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Photo Protection

tifholmes — Sat, 02 Jan 2021 14:57:07 GMT

Is there a way to protect images from being downloaded / pulled off your store page and saved to someone's computer? I'm a photographer selling fine art prints. I want to upload high quality images to represent my work, but not if people can just pull off the images and save them to try to print themselves.

Re: Photo Protection

Goldneye — Sat, 02 Jan 2021 16:25:07 GMT

HI, Square does not offer any kind of image protection. You could watermark each and be low quality on the listing. Knowledgeable customer will understand. I remember a few years ago, Google implemented a No Right Click on the images. If someone wants the image, there is always a work around, its easy actually.

Yes, it's easy to find ways to steal images. But allowing...

tifholmes — Sat, 02 Jan 2021 17:09:30 GMT

Yes, it's easy to find ways to steal images. But allowing people to simply pull images off websites is like giving them away. I'd like to make them work a little harder to steal my photos. I'll find a workaround. Thanks.