8 Photo Sharing Platform Success Stories [2024]

Pat Walls

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Updated: November 19th, 2023

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Here are some real life success stories of starting a photo sharing platform:

1. Photobooth Supply Co. ($6M/year)

Brandon Wong, CEO of Photobooth Supply Co., came up with the idea for his business when he and his wife, who were wedding photographers, noticed a surge in popularity for photo booths at weddings. They saw an opportunity to improve upon the existing photo booth designs and created a sleek and portable photobooth with high-quality picture capabilities. After selling over 10 booths at a wedding photography expo, they realized they had tapped into a market with huge potential for growth.

How much they make: $6M/year
Current team size: 10

Embracing the Experience Economy with a $300K/mo Photo Booth Startup

Photobooth Supply Co. offers a profitable business opportunity through their sleek and portable photo booths, with up to 97% satisfaction rate and a focus on customer experience, in a fast-growing event industry where photo booths are exploding.

About

Brandon started Photobooth Supply Co. about 11 years ago

Revenue

Brandon grew the business to $500K/month

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2. Tookapic ($24K/year)

Pawel Kadysz, the founder of Tookapic, came up with the idea for his photo-sharing platform when he decided to document his daily life by taking a photo every day for a year. He realized the need for a community and support from others who were also taking up the challenge of a 365-day project, which inspired him to create the platform. Since then, Tookapic has attracted a niche group of non-photographers and has been successful in retaining customers through word of mouth, a short trial period, personalized communication from the founder, and an optimized nurture campaign.

How much they make: $24K/year
Current team size: 2

Everything I Learned Launching A $2K/Month Photojournal Project Website

Tookapic is a premium photo journaling platform and community that encourages amateur photographers to share one photo a day for a year, and with ~$2000/mo in subscriptions and an additional $100-200/mo from selling photo books and prints, it attracts entrepreneurs, accountants, programmers, teachers, doctors, lawyers, and other non-photographers.

About

Paweł started Tookapic over 10 years ago

Revenue

Paweł grew the business to $2K/month

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5. Google Photos

Google Photos is the home for all your photos and videos, automatically organized and easy to share.

Where they're located: Nashville, Tennessee, USA
Website traffic: 261M/month

So... can you actually make money with a photo sharing platform?

Of course. There are millions to be made in this industry.

But how?

Research real, profitable businesses and see exactly how much money they make.
Study exactly what works, and what doesn’t.
Take action, because now you have the roadmap.

Join Starter Story and build your next big thing:

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