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Kicksend partners with Walgreens for 1hr photo printing from your iPhone

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Re: Kicksend partners with Walgreens for 1hr photo printing from your iPhone

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Post by mgkimsal »

Wondering why Walgreen's (or CVS, or fill in your favorite store here) didn't do this already on their own. An app that allows you to scan the camera roll, select pics, then upload to their machines for printing... seems obvious.

Is this more feasible because the pics are already mirrored on kicksend's servers, saving upload time?

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Post by alpb »

mgkimsal wrote: post #2

Wondering why Walgreen's (or CVS, or fill in your favorite store here) didn't do this already on their own. An app that allows you to scan the camera roll, select pics, then upload to their machines for printing... seems obvious. Is this more feasible because the pics are already mirrored on kicksend's servers, saving upload time?

I believe this has almost nothing to do with servers and upload time etc.

People, naturally, don't tend to download some app to print their photos. In fact, people are not inclined to print photos. So there's an app which people actually use every day, it partners with a service provider to sell a service and get commission out of it.

There are examples like Song Pop game gives you to opportunity buy the music you guessed from iTunes. There's an affiliate problem of iTunes for that. Because Apple (iTunes) itself won't be implementing a game to increase sales.

Here, the point is, people won't print their photos every day. But people will take photos every day. So if I would download Walgreen app and can't find anything to print at a moment, I'll forget to use and print it when I take a picture with Instagram. So if I would see a print button integrated in Instagram, it will dramatically increase sales.

Re: Kicksend partners with Walgreens for 1hr photo printing from your iPhone

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Post by samstave »

alpb wrote: post #3
mgkimsal wrote: post #2

Wondering why Walgreen's (or CVS, or fill in your favorite store here) didn't do this already on their own. An app that allows you to scan the camera roll, select pics, then upload to their machines for printing... seems obvious. Is this more feasible because the pics are already mirrored on kicksend's servers, saving upload time?

I believe this has almost nothing to do with servers and upload time etc. People, naturally, don't tend to download some app to print their photos. In fact, people are not inclined to print photos. So there's an app which people actually use every day, it partners with a service provider to sell a service and get commission out of it. There are examples like Song Pop game gives you to opportunity buy the music you gu…

And if the payments come straight out of your apple ID account that would be fantastic.

Re: Kicksend partners with Walgreens for 1hr photo printing from your iPhone

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Post by javajosh »

What you really need is a version of Redbox that takes your phone, scours it for photos, and prints them for you. It remembers which photos it's printed, so you don't get duplicates between visits. Heck, might as well have it pull credit card info, too.

Re: Kicksend partners with Walgreens for 1hr photo printing from your iPhone

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Post by tar »

samstave wrote: post #5
alpb wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I believe this has almost nothing to do with servers and upload time etc. People, naturally, don't tend to download some app to print their photos. In fact, people are not inclined to print photos. So there's an app which people actually use every day, it partners with a service provider to sell a service and get commission out of it. There are examples like Song Pop game gives you to opportunity buy the music you gu…

And if the payments come straight out of your apple ID account that would be fantastic.

They would also cost 30% more.

Re: Kicksend partners with Walgreens for 1hr photo printing from your iPhone

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Post by jes5199 »

tar wrote: post #7
samstave wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

And if the payments come straight out of your apple ID account that would be fantastic.

They would also cost 30% more.

that's not how percentages work. If Apple takes a 30% cut of your price, then you have to raise your price by 42.8% to still make the same amount of money.
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