For Zenfolio Classic photographers

Your Classic work is
safe. Here’s exactly
what moving to
NextZen looks like.

Every gallery, image, folder, and client link comes with you.
Your Classic account stays live and untouched while you try
NextZen with your own photos.

✓ Nothing changes until you decide it does.
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What comes with you, guaranteed.

Your galleries
and images

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Every folder, gallery, image, and setting is copied over. Archived material stays archived and restorable.

Your client
links

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Gallery URLs and your domain redirect automatically. If a
client clicks an old link, they land in the right place.

Your Classic
account

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It stays live and unchanged through the whole preview. The move only becomes official when you say so.

What you
already paid

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Finish your move and we
credit the unused part of your Classic subscription to your new NextZen plan.

Why you actually want to move

Not just because it’s newer. Because of
what it does for your day and your bottom line.

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What's ready to move, and what's coming

You choose when to move.

When NextZen does what you rely on in Classic, your invitation to migrate arrives, and from there the timing is yours.

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See what your work looks like on
the other side

These are photographers who have already made the move.

A website preview card for Peter James Morgan, a wedding photographer in Cardiff, showing a hero image of a bride and groom embracing in front of a grand castle with stone steps in the foreground.
This digital banner features a portfolio preview for sports and editorial photographer David Liam Kyle, showcasing a grid of published sports photos and magazine covers, alongside a call-to-action button to view the live website.
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What photographers are saying

Straight from photographers
who've already made the move

You can stop at any point with your Classic site exactly as you left it.

“I just completed the full migration to the new Zenfolio Platform. I couldn’t be more thrilled with the results. The new site looks fantastic. Would recommend the switch to anyone thinking of upgrading or, for that matter, anyone taking a look at Zenfolio for the first time.”

Robert Aglow

Landscape Photographer

"Especially now, when it’s increasingly difficult to find any sort of customer support that isn’t automated, the fact that Zenfolio is making human beings available throughout the process is a point worth noting. I’ve worked with the same helpful, capable individual throughout the process and beyond. Outstanding."

Rebecca Metschke

Nature Photographer

"The new AI features are like having a studio assistant who never takes a coffee break. It sorts, it automates, it lets clients find images of just themselves, and it makes me look more organized than I am."

Peter James Morgan

Wedding Photographer

"What do I love most about my new website? I love the clean, fresh, modern look and feel. Gallery creation is quick and straightforward, and being able to deliver galleries to clients with automated emails saves me valuable time."

Lorraine Jardim

Newborn & Family Photographer

Classic isn't going anywhere
yet, and neither are we

NextZen is the next chapter for Zenfolio: making its debut in 2021, built to be a faster, more modern home for your photography. Classic stays online and supported for years to come, and if the day ever comes to retire it, you get at least a full year of notice.

With gratitude and anticipation,

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John Loughlin, CEO

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Talk to our NextZen Experts

Our Customer Success team are real photographers just like you.

Walk through your specific setup with someone who has done this before.

Questions Classic customers ask

The big ones are answered above.
These cover the specifics.

Yes. When your invitation arrives, you can preview NextZen using your own images and data, built by our migration tool, without touching your Classic account. Take your time to see if it fits, and if you like it, you choose whether to finish the move.

Yes. Once you finalize, they redirect to NextZen. If a client clicks a saved gallery link or an old email, they land in the right place automatically.

All of it comes with you, including archived storage. Your images, active and archived, transfer in full, and anything archived in Classic stays archived and restorable in NextZen, exactly like today

Competitively for what it does, with clear plan choices so you pay for what you actually use. And when you finish your move and close Classic, we credit the unused part of your Classic subscription toward your NextZen plan.

You can. But since all your folders, galleries, images, gallery URLs, and domain come across in the move, there’s usually nothing to go back for. If you do want to keep both open, that means keeping two subscriptions.

Not any time soon. NextZen is Classic’s successor, but Classic stays online and maintained (security, tax, and regulatory updates). There’s no retirement date. Classic will remain available for at least several years, and if the time ever comes to retire it, you’ll get at least a full year’s notice.

Yes, and it is on the way. NextZen already works right in your phone’s browser, so nothing is holding you back today. On top of that, we are building a dedicated NextZen app to make running your business from your phone even easier. Stay tuned!