LifePics announced today that it is now one of the print options on Picasa Web AlbumsTM, a photo sharing application from Google, giving consumers the ability to place digital photo orders from Picasa Web Albums to any retailer in the LifePics network. The integration creates a new revenue stream for retailers in the LifePics network by driving digital photo orders from Picasa Web Albums. Currently, over 20,000 retail photofinishing stores use the LifePics online solution.
"I am extremely excited about the LifePics integration with Picasa Web Albums; my customers have been asking me to enable this print option so they could order photos from Picasa Web Albums through my store. LifePics answered my requests and made it happen!" said Korey Yamagata, Owner of Express Photo & Digital in Novato, CA. "I now have a new channel to receive orders from the web. I am thrilled that LifePics stepped up and enabled this integration for my business."
The new LifePics integration with Picasa Web Albums allows consumers to choose from over 20,000 stores in the LifePics network to place digital photo orders from Picasa Web Albums. Many of the LifePics locations allow consumers to order digital phtos and pick them up in about an hour.
"When a retailer joins our photofinishing network, we become their partner," said Vahe Christianian, Vice President of Sales and Business Development at LifePics. "We are always looking for new ways to drive orders to our retail partners, and Picasa Web Albums is just the latest addition."
Picasa Web Albums™ is a trademark of Google Inc. in the United States and/or other countries. Other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
LifePics is the market leader in providing retail photofinishers and professional photographers with the latest online imaging services and technologies to conduct business on the Web. More retailers and professional photographers use LifePics than any other Internet-enabled photo ordering solution. LifePics works closely with retailers to help build their online photo businesses, driving orders to retailers and professional photographers through a variety of outlets. LifePics is the most open solution on the Web; the service integrates with almost every photo printer and photo lab for in-house order fulfillment, and connects to many specialized wholesalers to offer creative and profitable products that retailers can use to complement their in-house offerings.
Put simply, LifePics is the key conduit in turning images into transactions by connecting billions of digital images captured by consumers to retailers, professional photographers, wholesalers, and other service providers.
Using LifePics' technology, photofinishers and professional photographers are able to accept orders from consumers via the Internet. Orders can be sent directly to stores for 1-hour service, or routed to major wholesalers, gift providers, photo book manufacturers, and an assortment of other service providers. The service allows consumers to order thousands of products, including prints, photo books, personalized greeting cards, photo calendars, enlargements, gifts like photo mugs and mouse pads, and much more. Consumers can also store as many photos as they’d like for free, and share photos with friends and family in a variety of ways.
LifePics' customers include a broad assortment of mass merchants, food and drug chains, local camera shops, and independent photofinishers. The LifePics service is available at more than 20,000 retail stores across North America, Australia, and Africa.
For more information, visit LifePics at www.LifePics.com.
