March 17, 2005

Free Photo Prints

Who can say no to free photo prints? After all, saving money on photo processing is one of the most popular benefits of digital photography. When you shoot digitally, there's no need to print the bad photos. Toss the blurry snap of Fido, forget the out-of-focus shot of little Tommy, and lose that picture of Uncle Harry with no forehead. Once you've sifted down to the cream-of-the-crop, it's time to find a great deal by checking out these ten free photo print offers ...

Of course, there's more to it than just that initial offer ... but still, those free prints are a great way to test out a photo lab before you make the big commitment. This (finally) struck me as obvious, when I updated the geekbooks.com chart of online photo print labs this week.

Free photo print offers are extremely popular. Here's a sample of what I found:

  • 10 free photo prints - ImageStation, PhotoMama, Snapfish, Yahoo
  • 15 free photo prints - Photosite, Shutterfly
  • 20 free photo prints - Clark Color, ClubPhoto, York Photo
  • 30 free photo prints - dotPhoto

When you start printing the good photos, It's likely that you'll end up making more prints of the best shots. So you've got to look past that initial free photo print offer and see how much your passion to print will cost over time. The per-print price is one thing. The shipping and handling charges are something else, altogether.

Watch out for photo labs that try to lure you in with low photo print prices. Check their shipping charges ... they're likely to make up the margin there. Free photo prints are a great enticement to try out an online lab. In the long run, however, you may find the labs that offer inexpensive flat rate shipping (such as Winkflash and Photocheap) to be less costly.

Posted by geekbooks at March 17, 2005 06:54 PM


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