Frequently Asked Questions
- How long will my pictures stay online?
- How can I download all my pictures?
- How does it work?
- How much does ImageShout cost?
- How long can I keep my phone number?
- How do I share my phone number?
- How can I make sure no inappropriate pictures get sent?
- Can I sort pictures into galleries?
- Who built ImageShout?
How long will my pictures stay online?
The best way to make sure you never lose your pictures is to have a copy yourself. While we haven't built this feature out, it's important that you control your pictures so please email us if you want a backup snapshot generated. All images are hosted on the Amazon cloud, and we'd be happy to manually send you an archive at any time.
How can I download all my pictures?
The best way to make sure you never lose your pictures is to have a copy yourself. While we haven't built this feature out, it's important that you control your pictures so please email us if you want a backup snapshot generated. All images are hosted on the Amazon cloud, and we'd be happy to manually send you an archive at any time.
How It Works
It's easy to get started and free to use.
- Sign up, get assigned your unique phone number
- Share that number with guests
- Guests text in their photos, can view the album
- Hosts moderate what is in the album
Everything is done via text message - you don't need to share your email. Guests don't need to sign up for an account. Nobody needs to download an app.
How much does ImageShout cost?
During our beta, we'll cover the costs of renting phone numbers and storing images long term. After 3 months, we are asking people cover the cost of providing the service ($20 / year). We will pay for keeping the photo album online for up to 3 years. When we leave beta, we plan to charge enough to make this a full-time gig, but don't have immediate plans while we're in beta to charge. Use it, and enjoy getting more memories, for free!
How long can I keep my phone number?
You can keep your phone number for as long as you want. It costs about $2/month to keep it active (+ usage costs), which ImageShout will cover during the beta. However, we can only cover that cost for a little bit as we are personally paying for this project. If you are getting value from the service and want to keep the phone number for longer than 3 months, we may ask you to cover the cost.
How do I share the phone number?
There's a few easy ways to share the number so people can text in pictures.
- Tell them the event number, they can send a picture text like normal
- Click the link on the QR Code page (see demo QR page). It will open their messaging app with the number prefilled.
- Text the event number with your friend's phone number. The system will message them with instructions.
How can I make sure no inappropriate pictures get sent?
While photos get posted automatically, the admin of the number has the ability to hide images from the gallery. If you would prefer that photos don't get posted until after they're approved, please let us know so we can enable that feature for your account.
Can I sort pictures into galleries?
Currently, all photos go into the main gallery - there is no way to further sort pictures. Eventually, we plan to add smart galleries so photos are automatically tagged by event, sender, and even self-tagged by guests.
Who built ImageShout?
ImageShout is built and operated by a wife and husband team - Katherine and Travis. We built ImageShout to crowdsource pictures from our own wedding in April 2022. After sharing the idea with a few friends, we had enough interest and decided to build it into a service. We're just trying to provide a useful service to people after we got 150 extra pics from our wedding.