An alternative to Photobox and Pixaco?

[simpo two]

A fellow modeller sent me this link:

www.smartgroups.com/pictures/openalbum.cfm?GID=414562&AlbumID=5715769

You can buy photos from the site....

Has anyone come across this method before? Don't know if you can set your own prices though.

[Bee_Jay]

It's photobox on the backend.

[Ian_H]

Yup it's using Photobox Printbutton which used to cost about £200 upfront but can't find any mention of upfront charges on the site www.printbutton.com/ but it does now say

PrintButton is only available to established image businesses who meet the following criteria:

* An existing online image website
* Company turnover in excess of £100K (€150K) per year
* VAT registered

[_dobbo_]

Ian_H said:

Yup it's using Photobox Printbutton which used to cost about £200 upfront but can't find any mention of upfront charges on the site www.printbutton.com/ but it does now say PrintButton is only available to established image businesses who meet the following criteria: * An existing online image website * Company turnover in excess of £100K (€150K) per year * VAT registered

ouch! from £200 to that!!!

[simpo two]

_dobbo_ said:

ouch! from £200 to that!!!

Wow, so they couldn't make it add up even at £200; they need a lot of usage as well...?

[Bee_Jay]

Yeah - steep.

Which is why rex and I use theimagefile.com to run our company website (www.matabooboo.com). They use printbutton.

My major complaint with printbutton (with no proposed fix date) is that they don't provide the cool self-cropping when ordering tools that you can get on photobox direct. It either does an arbitrary crop or shrink-to-fit. Hence rex and I spend a fair amount of time uploading 5x7 and 10x8 crops suitable for customers to order from when they request it. We have had a couple of customers have refunds followed by a re-order due to cropping issues - VERY annoying.

Can heartily recommend theimagefile though, great site, very easy and good customer service.