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Photo Printing & Delivery to End-Customer for website?

  • 17-01-2020 01:15PM
    #1
    cojo78
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35 ✭


    Hi,

    Like many amateur photographers before me, I have high hopes that my roughly average photos might find a few buyers online.

    With that in mind, I'm considering setting up a photo gallery website, with an option for people to buy digital prints or physical prints, with framing options, on the site. I don't own a printer, and I imagine the time and cost of printing and shipping wouldn't be worth it for me at the minute.

    So, I'd like to use a third-party print & shipping company, such as Photobox, which would handle all the back-end (for my imaginary customers). Can anyone recommend a service which is based in Ireland, or does such a service exist here? I suppose this is similar to a wedding or other pro photography sending a gallery of shots to a customer, who then chooses them online, and they are then printed and delivered by a third-party.

    Options I am looking at:

    Printful
    Photobox
    Pwinty
    Printify
    Smug Mug


    Any thoughts?
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Comments

  • #2
    Fionn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,388 ✭✭✭Fionn


    Photobox is pretty good and at times I've had good deals with Foto.com

    and theres a boradsie that does good printing cant think of his name but he's got a print shop - 360 DPI probably a web site as well not sure of the name but probably 260-dpi.com or something.


  • #3
    PaulieC
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,196 ✭✭✭PaulieC


    have a look at zenfolio. I used to have a site there and they do printing and fulfillment


  • #4
    Heebie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,301 ✭✭✭Heebie


    I wonder if our local be 360dpi would be interested


  • #5
    stcstc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,262 ✭✭✭stcstc


    I do this kind of thing for lots of photographers and artists

    give me a shout if I can help


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