Carole W.

Imagekind.com Great showcase site - This site is for contributors from all walks of the visual artistic community and offers 4 levels of membership. It is run by Cafe Press.

FREE - 24 images into one gallery, up to 10 tag words per image, 2 categories for image placemant (eg. Nature, B+W), cost is free

Pro Account - Priority placement, 50 images per gallery, 100 galleries, 50 key words, 4 categories, cost $7.99 per month

Platinum Account - Priority placement, unlimited images per gallery, 250 galleries, 100 key words, 8 categories, cost $11.99 per month

Annual Account - Priority placement, unlimited images per gallery, 250 galleries, 100 key words, 8 categories, cost $94.99 per year (Pro price for Platinum benefits)

When you place a hi res image - either downloading direct to the web site or using their dedicated FTP site your image will appear in your selected gallery. Once there you can customize the framing/matting and materials that customers will see when viewing each image (customers can also select their own options as well). Also you can set prices for either the individual gallery as a whole or on an image by image basis. Each process is very simple to use and clearly instructed.

Images in the individual galleries can be moved about by draging and dropping. You may also view other contributers web sites and become fans of their work, thus increasing the exposure of your own link. The art appears to me to be of a more "gallery" level product, rather than t-shirts and coasters sort of thing.

The site is clean to look at and easy to navigate. This is not one of those frenetic sites that makes you wonder where the buttons are. The customizing options are quick to function (no sitting about watching the clock spin). All in all a very useful site. My only complaint would be that they do not appear to hold competitions, but then I have only been there a short time. I would definitley suggest a look here.