With BentBox you can sell Boxes of photos, videos and any other files.
It's very simple to use, you upload your photos (or videos) you set a price for your set of photos (Box) and it's done. All your Boxes are available to be purchased from your public page.
Below are a few answers to the most common questions, if you need more info please let us know how we can help you by sending us an email at info@bentbox.co
1. Click on the Upload New Box button at the top of the page to go to the New Box page.
2. Write a name for your new Box or select one of your Boxes if you wish to upload more photos/videos to an existing Box.
3. Drag and drop your files in the upload area. If you are uploading a large file, for example a video, click on the "Video Uploader" button underneath the drag and drop area.
4. Once the upload is complete, click on the Box name to go to the Box administration page.
1. Go to the Box administration page by clicking on the Box from your personal page bentbox.co/YOUR_USERNAME.
2. Select the image you would like to use as the cover image, click on the settings (gear) icon at the top right of the image and click on "Set as cover image".
Note:
If the selected image is a video, the Box for Sale page will show a 10 seconds preview of the video.
1. Go to the Box administration page by clicking on the Box from your personal page bentbox.co/YOUR_USERNAME.
2. Click on the user icon at the top right of the page, then click on "Delete All Files".
1. Go to the Box administration page by clicking on the Box from your personal page bentbox.co/YOUR_USERNAME.
2. Click on the user icon at the top right of the page, then click on "Delete Box".
Boxes can only be deleted if they are empty. You can "Delete All Files" to empty a Box.
1. Go to the Box administration page.
2. Click on "Box for Sale Settings" from the central menu.
3. Once on the Box for sale settings page, scroll down at the bottom of the page and click on "Remove from sale".
1. Go to the Box administration page.
2. Click on "Box for Sale Settings" from the central menu.
3. Fill in the sale settings with your price and other information about the Box then click on Save at the bottom of the page.
Notes:
Make the Box name and description as interesting and teasing as possible, this is an important part of your marketing strategy.
Write as many hashtags as you can, hashtags are used as keywords for your Boxes' pages and it's a very important part of the SEO strategy.
1. Go to the Box administration page.
2. Click on "Box for Sale Settings" from the central menu.
3. Once on the Box for sale settings page, scroll down towards the bottom of the page and you will see a dropdown menu with the licensing options.
4. Select the licensing option and click on Save.
1. Go to the Box administration page.
2. Click on "Upload to Box" from the central menu.
3. Once on the Upload page, click on "Go to Video Uploader".
4. Select your video or large file and start the upload.
1. Click on "Explore" from the "Boxes" drop down menu at the top of the page.
2. Click on the text area section "What's new" at the top of the stream of content.
3. Write a post and upload an image, then click on "Post".
1. Go to your personal page bentbox.co/YOUR_USERNAME.
2. Click on "New Collection" from the central menu.
3. Enter the name for the new Collection and click on Save.
Note:
You can also create a new Collection on the fly when adding a Box to a Collection.
1. Click on the plus button at the bottom of every Box card.
2. Select the Collection (or create a new one on the fly) then click on Save.
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1. Click on "Promocodes" from the drop down menu at the top right of any BentBox page.
2. Once on the Promocodes page click on "New Promo Code".
3. Fill in all the relevant data then click on "Save" at the top of the page.
4. Test the Promo Code by going to the Box for sale page and click on "I have a Promo Code".
5. Share it around.
Note:
In order for the promotion to be active you should set a validity time frame or click on the "Always Active" checkbox.
1. This is a Pro feature.
2. Go to the Box administration page.
3. Click on "Box for Sale Settings" from the central menu.
4. Once on the Box for sale settings page, click on "Share revenue with other users".
5. Follow the guided steps, once complete click on Save.
1. Go to the Box administration page.
2. From the drop down menu at the top right of the page, click on "Arrange Files".
3. Drag the images in your desired order, then click on Save.
Notes:
You can set the images in alphabetical order from the Box administration page by clicking on "Set alphabetical order" from the central menu. You can also invert the order of the images from the same menu.
1. This is a Pro feature.
2. Go to your personal page bentbox.co/YOUR_USERNAME.
3. From the drop down menu at the top right of the page, click on "Arrange Boxes".
4. Drag the Boxes in your desired order, then click on "Save Order".
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1. You can send messages from this page My Messages.
2. Click on New Message from the Menu Bar. You can then enter the username of the recipient in the "To" field. You can add more recipients, just separate the usernames with commas.
3. You can send mass messages to your Followers and Buyers by clicking on the Search icon at the right of the recipients field.
4. You can also send messages directly from the userpage of any user.
1. This is a Pro feature.
2. From the Box Admin page, click on the menu at the top right of the page. The on Box Actions, then on Box Password.
3. Enter the password for your Box and click on Save.
4. You can then publish the Box as you would normally do. Password protected Boxes don't show on any public page.
5. You can then share the Box along with the password. Only users with the password will be able to buy the Box.
You can follow the procedure to make Password Protected Boxes.