offer including ten retouched files. You first present a set of images, then the client tells you which ones they would like to receive.

The gallery's welcome message should explain the included number, the work planned and what happens to the other images. This clarity avoids suggesting that every displayed photo has already been delivered or is included in the package.

In Pelli, favorites and comments let you collect preferences and feedback. Folders and download settings then help you clearly distinguish working images from the final delivery.

Pelli lets you set the maximum number of selected photos and allow clients to exceed it if you wish. You can therefore tailor selection to the number of images included in your service.

From their favorites, the client confirms their choice using the send button. On Pelli, you then receive an email listing the selected photos. You can also find tips for configuring your gallery and its selection settings.

✨ Offer additional purchases without confusing the package

A family may ultimately want more images than originally planned. That choice should remain pleasant: additional prices are stated and files included in the service are identifiable.

Pelli's store lets you sell files and photographic products, including packages depending on your settings. You can build an additional offer consistent with your sessions without turning every gallery into an endless catalog.

For more on choosing packages, see our article about digital photo packages. Here, the key issue is their place in the journey: clients should understand what they are choosing before considering what else they could buy.

Find the client record behind each gallery

A studio week may include several families, individual portraits and a business commission. Two clients with the same first name or two similar galleries should not force you to search emails for their agreements.

Pelli brings client information and business documents together with your gallery tools. You can stay focused on the agreed service, feedback received and next tasks. Manage your quotes and invoices on Pelli.

The photography website can also present your different sessions. This continuity between the public offer and the client record contributes to an organized studio image without requiring clients to know your tools.

Offer prints through partner labs

You choose your store’s products and configure your margins. Partner labs handle production and shipping for orders assigned to them; payment, production and shipping fees remain separate.

Explore the Pelli and Lumys comparison to bring your sessions, documents and galleries together.