Press Release: AMAZON.COM TO PROVIDE ONLINE PHOTO SERVICES POWERED BY
SHUTTERFLY
REDWOOD CITY, Calif. — (August 22, 2005)
— Shutterfly, the leading independent e-commerce company specializing in
digital photo products and services today announced a new relationship with
Amazon Services, Inc. to promote and provide its products and services through
the Amazon.com website. Amazon.com customers can take full advantage of
Shutterfly’s award-winning service immediately through a co-branded
website
(<http://www.amazon.shutterfly.com>www.amazon.shutterfly.com) as
well as through the Amazon.com homepage and the Amazon.com Electronics store
(<http://www.amazon.com/electronics>www.amazon.com/electronics).
“Amazon is looking forward to working with
Shutterfly,” said Glenn Cunningham, Vice President of Amazon’s
Electronics store. “Our customers have come to expect a superior shopping
experience from Amazon.com and we believe, with the addition of
Shutterfly’s digital photography products and services, this will serve to
enhance their shopping experience with
us.”
The following Shutterfly photo
products and services are now available to Amazon.com shoppers in one convenient
location:
- Professionally developed
photographs ranging in sizes from wallets to 20◊30
large-formats
- Design-it-yourself photo
cards, calendars, photo books and photo gifts, including mugs, t-shirts, and a
variety of other personalized products, that can be shipped directly to friends
and family all over the world
- Free
online picture sharing including sharing a single album at a time and creating
up to two free “Collections,” a personal address for storing and
sharing an unlimited number of photo
albums
- Easy-to-use image organization
and uploading tools
- Free, unlimited online
image storage
- Free image editing tools (i.e.
cropping, red-eye removal, enhancing color effects and adding
borders)
“We are very excited to
welcome Amazon’s tens of millions of shoppers into Shutterfly’s
community of users and to introduce them to all that they can accomplish with
their digital images, online,” said Jeffrey Housenbold, President &
CEO of Shutterfly. “Together, Amazon and Shutterfly will enable consumers
to easily turn their precious memories into distinctive photographs and
gifts.”
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About
Amazon.com
Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN), a Fortune
500 company based in Seattle, opened its virtual doors on the World Wide Web in
July 1995 and today offers Earth's Biggest Selection. Amazon.com seeks to be
Earth's most customer-centric company, where customers can find and discover
anything they might want to buy online, and endeavors to offer customers the
lowest possible prices. Amazon.com and third-party sellers offer millions of
unique new, refurbished, and used items in categories such as health and
personal care, jewelry and watches, gourmet food, sports and outdoors, apparel
and accessories, books, music, DVDs, electronics and office, toys and baby, and
home and garden.
Amazon.com and its
affiliates operate seven retail websites:
<file://www.amazon.com>www.amazon.com,
<file://www.amazon.co.uk>www.amazon.co.uk,
<file://www.amazon.de>www.amazon.de,
<file://www.amazon.co.jp>www.amazon.co.jp,
<file://www.amazon.fr>www.amazon.fr,
<file://www.amazon.ca>www.amazon.ca,
and
<file://www.joyo.com>www.joyo.com.
As
used herein, "Amazon.com," "we," "our" and similar terms include Amazon.com,
Inc., and its subsidiaries, unless the context indicates
otherwise.
About
Shutterfly
Founded in 1999, Shutterfly, Inc.
(<http://www.shutterfly.com/>www.shutterfly.com) is the leading
independent e-commerce company specializing in digital photo products and
services for the consumer and professional photography markets. The company
provides customers with an award-winning experience including simple ways to
organize, enhance and archive images; share pictures with family and friends;
order professional-quality prints and create an assortment of personalized items
such as Photo Books, Calendars and Greeting
Cards.
Shutterfly, Shutterfly.com,
Snapbooks and Shutterfly Collections are trademarks of Shutterfly,
Inc.
Posted: Mon - August 22, 2005 at 01:51 PM