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Do You Offer Gift Vouchers?

No, not currently. Three things that solve the same problem better, including the one people ask vouchers for most: giving without knowing the details yet.

No, not currently. There is no gift card and no voucher code to buy.

That is worth explaining rather than just stating, because the thing people usually want a voucher for is solvable — often better than a voucher would solve it.

What people actually want when they ask

Usually one of three things.

“I want to give this, but I do not have their photographs.”

“I want them to choose the size themselves.”

“I want to give it now and let them deal with it later.”

A voucher answers all three by deferring everything, and in the process it hands the recipient a chore: here is some credit, now go and assemble sixty photographs. For a gift whose entire value is that somebody else did the thinking, that is a poor trade.

What works instead

What you want Better than a voucher
You have no photographs of them Ask one person close to them for twenty
Let them pick the size Order the small size; a full 8-page book beats a padded 24
Give now, make later Give a card saying what is coming, then make it properly
Pay for someone else’s order Send them the money and let them order
Group gift, undecided One person orders, everybody pays them

The card-now, book-later move

This is the closest honest equivalent to a voucher, and it is better than one.

Give a card on the day explaining what is being made. Then collect the photographs — from them, or from people around them — and have it made properly. The object arrives a fortnight later and the anticipation is not a consolation prize.

It also removes the voucher’s real failure mode: vouchers expire unredeemed. A promise you have already started acting on does not. Ordering for a fixed date →

What to write on the card

The card does the job a voucher would have done, so it has to say three things a voucher never does: what is coming, roughly when, and what — if anything — you need from them.

The surprise version. “Something is being made for you. It needs a couple of weeks. Do not ask.” This works when you already have the photographs, or can get them from other people without the recipient noticing.

The involving version. “I am making you a book of your first year in Bangalore. Send me your twenty favourite photos from it by Sunday.” This works when only they have the material — and it turns the gap between the card and the book into part of the gift rather than a wait.

Put a date on anything you ask of them. “When you get a chance” is how a card-now, book-later plan becomes a card-now, book-never one.

The occasions that tempt a voucher

Two in particular, and both are cases where the photographs do not exist yet.

A wedding. On the day, the photographs are still with the photographer. Give the card at the wedding and order when the photographer’s files arrive; a book of their own wedding, a couple of months later, lands when the day is starting to blur.

A new baby. A book of a three-day-old is mostly one face, asleep. Promise the first year on the card, collect as it happens, and order around the first birthday. Best format for a new baby →

When they really should choose

Sometimes the recipient genuinely knows better — which format, which size, which photographs. You still do not need a voucher:

Choose it together. Sit with them, go through the product pages, pick the format and size, and pay at checkout yourself with their address for delivery. Ten minutes, and the choice is theirs.

Let them send the photographs. Once you have ordered, they can send photographs straight to the order’s WhatsApp thread. You approve the proof, so agree beforehand what they want to see changed. Ordering on someone else’s behalf →

For a company

Teams often ask for vouchers because they seem easier to hand out. For a set of gifts, the better route is usually a bulk order — each piece made for its person, delivered to one office or to individual addresses across India, with proofs approved by your side. Corporate and bulk gifting →

If you genuinely have no material

You are not stuck. Ask their sibling, their oldest friend or their partner for twenty photographs. It is an easy request to say yes to, and the result is better than anything the recipient would have assembled about themselves, because they appear in it properly.

⚠️ That is also the one thing a voucher cannot buy: a book about you is nearly impossible to make yourself. Handing someone credit hands them exactly the job that makes the gift not work.

What it costs to just order it

An eight-page magazine is ₹499 and thirty prints are ₹270, flat ₹70 delivery anywhere in India. Both are below what most people would put on a voucher anyway, which is a reasonable argument for simply deciding. What each budget buys →

Frequently asked

Do you sell gift cards or vouchers? No, not currently. There is no code to buy and nothing to redeem.

Can I pay for someone else’s order? Not through us as a voucher. Send them the amount directly and let them place the order, or place it yourself with their delivery address.

What if I do not have their photographs? Ask somebody close to them for twenty. It works better than a voucher, because a book about someone is the one thing they cannot easily make for themselves.

Can I order now and supply photographs later? Yes, though the designer can only start once the photographs arrive, so dispatch waits for them. If it will be a while, give a card first and order when the material is ready.

What is the cheapest way to give something now? Thirty prints at ₹270. It is a real object rather than a promise, and it is below most voucher amounts.


Part of our questions people ask before ordering. See also: is there a minimum order and how ordering works.

Simply order it: Photo magazines from ₹499 · Polaroid prints from ₹270