Image Hosting Sites
The number of digital camera owners is exploding, and so is the number of websites that offer image hosting and photo printing services. Major providers such as Kodak and HP already offer services, while many smaller image hosting providers are springing up every day. Our editors' goal is to review the best and worst image hosting and photo printing sites, and give our readers the choice.
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Snapfish
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$0.12 |
First 20 prints free
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Snapfish is our editors top pick. You can easily store and share photos online and email photos and albums to friends. There are some cool editing features there as well. And their prices for prints are the best |
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Kodak EasyShare
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$0.15 |
First 10 prints free |
This service is formerly ofoto.com. With Kodak's name behind it, some great features have been added to the web site. This service is similar to snapfish, where you can create an account, store all of your images there, edit them, and email your friends the albums |
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Photoworks
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$0.19 |
25 free prints
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Photoworks' gives the users the ability to order beautiful photo books. It lacks some of the bells and whistles of our 5-start champions, but has excellent value nonetheless |
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Shutterfly
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$0.19 |
15 free prints
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Shutterfly is an excellent image hosting service that lets you share your image, create and print calendars and postcards for special occasions, and order high qualoity prints at a discount. Shutterfly uses high quality Fuji photo paper, which gives the prints extra high definition. They also offer great customer support, and tools to edit your photos. |
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Smugmug
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$0.25 +$30/year |
Free trial
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Smugmug is a true photo sharing site. They do charge a small yearly fee, however, they do
not make you buy any prints in order to keep them online. With 3 levels of membership, you choose the features you need. Smugmug is a service for photo professionals, as it lets you sell your photos online. Plus, they have developed their own API, and there are some great scripts out there that let you integrate with other software and do other neat stuff. |
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Ritzpix
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$0.19 |
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Ritzpix allows for photo sharing, but the real kicker is that you can order prints online, and pick them up in a Ritz Camera store near you in 1 hour. No shipping charges apply. |
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