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09-24-2016, 04:40 AM
Bad news, Shutterfly: Amazon is moving into photo printing
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Amazon is moving into a**ther sector: photo printing.*
The e-commerce giant this week debuted a new service called Amazon Prints (https://www.amazon.com/b?**de=14866317011) that allows customers to print their digital photos and order souvenirs like photo books, stationery and calendars.*
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The new Amazon Prints.
Image: screenshot/amazon
So far, that market has been dominated by companies like Shutterfly, which has offered similar options since its founding in 1999. Shutterfly's stock plunged 12 percent in one day after news broke of Amazon's entry into the market, Bloomberg reported (http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-09-21/amazon-swats-at-shutterfly-with-photo-printing-service).*
Amazon Prints is only available to customers who use Amazon Drive (https://www.amazon.com/clouddrive/home), the company's cloud storage service. Photos must be stored on the platform to be printed through Amazon Prints.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/09/23/amazon-prints-photos/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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Amazon is moving into a**ther sector: photo printing.*
The e-commerce giant this week debuted a new service called Amazon Prints (https://www.amazon.com/b?**de=14866317011) that allows customers to print their digital photos and order souvenirs like photo books, stationery and calendars.*
http://i.amz.mshcdn.com/qK4YS27Qt3MlU9bXkPGoh61zTH8=/fit-in/575x4096/https%3A%2F%2Fblueprint-api-production.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fcard%2Fima ge%2F221907%2FScreen_Shot_2016-09-23_at_4.50.20_PM.png
The new Amazon Prints.
Image: screenshot/amazon
So far, that market has been dominated by companies like Shutterfly, which has offered similar options since its founding in 1999. Shutterfly's stock plunged 12 percent in one day after news broke of Amazon's entry into the market, Bloomberg reported (http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-09-21/amazon-swats-at-shutterfly-with-photo-printing-service).*
Amazon Prints is only available to customers who use Amazon Drive (https://www.amazon.com/clouddrive/home), the company's cloud storage service. Photos must be stored on the platform to be printed through Amazon Prints.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/09/23/amazon-prints-photos/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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