#Tapsnap photobooth update#
#Tapsnap photobooth portable#

It doesn't compete with the professional photos, but it's like getting an alternative wedding album. Everything ends up in a digital album that the organizers have access to. They take funny pictures and write personal messages for the bride and groom. Even if they don't keep their photos, they see it as a digital guestbook. The touchscreen hardware is intuitive to them. Younger people immediately get the connection. They also need to be able to develop a good network and work with event planners and make contacts at the events they work. They don't have to be the life of the party, but they need to be engaging and get the crowd involved. As franchisees grow they will bring on people to assist them, but most start out doing it themselves. We need people who like being part of a social event. What type of franchisees are you looking for? You don't know what you're going to get working with a mom-and-pop company. We even did a customer appreciation day with a jewelry store, where they took photos of people wearing their stuff and put them on the web.Д«eing a franchise gives brides or corporate clients the comfort of knowing they're getting the best piece of equipment and that it will work as promised and deliver the best experience. The 42 monitor can be removed for a high level of portability. The four point multi-touch functionality allows up to four users to interact with the screen at the same time.

#Tapsnap photobooth portable#

So we do all kinds of events, like multiday street fairs and two-hour corporate events. The TapSnap portable photobooth is jam-packed with features, including: The centerpiece of the photobooth is an elegant 42 multi-touch display. But the TapSnap system fits in the back of a van and can be set up by one person in a few minutes. Because photo booths are so heavy and hard to move, most mom-and-pop renters won't do an event less than five hours. It's more powerful than the printed picture. With TapSnap, taking a photo is where it starts. The photo was the beginning and end, and people just left the photo strips on the table after a wedding.

But the typical experience has been to get in, snap a photo, and that's it.

#Tapsnap photobooth update#

Isn't the point of the photo booth that it's retro, like vinyl records? Why update it?Д«ooths aren't really that old-school-some have a limited ability to share or e-mail photos, and some have touchscreens. We asked him to give us the big picture on TapSnap. 'This is a way for people to start a small business without quitting their day job, and without a huge upfront investment.' 'We wanted to launch a new business that's fun to be a part of,' McInnes says. Most franchisees use the system to earn extra income, though a few have gone full-time, taking the machines to weddings, parties, street festivals and other events. So far Vancouver, British Columbia-based McInnes has sold 50 TapSnap territories.