Shutterfly Share Sites Reviews

by Gehhseijdbhsjshsvshsjshwjshsj

We use this site/app to help organize a baseball team. I have not had any issues with the web site on my computer, but ShutterflyShareSites is cumbersome for showing availability for games/ practices, and worthless for messages.
I get an notification on my phone that the coach has sent a message, click on the message, and it is blank. I then go to the website, have to navigate that with my phone (it’s not configured for mobile devices), in order to read a message.
In ShutterflyShareSites , in order to show availability, I have to go to the calendar, click on an event, select availability, make my choice, click back to go to the event, click back to go to the calendar, select the next event date, select availability, and make my selection. Very, very time consuming. Especially knowing that in the website you can go to the availability page and make all of your selections there.
After a few years of fumbling through with ShutterflyShareSites, our team is going to be using a different app to organize our team. Maybe, if the issues are fixed, we will come back, but with all of the issues we’ve had....

by Mrs. RC3/4

I have used ShutterflyShareSites with my families at preschool for 3 years. Loved it. Now, I cannot get it to work anymore. The Mobil doesn’t show you the same stuff that it does on the computer and is so limited. I am ShutterflyShareSites owner and can’t do anything unless I sign in with my computer. Parents have stopped using it because it is so limiting and allows them hardly any ability to see all the cool things I put on the computer version. I am going to have to look for a different way to share photos with parents next year. Which is really sad because this was so easy and simple before. And parents purchased things too. But now it’s like you traded a computer for a useless brick.

by Seftali88

If you enter an album and want to go back to the main page of all albums, it takes you back up to the very beginning. The shared site we are a part of has a ton of albums and for some reason the ones that concern me are towards the very end so I have to scroll frantically each time I want to move between albums. Plus, you used to be able to save the photos to your phone album, and with the new update you are no longer able to do so. I get that they're trying to make money with prints but no one is going to want to print every single photo, and if anything this is making me less willing to do so.

by 2jmb

It worked ok at first then came the frustrations. Unable to use certain features I once could was how it started. Then unable to upload pictures, this happened to several people in our group not just me. My final frustration is now the calendar section is unusable! The dates don’t line up correctly with the days of the week so trying to figure out what is actually scheduled on a day is difficult. Adding an event is next to impossible. The calendar issue is also an issue for more than just me. Wasn’t thrilled with ShutterflyShareSites to begin with but now I really can’t stand it. Will be looking at a new one for our group soon.

by AnnieDols

This was a great app that I was able to share easily with family and friends... until it stopped working. There hasn’t been an update for 2 months and it won’t upload photos anymore. I’ve tried deleting ShutterflyShareSites , signing out and in... and the website is no help. Shutterfly is quickly falling behind with its issues and lack of custom service. I always make a family calendar and we always order about 10, this year actual dates from the year were missing and the rep said to change the start date, which sure helped the issue but I didn’t want that start date AND it kicked some of my pictures out of the calendar dates, losing hours of work!!

by SoCAliMama

ShutterflyShareSites is worthless when trying to communicate with a classroom.
The pages do not include all the Information on the regular share site. Most parents prefer the convenience of ShutterflyShareSites but then miss key details, like volunteer information.

ShutterflyShareSites became less user friendly with the recent update. You can no longer scroll through photos in an album by side swiping. Instead each photo much be opened and closed. Photo uploading has become a much slower process as well. The concept is fantastic and a great convenience, but the latest update was a step in the wrong direction.

by Roswell433

I upload my albums from my P\C. It was a struggle to figure out, but at least I can share my albums there with no issues. But using ShutterflyShareSites has no value to me or those I want to share my photos with.
My prologues to each album are not accessible on ShutterflyShareSites , it tells a short story about the album; if you turn your device horizontal for a larger view of the photo, the description covers the photo defeating the purpose; if you copy and paste your descriptions from another source, like FaceBook, hidden characters appear and can not be deleted; my friends must login to access ShutterflyShareSites , which defeats my purpose of leaving FaceBook. Think I will delete ShutterflyShareSites and recommend to my followers that they just use the web for access.

by Slubclub

I’ve been using ShutterflyShareSites for 5 years...it was always a bit clunky but generally just fine for sharing pictures with family. They recently removed the functionality that you could pick a folder from which to upload your photos...I used to save my favorites then do a quick upload every few weeks to keep family up to date. Now you can only choose all photos to upload from...meaning I have to search through every photo (again) to upload the best ones. It doesn’t even let you see which ones are favorited on your phone. Such a terrible user experience!! Please revert this change ASAP. I don’t have the patience to use ShutterflyShareSites with the new update and will be taking my photo sharing elsewhere if this is not reverted.

by Llallallama

I have been using ShutterflyShareSites for years and have loved it. I am not on social media and ShutterflyShareSites is how I share pictures of my son with far away family members. Family loves ShutterflyShareSites because they can order prints easily. The most recent update took away the ability to swipe left and right in a photo album to go from one picture to the next. You now have to click on a photo to see a full version but then close the photo and click on the next to continue looking at pictures in the album. Why on earth would it ever make sense to remove the ability to swipe and scroll through your pictures? The update has turned one of my favorite apps into something that is basically useless. I’m going to start looking for a different option to share photos if this is not fixed.

by EdtheRaider

Must say since our organization has downloaded the newest version with the availability piece upgraded we have had nothing but problems. Access to update a kids status was basically lost to the majority of our organization. Only those with the previous version had the ability to update, otherwise all status updates have had to be funneled through that parent who did not upgrade. No bueno. Hearing complaints from 100 parents isn’t my idea of a good time. Please fix the bug or give us access to back out to the previous version which had its problems but never this far reaching or damaging.

Sad in Pasadena.

by Neelz14

Our school is signed how you lifetouch and they use Shutterfly to collect pictures. In testing ShutterflyShareSites out we realized that all the restrictions we setup such as restricting downloads and sharing of pictures only works when you are on desktop/laptop. If you have ShutterflyShareSites you can DL and share everyone’s pictures!! In today’s world why would anyone think it’s ok to allow open DL of children’s pictures??? Need to put in a fix to allow committees to restrict usage of mobile app (ie parents have to login via desktop/lapto), until the security issue is resolved..

Gave 2 stars because ShutterflyShareSites has potential..

by Chars Mom

I really love Shutterfly’s shared site tool. I’ve been using it for several years to keep my daughters Girl Scout troop organized. It’s not a perfect fit, but it really is a great tool to keep parents informed and information at their fingertips. Helps with communication and overall success of our troop.

Unfortunately ShutterflyShareSites sometimes create major issues… It is so buggy and it doesn’t feel like it has been updated in forever, it isn’t accurate and doesn’t reflect the web tool. I’ve had numerous parents say that they don’t get updates, say that they enter information that never shows up on the web tool…

The syncing between the web tool and ShutterflyShareSites is awful and therefore I’m getting close to just telling everyone not to use ShutterflyShareSites . Shutterfly, please fix ShutterflyShareSites… It really is helpful when it’s working and your shared sites are so great for youth activities.

I love being able to post all of the pictures from a given event and my parents can see them print them and do whatever they need to with them… But ShutterflyShareSites is just bad.

by Momof3goofballs

My pictures uploaded easily from my phone and I like that I can access them quickly from ShutterflyShareSites . For ShutterflyShareSites to be great, more options are needed. I would like to be able to sort the order of the photos and easily send them to my personal Shutterfly account from ShutterflyShareSites . I’m sure there are other ideas that would make ShutterflyShareSites more visually attractive and enable functions that moms would enjoy like a memories from this date in previous years section. Overall, I do appreciate ShutterflyShareSites and how easy it makes uploading pics from our field trips and community days.

by Stlpic

I have just started using the Shutterfly share site and I have enjoyed getting pictures uploaded onto the site. I have run into a problem when I invite people to become membership my photo albums. The invite emails are not going to the people that I want to share with. I have not been able to figure out how that works. Not user friendly on the sharing part. Not sure if I am doing something wrong or not. That is why I am giving it a 3. If/when I figure out how to actually share the site the rating will improve.

by Atm777777

Love the convenience and concept of this. Have used it for years and recently there are many glitches. Can’t see all of my sites on ShutterflyShareSites . This one is the most annoying. I refresh and force close. Sometimes it works other times it doesn’t. Second most annoying is that it duplicates the pictures. I put new pics up everyday. On Tuesday when I upload app duplicates Monday’s pics. By Friday I have 5 copies of Monday’s pics... this is only on my app not on website or any other users app so it is NOT me duplicating them. Super annoying. Can’t add pictures to an album. Can’t see current members. Doesn’t function unless you’re on WiFi which is also annoying. I do love the convenience and hope they can work out these glitches soon.

by SCSwanberg-I8

I have been a Long Time (over 10 years) Shutterfly user and been satisfied that whole time. I’ve found the mobile Shutterfly share site and excellent way to show any of the multiple share sites I have created over the years.

It is very easy for non-Shutterfly users to be able to quickly scroll through a volume of pictures.

I do wish it had a search and sort feature but for ease of use it is excellent.

by JMW1500

Not sure why it happened but since a recent update I am no longer able to scroll through the pictures. Instead, I have to close out and click on the next picture which is cumbersome and makes it difficult to view the pictures. If you can reconfigure things back to how you used to have it, that would be great. Otherwise, except for an occasional glitch, I have been satisfied with the Sharesites function.

JW, Sonoma County

by Husband, John Anderson Chopyak

I Just Wish Shutterfly was back on the ROKU TV Devices. It is one of the Greatest Websites to Store Pictures for Future Reference to Later make up Picture Album Photo Books, add pictures to all kind of items, etc. Please stay the same way and do not let other websites purchase you. Disabled Vietnam Military Veteran. What a great internet website to upload pictures for Future use and other Relatives and Friends to use pictures as they wish.

by KenYYZ

We have been using Shutterfly since 2015 to organize our calendar & volunteer schedule for our Cub Scout Den. The event info is easy to access & participants can choose to auto sync info to their personal mobile calendars. We create a yearbook each year with uploaded event photos. Great tool for communication, organization & photo memory storage.

There can be glitches from time to time, but easily remedied by uploading current app update and/or mobile device settings.

by Ciero01

The Shutterfly application is awesome for the iPhone. I really enjoy the web part of it but the iPhone takes it to another level

One thing I would ask is on the roster you're unable to sort on the iPhone app by player number. Most the time when you're watching sporting event you look at the number first and then say who is that. If you could get that straightened out that would be very helpful for this application for anyone using this for sports

by Esselent1

It appears the scrolling feature is back on the albums which I am grateful for. I have now noticed you are no longer able to focus on a picture when you select it - meaning you can’t hide the “See it as a gift” line featured at the bottom of the picture when viewing pictures. You can hide this only when selecting pictures in your News section. If you view pictures from your album it will not allow you to hide the “See it as a gift” line. Please fix!!

by J3nnK

We’ve been using Shutterfly for many years now, for sports teams, class groups and more. Our kids were in kindergarten or so when we first started using ShutterflyShareSites and now my oldest is in 8th grade. Through the years we’ve grown and ShutterflyShareSites should too. There should be the capability to have notices sent to the players email. As they get older, they are able to check their own messages and utilize the site as well, not only the parents.