I don't have much domain knowledge, but the pricing seems rather high:
$.45 for a black and white piece of paper is on the high end, especially considering they're acting as a middleman.
$.45 for a black and white piece of paper is on the high end, especially considering they're acting as a middleman.
This is the same trail that Stripe blazed. For a little bit of work I could get my own merchant account setup with much lower processing rates but the ease of integration and time savings is worth the cost.
I don't see Lob being that useful for people already doing printing. But I do see it offering a simplicity that will enable a whole new set of business to use printing in creative ways (ours included). Again, somewhat similar to Stripe.
$.85 for a 4x6 photo?
Winkflash charges $.06, which makes Lob 14 times more expensive.
And for what? Because you have an API?