Your shoot was perfect. Delivery is where reputations die.
Drive folders expire. Pen drives fail on the auntie's laptop. Gallery SaaS goes offline when you cancel the trial. Clients do not care which tool you love. They care that the photos open in 2028.
Here are six delivery paths that still work in 2026, and where Pixbox fits.
1. Email a gallery link
Still the default. One message, one URL, done.
Do this: brand the email, set download rules, include a deadline only if you mean it.
Don't: attach 2 GB zips. Email providers will eat them.
Pixbox: every client box gets a guest link. Hobby free · Solo $19 · Studio $49 for storage. Tools like Website or Store are $5/mo each if you want them. No Suite tax.
2. Share a direct link (SMS, WhatsApp, iMessage)
Families live in chat. A clean URL beats a PDF.
Works for vendors too. Florist wants teaser frames? Send a limited link, not your entire hard drive.
3. QR code on cards and signage
Print a QR at the reception. Guests open the gallery from their phone. No "what was the password again."
Pair this with Face Sort when you want every guest to see only their frames from one selfie.
4. Guest selfie feed (Face Sort)
Pixieset-class blogs talk about proofing favorites. The modern upgrade is one selfie → their photos.
400 guests. 3,000 frames. Nobody wants to scroll the whole set. Face Sort is the product answer. It lives on the delivery product, not a separate $40 "suite" upsell.
5. Prints from the photo
Clients buy when emotion peaks. That is inside the gallery, not on a second shop domain they never open.
Pixbox Store is a $5/mo tool. You keep your markup. Platform take is disclosed. Not a free-plan 15% skim.
6. One box for the whole shoot
Galleries + optional site + store + studio tools under one login.
Box sizes storage. Tools are optional $5 add-ons. That is the whole pricing story: Free · $19 · $49 boxes, tools $5 each. See pricing.
What to stop doing
- Google Drive "anyone with the link" as your client experience
- WeTransfer 7-day death clocks for wedding archives
- Galleries that die when you cancel your own subscription
FAQ
What is the best way to deliver wedding photos? A permanent client gallery link with full-res downloads, not a folder or expiring transfer.
How much does Pixbox cost? Hobby free. Solo $19/mo. Studio $49/mo. Tools $5/mo each. No Suite SKU.
Can guests find their own photos? Yes. Face Sort matches a selfie to frames across the shoot.
Start free: pixbox.io/signup.