tspin
January 5 2007, 12:43 PM
I use photoreflect.com for my online storefront and when orders come in I fulfill the printing at my local lab by myself.
How does it work where the lab takes care of the printing and mailing too? I'm trying to figure out how to this. I know I should probably call 1 of the labs that supports this method, but I thought I'd ask here first.
I don't have many orders right now, so it's not that big of a deal to do it on my own, but I could see it becoming crazy when print sales pick up. Help please!
Jasen
January 5 2007, 12:52 PM
hey tspin...
I use the same company and my local lab does an awesome job at fullfilling orders for me. So much so that my stress level has gone from a 9 6 months ago to about a 3 now! All you have to do is call your pro lab and explain to them that if the item is marked "ship" instead of "pickup" to fullfill the shipment for you. Again, all labbs may not do this but my lab takes care of it for me.
Also, if you have a business checking account make sure to sign up for the direct deposit service. It's awesome knowing that I get paid every two weeks from my orders.
tspin
January 5 2007, 12:56 PM
So you just upload your images to your photo labs server? And when you mark shipped on the photoreflect page, they go in and print and ship them?
Sorry if I'm confusing you.
Jasen
January 5 2007, 12:58 PM
No confusion... you have to give your clients the option in your shipping methods under your control panel. If they want the items shipped to them then they pay for shipping in the cart etc... then your lab "SHOULD BE ABLE" to see that the item is marked "Ship to customer" and they will fullfill the shipping... sorry if that confuses you!!
tspin
January 5 2007, 01:17 PM
Cool, that makes sense. I'm going to talk it over with my photo lab now. Thanks!!!
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