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FeaturePics has launched a partnership with another company allowing them product canvases as a print option.  If a buyer comes to FeaturePics and wants a canvas print they selected the button and you get 50% of the sale.  Read the press release below. San Francisco, CA — May 15, 2010 — With today’s release of FeaturePics Canvas Printing Service in partnership with Canvas Art Designs, visitors can confidently and cost-effectively choose new print media for images purchased at FeaturePics. FeaturePics Canvas Printing Service is an easy-to-use, affordable printing solution that enables small, independent designers and photographers to utilize a printing option that is both high quality and unique. Designed to be a step above ordinary printing, the newest addition to the FeaturePics lineup of tools allows visitors to order prints online with a number of canvas printing options available. FeaturePics Canvas Printing Service will help level the playing field with larger ...

A very short lived program over at Dreamstime was the adding of selling canvas prints and posters via a third party company. This program started up in October and is already being dropped due to having troubles with the third party. See the quick post below We decided to remove the prints program announced here . The logistical hassle and dependence on third party services made us reconsider the future of this program. It is also the reason why you didn't see too many updates. This program wasn't able to take off properly. It's the first time we had to remove a product since our inception, 5 years ago. No matter how difficult is to withdraw features that required a lot of work, I consider such move wiser than supporting a program that proved neither able to compete with our core model nor able to help it grow. New programs need to be disruptive in order to compete with core models. Furthermore, our customers experienced significant inconveniences and shipping...

Dreamstime is taking their game to the next level. They will soon be launching a new feature of ordering posters and/or canvases. This is a great addition as several stock sites have third parties that already do this...but I would think you are going to see greater sales. Also, currently many members are part of companies like DeviantART, Redbubble, etc...which do the same thing. It is only a matter of time before Dreamstime becomes a one stop shop. Below is a write up from the guys at DT. Very soon you'll be able to order posters and canvases from our site. This is self-explanatory so I will skip the basics. You all have such prints somewhere decorating your home or office walls. All RF images are eligible for this option (Editorial and Free Photos are excluded). Plus, ordering is fast and easy to use. Similar to image download, prints can be purchased in a matter of seconds. Thanks to our pricing model and a very simple formula, prices are kept minimal: production costs...