SendToShop vs WhatsApp, cables and kiosks

SendToShop costs less than a photo kiosk and gives better files than WhatsApp. Customers don’t need an app, and there’s no hardware to buy: it does a kiosk’s wireless photo transfer with the PC you already have.

vs WhatsApp

WhatsApp shrinks a 12 MP photo to around 1–2 MP. Fine on screen, but blurry at 7×5 and up. SendToShop sends the original.

vs cables and Bluetooth

No USB-C vs Lightning drawer, no pairing, no “trust this computer”. The customer keeps their phone.

vs photo kiosks

Kiosks cost £2,400–£3,000 and tie you to one printer brand. SendToShop works with the PC and printers you already have.

Cost over 3 years

Customers per day 20

At 5 minutes saved each, that’s about 40 staff hours a month.

Photo kiosk and support: £3,900
SendToShop Pro (annual): £1,170
SendToShop Standard (annual): £570

A WhatsApp alternative for print shops

The same order, the WhatsApp way and the SendToShop way.

The WhatsApp way

6 steps

1 Customer sends on WhatsApp
2 Shop phone
3 Download
4 Copy to the PC
5 Find the file
6 Print

Compressed photos, one busy phone, files to dig out

The SendToShop way

4 steps

1 Customer scans the QR
2 Sends in full quality
3 Saved on the shop PC
4 Print

Originals on the PC, sorted by order number

Questions

What is the best WhatsApp alternative for a print shop?

A QR code that sends files straight to the shop PC. With SendToShop, customers scan and send photos, PDFs and Word files from the phone’s browser, in full quality, and each order arrives in a folder under its own number. No shared phone, no downloading from chats.

Is SendToShop photo kiosk software?

It replaces the part of a kiosk most shops need: wireless photo transfer from customers’ phones. It runs on the Windows PC or Mac you already have and works with any printer, for a flat monthly price instead of £2,400 or more up front.

How is it better than cables or Bluetooth?

Customers keep their phone: they send from it while they queue, instead of handing it over for a cable that may not fit or a slow Bluetooth pairing.

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