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seahorse
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 Posted - 14 October 2004 : 22:13:39
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Hi Folks,
I'm starting to collect more and more photos on my site. I've been thinking about offering prints of these photos to my visitors and I'm looking for an easy way to do so. Does anyone know of an online photo printing service which I can use to order photo prints and send them off to customers?
I guess what I'm looking for is a business oriented version of Ofoto that will ship prints to my customers. Shipping calendars, framed prints, mugs, and the like would be nice too, but I absolutely need the print shipping option.
Any suggestions would be appreciated. Start a business someone! I'll be your first customer.
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seahorse
Senior Member
USA
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Posted - 14 October 2004 : 22:50:10
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OK after some more Googling I've found Shutterfly, which seems to offer most of what I'm looking for.
http://www.shutterfly.com/business/index.jsp
The Ofoto Business Development people don't seem to be too fast on the ball. |
Ken
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redbrad0
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USA
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seahorse
Senior Member
USA
1075 Posts |
Posted - 15 October 2004 : 00:33:58
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Ofoto is the Kodak company. The Kodak site has an area for serious professional photographers, but it doesn't seem to offer an option aimed at web businesses.
I'm not a photographer and my site isn't directly related to photography. I just want to sell pictures.
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Ken
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pdrg
Support Moderator
United Kingdom
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Posted - 15 October 2004 : 06:39:42
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| cafepress.com sounds like what you're after for the frills, at least. Don't know if they do photos per se, but you could ask them, they may see a market gap and jump on it! |
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seahorse
Senior Member
USA
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Posted - 16 October 2004 : 11:58:15
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Well, from what I've seen of Shutterfly and Cafepress, both seem to have their strong suits.
Cafepress's base charges are much higher than Shutterfly for prints/images. As far as the personalized/branded itesms goes, Cafepress wins hands down.
The good thing about Shutterfly seems to be that they're a photo printing site first and foremost. They'll print your images with what seems to be very little mark up. I guess they make money on the volume of prints they make rather than the hefty markup that Cafepress seems to make on the huge variety of items they personalize.
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