Snapfish

I gave Snapfish online digital photo printing service a go. They have been around since 2000 and are owned by Hewlett Packard.

I've got 100s of digital photos from various trips we've been on and they sit around on my computer rarely seen, so it's nice to have photos and other things like posters, coasters and more with pictures on around the house to actually see.

Signing up to the website took a few seconds and only asks for email address, password and name.

As soon as you enter the site you are told about special offers that are available, for example you can get 20 free 6"x4" prints when you first upload your photos.

Uploading photos is very simple and quick. You can upload multiple photos at once, just select the ones you want to upload, you can select lots all at once. It has the option to automatically do red-eye reduction as they upload which seemed handy. You also have the option of selecting your Facebook photos or even from Flickr, both of which save time on uploading and is very handy if you have them uploaded to one of these services already.

The photos you upload are arranged into albums so you can group particular ones together, maybe you will have one album for last year's holiday and another from Christmas. This makes finding the photos very easy.

They sell a wide variety of products, all can be personalised with photos and some with text as well. You can get anything from acrylic blocks, calendars, posters, t-shirts and even stamps. In general you browse the site to find what you are after, then you are given the opportunity to browse your albums and pick out a photo or some allow you to have many photos, the collage mugs for example.

You can add any number of items to your basket and you can keep shopping or adjusting the basket items until you are happy with them. One thing I did find frustrating was that the P&P doesn't show up straight away, not until the next step after you checkout.

You can pay with your credit or debit card or even with Paypal. You can have your goodies sent to yourself or straight to someone else if they are a present.

I ordered quite a selection of things and I will tell you more about them when they arrive.