PhotoBox
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PhotoBox is an internet-based digital photo printing company founded in 2000 by Graham Hobson.
PhotoBox is part of the 'Photoways Group', which consists of PhotoBox, and its French counterpart, Photoways, leading to their claim that they are Europe's largest online photo processing service. They have photo processing labs in London
and Paris
, and claim that these combined can produce of a million prints a day.
They offer a reasonably wide selection of products to be personalised with uploaded photos.
An unlimited number of jpeg
files may be uploaded, with a max size limit of 10mb per file. The files will be stored indefinitely, provided at least one purchase is made by the account per year.
In July 2011, Photobox agreed to buy the company Moonpig
.
, and as such encourage offensive or illegal photos uploaded to their site to be reported to them.
PhotoBox is part of the 'Photoways Group', which consists of PhotoBox, and its French counterpart, Photoways, leading to their claim that they are Europe's largest online photo processing service. They have photo processing labs in London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
and Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
, and claim that these combined can produce of a million prints a day.
They offer a reasonably wide selection of products to be personalised with uploaded photos.
An unlimited number of jpeg
JPEG
In computing, JPEG . The degree of compression can be adjusted, allowing a selectable tradeoff between storage size and image quality. JPEG typically achieves 10:1 compression with little perceptible loss in image quality....
files may be uploaded, with a max size limit of 10mb per file. The files will be stored indefinitely, provided at least one purchase is made by the account per year.
In July 2011, Photobox agreed to buy the company Moonpig
Moonpig
Moonpig.com is a business based in London and Guernsey which sells personalized greeting cards. The website was launched in July 2000, and in 2007 the company was responsible for 90 percent of the online greeting card market in the United Kingdom....
.
Internet Watch Foundation
PhotoBox are a member of the Internet Watch FoundationInternet Watch Foundation
The Internet Watch Foundation is a non-governmental charitable body based in the United Kingdom. It states that its remit is "to minimise the availability of 'potentially criminal' Internet content, specifically images of child sexual abuse hosted anywhere, and criminally obscene adult content in...
, and as such encourage offensive or illegal photos uploaded to their site to be reported to them.
Charity
PhotoBox offer some options in donating a percentage of cost of certain items to selected charities.Awards
PhotoBox have won a number of awards, including:- 2011 Voted Customer Service of the Year 2012 in France in the Online photo processing service category.
- 2006 Emerging Retailer of the Year at the Retail Week Awards
- 2006 eSuperbrand status
- 2005 Best Online Retailer at the Revolution awards.