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Is There a Minimum Order?

No overall minimum, and only one format has a floor. What the smallest sensible order is for each thing we make, and when to spend less than you planned.

No overall minimum. One book is a normal order, and it is treated like any other.

Only one format has a floor, and it is a practical one rather than a commercial one.

The floors, such as they are

Format Minimum Why
Photo magazine 1 book, 8 pages, ₹499 None. One is normal.
Photo diary 1, ₹699 None
Hardcover album 1, ₹1,299 None
Photo card deck 1 deck, 27 cards, ₹999 The deck is the unit
Polaroid prints 30 prints, ₹270 Below 30 the setup costs more than the prints
Printing your own magazine 1 copy, 8 pages, ₹299 None

Flat ₹70 delivery on all of it, to every serviceable pin code in India.

The polaroid floor, explained

Thirty prints at ₹9 each is ₹270. Ordering ten would not cost a third of that, because the work of laying out, colour-checking and cutting a run barely changes between ten prints and thirty.

So the minimum exists to keep the price per print honest rather than to push you upward. Thirty is also, in practice, about what a wall or a pinboard actually wants. Polaroid prints against a photo book →

Above the floor, the counts are simple. From 30 to 100 prints you choose in steps of ten; from 101 up to 1,000 you can pick any number; past 1,000 it is a quote on WhatsApp. The price stays ₹9 a print at every count — forty is ₹360, a hundred is ₹900 — with glossy lamination an optional ₹3 more per print. There is no cheaper rate for a bigger pack, so order the number you will actually use. How many polaroid prints to order →

When the smallest size is the right one

The minimum is not a compromise version. For a lot of occasions it is the correct size:

Smallest Holds Right when
8-page magazine About 24 photographs One evening, one trip, one small story
27-card deck 27 photographs, a caption on each A set of reasons or memories, not a narrative
20-page album About 80 photographs A family event with plenty of strong images
60-sheet diary 10–15 photographs up front, lined pages after Someone who will write in it
30 prints 30 photographs A wall, a pinboard, a care package

The test is whether you have enough good photographs to fill the size without reaching for weaker ones. If you have twenty-four you love and forty you merely like, the 8-page magazine is the better book. How many photos is too many →

The floor nobody sets, and should

There is no minimum spend. There is a point below which you should not spend at all, and it is worth naming because nobody selling you something usually will.

Under about ₹400, a well-chosen ordinary gift beats a thin custom one. A padded book made from twelve photographs is worse than a good ordinary object, and it costs more. At that budget, thirty prints at ₹270 is the honest custom answer, and anything below that should probably be spent elsewhere. Personalised gifts by budget →

The other direction

There is no maximum either, and no bulk gate. The site takes up to 20 of one item in a single cart line; if you want fifty magazines for a team, the rest is arranged on WhatsApp. If you want one, you can order one and it is treated identically.

Bulk does change the conversation on timelines rather than on minimums — a large run needs more notice, not a bigger order. Corporate and bulk gifting →

Ordering several different things

Common, and there is no minimum per item. A magazine for one person and a print pack for another is two items in one order, delivered together for one flat ₹70.

What it does affect is timing: everything travels in one parcel, so the order goes out on the Monday after the last proof is approved. Approve each one as it arrives rather than waiting to look at them all together. What happens after you order →

Copies against different books

Two orders can look alike and be priced quite differently, so it is worth knowing which one you are placing.

Several copies of one design. The same magazine for each of three siblings. Extra copies of a piece we design cost less than the first — ask at the proof stage, and they are printed and dispatched together with it.

Several different designs. A separate book for each sibling, each with their own photographs. Each one is designed from scratch, so each is its own price.

The print service is the exception to both: a magazine you designed yourself is simply priced per copy, from ₹299 for 8 pages.

Frequently asked

Can I order just one photo book? Yes. One is the normal order and there is no surcharge for it.

What is the minimum for polaroid prints? Thirty prints, at ₹9 each, so ₹270. Below thirty the setup costs more than the prints do.

Is there a minimum spend? No. But under about ₹400 a good ordinary gift beats a thin custom one, and we would rather say so.

Do I get a discount for ordering more? For genuine bulk, talk to us. For extra copies of a book we design, yes — they cost less than the first, so ask at the proof stage. Two or three different items are each simply their own price, and there is no minimum to clear.

Can I combine different products in one order? Yes, with one flat ₹70 delivery for the lot. Everything ships once the last design is approved.


Part of our questions people ask before ordering. See also: what each budget actually buys and cheap against expensive photo books.

One is a normal order: Polaroid prints from ₹270 · Photo magazines from ₹499

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