Hello Product Hunt! I'm one of the makers of Framepop. I previously built Eventjoy, but am now working on new projects. We built Framepop because we think framing is a beautiful way to bring to life the high quality photos that live on your phone. Most people have tons of photos on their phone, but typically don't do much with them other than share to social media. By making it easy to print, frame, and even gift the photo, people will have even more options in how they can showcase their creative side.
P.S. Framepops are a great gift for the upcoming holiday season :)
I've been watching @toddg777 develop Framepop over the matter of a few weeks - It's been incredibly impressive seeing how quickly it came together. Definitely going to use it as a Christmas present for my girlfriend.
@toddg777 would love to hear more about your process behind developing the app, and your philosophies regarding lifestyle businesses. Would be awesome to see a breakdown of sales numbers in a few months too!
@maccaw Thanks, Alex! Once we had the idea for Framepop, we knew we had to get it out in time for the holiday season. This drove us to focus on building a lightweight experience that only included functionality around our core value prop -- customizing and buying a framed photo from your phone.
The secret to our execution shouldn't be that surprising -- I have a great co-founder. We compliment skillsets extremely well, which lets us do many things in parallel.
While Eventjoy was venture funded, Framepop could develop to be a lifestyle business. I think lifestyle businesses often get a bad rep, but for me, this is the right path for right now as I'm traveling for most of 2016.
I like the idea of sharing sales data -- stay tuned :)
@jeffandersen Hey Jeff! The frames are gallery-quality and made from American wood. The mats are 6-ply, acid-free, conservation matboards from Crescent. And we use acrylic rather than glass for the glazing.
Canvaspop.com has been offering frames and canvas prints for about 8 years. Although I like that this is an app and not a site. Our site does do a lot of mobile transactions so this is smart but web is over 50 percent of our transactions. Our site is just optimized for mobile! Best of luck. I'll check it out.
@asalamunovic Thanks Adrian. We know there are quite a few others out there who print and frame photos, but we're solely focused on the mobile usecase.
Great idea! Always a pain to print photos by uploading from phone to Dropbox then sending out through Costco and buying a frame at Ikea. Glad there's a gift option, will be good for the upcoming holidays.
@tmzier Thanks, Tristan! I wonder if Ikea makes you build the frame like the rest of their furniture :)
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I love frames! And most people catch the best shots on their phone, so to be able to frame it is a great idea. I may order one myself to give it a test go!
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