Day nine. Found the best chips on the coast. Saved you none.
Send a digital postcard from your own photo. It arrives tonight.
Your photo on the front and a line or two on the back, in an envelope with their name on it. Sent as one link from your phone, so it gets there before you do.
Step by step
How to send a digital postcard
From your camera roll to their phone in a few minutes.
Pick the photo
Straight from your camera roll, upright or sideways. No photo to hand? Choose one of ours: the coast, the peaks, a city at night.
Write on the back
A line or two, like a real postcard. Add a postcard per photo, up to ten, and a letter if a line isn’t enough.
Choose the envelope
Airmail stripes, a seaside stamp, kraft and twine. Their name goes on the front.
Send the link
By text, WhatsApp or email, or we’ll email it to them for you. They tap the seal and the postcards come out one by one.
What they get
About five minutes for you to write. For them, one link that opens like the real thing.
A link, in their messages
Send it by text, WhatsApp or email, or we’ll email it to them for you.
They tap the seal
It opens in their browser. No app, no account, no password.
Then each piece, one by one
Your letter, a postcard of your photo, and a film of you saying it.
A digital postcard, a paper one, or a photo on WhatsApp?
A paper postcard is lovely when it arrives. This one arrives while you’re still on holiday.
| A digital postcard | A paper postcard | A photo on WhatsApp | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gets there | Tonight | A week or three from abroad, sometimes after you | Straight away |
| The picture | Your own photo, edge to edge | The shop’s, unless you print your own | Your own photo |
| Room to write | A line or two, and a letter if you like | Five lines, small | A caption |
| Arrives as | An envelope with their name on it | Something on the doormat | One message among forty |
| Kept | For good, opened as often as they like | On the fridge, for a while | Somewhere up the chat |
| What it costs | $1.29 for up to ten postcards | The card, the stamp and a post office | Nothing |
Ideas
What people send a digital postcard for
Each one starts on the envelope that suits it, with ideas for what to put inside.
Dear Them,
Dear Them,
Dear Them,
Dear Them,
Dear Them,
open me
open me
Dear Them,
Your first one’s free
After that, one price for the whole envelope, by what’s inside. Paid once. No subscription.
Letters and postcards$1.29Your first one free
Most popularWith a film$5Half price on your first
Taken off automatically at checkout. For a first envelope, once per email address.
Digital postcard questions
How do I send a digital postcard?
Start an envelope here, add a postcard, pick the photo and write a line or two on the back. Pay once, then send the link by text, WhatsApp or email, or we’ll email it to them for you.
How much does a digital postcard cost?
$1.29 for the whole envelope, with up to ten postcards (or postcards and a letter) inside. $5 if you add a film. Paid once by card through Stripe, with no subscription.
Can I make a postcard from my own photo?
Yes, straight from your phone or computer: JPEG, PNG, HEIC and the rest, up to 15 MB each, upright or sideways. Or pick one of our pictures if you haven’t got the right one.
Is it printed and posted?
No, and that’s the point: nothing is printed or posted, so it arrives tonight rather than in a week or three. If you want paper through the door, you need a print-and-post app instead.
Can I send more than one photo?
Yes. Each postcard carries one photo, and an envelope holds up to ten pieces, so add a postcard per photo. They come out one by one, in the order you set.
How is it different from an e-card?
An e-card is a design someone else made, with your name typed in. This is your own photo and your own words, in an envelope with their name on the front, and it can hold a letter and a film too.
Do they need an app?
No. One link, opened in the browser on any phone, tablet or computer. They tap the seal and the envelope opens.
Can I send it to several people?
One link can go to everyone. Or make one each, if Gran deserves her own.
How long does it last?
For good. They can open it as many times as they like, and come back to the photos whenever they want.
Send the view tonight. Wish they were here.
Pick an envelope
Envelopes that suit a digital postcard
Each piece inside gets its own paper and type, and you can change the envelope any time before you pay.
Or send
One envelope holds all three
A letter, postcards and a film, any mix, up to ten pieces, revealed one at a time in the order you set.