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Free downloads
Found under a gallery's Privacy & Selling tab -- give visitors a real number of free downloads, or make the whole gallery free, independent of anything you sell.
Three modes
- Off -- visitors must purchase to download anything (the default).
- A limited number per visitor -- pick any number. Each visitor gets that many free downloads from this gallery; anything beyond that requires a purchase.
- Unlimited -- every photo is free for everyone, no limit.
Delivered size
Choose what a free download actually gives your visitor:
- Full resolution -- the real original file.
- Social media size -- a resized 2048px copy, good for sharing without handing over your largest file.
Re-downloading a photo a visitor already claimed for free always works and never uses up more of their quota -- the limit only counts distinct photos, not repeat downloads of the same one.
Works independently of your price sheet -- combine both to sell prints while giving away a set number of digital downloads, or turn this on alone for a fully free gallery.
When free downloads stop working
Free downloads follow the same rules as the gallery itself. If a gallery is switched off, has expired, or hasn't been released yet, its free downloads stop too. A photo in an album with its own password can only be downloaded by a visitor who has unlocked that album.
Photo location is removed
Photos can carry a hidden GPS location from the camera or phone. A full-size free download has that location removed, so a stranger can't see where a photo was taken. If you want to keep it, turn on Photo location in downloads in Settings.
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