Fulfillment through alternate international print labs


Fulfillment through alternate international print labs


When you sell prints via our integrated full-fulfillment print lab partners at My Sales > Price Plans, normally all prints & products will be provided by that one selected print lab, and shipped from its location.

Although the Custom Access Codes feature allows you to simultaneously sell from multiple labs in multiple countries, this solution requires some advance setup on your part, as well as making alternate links available to your buyers, and then trusting the buyers to use the appropriate country-optimised link.

As of May 2020, we are offering a new and easier way to handle different-continent print sales. You simply set up your print sales with your favourite local print lab — choosing which print sizes to offer at which prices — and when you receive an order destined for another country, our system will do an automatic "what-if" calculation on shipping cost if using an alternate lab. If the alternate lab offers the same exact print sizes and finishes, and can ship the order for 30% less than your selected lab, then the order will be routed to the alternate lab. As a seller, everything works the same for you — you still pay the cost of goods and shipping to the lab doing the fulfillment, but you should save (as well as your end-customer) on the shipping costs.

This feature is intended to optimise checkout for those selling fine art prints to a global audience, as well as for event photographers who have occasional customers ordering prints for overseas.

This feature initially applies to Bay Photo (USA) and Loxley (UK) sales, and may be expanded to other labs soon.