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The Best Online Photo Processors - Digital Printing Services

There are many sources these days for processing prints made from your digital camera. We tried printing at home and it was too expensive and too much hassle, constantly buying paper and new ink. So we started investigating digital printing services. We found it to be extremely easy and convenient to upload photos to the printing service's website and presto—a few days later our film-quality prints arrived in the mail. Signing up and uploading images is free, and most photo companies offer free prints or other specials when you join.

If you don't want to pay shipping charges for the convenience of home delivery, several services such as Shutterfly and Kodak Gallery offer the option or ordering online and picking up your prints at a local store, such as Target or CVS Pharmacy.

We experimented with a number of digital photo processing sites and checked out their ease of use, ordered prints, including photos with lots of color and some with poor exposure or other lighting issues, and queried customer service. The digital photo developers below came out on top. CLICK on the links below for detailed reviews and discount coupon codes.

Holiday Photo Cards - We also love using online photo services for holiday and special occasion cards like Mother's Day, Father's Day, wedding or graduation announcements,Christmas, Hanukkah, Valentine's Day, Easter, Halloween, etc. The major photo finishers offer a wide selection of holiday greeting cards, photo cards, and photo-mount cards. Using your own photos really makes your holiday cards special, and there are some great styles and borders to choose from. There is a lot of competition among the photo companies. Discounts and promotions abound, so you can get some pretty good deals. Check out the links below. We've listed current sales on photo cards, calendars, prints, and other photo products.

A note about prices: a number of sites like Shutterfly and Photoworks offer a prepaid bulk plan that can significantly lower the per-print cost. If you take a lot of photos, you may want to consider this option. Here are our top choices plus a comprehensive chart of digital photo developing services below summarizing main features.

READ REVIEWS:

Snapfish click on link for Review and Discount coupon codes

Shutterfly click on link for Review and Discount coupon codes

Kodak EasyShare Gallery click on link for Review and discount Coupon codes

PhotoWorks click on link for Review and Discount coupon codes

Wal-Mart Photo Center click on link for Review

PhotoStamps.com (get personalized stamps for mailing)click on link for Review

RitzPix click on link for Review and Discount coupon codes

SeeHere.com - new service from FujiFilm click on link for Review and Discount coupon codes

New: Photo Scanning Services - Scan your old photos and slides to DVD

DIGITAL PHOTO DEVELOPING SERVICE
Free Photos when joining

1st 50 free

1st 50 free

1st 50 free

1st 25 free

1st 50 free
1st 16 free
Print Quality
(out of 5 stars)
4 1/2 stars
4 1/2 stars
5 stars
4 stars
4 stars
3 1/2 stars
3 1/2 stars
4x6 print cost
15¢
15¢
1-499: 15¢
500-999: 12¢
12¢ by mail pick-up 20¢
9-19¢
9¢ by mail
1-hr 21¢
Glossy Prints
yes
Matte Prints
*
Professional Quality Prints
White Border Print
yes
yes
yes
Fuji Crystal Archive Paper
Kodak Paper
Premium Photo Paper
Unlimited Free Storage**
yes
Free Photo Sharing
Free Editing
Software
edit photos from website
Add Comments to back of photo***
1-hour prints
1 hour prints
1 hour prints
Prepay or bulk discount plan
yes
Process Film
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
Photo Gifts (calendars, mugs, cards, t-shirts etc.)
SHIPPING              
Shipping Promos              
Option to pick up at local store****
 walgreensWalgreens
Target

CVS, Rite Aid

Walmart
Print Production Time
2-3 days
2-3 days
2-3 days
2-3 days
2-3 days
3-4 days
1-3 days
overnight delivery
2-day delivery
canada delivery
international delivery
Customer Service
             
money back guarantee
phone support
yes
yes
yes
email support
yes
yes
yes
online chat
yes
FAQ
yes
yes
yes
online user guide
yes
yes
yes
Password
protected Account
yes
yes
yes
Best Digital Photo Printing Services printers, processors