Photobook UK Reviews 

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TrustScore 3.5 out of 5

3.3

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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Ordered a personalised luggage tag but was disappointed with the product as the text on the back came out so small that it is barely legible. I contacted the company who showed me the proof that I a... See more

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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

I put together a photo books on their site and put it in my basket but it was expensive around £150 so I left it, they sent me an offer today with 50% discount on photo books so I thought woo nice. We... See more

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Have been using Photobook UK now for over 5 years to produce a range of different books. Mostly lay flat Hard Cover Books of around 40 pages. Today received my latest three creations. All beautifully... See more

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

I always love doing memory utilizing photobook! it makes our travel very special! Photobook is expensive on the other hand but it’s worth it. I hope photobook staffs read this and maybe lower their pr... See more

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Photobook UK is an online platform that allows individuals to create and customise personalised photo albums, prints, and other photo-based products. The company offers a wide range of design templates, editing tools, and materials to create photo products such as photo books, photo prints, canvas prints, calendars, and more. Customers can upload their own photos, choose the design and layout, and add personalised text to create unique and meaningful photo products. Photobook UK operates in multiple countries and ships to over 100 countries, and has won several awards for its innovative photo products and services. The company's mission is to help customers preserve and share their precious memories through high-quality photo products that are both beautiful and durable.


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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Good quality

Good quality, received in 10 days! Super satisfying! Highly recommended!

June 8, 2023
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Reply from Photobook UK

Hi Janesse, thank you for giving us a 5-star rating! Your positive feedback really helps us to keep going and delivering the best. We look forward to preserving more of your treasured memories again soon.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Great job!

Great job!
Keep up the good work!

December 1, 2022
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Reply from Photobook UK

Hi WJ, thank you for giving us a 5-star rating! Your positive feedback really helps us to keep going and delivering the best. We look forward to preserving more of your treasured memories again soon.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Their quality control: Just send out misprinted worthless crap and see if the customer minds!

The problem with my print was totally obvious and unmissable and instead of reprinting and getting it right, they just sent out items with obvious, outrageous errors. I can't stress enough that they must have knowingly, wilfully sent out defective crap, not caring in the slightest that I paid for express delivery. It says in the guarantees section "Your photo product undergoes rigorous process of quality control before being shipped" - that is absolute BS. If it was checked by even the most inexperienced idiot in the world, it would have been obvious that it was not fit for purpose and only fit for a bin. Go to Vistaprint or anywhere but these jesters because they will gleefully send you items that they know are totally wrong and worthless and will inevitably need refunding. Absolutely disgusting, I hope this company goes under.

May 3, 2023
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Reply from Photobook UK

Hi Colton, we apologize that you received your order in less than satisfactory. We have responded to your email with case ID 3301648 requesting for the sample photos for investigation. Rest assured that we will do the necessary action to fix it. Thank you.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

What a deterioration!

The book arrived after a long time - the postage was overpriced and the communication poor. I have been ordering these “free books” for sometime now, size 8”x6” - not easy to prepare but satisfactory. This time the book has reduced in size from 8”x6” to 6”x6”- so small, they have put huge borders round the pictures which make the pictures even smaller! They don’t tell you this until the payment page - by which time I was so relieved to have finally finished preparing the book I didn’t even notice. I will never use them again and my advise to you is ‘don’t either’!!!’

March 14, 2023
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Reply from Photobook UK

Hi Jennifer, we apologize for the delayed delivery and for the experience you've had with our service. Please allow us to check on this by providing your order number and few sample photos of the actual albums you received. You can send it to the same or existing email/chat thread you have with us for further review. Rest assured that necessary action will be done to resolve it. Thank you.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Shocking customer service

I ordered a Photobook and a couple of hours after realised I wanted to change the title of the book. I know it was my mistake but l sent email after email with no response. These books are quite expensive, especially the delivery cost which is added in after the order has been confirmed. Customer service is shocking and I’ll go elsewhere in future. One solution answer your emails.

February 11, 2023
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Reply from Photobook UK

Hi Mandy, we are sorry to know about your experience. Please allow us to check further by sending the order details through our chat channel along with the email case number. Rest assured that we will look into your concern. Hoping for your patience and understanding on this matter. Thank you

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

High shipping costs

I ordered a 2023 A3 photo poster calendar. It is difficult to get this, so I was glad to find a company who were still printing these. It was simple to upload the photos and the price seemed reasonable, £3.60 for the photo calendar, well that was until I got to the shipping section. I was charged £11.95 for shipping. I was shocked as this is a UK based company, surely shipping shouldn't cost that much. The calendar arrived quickly, but the quality wasn't as good as the ones that I used to order from Planet Photo, but unfortunately they have gone out of business.

January 5, 2023
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Reply from Photobook UK

Hi Rukshana Hussain, we're sorry to know that you find the shipping cost that high for your order and the quality of the product you received did not meet your expectations. Photobook UK is part of the Photobook Worldwide group wherein we ship orders internationally. However, all orders will be produced in our printing and production facility which is located in Malaysia.

Meanwhile, please allow us to check on printing quality by providing your order details and few sample photos of the item you received. Kindly send it through live chat which is located on the lower left side of the webpage (https://www.photobookuk.co.uk/). Thank you.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

Won't use again

I've used them a lot - the photobook editor can be clunky but I'm used to it, and the quality has always been pretty good. I'm also used to the very high delivery charges, but with the initial discounts that's usually evened out so they come in at about the same price as other companies. But for Christmas I ended up needing eight items and hadn't factored in that they charge the same high delivery on each item, even though they are all coming in the same package and every other company would be offering discounts on multiple items. Obviously the high delivery charges are just there to make money and I got stung this time, paying way over what I would have got elsewhere. Won't use them again, they're no better or worse than other companies but the charges have left a bad taste this time (and, for the first time, the quality had actually dipped, there's a few pages with slight colour distortion).

December 2, 2022
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Reply from Photobook UK

Hi Alex, we apologize for the shipping cost charged in your order and the quality of the product you received did not meet your expectations. The shipping fee will be charged per item. However, you can get a discounted shipping fee when you checkout all the projects under the same product category at the same time. For more info, you may check it here: (https://www.photobookuk.co.uk/product/shipping-info)

For further assistance, please provide us your order number and few sample photos of the actual item you received showing the printing issue for investigation. Kindly send all the information through live chat which is located on the lower left side of the webpage (https://www.photobookuk.co.uk/). Thank you.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Shocking service

Shocking service. Still not received my book despite several email asking for an update. They take your money quick however they don’t deliver. Thieves

December 12, 2022
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Reply from Photobook UK

Hi Kate, we apologize for the delayed delivery of your order. Please provide us the case ID of the email you've sent together with your order details for necessary assistance. Kindly send all the information through live chat which is located on the lower left side of the webpage (https://www.photobookuk.co.uk/). Thank you.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Shocking my book was meant to be with…

Shocking my book was meant to be with me on 6/12 even with postal strikes it should have made it. I have sent emails no response total lack of customer service but very happy to take your money

December 6, 2022
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Reply from Photobook UK

Hi Laura, we're sorry to know that you haven't received your order yet. Please provide us the case ID of the email you've sent together with your order details for necessary assistance. Kindly send all the details through live chat which is located on the lower left side of the webpage (https://www.photobookuk.co.uk/). Thank you.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

Horrible service

Horrible service! Took ages to deliver.

December 7, 2022
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Reply from Photobook UK

Hi Arturas, we're sorry to know that you didn't receive your product. Please provide us your order number and registered email address for necessary assistance. Kindly send all the details through live chat which is located on the lower left side of the webpage (https://www.photobookuk.co.uk/). Thank you.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

They hide the delivery cost

They hide the delivery cost, you would never think it is £12 to deliver a calendar.
I haven't even received it yet, but because I bought a 'voucher' to get Cyber Monday discount they got me locked in.
It's not enough to say it's in the T&C's as this isn't reflective of how much it is to send something through the post as per Royal Mail guidelines.
Therefore, this extortionate price - which I would love to see how this number is broken down - makes this completely not worth while.
Basically I've just been conned. Stay away,

November 29, 2022
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Reply from Photobook UK

Hi Sam, we are sorry to know of the shipping fee charged in your order. The delivery cost of each product is indicated on our website which you can check here - https://www.photobookuk.co.uk/product/shipping-info

To further assist you, please send us the details of your concern through chat including your order number. Our chat icon is located at the bottom left part of our website. Thank you.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Complete fiasco!

Design Time: Way too long! Software difficult to use and kept reverting to useless templates and adding pages without permission!
Ordering: Slow and clunky. Website not intuitive.
Software: Rubbish! Suggest that you scrap it and start again. If I set a number of photos and total pages, it should create a book based on this AND preserve the order specified. It does nothing useful and I needed to build by hand!
Suggestion: Still missing 1 of 4 books. Delayed repeatedly without feedback. Missed event deadline by two weeks so far AND still incomplete! Will NEVER use company again and recommend to all not to waste any time with them. Utterly incompetent!
UPDATE: Eventually 3 out of 4 books arrived: When chased, it took another week to create the missing book and resend. List of excuses simply not credible, and company appears to be disinterested in publishing the feedback themselves, thus I am publishing here

October 24, 2022
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Reply from Photobook UK

Hi Don, we apologize for the experience you've had with our service. Please allow us to help by providing the details through chat. If you have an existing email conversation with us, please send us a new message. Rest assured that we will do the necessary action to resolve your concern. Our chat is located on the lower left side of the webpage (https://www.photobookuk.co.uk/). Thank you.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

I ordered 4 photo books as sadly my…

I ordered 4 photo books as sadly my husband died and we have a wake Saturday 26th, on my account it says they have been delivered but I haven’t received them, I’m so upset as I need them for the wake have emailed twice no reply

November 21, 2022
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Reply from Photobook UK

Hi Sheree, we are sorry to hear about what happened. Please allow us to check the status of your order by providing the order details through chat. If you have the email case ID, kindly include it in the chat. Rest assured that we will do the necessary action to resolve your concern.

You may send all the details through live chat which is located on the lower left side of the webpage (https://www.photobookuk.co.uk/). Thank you

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

AVOID AVOID… you get a “come on” with…

AVOID AVOID… you get a “come on” with attractive offer on email etc - in my case 3 identical calendars for which you have to buy a voucher ( delivery extra). BUT you then create item enter voucher code and get hit with ludicrously high delivery cost which in my case was almost 150% the value of voucher AND then hit with “ premium “ paper surcharge which seems default setting in creation. My basic calendars ended up costing over £40 for 3. AVOID

November 19, 2022
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Reply from Photobook UK

Hi Mr West, we're sorry to know of the additional charges incurred in your order. Shipping fees are usually not included in the promotions you will purchase which is indicated in the Terms & Conditions. Furthermore, there's an option to choose the default paper for the Calendar so you will not be charged for the paper upgrade. For further assistance, please send to us the order details through chat which is located at the lower left side of the webpage (https://www.photobookuk.co.uk/). Thank you.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

This is a Company to avoid

This is a Company to avoid. Their offers appear cheap at first sight, but when you find the postage cost it is a different story. The Company PhotobooksUK is actually based in Malaysia - hence the high shipping costs. Their systems are difficult to use and their App cannot be used for some orders. The system of photobook construction is claimed to use Artificial Intelligence rather than common sense - or so it would seem. My photobooks were badly set out, some photos cropped and some of the colours very poor. Complaint response is prompt - but leads nowhere other than more cost!

September 26, 2022
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Reply from Photobook UK

Hi John Ryden, we apologize that you received your album in less than satisfactory. Our company also values all the feedback given for the improvement of our design platform and service. Photobook uk is also part of Photobook Worldwide group. All our products are produced in our production facility in Malaysia and shipped globally. Please also check our response to your concern sent through email with case ID 3245004 and let us know if you need further clarification. Thank you.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

0 star rating

If I could I wouldn't even give this company a 1star rating. I created a Photobook for my friend whose husband passed away, the first book sent was damaged and water marks on most photos, they sent a replacement and again the book was damaged and water marked. I had to send photos of the book and photos side by side. They turned around and said they would refund me. I waited weeks so decided to to though PayPal, they agreed through PayPal to refund me the case then closed. They send me an email and said they would not refund me. I then rang PayPal and because the purchase was personalised and not under buyer protection they wouldn’t give me the refund.

August 1, 2022
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Reply from Photobook UK

Hi Tiffany, please accept our apologies for the condition of the books you received. We know how important these photos of the memories of your friend's late husband. Allow us to further investigate it by providing the case ID of the email you've sent or you can send a new message to the existing email conversation you've has with us so we can further assist you. Thank you.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Terrible website

Terrible website, spent hours creating a lovely photo-book for them to charge £19 for delivery!!!

What a scam and waste of everyones time..

September 12, 2022
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Reply from Photobook UK

Hi Jon Boxall, we are sorry if you find it that way. The shipping fee will depend on the product type/size, location and shipping method you will choose upon checkout. Please refer to our shipping page on the website - https://www.photobookuk.co.uk/product/shipping-info

For further assistance, you may send a message on our live chat channel - https://www.photobookuk.co.uk/. Thank you

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Ordered on the 17th Aug 2022

Ordered on the 17th Aug 2022, paid for the express shipping option and here we are 13 days later and still not shipped, feels like the company is profiting by offering a service and not delivering, shame as they have been great in the past.

August 30, 2022
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Reply from Photobook UK

Hi Dean Wynne, apologies for the delayed delivery. Rest assured that our production team is doing their best to expedite the completion of all pending orders. We hope that your order has been received as per your expectation.

For further assistance, you may go directly at our website and send a message on our direct chat https://www.photobookuk.co.uk/. Thank you

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Taking the p#ss!!

Taking the p#ss!!! I wanted 1 photo to print in a 4x6, came across this website after spending ages browsing as most places print 6x4. Created an account and went to check out, for a 12p photo this company is wanting to charge £8.95!!! Have a laugh!! You will not get business by offering ridiculous shipping prices. Please have a word with whoever deals with the financial side and make sure he/she aren’t of the MP that are charging extortionate prices!! I’d rather pay the petrol prices and find a shop to print at this rate.

June 13, 2022
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Reply from Photobook UK

Hi Hayley Scott, we have taken note of your feedback and we are sorry if you find it that way. The shipping fee will depend on the product type/size, location and shipping method you will choose upon checkout. It is also indicated on the shipping page on the website - https://www.photobookuk.co.uk/product/shipping-info

For further clarification, you may go directly at our website and send a message on our direct chat https://www.photobookuk.co.uk/. Thank you.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

They have been brilliant up to now but…

They have been brilliant up to now but I now have a problem and am unable to contact them. I have tried email (correct address) given on this site to a previous customer, their own app says Id is invalid, don't know what to do now to get an answer. My app is telling me my order is in progress and email telling me has been despatched. Urgent now, as a present.

June 10, 2022
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Reply from Photobook UK

Hi Susan Slater, we apologize for any inconvenience and for the delayed reply. Our company values all the feedback given for the improvement of our service. Please send us the order details through chat (https://www.photobookuk.co.uk/) for checking. Rest assured that we will look into this. Thank you

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