Which Online Photo Site Would You Recommend?

Updated on September 20, 2010
H.S. asks from Lake Stevens, WA
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Okay Mamas,
I want to try using Target's online/"print to store" photo service, but you have to pick a partner site that they work with I guess...choices being Koday Gallery, Photobucket, and Shutterfly. Before now I was using Snapfish, but thought that it might be cheaper to avoid paying their shipping and just pick up my pictures at Target (which is all too convenient for me). Anyone have any recommendations as to what you like best (or what you don't like) of these three options? I don't have a lot of spare time these days, so to me, quick and easy is best :). Thanks!

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N.B.

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Yes Shutterfly. I have all of my photos stored on their site and I have been using it for over 7 years.

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K.R.

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Definitely Shutterfly! I have been using them for over 6 years and have always been a very happy customer! I have only used their "pick-up at Target" once, and wasn't thrilled with the prints, but that was the processing at Target. Shutterfly always ships so quickly anyway, but a couple of times I needed a print asap, and went to Walgreens and used the kiosk, again, quality is not very good. To get cheaper prints on shutterfly, sign up for the Pre-Paid account. And they always have great discounts for customers, even free photobooks! It's a great site.

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K.V.

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I LOVE shutterfly, have used them for years and reccomend them 100%. Its a great site and they never delete your pictures (unlike other websites that you have tp purchase once every 6 months or they delete your account). Its totally quick and they hava a new progam you can download to your computer for one click downloading, super easy (and their products are great quality). Any specific /s about site feel free to mess me :)

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D.K.

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Shutterfly!! We have been using it for years and love it. We do have our prints shipped to us, but always order when they are running free shipping. I have thought about picking up at Target if we just need a few, but as of now I am so far behind and we usually order a couple 100 at a time. They have unlimited storage and will not delete your pictures. I do know people whose pictures have been deleted by Kodak for not ordering. We have also done cards and photo books from shutterfly and everything comes out beautifully. If you have family and friends that would like to see the pictures, their share sites are easy to use and everyone can see the pictures.

We had one print they said they messed up and resent us about 40 pictures instead of just the one since they were all in the run that had an issue. They did this without us saying anything and when we looked at the prints we couldn't tell any difference, but it was nice to know they cared and when they realized there was an error in printing even after they shipped the prints they just sent us more with an email to say they were on the way.

They will also easily let you share to blogs and other sites. I was thrilled with this the other day since I was trying to upload a video to a blog to share with friends and it was too big for the blog website. It easily uploaded to our shutterfly share site and then I could share it from there onto the blog, problem solve.

Needless to say I haven't used the other two, but vote for shutterfly 100%. Everything always comes out so wonderful from them and we do get some freebies here and there. Prints for starting or adding to our share site, free photo books for various things. I think they have some good deals for first time customers too. Before ordering it is worth it to google shutterfly coupon codes and check a couple of websites. Sometimes there will be codes for free prints, free cards, or nice discounts on other items.

S.H.

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Shutterfly is the way to go!!

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H.M.

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Costco doesn't charge anything to ship pictures, only for other products. I use Costco for developing, cards and calendars and Shutterfly for photobooks.

M.C.

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I have been using shutterfly for years now and LOVE it. I personally didnt realize until last week that you can use Target to get pictures right away which I will be doing as soon as we live close enough to one (military). Shutterfly allows you to do photo albums/scrapbooks and order those. You can make "share sites" which I have one for friends/family. Not sure on comparing prices for shipping but I ordered around 40 prints and paid $10 which included shipping. Not bad in my eyes.

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J.N.

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Costco if that is an option for you. I've also heard wonderful things about Shutterfly.

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