What to put on a website?

[mebemelissa]

I'm going to start selling my pictures, but I don't know what to put on my website besides pictures. I also have a page with links to my Etsy and Flickr. I don't want to have a website with just two pages, what else should I add?

[BuddhaPi]

Originally Posted by mebemelissa

I'm going to start selling my pictures, but I don't know what to put on my website besides pictures. I also have a page with links to my Etsy and Flickr. I don't want to have a website with just two pages, what else should I add?

content, content, content!! search engines need content! what makes you different from the rest??
services, bio, contact page, portfolio, photography article, terms of use for starters

[kathiemt]

Yes, a bio or something that explains why you're doing what you're doing. How you got started, why you love it, why you take the type of shots you do.

Contact information very important - phone number, postal address and either a contact form or email address. Form is probably better as it prevents your email address being harvested for spam. But you will need a captcha or something to stop robots filling out your form.

How are you going to keep your site fresh and not let it go stagnant? Have you thought of doing a blog with your site? I post a photo a day on my photoblog which is attached to my website but others write articles, sharing information, or just keep adding to their gallery.

[OsmosisStudios]

Home Page: News (what's new on the site, new projects, current projects, casting calls, etc.)
Portfolio: Images, duh.
About: Info about you (NOT YOUR GEAR), about who you are, what you do, what drives you, etc.
Services: Optional, but if you're planning on making some money this is where you'd flesh out what you do
Contact: Straightforward. Name, email, phone, whatever you choose.

[joep]

If you have any credits to your background would help also, I have gotten referals from previuos clients.......

[kathiemt]

Your comment Joep made me realise that I should scan a newspaper article and put it on my site. I was a recent winner in a competition and they did a story on me. And I picked up a paying job that very week as a result of the newspaper article - small job, but all the same...

[Jim Bryant]

Only your very best work....no soft or out of focus images.