Mission

PhotoAccess.com Corporation is an Application Service Provider (ASP) dedicated to developing the business and systems infrastructure to facilitate the adoption of digital image photography and photo finishing.

Overview

PhotoAccess provides the easiest and most complete Internet solution for managing and printing digital images, which benefit retailers, professional photographers and consumers. PhotoAccess perfected its service offerings to consumers throughout 2000, focusing on exceptional print quality and unsurpassed customer service. With a 300 percent growth rate and shipments to more than 23 countries, PhotoAccess' satisfied consumer base has grown steadily and consistently.

In December 2000, PhotoAccess expanded its services by offering retailers a fast, convenient and easy way to offer in-store consumers, digital photo finishing services. The company's online image management systems, work order routing and management tools, and home computer album management software facilitate the creation of a branded, customizable consumer Web experience. Within three weeks, brick-and-mortar and Web retailers can easily expand their photo finishing offering to include high performance digital image photo finishing.

A team of seasoned imaging professionals, formerly of Aldus, Adobe, PhotoWorks, Borland, and Symantec, drive PhotoAccess to meet its strategic business objectives. The company is well positioned for long-term growth in the online digital photo finishing market segment, which is projected to be $4.4 billion by 2005 (Infotrends).

Milestones

May 2001 — New Merchandise Released to Celebrate National Photography Month

• Photo gift-wrap, low-cost posters, matte finish photos, wallet-sized prints, and 500-pc. Jigsaw puzzles now available through PhotoAccess' retailers.

Apr. 2001 — MediaStreet Adds Services to Growing Digital Services Portal

• PhotoAccess provides back-end photo storage, ordering, and printing services to consumables company that provides specialty inks and digital products/services to consumers and pros.

Apr. 2001 — Trellix Empowers Next Generation Web Builders To Produce Quality Prints & Merchandise

• Private-label provider of Web site publishing software chooses PhotoAccess to integrate photo finishing solutions into Trellix Web Express.

Mar. 2001 — 113 Chain Drug Store Brings Photo Finishing Service to Customers

• USA Drug/Super D pharmacies selects PhotoAccess to offer thousands of in-store consumers the ability to store, manage and order prints of their digital photos from www.usadrug.com.

Mar. 2001 — Major European Camera Distributor-Digital Dream-Selects PhotoAccess

• Exclusive distributor of Microtek digital cameras for Europe chose PhotoAccess to comprehensive online digital photo management, storage and eCommerce services, under the Digital Dream brand.
• Low-priced digital print coupons will be put in every camera box, distributed in over 2000 retail sites.
• PhotoAccess and Digital Dream will create privately branded Web sites, on request, for retail partners, which include Dixons, Tesco, Media Mart, FNAC, Comet, and Jessups.

Feb. 2001 — JVC and Mystic Color Labs Choose PhotoAccess as Digital Photo Finishing Partner

• PhotoAccess provides JVC, a leader in consumer electronics manufacturing, the online printing, ordering, eCommerce, and delivery infrastructure for JVC Photo Club.
• PhotoAccess provides over 500,000 Mystic Color Lab customers with short-term and lifetime Internet storage of their digital or scanned images.

Feb. 2001 — SNAP for Retailers Released to Market

• PhotoAccess Software for Network Albuming at Photo-counters (SNAP) assists retailers in building in-store traffic, relationships and the loyalty of digital camera users.
• Software loaded on a store's public access PC makes it easy and convenient to view, manage, order and pay for digital photos and merchandise.

Jan. 2001 — PhotoAccess Announces Professional Photographer Program

• Event, sport, wedding, animal and portrait photographers gain the storage, ordering, and online transaction capabilities needed to increase sales and process customer orders more efficiently.
• Implementing PhotoAccess' services, professional photographers gain back as much as 10 to 20 hours a week by outsourcing the fulfillment of orders.

Dec. 2000 — PhotoAccess Expands Services, Offering Retailers Immediate Digital Photo Finishing Solutions That Benefit In-store Consumers

• In three weeks, retailers can expand photo finishing services and receive a branded Web site, hosted by PhotoAccess.
• In-store customers obtain high quality digital photo prints and merchandise through the retailers branded, e-commerce Web site.

July 2000 — PhotoAccess Revolutionizes New Print Format -- Ships Digital Camera Prints™

• Unlike traditional cameras, digital cameras shoot photos that are differently sized, e.g. 4.75"x 6" instead of 4"x 6". Digital Camera Prints eliminates printing disparities and produce professional prints every time--regardless of size.

May 2000 — PhotoAccess Releases Photon API To Internet Community

• Photon provides a complete server-to-server interface to all PhotoAccess facilities and images making it easy to share files for specialized merchandising of photos.

Feb. 2000 — PhotoAccess Streamlines Work Order Dispatching Using IML

• Company creates Image Markup Language (IML) forming the basis for routing photo print orders to mini-labs in retail stores, easily and efficiently.
• IML is incorporated into PhotoAccess system architecture and allows the company to add new suppliers of photo-based merchandise virtually overnight.

Dec. 1999 — PhotoAccess Sells Digital Photo Prints and Photo Merchandise Online

• Consumers find it convenient to order and purchase digital prints and fun merchandise online, including photographic slides, sweatshirts, mugs, posters, and mouse pads.

Dec. 1999 — PhotoAccess Launches www.photoaccess.com

• Consumers now have the ability to easily upload digital images from a digital camera, scanner, or disk drive to the Internet.
• PhotoAccess' PhotoStreamer™ client software is available for free download and makes managing, uploading, arranging and retrieving digital photos to online photo albums at www.photoaccess.com simple.

Jan. 1998 — PhotoAccess.com Corporation Founded

• PhotoAccess.com was the first company to introduce complete Internet-based photo albums and photographic printing for digital images.