Year in Review: Our Best Features of 2021
As the year comes to a close, we’re looking forward to an exciting future for Pic-Time and our community! We experienced a year of immense growth (our user base nearly doubled!), we released powerful new tools including our Slideshow Creator, and made improvements to our existing features. We’re eager to develop more innovative tools to help your brand and business look its very best, while growing your business.
Here’s a look at everything we’ve released in the past year, from exciting features and automations to fresh store products and print labs!
Slideshow Creator
New Print Labs
Marketing Automation Updates
New Integrations
Store Products
Tools for Your Store
Art Gallery Updates
General Updates
Slideshow Creator
This year, we released our Slideshow Creator for your galleries! After introducing GIF and video integration to galleries two years ago, Slideshows were a natural addition for connecting another layer of emotion for images, and enhancing the client’s experience in the gallery. We believe Slideshows are an essential tool for delivering your galleries, which is why it’s offered as a free feature for all of our paying users.
In August, after receiving feedback and requests from our community, we made the following improvements to the Slideshow Creator: Audio Trimmer, 400+ New Music Tracks, 4K Slideshows Add-On, Explore & Share Favorite Music, Display Based on Device, Quick Share, Beat Match Editor, New Watermark Options, 4:3 Format, and better integration with Slideshows & our Simple Sales System App.
Store Products
The products in your print store are an essential part of your professional brand, and we are always working to expand the product variety.
Ornaments
Panoramic Prints
A-Size Prints
Collage Layouts for Frames
New Print Labs
Pic-Time offers 25+ high quality print labs located worldwide, that are integrated right in the system. We welcomed new lab partners this year, and look forward to growing our network even more in 2022.
Kiss Books is based in the USA and ships internationally.
GicléeArt is based in Italy and ships internationally.
La Rousse Shoppe is based in the USA and ships internationally.
Profotonet is based in the Netherlands and ships internationally to Germany & Belgium.
Tools for Your Store
Pricing Presets
Recommended price markup presets that include tiered pricing for prints! Plus, an easier way to set up your print labs when creating new price lists.
Assigning Price Lists to Multiple Galleries
Quickly assign a price list to multiple projects at once!
Client Photos in Custom Products
Customize your custom product store tiles with our new editor, built to improve your sales! Your gallery photos will automatically be displayed in the tile, so your storefront can have a cohesive look and your client can see their photos in the products right away.
Custom Product Forms
Collect information through question fields within your custom products with our new form creating tool.
View, Edit, and Create User’s Carts
Easily create new shopping carts for clients, edit existing shopping carts, as well as view and edit products in the clients’ Saved Designs.
Storefront Banners in Multiple Languages
Translate text in storefront banners into your selected gallery language, choose from 14 different languages. Storefront banners are also available on mobile.
Marketing Automation Updates
New Personalized Email Template
This year we’ve added a new email template that displays products from your store with your client’s favorite images in them!
2021 Holiday Automation Apps
We released a family of Holiday Sale Campaigns to create a professional and engaging seasonal sale: Holiday Albums Sale, Holiday Cards Sale, Holiday Ornaments Sale, and the Classic Holiday Sale.
Design Templates for Holiday Campaigns
You can now change an entire set of email and banner visuals for your Holiday sale with a click.
Print Incentive
Gift your clients a few free prints so they can discover the beautiful products in the gallery store.
Simple Sales System App Additions
An additional check-in email has been added to the Simple Sales System app, so you can remind your clients to make their purchase.
Art Gallery Updates
Interior Showcase of Art Gallery Products
Your art products can now be showcased in lived-in scenarios, so clients can better visualize the size and feel of the piece.
Art Gallery Automation
New marketing tools for galleries, from creating a general discount or using one of our automated strategies like Abandoned Cart, Classic Holiday Sale, and more.
New Integrations
Pic-Time + Studio Ninja
In 2021 we partnered with Studio Ninja to help you manage your orders and clients!
New Payment Integrations
We added more easy, fast and secure ways to accept payment from clients! You can now accept payments through Square, Ideal (based in the Netherlands), and Bancontact (based in Belgium).
General Updates
Improved Mobile Downloads
New and improved mobile download experience! Your clients can download all of the photos from their gallery with just a click.
Improved Interface for ‘Sell High-Res Photos’
If you want to sell High-Res photos through your galleries, you can simply enable it in your price lists.
Low-Res Photo Storage
We upgraded our low-resolution photo cloud storing system, which results in a faster viewing experience and low-res download speeds.
Hello 2022!
2021 was a huge year for Pic-Time – not only for our team, but for the community of talented photographers who built their business with us. We can’t wait to introduce more exciting features that will elevate your brand and business in the new year.
