<s>
Snapfish	B-Algorithm
is	O
a	O
web-based	O
photo	B-Algorithm
sharing	I-Algorithm
and	O
photo	O
printing	O
service	O
owned	O
by	O
Shutterfly	B-Algorithm
based	O
in	O
San	O
Francisco	O
,	O
California	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Snapfish	B-Algorithm
was	O
launched	O
in	O
1999	O
by	O
business	O
partners	O
Rajil	O
Kapoor	O
,	O
Bala	O
Parthasarathy	O
,	O
Suneet	O
Wadhwa	O
,	O
and	O
Shripati	O
Acharya	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ben	O
Nelson	O
joined	O
soon	O
thereafter	O
as	O
corporate	O
development	O
operations	O
lead	O
,	O
to	O
become	O
CFO	O
and	O
later	O
president	O
and	O
CEO	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Jasbir	O
Patel	O
was	O
named	O
president	O
and	O
CEO	B-Application
in	O
January	O
2017	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2004	O
,	O
Snapfish	B-Algorithm
opened	O
a	O
physical	O
retail	O
concept	O
store	O
in	O
Alexandria	O
,	O
Virginia	O
,	O
but	O
later	O
closed	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
next	O
year	O
,	O
Snapfish	B-Algorithm
was	O
bought	O
by	O
Hewlett-Packard	O
for	O
$300	O
million	O
while	O
Nelson	O
was	O
CEO	B-Application
,	O
even	O
though	O
the	O
service	O
's	O
revenue	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
was	O
less	O
than	O
$100	O
million	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
During	O
this	O
time	O
,	O
Snapfish	B-Algorithm
partnered	O
with	O
Walgreens	O
,	O
Costco	O
,	O
and	O
Walmart	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
August	O
2013	O
,	O
Snapfish	B-Algorithm
announced	O
on	O
their	O
local	O
websites	O
(	O
and	O
through	O
a	O
mailing	O
to	O
members	O
)	O
that	O
they	O
were	O
shutting	O
down	O
the	O
service	O
in	O
Belgium	O
,	O
India	O
,	O
the	O
Netherlands	O
and	O
Spain	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
April	O
2015	O
,	O
HP	O
reached	O
an	O
agreement	O
to	O
sell	O
Snapfish	B-Algorithm
back	O
to	O
District	O
Photo	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Snapfish	B-Algorithm
said	O
that	O
although	O
some	O
photo	O
albums	O
were	O
recovered	O
,	O
others	O
would	O
remain	O
empty	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Typically	O
Snapfish	B-Algorithm
has	O
three	O
versions	O
of	O
images	O
:	O
high	O
resolution	O
,	O
low	O
resolution	O
,	O
and	O
printable	O
images	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
September	O
28	O
,	O
2018	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
announced	O
that	O
Snapfish	B-Algorithm
would	O
acquire	O
CafePress	O
for	O
more	O
than	O
$25	O
million	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
June	O
10	O
,	O
2019	O
,	O
Apollo	O
Global	O
Management	O
announced	O
that	O
it	O
would	O
acquire	O
both	O
Snapfish	B-Algorithm
and	O
its	O
rival	O
Shutterfly	B-Algorithm
in	O
separate	O
deals	O
valued	O
at	O
around	O
$3	O
billion	O
in	O
total	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
two	O
companies	O
would	O
be	O
merged	O
into	O
a	O
single	O
entity	O
,	O
with	O
Snapfish	B-Algorithm
parent	O
company	O
District	O
Photo	O
as	O
a	O
minority	O
stakeholder	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
merger	O
of	O
Shutterfly	B-Algorithm
and	O
Snapfish	B-Algorithm
was	O
completed	O
on	O
January	O
8	O
,	O
2020	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
May	O
4	O
,	O
2020	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
announced	O
that	O
Snapfish	B-Algorithm
will	O
no	O
longer	O
be	O
providing	O
the	O
platform	O
for	O
Boots	O
Photo	O
in	O
the	O
UK	O
and	O
Ireland	O
from	O
May	O
13	O
,	O
2020	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
September	O
1	O
,	O
2020	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
announced	O
that	O
PlanetArt	O
had	O
acquired	O
CafePress	O
from	O
Snapfish/Shutterfly	O
.	O
</s>
