1	NewsPrints Photo Sales management and fulfillment system for newspapers.
2	NewsPrints Building Customer Relationships Benefits The NewsPrints System D.A.S. System Provision Background Summary
3	Building Customer Relationships NewsPrints helps build customer relationships throughout the image delivery chain Laboratory Image Owners (Service Provider) (Newspaper) Image Owners Image Users (Newspaper) (Customers)
4	Benefits Benefits for laboratories Benefits for newspapers Benefits for customers
5	Benefits for Laboratories Establishes laboratory as an innovative digital imaging service provider, helping newspapers keep up with new technology Works with both digital & film based papers Delivers digital imaging benefits to film based papers Attracts new customers
6	Benefits for Laboratories Develops a stronger relationship with newspapers Allows newspapers the opportunity to take more pictures - therefore more print sales will result Provides newspapers with a full Internet ordering system to offer to their readers Provides image transfer system with which newspapers can communicate with their laboratory
7	Benefits for Newspapers Develops electronic relationships with customers and laboratory Delivers an improved & expanded service to customers Reaches more customers, 24/7 with no geographical boundaries Easier for customers to buy prints Prints delivered quicker Reduces risk of customer’s copying proof prints System accessed through Image Owners website providing opportunity for increased exposure
8	Benefits for Newspapers Papers can spend more time acquiring pictures They can profit from being more speculative with images Gives newspapers the opportunity to offer for sale pictures that did not appear in the paper Reduces or even removes proofing costs No debt chasing - laboratory collects payment Freed from print re-order administration Increased exposure drives higher sales and promotes other services
9	Benefits for Customers Images available to view sooner More choice in image purchasing 24/7 access to buy images Easier and quicker to buy prints Simplified ordering Faster delivery of prints
10	The NewsPrints System Internet Ordering Module E-commerce enabled Internet ordering for newspaper’s readers Counter Sales Module Credit account Internet ordering for newspaper’s counter sales Print Reorder Module Internet ordering of prints from images not on the system
11	Internet Ordering Module E-commerce enabled Internet ordering, using standard Internet web browsers The laboratory, with the NewsPrints system, manages the order, takes the payment and delivers the prints direct to the customer
12	Search Required event is selected from the list provided by the image owner A username and password, provided by the image owner, can be specified for selected events
13	View Thumbnails from the selected event are displayed 12 per page Customers click on a thumbnail to see a larger version of the picture, and to order prints
14	Order Order choices are made such as quantity, print surface and size Customers proceed to checkout to complete order Four payment options are provided, including secure Internet credit card payment
15	Counter Sales Module Newspapers can take orders and full payment for print orders over the counter as usual. They then order the prints from the laboratory through the NewsPrints Counter Sales Module using their account facility
16	Print Reorder Module For all other print requirements, newspapers use the Print Reorder Module to send the laboratory files with an order attached. The laboratory returns the prints to the image owner or delivers direct to the customer.
17	D A S System Provision DAS hosts, maintains and upgrades the system; providing a fast single point of contact for problem resolution DAS have the latest in Internet server software, large data servers, fast disk arrays with robust back-up Using DAS eliminates the need for the laboratory to buy complex server software/hardware systems and recruit the knowledgeable technical support necessary to host a database driven system The time to get up and running will only be a few weeks, rather than the many months it takes to buy the hardware, build and implement a dedicated system within a laboratory Platform, file format and database independent, a DAS sourced service will provide one of the most robust and fully featured solutions, tailored to a professional laboratory’s requirements
18	Background The NewsPrints system is designed and managed by photographers and laboratory owners with : Over 35 years experience in professional photography Over 30 years experience in laboratory management Eight years e-commerce experience servicing Virgin Records Three years experience running Photo-order, the on-line ordering system for professional photographers - www.photo-order.co.uk One years experience with NewsPrints, the on-line ordering system for newspapers - www.newsprints.co.uk
19	Summary NewsPrints is the only system based on universally available Internet browser software which builds relationships between Laboratories, Newspapers and Readers
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