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Stop Chasing PayPal: Sell a Photo Set With One Link
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You finished the shoot, picked the best frames, and now the awkward part starts: someone asks for the set, you send a payment request, you wait, you check, and you paste a folder link. Then that link gets forwarded. Gallery Room swaps that routine for one link that does the selling for you.
Why the Drive link and PayPal routine breaks
Selling a set by hand works for the first few buyers. After that it turns into admin. Every sale needs you awake and online, and every sale ends with a link that shows the whole folder to anyone who has it.
- You match payments to people by hand.
- A shared folder link has no idea who paid. Forward it once and the set is free.
- Friends and family who should see the photos for free get mixed in with buyers.
- Nobody can preview the set first, so fewer people say yes.
What one paid Room link does instead
A Room is a gallery you publish at its own link. You choose which photos stay free as previews. Everything else is locked and shows as a blurred preview until a visitor pays once to unlock the Room.
- The free photos sell the set. Visitors see real work before they pay.
- One payment unlocks the whole Room. There is no subscription to manage.
- Friends and family tap Request Free Access, and you decide who gets in.
- Checkout takes card, Apple Pay, Google Pay and Link, so you never send a payment request again.
If you want the details on how the paywall itself works, read the no-subscription guide to pay-to-unlock photos.
Rather see it than read about it? Create your first Room free.
Set up your first paid Room
- Create a free account and start a new Room.
- Drop in your photos and videos. A Room accepts JPG, PNG, WEBP, GIF, MP4, MOV and WEBM.
- Mark each photo Free or Gated, and drag them into the order you want people to see them.
- Set a price. The lowest price is $2.99, and the editor offers $2.99, $4.99, $9.99, $14.99 as presets.
- Publish and share the link anywhere: your bio, a story, a group chat or a client email.
What you keep from each sale
| Room price | $9.99 |
|---|---|
| Service fee paid by the buyer | $0.50 |
| Buyer pays in total | $10.49 |
| You receive (90% of the price) | $8.99 |
| Gallery Room keeps (10% plus the service fee) | $1.50 |
You connect a bank account with Stripe Connect. Payouts go out monthly once you have earned $10.00. There is no monthly plan, and creating an account and sharing open Rooms costs nothing.
Questions people ask
Do my friends have to pay?
No. Friends and family can request free access to a paid Room, and you approve or deny each request. You can also take access away later.
Can someone forward my link and skip paying?
Forwarding the link only shares the free previews and the blurred locked photos. The originals open for people who unlocked the Room or who you gave free access.
Is there a subscription?
No. A visitor pays once per Room, and creators pay no monthly fee.
Put your next set behind one link
Create a Room, leave a few photos free, and share it tonight.