Online Photo printing space is quite crowded in India with more than 8 players in fray. In US, online printing has a sizeable market that is expected to touch $1 billion by 2011 (Currently at $500 million). However, in India online photo printing market is still at a nascent stage. If Internet numbers show significant improvement, this market is also set to explode.
Even though online photo printing has not caught up with the masses yet, quite a few Indian startups have already launched to get into the game early.
Here are the startups offering online printing and sharing services in India.
Picsquare is a entrepreneurial venture of 2 IITians started in late 2005: Manish Agrawal and Kartik Jain.
| 4 X 6 photo print cost | Rs. 2.99 / 9c ( offers available from time to time ) free 10 trial prints |
| Shipping charges | Rs. 36 / 100c (first 1-50) |
| Picture Sharing | Personal Photosite, personalized themes, |
| Storage | Unlimited |
| Uploading photos | Single and Multiple photo uploader |
| Prints available on | Mugs, Mousepads, Calendar, T-Shirts, greeting card, collage poster |
| 3rd party Integration | Flickr/Picasa Integration |
| Photo Editing | Available |
| Usability* | Excellent user interface. Easy to use. |
*My personal opinion
Snapfish.co.in is an Indian arm of Global Photo sharing site Snapfish.com backed by HP. It launched in late 2007.
| 4 X 6 photo print cost | Rs. 2.95, free 10 trial prints, Free album |
| Shipping charges | Rs. 44 (first 1-60) |
| Picture Sharing | Online albums, |
| Storage | Unlimited |
| Uploading photos | Single and Multiple photo uploader |
| Prints available on | Mugs, Mousepads, Calendar, T-Shirts, Posters, Key Chains |
| 3rd party Integration | Picasa Integration |
| Photo Editing | Available |
| Usability* | Average user interface. |
*My personal opinion
itasveer has been in operation since April 2006 and was set up by four IIT Delhi alumni..
| 4 X 6 photo print cost | Rs. 4.00, free 10 trial prints, |
| Shipping charges | Free Shipping above Rs. 100 |
| Picture Sharing | Online albums, |
| Storage | Unlimited storage (100mb p.m. download allowed) |
| Uploading photos | Single and Multiple photo uploader |
| Prints available on | Mugs, Mousepads, Calendar, T-Shirts, , Collage Posters, |
| 3rd party Integration | Flickr/Picasa Integration |
| Photo Editing | Available, Excellent Doodlepad feature |
| Usability* | Good user interface. |
*My personal opinion
Zoom.in is the brainchild of half.com fame Sunny Balijepalli (Co-founder and CEO) launched in September 2007.
| 4 X 6 photo print cost | Rs. 4, free 15 trial prints |
| Shipping charges | Rs. 25 (flat rate) |
| Picture Sharing | Online albums |
| Storage | Unlimited |
| Uploading photos | Single and Multiple photo uploader |
| Prints available on | Mugs, Calendars, cards and books |
| 3rd party Integration | Flickr/Picasa Integration |
| Photo Editing | Available |
| Usability* | Simple and Easy user interface. |
*My personal opinion
MeraSnap is a subsidiary of Knowledgeworkz Consulting, an information management company promoted by V V Kadam and Ravi Urs
| 4 X 6 photo print cost | Rs. 4.40 |
| Shipping charges | Rs. 35 (flat rate) |
| Picture Sharing | Online albums, |
| Storage | Unlimited (not sure) |
| Uploading photos | Single and Multiple uploader |
| Prints available on | Laminated photos, frames, writing pads |
| 3rd party Integration | No 3rd party Integration available |
| Photo Editing | partially |
| Usability* | Average user interface |
*My personal opinion
SnapGalaxy is subsidiary of SnapGalaxy India launched in 2006.
| 4 X 6 photo print cost | Rs. 4.00, free 10 trial prints, |
| Shipping charges | Rs. 35 (first 1-25) |
| Picture Sharing | Online albums, personal photofolio, photoblog features |
| Storage | Unlimited |
| Uploading photos | Single and Multiple uploader |
| Prints available on | Mugs, Mousepads, Calendar, greeting card, Posters, |
| 3rd party Integration | Flickr/Picasa Integration |
| Photo Editing | Available |
| Usability* | Good User Interface |
*My personal opinion
Print Camp is a subsidiary of IRS Soft – a brainchild of eminent entrepreneurs.
| 4 X 6 photo print cost | Rs. 5.00, free 10 trial prints, |
| Shipping charges | Rs. 35 (first 1-50) |
| Picture Sharing | Personalized Online albums, Themes |
| Storage | Unlimited (for 1 year) |
| Uploading photos | Single and Multiple uploader |
| Prints available on | Mugs, Calendar, T-Shirts, |
| 3rd party Integration | No 3rd party Integration available |
| Photo Editing | Available |
| Usability* | Average |
*My personal opinion
Photo hugs (launched very recently) is a subsidiary of Calitrow technologies run by Karun, Srikanth and Meher.
| 4 X 6 photo print cost | $ 0.15 |
| Shipping charges | $ 2.00 (first 1-70) |
| Picture Sharing | Online albums |
| Storage | Unlimited |
| Uploading photos | Single and Multiple uploader |
| Prints available on | Mugs, Posters, T-Shirts |
| 3rd party Integration | Not available |
| Photo Editing | Not available |
| Usability* | Simple UI |
*My personal opinion
If some of the above facts are incorrect or I have missed something, do let me know
I would be interested to know what have been your experiences with these online photo print providers.
Are there any more players in this space catering to India?