Features
Everything you need to run your photography business online
Pixelliott brings uploading, organising, protecting, selling and client work into one place, so you spend less time juggling tools and more time taking photos.
Not every feature is listed here, and some will suit your workflow better than others. The best way to find out is to try them.
Upload and import
Get your photos in quickly, from wherever they are, and get them looking right before they go live.
Bulk upload
Upload many photos at once and review them in a fullscreen reviewer before they are sent.
Import from the cloud
Bring photos in from Dropbox, Google Drive, OneDrive or Facebook without downloading them first.
Edit before you upload
Adjust exposure, contrast, highlights, shadows, saturation and a tone curve, and save your favourite looks as presets.
Capture and upload
Capture photos from your phone with the app and upload them straight away.
Update in bulk
Change names, descriptions, visibility and more across whole albums with our bulk tools.
Organise and describe
A growing library stays usable when every photo describes itself and can be found in seconds.
Albums and sections
Group photos into albums, order them how you like and attach a licence, watermark and photography type.
Automatic metadata
Camera, lens, settings and capture time are read from each photo, and keywords, captions and a colour palette can be generated for you.
Locations and maps
Photos with GPS data are placed on a map, looked up to an address and shown on your store.
Face detection
Detect and index faces so you can group photos by person, handy for weddings and events.
Explicit content detection
Photos that may be explicit are detected and blurred for visitors who have not opted in.
Learn moreabout Explicit content detectionSpot problems early
Checks flag names and descriptions that are too short, too long or duplicated, empty albums and invalid prices.
Protect your work
Share your photos with confidence, knowing you decide who sees what and in what quality.
Watermarks
Use your own watermark, choose its position and scale, keep several and pick one per album, or use none at all.
Automatic thumbnails
Thumbnails are generated for you, and regenerated automatically when you change a watermark.
Secure URLs
Give people access to an album or photo with a secure link, and see how it is used with analytics.
Guest uploads
Let guests add photos to a shared link, with limits on how many each person can upload and for how long.
Visibility control
Decide which albums and photos are visible to the public and which stay private.
Deter downloads
Turn on download deterrence in a licence to make it harder to save your thumbnails.
Sell and get paid
Turn photos into income with a store of your own, licences you write yourself and fees that are easy to understand.
Your own store
Every creator gets a public store with albums, photos, a profile and a design you can customise.
Checkout and payouts
Customers pay through a secure checkout, and you are paid out through Stripe with a clear balance and order history.
Write your own licences
Define exactly how your photos may be used, see how a licence has changed over time and export it as a professional PDF.
Transparent fees
Low transaction fees, and customers can see exactly where their payment goes.
Simple plans
Choose a monthly or yearly plan, add only the extras you need and cancel any time.
Orders and exports
Track your orders and download your photos and their details as CSV.
Clients, projects and teams
Run client work from first enquiry to delivery, and keep everyone on your team on the same page.
Clients and projects
Keep clients, their users and their albums together, with every project in one place.
Workflows you define
Build your own workflows from steps, such as client proofing, approval and delivery, and apply them to projects.
Client proofing
Clients select their favourite photos, within minimum and maximum limits you set, and you see who chose what.
Reminders and delivery
Steps can remind clients, let them download photos, email photos to them and let them move a project on themselves.
Quotes and invoices
Create quotes, convert the ones you win into invoices and track each through to payment.
Calendar
See project steps, shoot dates and deadlines on a calendar, along with who is assigned.
Team members and roles
Invite team members, create roles with the access they need and see what each person has done.
Storage devices
Keep track of your SD cards and drives, including who has them and what is on them.
Learn moreabout Storage devicesYour brand and storefront
Present your work the way you want it seen, on your own terms and under your own name.
Customisable store tabs
Build tabs from components such as a portfolio, photo showcase, map, services, camera equipment and your own text.
Social proof
Embed your Trustpilot reviews, Facebook page or X feed right on your profile.
Whitelabelling
Show your own name and branding, and use your own subdomain with the add-on.
Embed your profile
Embed your photos and profile in your own website.
Business cards and QR codes
Generate an animated business card and QR codes that link to your store or a photo.
Blog
Write posts to share stories behind your photos and help people find you.
Followers
Let people follow you so they can keep up with your new work.
Multiple stores
Manage several creators from one login, useful for different brands or organisations.
Insights and visibility
Understand what is working and make sure the right people can find your photos.
Dashboard
See your balance, storage, views, popular photos and recent activity at a glance.
Metrics
Dig into views and engagement over time for your photos, albums and watermarks.
Google indexing status
See which of your photos and which store pages Google has indexed, and spot the ones it has not.
Popular keywords
See the keywords people use to find your work and use them to describe future photos.
Reports
Download reports of your photos and their indexing status as CSV to use in your own tools.
Timeline of changes
See a detailed history of changes to photos, albums, licences and watermarks, and who made them.
Notifications
Get notified in the browser about activity on your account, and message other users in the app.
Integrations and developers
Connect the services you already use, and build on Pixelliott when you need something bespoke.
Connected accounts
Connect Google, Microsoft, Dropbox, Facebook, Strava, Etsy and Discord to import or sync what you already have.
Route and activity posters
Turn Strava activities into posters, from single routes to monthly, marathon and triathlon layouts.
Photography APIs
Use our HTTP APIs for explicit content detection and face detection and indexing in your own software.
AI assistant tools
Let AI assistants in your browser search the marketplace and help you manage and describe your photos, using WebMCP.
Learn moreabout AI assistant toolsFree photo tools
Use free tools in your browser, such as an editor, colour palette finder, EXIF viewer and exposure checks.
AI image hub
Turn a text prompt into an image from inside your creator account.
Bespoke development
We are happy to build new features, whether that is a tool for everyone or a custom portfolio design.
Pixelliott for every photographer
Every kind of photography has its own needs. Choose yours to see why photographers like you use Pixelliott, or browse every type of photography.
Wedding
photographer
You capture the moments people don’t want to forget - the nerves, the laughter, the small looks no one else notices.
Travel
photographer
You chase places and moments, sharing what it feels like to be there, not just what it looks like.
Wildlife
photographer
You wait, watch, and respect the wild - capturing rare moments most people will never see for themselves.
Corporate
photographer
You help people and businesses show up with confidence, creating images that feel natural, not staged.
Try Pixelliott for yourself
Create a free account and explore features across uploading, organising, selling and client work. Missing something? Tell us and we will look at adding it.