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Photo Sharing Service PicPlum (YC S11) Gets A Revamp. Mobile App & API Are Next

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If anyone's looking for a photo printing API that's cheaper, ships photos internationally for a flat fee, and has already launched, check out Pwinty ( http://www.pwinty.com ).

We've very much a white label service, so you can add all your own branding etc, and we just do the boring stuff.

So- if you want to build the next PicPlum - think about using Pwinty to do it!

Oh- and we're completely bootstrapped!

Nice service and API (plus love that you're bootstrapped). Any chance you'll be doing DVD burning in the future?

We haven't had anyone ask for it- but we're open to all sorts of ideas- feel free to drop me an email (info@pwinty.com) and we can discuss.

I can vouch for Tom at Pwinty being great to work with. A few weeks ago I asked if their printing api could be extended to more options. Tom said yes and got me a quote in 24 hours. They are very flexible.

Tom, this is exactly what I've been looking for. I've built an internet-connected photobooth and I've been wanting to offer additional prints on my website. It's called Photopops ( http://myphotopops.com ).

Is there a work-in-progress Python module somewhere? If not, I may work on that.

Hi- there isn't at the moment, so we'd love someone to come up with one (and I'm sure we can offer you some free credit on the service to say thanks for your effort!)

You have misspelled "monetize" on your front page:

"Delight your users, monitize your app"

This is a really well designed application.

I'm not really in the target audience myself (I aggressively digitize everything and avoid owning physical media of all kinds), but for xx% of the population who do like physical pictures, especially older people or sentimental people, PicPlum is a great choice.

I love the incredible attention to detail, both in design and implementation, on just about every page on PicPlum. I've used their site as a benchmark for several projects I've worked on.

I've had a chance to see some of their prints as well, and I can definitely say the quality has been fantastic. From what I understand, when you start printing at very high volume it gets hard to keep the print quality this high.

Thanks man, that means a lot. We definitely obsess over the details. :)

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