The UK photo storing, sharing and printing website Photobox has just passed the 2 million member milestone. Commenting on PhotoBox’s growth, Mark Chapman, UK Managing Director said, “We are delighted to have achieved such outstanding results. The combination of the PhotoBox service and an increasingly web-savvy audience has undisputedly helped us reach 2 million members.”

PhotoBox Press Release

PhotoBox, the UK’s number one destination for photo storing, sharing and printing, is delighted to announce that after just over a year of remarkable growth, the award-winning business has reached over 2 million members. This incredible achievement is testament to PhotoBox’s reputation for quality and the nation’s increasing confidence in online solutions.

Commenting on PhotoBox’s growth, Mark Chapman, UK Managing Director said, “We are delighted to have achieved such outstanding results. The combination of the PhotoBox service and an increasingly web-savvy audience has undisputedly helped us reach 2 million members. It was only 16 months ago when PhotoBox was celebrating the 1 million member milestone. At the time we set ambitious targets to smash this figure and double our growth within 18 months, so to have exceeded all expectations is an exceptional accomplishment.”

Whilst PhotoBox’s core digital photo printing service has remained the most popular in the UK, the brand’s personalised gifts have proved remarkably successful and grown revenue streams for the business. Within the past year, PhotoBox has witnessed the launch of personlised NoteBooks, collages and StyleBooks, all of which have been received incredibly well by the market, in addition to the brand’s other personalised products which include canvas prints, posters and the ever-popular PhotoBooks.

PhotoBox has planned a generous product road map for the year ahead. Just launched is the business card range, MyCard, with over 25 designs to choose from and this summer will see PhotoBox launch an enhanced range of the best-selling PhotoBook. PhotoBox is confident that ongoing product innovation coupled with the current e-commerce boom is a sure recipe for achieving 3 million members by this time next year.

For more information, please visit www.photobox.co.uk

About PhotoBox
PhotoBox, the United Kingdom’s number one destination for online photo sharing, storing and printing, merged with Photoways, the European pioneer and leader of the photographic online printing market in April 2006. The merger of the French and British market leaders created Photoways Group - Europe’s biggest online photo service with target sales of over €40 million in 2007, and over 4 million members. The new group operates state-of-the-art laboratories in Paris and London with a combined capacity of over 1 million prints per day.

Photoways Group, incorporating Photoways, PhotoBox and Pixdiscount is backed by world-leading venture capital companies, Index Ventures and Highland Capital Partners.  Stan Laurent has been appointed CEO and will oversee the continued growth and consolidation of the Photoways Group.

PhotoBox was founded in 2000 by Graham Hobson (now Group Chief Technology Officer) and Mark Chapman (UK Managing Director). PhotoBox.co.uk is the UK’s number one destination for online photo sharing, storing and printing, and was awarded Online Printing Test Winner in Which Digital Camera (November 2006). PhotoBox is partnered with FujiFilm UK and utilises award-winning, state-of-the-art facilities to offer an easy to use service to all photographers wanting to share or print their digital images.

It is the UK’s first online digital photographic company and the market leader in its field according to independent research by Understanding and Solutions 2006.

PhotoBox customers can use the simple online service to order photographic prints in wide range of sizes up to 30”x20” posters. Prints are good value for money with prices starting at 5p, for a standard 4” x 6” print. A huge selection of gifts including greeting cards, mugs, calendars and PhotoBooks featuring the customers own digital images are also available. Standard sized prints ordered before 4pm Monday-Friday are sent same day by first class post.

PhotoBox services are available across different platforms, on your PC, using your mobile phone to upload images, through media centre PC’s running Microsoft’s XP Media Center Edition 2005 and on the Virgin TV service. PhotoBox also offer easy payment via PayPal.

PhotoBox provides white label solutions to a growing range of leading consumer brands including Carphone Warehouse, AOL, Bulldog, Woolworths, Reuters, Orange, Daily Mail, LX direct, Empire Direct, Eircom and Virgin Media. 

PhotoBox Awards
o             Amateur Photographer Award for collage prints, May 2007
o             Digital Photo Editor’s Choice Award for online photo printing March 2007
o             Which Digital Camera Online Printing Test Winner November 2006
o             What Digital Camera Award Online Photo Printing July 2006
o             New Media Age, Site of the Week in June 2006
o             Retail Week Emerging Retailer of the Year 2006
o             eSuperbrand 2006
o             What Digital Camera Award Online Photo Printing Sep 2005
o             Revolution Awards Best Online Retailer 2005
o             Best of breed 2005 awards from Broadband & Internet Advisor and Digital Photo
o             Daily Express, 100 sites you can’t live without
o             Winner of the 2004 E-Commerce Awards, London Region E-Trading category
o             Best of breed 2004 awards from What Digital Camera, Web User, Internet User, Broadband & Internet Advisor, Which Digital Camera? and Photography Monthly
o             Commended for Best Online Retailer, Revolution Awards 2004
o             Best of breed 2003 awards from Digital Photography Buyer and User, Digital Camera Magazine, PC Pro, What Digital Camera and Web User
o             Amateur Photographer Online Digital Lab of the Year 2003
o             Sunday Times top 10 best websites of 2002

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