A store that turns family photos into a printed book

The business

My Family Book began as a family project: a soft book made for the owners' son. It went on to sell black-and-white books to customers in Australia and overseas.

The problem

Each personalised book is made from photos and words a customer supplies. Preparing every order by hand took a lot of time, and the owners wanted to automate it.

• Customers needed to upload photos and add text to a set page layout
• Images had to fit that layout
• Every finished order had to become a print-ready file

What we built

We built a custom store around the book-making steps.

Customers choose a template, upload their photos and add their words on the site. Checkout and payment sit in the same place. Once an order is placed, the site produces the print-ready book file automatically.

Why it matters for a small business

For a family business, preparing each order by hand takes hours. Automating that step gives those hours back.