Third-party discounts: A bad deal

Pink Kitty Studios offers periodic specials or discounts, but we don’t use Groupon, LivingSocial or any of the other third-party deal-brokers. Overselling, disreputable companies, poor quality: The “deals” available from these third-party companies end up being no deal at all. Here’s why:

  • Acme Boudoir? Many of these so-called photo studios are either scams (We caught one of them trying to pass off Pink Kitty Studios photos as their own on their website!), inexperienced startups, or fly-by-night operations that will go out of business halfway through the promotion. Pink Kitty Studios has been in the glamour, boudoir, and pinup photography business for over a decade nationwide. We have the experience and reputation of helping women look their best, and our clients come away with amazing images. Also, we have fantastic, reliable customer service.
  • Uninspired. Photo studios offering extreme discounts through third-party companies get only a fraction of what you’re paying for the coupon. The deal-brokers get the rest. With photographers making so little on the transaction – often only a tenth of their usual fee – how motivated do you think they’ll be to do a great job for you? At Pink Kitty Studios, we understand that your photo shoot is a once-in-a-lifetime experience, and we treat it that way.
  • Take a number. Third-party coupons are so popular that I've seen photographers sell over 500 of them! Many have such fast expiration dates that you’ll have a hard time getting an appointment at all, much less an appointment at a date and time that’s convenient for you. And the coupons can’t be refunded just because you didn’t get the appointment you wanted. Still, even if you can get an appointment, the volume of discount packages means a rushed and burned-out photographer. Lame. Pink Kitty Studios limits appointments to only eight per month, ensuring that we have plenty of time and energy to give each client the attention she deserves.
  • Bare minimum. Most of the time, the steep discounts offered by deal-brokers are for a very basic package with few pictures that may or may not include prints. These packages hardly ever include retouching. The studios are counting on clients spending extra on the “extras” – additional prints, retouching. They will do whatever it takes to upsell them to you. Pink Kitty Studios takes 100 to 300 pictures depending on the package and includes free retouching and lots of prints. Of course you can get additional items if you want, but we will never, ever give you the hard sell.

So forget the “deals” and “discounts” from the third-party coupon mills.
You deserve an exquisite, unforgettable experience that only
Pink Kitty Studios can offer. And like all of the very best things in life,
you get what you pay for.

 

 

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