Hickory for photographers
A Client Gallery With the Shop Built In
Most galleries deliver files and stop. The client downloads, says thank you, and the relationship ends until next year. Hickory's gallery does the delivery and then keeps selling — the designed book sits in the same link your client already opened.
Start with an event you’ve already delivered. No new shoot required.
One link does delivery and sales
Send the gallery the way you always do. Your client browses on their phone, downloads what they paid for, and finds a finished book — cover, spreads, their photos — ready to order. No second link, no separate storefront login, no 'let me send you a price list' email.
Your studio's name on everything
The gallery, the shop, the checkout, the receipt and the shipping box all carry your branding. Hickory does not appear anywhere your client can see, and we never market to your client list — not now, not later.
Share links you can hand out safely
Client galleries and proofing links are reached by a token in the URL and are blocked from search engines by robots.txt. A crawler indexing a wedding gallery is the failure mode we designed against.
Questions photographers ask
Can my client just download and skip the book?
Of course. The shop is an offer, not a toll gate. Delivery works exactly as it should.
Do I set the prices?
Yes, every one of them. We charge you print cost; what your client pays is entirely your call.
How many galleries can I run?
As many as your studio needs — this is built for photographers running events continuously, not one wedding a year.
What does the subscription cost?
Opening a studio is free — set one up, upload a gallery, and look at the book it drafts before you pay us anything. You set the retail price your client sees, and you keep what's left after print cost: a 36-page hardcover lands at $20.50 for a single copy with US shipping included. We have not set a studio subscription price yet, so we are not going to post one. The pricing page has the full cost breakdown and a form to be told first when the number is decided.
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Try it on one event you’ve already shot.
Upload a finished gallery and look at the book it drafts. That’s the whole evaluation. Books print and ship to your client in 7–14 days, under your studio’s name.