For Sports & Event Photographers
Sell tournament photos without wrestling with your tools
Thirty thousand photos per weekend, deep gallery hierarchy, parents who want their kid's photos fast. PixVend was built around this workflow — folder-aware uploads, Find My Photos, jersey-number search, QR codes at the venue, and 0% commission on digital sales.
30k+
Files per upload session
0%
Commission on digital downloads
Unlimited
Gallery depth
Seconds
Time to first thumbnail
Built for the way you actually work
The problem
You shoot 30,000 photos at a weekend tournament and need them online by Sunday night. Other platforms throttle uploads, lose folder structure, or fall over halfway through.
PixVend
Folder-aware bulk upload ingests your hierarchy as-is — Organization → Event → Day → Court / Game. The live batch dashboard shows every file's status, retries failed ones automatically, and exports a CSV of any that didn't land.
The problem
Parents text you for two weeks asking 'do you have my kid?' Manually finding 12 photos out of 28,000 isn't a business.
PixVend
Find My Photos lets a parent upload a selfie and get back every photo their kid is in — across every gallery you've uploaded. Jersey-number detection runs automatically so they can filter to player #23 in one click.
The problem
You print QR codes for the venue and pray the link still works after the gallery URL changes.
PixVend
Persistent event QR codes resolve to the right gallery even after you rename or restructure. Print them once for the season; we route the scan to whatever's live.
The problem
Other platforms take 15–30% on digital downloads. On 600 $5 downloads that's a $900 hit per weekend.
PixVend
0% commission on digital downloads across every paid plan. Print sales carry a tiered commission on the markup above print cost — 10% Enterprise, 17.5% Starter — and you control the markup.
Tools that match the workflow
Folder-aware bulk upload
Drop a tournament folder; we recreate the hierarchy and process tens of thousands of photos in the background with a live progress dashboard.
Find My Photos (selfie search)
Buyers upload a selfie, get back every photo they're in. Cross-gallery so a parent finds Saturday + Sunday in one search.
Jersey-number detection
Automatic OCR on jerseys. Parents filter by player number; sellers organize by team without manual tagging.
QR codes at the venue
Print persistent event QR codes that survive gallery renames. Hand out at the gate so parents land on their kid's gallery instantly.
Live-feed mode
Photos go live in near-real-time as you upload from the sideline. Parents at the game can already see and buy.
Print fulfillment included
Prints, canvas, metal, team posters drop-shipped worldwide via Prodigi. You set the markup; payment routes through your Stripe Connect account.
Frequently asked
How many photos can I upload per event?+
There's no per-event cap. Paid plans give you 100 GB to 10 TB of storage; the bulk uploader handles 30,000+ files per session with chunked uploads, automatic retries, and a per-batch dashboard so you can see exactly where you stand.
Does PixVend preserve my folder structure?+
Yes. The uploader walks the folder tree and creates galleries to match — Organization > Event > Day > Court / Game, however deep you go. Galleries are unlimited and can nest arbitrarily.
How does jersey-number search work?+
Every uploaded photo runs through OCR that detects visible jersey numbers and tags the photo with the matched numbers. Buyers (and you) can filter any gallery to just photos where player #23 appears. No manual tagging required.
Can I sell at the field while the game is happening?+
Yes. Live-feed mode pushes photos to the gallery in near-real-time as you upload from a phone or laptop on the sideline. Buyers refresh and can purchase before the game ends.
What does PixVend cost for a tournament photographer?+
Most tournament photographers run on the Pro plan ($49.99 / month) for the 1 TB storage cap and advanced analytics. Digital downloads are 0% commission on every paid plan. Print sales carry a tiered markup commission, 10% on Enterprise to 20% on the Free plan.
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