No. There is no express tier and no rush fee.
That is not restraint — it is that the two things which take the time cannot be bought back, and charging for the illusion would be selling you nothing.
Where the days actually go
| Stage | Time | Can money move it? |
|---|---|---|
| You gathering photographs | Up to three days | No. It is your material. |
| Design and layout | Two to four days | Barely. A person is doing it. |
| Your proof review | A day or two | No. It is your decision. |
| Waiting for Monday dispatch | Up to a week | No. It runs weekly. |
| Courier transit | Three to five days | Marginally, and not by us. |
Two of the five stages are waiting on you. No fee changes those. The dispatch cycle is fixed. Design could theoretically be rushed by pulling a designer off another order, which means somebody else’s book gets worse — not a trade we will make on request.
What a rush fee usually buys elsewhere
Sometimes something real: a genuinely expedited courier leg, or a job moved up a print queue.
Often it buys the normal turnaround with the word “express” attached, sold at the moment somebody is panicking about a date. That is the least defensible charge in this industry because it is priced against anxiety rather than against cost. Hidden costs in personalised gifting →
What actually moves your delivery earlier
Three things, all free, and together worth more than any fee could be:
Order early in the week. Dispatch runs Mondays. A Friday order catches that week; a Saturday order waits. This single choice is worth up to seven days.
Have the photographs ready before you order. Not after. The clock starts at the order, not at the moment you finish gathering.
Send all your proof changes in one message. Each round adds a day or two, and the estimate assumes roughly one. Ordering for a fixed date →
If the date is genuinely too close
We will say so rather than take the order. 5 to 14 days from order to doorstep, 5 to 12 to Delhi NCR — inside a week, nothing made to order arrives.
The better move is to split it: give a card on the day saying what is coming, and let the real thing be made properly. A good object a fortnight late is remembered longer than a rushed one on time. Made to order against a same-day gift →
The one thing that is genuinely faster
Not a fee — a format. A print pack at ₹270 has no design stage in the same sense: fewer decisions, fewer revisions, less to approve. It still joins the same weekly dispatch, but the part that waits on people is shorter.
If the date is tight and the archive is small, that is the honest fast option.
Frequently asked
Do you offer express or rush delivery? No. Two of the five stages wait on you and the dispatch cycle is weekly, so a fee would buy nothing real.
Can I pay to skip the queue? No. It would mean moving somebody else’s order down, which we will not do on request.
What actually makes it arrive sooner? Ordering early in the week, having photographs ready before ordering, and sending proof changes in one message.
Why does ordering early in the week matter so much? Dispatch is weekly, on Mondays. A Friday order catches that week; a weekend order waits seven days.
What if my date is in four days? Nothing made to order will arrive. Give a card explaining what is coming and have it made properly.
Part of our guide to what a photo magazine costs. See also: what happens after you order and fast personalised gifts.
Plan it properly: Photo magazines from ₹499 · Polaroid prints from ₹270