If you’re looking for an easy way to send postcards without the hassle of stamps and trawling across cities searching for a postbox, Photowire allows you to send personalised postcards online of your own photos as real postcards from anywhere around the world! It’s easy to think of sending postcards online as something we send on holiday or at least used to send. We let you brighten up someone’s day by sending them a sweet personalised postcard by telling them their value in your life.
What is a digital postcard?
Digital postcards are a convenient and popular way of showing someone that you appreciate and remember them. However, Photowire has upgraded the way people send postcards. Instead of purchasing a ready-made, traditional postcard from a shop and finding a stamp for it, you can use our website to send your own photos as real printed postcards. With Photowire, even the busiest person can send a postcard at the same time it takes to type out a text message. You can use Photowire to create and send postcards when you are on the beach, on a cruise ship or even on a mountainside.
Photowire is a UK-based postcard printing service which has been around since 2016. By sending real printed postcards instead of texts and social media messages, you are bestowing your recipient that they deserve the effort and you’re giving them a memento that they can keep and cherish. There’s a real charm to presenting something that your loved ones can touch, re-read and even display. With a generic shop-bought postcard you’re limited to what’s available at your local shop or post office whereas with Photowire your own pictures can be uploaded and used as the background image for your postcard.
How’s it different from a regular postcard?
A wonderful visual is at the heart of any successful postcard. But apart from looking good, your image should help you to instantly tell a story. Photowire postcards are present in different inches, you can choose according to your necessities and are printed on UV-coated digital gloss paper stock, making it easy to get straight to the point with your marketing message and design.
Photowire allows you to send your personalised photo postcards to your family and friends. We let you use your own photos to make and mail real, printed, personalised photo cards (Postcards, Announcement Cards, Invitations and Greeting Cards). Photowire is the easiest way to send postcards when you are on the move, straight from your phone, tablet or computer. We are based in the UK and we mail to virtually any destination in the world.
Why is sending online postcards easier than traditional postcards?
Photowire makes it easy to send high-quality postcards immediately or schedule them in advance to arrive on a date you choose. You can also save important dates, such as birthdays and anniversaries, and get reminders by email a few weeks before the occasion, giving you time to queue up a new batch of greeting cards. You can order packs of cards from Photowire that are blank inside, if, for instance, you like to handwrite holiday cards and drop them in the mail at your convenience or deliver them in person. You can send your postcard anywhere around the world with no difficulties, no need to go to the market or the post office to post your postcards, no requirement of stamps and letterbox. All the postcards are high quality and we offer completely free delivery anywhere in the world. Let your family and friends know how much you love and care by sending your thoughts by postcard.
1. Pick your favourite photo
This is the easy and most fun part. Whether you’re island hopping or soaking up city vibes, take all the photos you can. From skylines to selfies, when you’re exploring always remember to take snaps to share with all your loved ones. Everyone loves to see holiday photos, whether on a postcard or social media, so take as many snaps as possible to show everyone back home. No matter what you need, a thank you note, an invitation, a birthday or anniversary card, simply send an update to brighten someone’s day by choosing to decorate your postcard. Pick your favourite photo from any computing device and send a postcard online very easily and quickly to your friends and family members.
2. Decorate your photo
Sometimes a bit of colour or a funny sticker can really make your postcard stand out and bring a smile to the recipient’s face! Decorate your custom postcard in a few minutes. You can share your choicest photos or illustrations on postcards. You can also use some effective apps to edit your beautiful snaps to make it more beautiful by using filters, stickers and many more editing options through mobile apps we recommend below. Turn your message into a deciphering exercise by using your beautiful picture stickers to symbolise words instead of doing anything else! You can also choose different borders which will definitely suit your postcard and make it more attractive.
B612 (Android App – iOS App)
In B612, you can take incredible selfies with beauty effects and sublime filters. This app has over 1,500 diverse stickers such as facial recognition stickers that can distort your face or turn you into a cute animal. Shiny effects and stylish analogue filter to brighten your day. Real-time beauty effects to get the classic shot at once. High quality filters ideal for selfies, food, landscapes, or any other occasion. You can also use editing tools from the gallery to make your existing photos more special. This app is easily available on both”
ios and android. You can get this amazing app from google play store and app store for free.
Adobe Lightroom (Android App – iOS App)
Adobe Photoshop Lightroom is a free, but effectively natural photo editor and camera app. Lightroom is the ideal tool for photographers, helping you to capture and edit marvellous images.
With easy-to-use image editing tools and filters for pictures, Lightroom makes photo editing simple. Retouch full-resolution images, use filters to your photography and start photo editing wherever you are. You can also now access all your Lightroom presets everywhere. Retouches and image edits on one device are automatically applied everywhere else, wasting no time for you.
Snapseed (Android App – iOS App)
Snapseed is a complete and professional photo editor app developed by Google. It has 29 Tools and Filters, which includes healing, brush, structure, HDR, perspective. You can tune any effect with precision. It includes the pro-level editing tools e.g. curves, white balance and raw editing which helps to make your photo slaying. You can easily get this app on google play store and app store without any difficulties with zero bucks.
PicsArt (Android App – iOS App)
PicsArt is your go-to, all-in-one photo editor on mobile. This app includes unique photo effects, drawing tools, image editor, collage maker, sticker maker, camera, photo filters, free image library, face editor with face swap, beautify tools, and much more! Unleash your vision with the 14th most downloaded app worldwide in 2019 and over 1 billion downloads to date. Begin with your picture or one from our network and give it a crop, cut out, or grid.
PicsArt is home to the hugely attractive sketch effect, glitch effect, vintage filters, aesthetic stickers, and more. AND it’s FREE!
3. Choose a border to match your photo
Our postcards are fully customisable with the ability to add borders so you can really make your postcards special. It’s so quick and easy, you can get back to exploring in an instant; no stamps and no letterboxes required! It’s especially easy for when you’re in the middle of the ocean with not a speck of land in sight. Our default postcard measures 6″ x 4″, or 148mm x 105mm (length x height). This is equivalent to ISO 216 standard paper size A6 and is the most common postcard size purchased internationally. Photowire also offers large postcards, which measure 8″ x 6″, or 210mm x 148mm and is equivalent to ISO 216 standard paper size A5. Your postcards are printed on thick, high quality, glossy paper. Also, you can send greeting cards direct to your recipient or back to yourself with an envelope.
4. Add a message on the postcard
With Photowire, send personalised postcards online by adding a message, expressing your feelings on postcards with zero difficulties. We turn your photos into real printed postcards which include your message designed in a standard postcard. Simply upload your favourite photos, write out a message and we will send your postcard directly to your recipient anywhere in the world. You can add text to the photo on the front of the postcard and write a message by describing your feelings on the back of the card. As you customise your cards, you can choose the style of font you want, as well as the date when you want the card to go into the mail. A postcard may be any colour as long as what is written on it, especially the address, is clear and easy to see. Once you preview your postcard and are happy with the cover, note, and address, it’s time to send your card online and make your loved one smile.
5. Send your photo as a postcard
Sending a postcard online means having a personalised card, an envelope and with no requirement of the stamp in a few clicks. We make the process of creating and sending postcards easy and simple. There’s no app to install, no sign up and no subscription fees, only pay for the product you want. You can send the same postcard to one or more recipients from your home or holiday destination for just £1.99. Everything at the end of your fingers.
What’s even better, is that cards back home with same day dispatch, making it the easiest way to send in a few clicks. You can go through our pricing details, that will clear out all your doubts. Our pricing and delivery time is quite simple. We aim to mail postcards on the same day from our print facilities in the UK (deliver within 1-3 days), Europe (within 3 to 5 days), and Rest of the world ( within 5-7 days). Still have questions? Go for our FAQs page, that will make everything easy for you. It will answer your every query instantly, or you can get in touch with us in our live chat.
Remember whether you’re home or away, Photowire is the best and simple way to create, print and send beautiful postcards using your photos and a lovely personalised message. We print your elegant postcards and mail them to anyone, anywhere, worldwide. Show how much you love and care for your family members and friends by sending beautiful and attractive postcards.
Whether on shore or land, Photowire is the easiest way to send a smile to your loved ones. Brighten someone’s day by sending them a sweet personalised postcard. Click here to send a personalised postcard now.
P.s.: Please note that the above are estimates and just like regular mail delivery times are subject to the local postal service. Besides, at peak periods such as Christmas and Valentine’s Day delivery times may be extended.
