I understand what you are trying to do, but you probably need to go about it another way.

FYI - full sized (watermarked) image URLs are in plaintext when viewing source. I imagine altering the filenames would allow a nefarious individual to download un-watermarked images. Something like changing '_marked' to '_subscribe' or '_full' or '_original'.

Limit your upload size on these preview images, don't upload the largest size you have available - keep it to something like 600 wide, max.

Please understand that once something is on the net you basically no longer own it. Good luck in your efforts.

Edited: 10/15/2019 at 06:55 AM by zangmann

I think that would be a solid idea. I understand he wants to protect his product but there has to be an effective method that works in the favor of the surfers being able to preview the content

Just post a few non surfing or poorly times shots to show image quality.

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I was right.

Thank you; exactly why we don't upload any unmarked images alongside the watermarked copies. Those are left offline, sent by email after purchase. We're going to watermark through the entire image next round and see how the response goes with that LOL