Postino

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For the artist, see Postino (artist). For the movie, see Il Postino.

Postino is an application built for iOS^[1], Android Facebook^[2] social network, which allows users to create custom physical postcards and to send them worldwide. The user takes a new photo with the camera (or uploads one from the computer), writes a message and a signature, pick a destination address, and send the postcard. The photo and data are processed and a physical card is printed on hi-quality photo paper and sent from the USA to any destination. An electronic-delivery option is also available.

Video Postino

How it works

Users visually create their postcards' front-side by using a local editor (on the iPhone or the Facebook application) which allows them to select and existing photo, crop, zoom-in/out it and position it inside one of the optional frames. When the front-side is ready, the user can write a custom greetings message for the back-side, draw a custom signature with the finger on the touchscreen (only for the iPhone version), select or write the destination address, and send the postcard.

All information are passed to a server-side processing service which composes the postcards, prints it on hi-quality photo paper, and then passes it to a delivery partner which can send the postcard worldwide. Normal delivery times are 2-4 days for addresses in the USA or Canada, and 7-10 days for Europe or the rest of the world.

Sending a physical postcard requires the user to use a virtual stamp. Virtual stamps can be bought from PayPal.

A free electronic-delivery option is also available, which sends the postcards as e-mail to the recipient addresses.