Just introduced on ZoomIn are two fantastic options when your order is a gift for someone.  Gift Message Card is a high quality card that will be printed with your own personal message.  This card is included with your order and is a great way to send a short note to the person receiving the gift.  For just Rs. 30 per card, you can select from 3 stylish templates and include a personal note. 

We will print your Message Card on high quality note card stock and enclose it in a custom envelope.  Order your card during checkout – pick a style, enter your message and you are all set!

We have also launched a Gift Wrap service where your order will be expertly wrapped in beautiful Gift Wrap.  It adds that special touch when shipping a gift directly to a loved one.  All Gift Wrapped items are securely packaged in an extra layer of packaging to protect the wrap from damage during transit.   Select from 6 wrap styles – created for every occasion.  You can add this service in Checkout, after you enter a shipping address.

Today we introduced a great way to save on prints in your favorite sizes.   Regardless of the quantity of prints you are purchasing today, you can “lock in” great savings based on what you will buy throughout the year.

ZoomIn Prepaid Packs are our BEST DISCOUNTS on many print sizes. When you buy a pack, you are paying in advance for a quantity of prints and getting an upfront discount applied to your purchase. The best part is you can redeem your pack anytime over the next 12 months.

You can buy a pack from the Prepaid Pack home page where you can see the various packs currently available for your print size.  Remember to purchase the largest pack based on what you will purchase over the next year – this will allow you to get the best discount.

You can also buy a pack during Checkout.  After you enter your shipping address, under Discounts you can see all available Packs.  You can apply the savings from the Pack to the prints already in your shopping cart. 

To redeem a Pack, add the prints to your shopping cart and Checkout as you normally would.  Then, under discounts, update the number of prints you want to redeem from your available balance. 

Your remaining Pack balance is valid for a full year from the date of the Pack purchase.  You can monitor your expiry date and balance in My Account – under Prepaid Packs.

Some important conditions do apply.  Packs are non-refundable, cannot be exchanged or transferred and are not combinable with other discounts.

We hope you enjoy this opportunity to save on your print purchases.  If you have any questions or need help, please do contact us.

ZoomIn has always offered a wide variety of payment options. You can pay for your orders with Credit Cards (Visa, MasterCard, American Express), Debit Cards and even PayPal.  But we do realize that not everyone has access to a credit card and many of you have asked for a Cash on Delivery or a  check payment option

Starting today, we are thrilled to offer the fastest and easiest way to pay in cash – Pay@Store!

You can now pay for your ZoomIn orders at over 1300 neighborhood The MobileStore locations in India.

Here is how it works.  When shopping from India, you will see a new tab in our payment options – Pay By Cash.

Use the Store Locator and search for a Pay@Store location near you.  This includes every The MobileStore location in India.

Once you have found a store near you, you should confirm your mobile number and click on Submit Order.

After your order has been placed, you will receive an SMS with your order number.  Take this order number to any The MobileStore location right away and make your payment.  You will receive instant confirmation by SMS (in most cases while you are still at the store) and your order will now be processed and shipped to your home.

Just ensure that you leave the store either with a SMS confirmation of payment or a printed receipt acknowledging payment.

We think this is the fastest and most convenient cash payment option for our customers.  Do try it for your next ZoomIn order and let us know what you think!

December is Calendar Month on ZoomIn. It’s the perfect time to pick a set of calendars for yourself and as a gift for friends and family. We have introduced a completely new set of calendars that we’re sure you will be delighted with. Our new calendar maker is easy to use, has a ton of new themes and clipart with new personalization features.  We have introduced a new paper as well; it is a heavier stock, with a special coating that is applied after printing for a brilliant sheen and durability. Your new ZoomIn calendar will look new all year!

At just Rs. 125 ($2.50), our brand new Poster Calendar is a 12×18″ calendar that  can be created in several styles. Use one photo or 5 – these smart calendars are truly stunning. They are great for the kid’s room, the kitchen door or your college dorm. Have Blue-Tack or double sided tape (available at your neighborhood stationary store) ready to put up your calendar on a wall as soon as you get it.

Our new Desktop Calendar is perfectly sized for your desk in the office,  home office or that table by the phone. Pick a theme that goes with your room’s color scheme or pick a neutral one like Blue. The Desktop Calendar takes one photo a month and shows holidays. Because of the size of the calendar grid on the Desktop version, you cannot personalize it yet.

The new ZoomIn Wall Mount Calendar is a full featured calendar with hundreds of customization possibilities. It is larger than our previous version and just like the other two varieties, has the new paper finish. After picking your theme, get into Customize mode and add or remove photos, set them as backgrounds, add borders, clipart or text. In addition to customizing each date with text, you can even add a small photo.

The Offer!

Now through December 15, order a Wall Mount or Desktop Calendar and get a Poster Calendar completely free.  Full details of the offer can be found here.

Please do write in and let us know what you think of our new calendar family.  Remember to watch the video before you start – it will show you some of the great possibilities.

Introducing the ZoomIn Desktop Uploader – no web browser required.  The Uploader is our take on the very impressive, open source, Flickr Uploadr.  (We left the “e” in the name of our version.)

Available both for the Mac and PC, the Uploader lets you add a bunch of photos by simply dragging and dropping your photos into a window like the one above.

In Windows, an ‘Upload to ZoomIn’ option also gets added to the Auto Play menu and you will see it when you insert a memory card from your camera or a CD containing photos into your computer.

The Uploader has many features designed to make getting photos into your albums at ZoomIn a breeze.  You can also work completely offline until you are ready to transfer the photos.  It supports organizing photos into different albums within the same batch, adding photo tags, place tags and setting privacy options.

Most importantly, it can resize your photos before they get uploaded, so they get transferred really fast.  If you do this, remember to keep a backup of your photos somewhere on your computer.   Also, if you plan on buying photo gifts like calendars, you should select the largest size or skip resizing completely.

	Version: 1.0.8 Size: 7.4 Mb System requirements: Windows XP, Vista, 7
	Version: 1.0.8 Size: 18.5 Mb System requirements: Mac OSX 10.4+

If you are an iPhoto user on the Mac, you will be thrilled to hear this news.  We are pleased to announce the launch of our iPhoto plug-in.  You can download it here.

To use it, within iPhoto simply select a bunch of photos and then File – Export.  Select the ZoomIn tab and you will see a window like the one above.  Sign In to your account and set your export preferences from the various options.  The plug-in is loaded with features.  You can resize the images for a faster upload on slow connections.  You can also specify regular tags, place tags and the privacy settings for the photos.    Click on Export and your photos will get uploaded one at a time to your ZoomIn account.  You can work on other things – like sharing this great news with your fellow Mac enthusiasts – while the upload is in progress.  A nifty popup will tell you when it is done.  Thanks for your patience while we built this, I know many of you have been waiting for this.  As always, do let us know if you love this feature or if you have any questions about it.

Unfortunately, there were no long lines in India for the iPhone 3G launch. But for those who did venture out over the weekend, there is a bit of ZoomIn you can add to your prized phone.

 ZoomIn for iPhone is now available for download in the App Store. The application is the simplest way to upload photos from your phone to your ZoomIn account. Either use the Camera to take a new picture or go to Photo Albums to upload a photo from your camera roll or other albums.

Click on Meta to change the photo title (it’s set to the current date by default), add a description or tags. Also included in the application is geotagging support. This feature has not been exposed on ZoomIn yet – but will be shortly. More on that soon.

Clicking on Upload will send the photo to your “My Uploaded Photos” album. 

Remember this is V1 of the application. The focus was simplicity and easy uploads. Look for new features and additions to the application soon. Those who have installed the application will automatically get notified of updates via the App Store.  Let us know if there is something in particular you would really like to see added.

ZoomIn for iPhone was built by Martin Gordon using the ZoomIn API. The API is in closed beta right now and will be released for general use shortly. Stay tuned for an announcement on this right here. Can’t wait? Send an email to developer@zoomin.com describing your application and we will send you more information.

If you are a frequent shopper on ZoomIn we hope you’ve realized that we are very committed to the idea that your photos belong to you. While we try to do a lot online to support that ideal, we have also tried to carry that same value in every product that you create. You may have noticed, for example, that our t-shirts do not carry our logo anywhere. We wanted your t-shirt to be about your photo and your creativity.

However, soon after launch, we received several requests from our customers asking how they could buy a ZoomIn logo shirt. One of our engineers, Sundar, suggested, “Why not let our customers decide if they want a logo or not?”

One thing led to another and now you get to choose whether to include the ZoomIn logo on your shirt or not. After you have created your shirt and are ready to add it to your cart, a pop-up will ask you if you want our ZoomIn logo on the sleeve of your shirt. If you choose to include our logo, you get a 10% discount as our thanks for showing your support of ZoomIn.

We plan on doing the same in more of our new digital photo products so please let us know what you think of the idea. And, as always, thanks for your support of ZoomIn.
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Lots of our ZoomIn members have been taking advantage of the great deals on ZoomIn products and creating some terrific photo t-shirts, mugs, books, calendars, greeting cards – and prints too! The problem you found – and we heard you! – has been that once one family member got a hold of one everyone else was jealous and wanted their own.

That meant members had to go in and recreate each product all over again. As easy as it is to create ZoomIn photo products, it would be a lot easier if you could just reorder the same one.

Your wish is our command plus 10% off!

Starting this week, any new ZoomIn product orders you create can be reordered in just a few clicks. Not only did we make it easy to reorder, we made it so you can save money and share the savings with your friends and family. Everyone gets 10% off any reorder!

Here’s how to reorder your previous photo purchases:

Click on the my account tab

Scroll down to My Orders

You’ll see a notice on any of your previous orders: “Want to reorder this for a full 10% off? Click the reorder link below or share it with friends and family. Everyone ordering from this link will get the full discount.”

Click on the “Show Link” button and we’ll display a link you can email to your friends and family. We also display the code to embed a link on your blog or website so people can order directly from there! And everyone saves 10% on the reorder!

We hope this helps make ordering digital photo products from ZoomIn even easier than before. If you have other ideas about how we can help you we want to hear from you!

Lost somewhere in the buzz of our recent launch of the ZoomIn T-Shirt was the addition of “Metallic” as a finishing option when ordering prints of your digital photos. In addition to Glossy and Matte, you can now choose Metallic.

A Metallic print is just what it sounds like: shiny, slick and impressive. Using Kodak’s professional Endura Metallic Paper, ZoomIn will deliver top quality professional results that will give your photos that “wow!” factor.

Kodak explains it best:

This paper uses a proprietary combination of film laminate layers that produce striking, three-dimensional, lasting images on an ultra-bright background.

Many photographers have described this effect as “chrome on paper.”

Metallic prints are recommended for portraits, still-life, and any photo where color, depth and contrast play out. Try a Metallic print on your next order and see the difference. Once you do, you’ll want to make sure the photos you print for gifts and to frame are Metallic.

You already know us for our quality prints in Glossy and Matte — see what a little metal can do for your portraits. Order ZoomIn Metallic prints of your digital photos today.