We recently shipped Our Event Album — a way for event hosts to collect photos from guests via QR code. No app downloads, no logins.

The problem

Every wedding, birthday, and corporate event generates hundreds of photos scattered across dozens of phones. Hosts end up chasing guests for weeks trying to collect them. Existing solutions either require app installs (which nobody wants to do at a party) or are clunky shared drives.

What we built

Our Event Album strips it back to the essentials. The host creates an album, gets a QR code, and prints it on table cards or displays it on a screen. Guests scan with their phone camera, enter their name, and start uploading. That's it.

Under the hood:

• Next.js frontend with server-side rendering for fast initial loads
• Real-time gallery updates as guests upload photos
• Custom QR codes with branding and event details
• Bulk download so hosts can grab everything at once after the event
• Agency white-labelling for event planners who want their own branding

What worked

Selling on Etsy as the initial distribution channel was the right call. Event hosts are already shopping there for invitations, signage, and decorations — so a digital photo album fits naturally into that purchase flow. The product hit a 4.9-star rating quickly.

Not requiring an install turned out to be the whole game. At a real event, nobody's downloading an app. A QR code that opens a web page just works.

Tech decisions

We went with Next.js and Tailwind for the frontend, with a Laravel API backend handling uploads, album management, and the agency dashboard. Image processing runs through a queue system to handle burst uploads (everyone scanning the QR code at the same time during speeches, for example).

The checkout flow runs on Plandalf — our own checkout platform — so we owned the purchase flow and conversion tracking from the start.

What's next

It's live. Next up: video support, auto-removing blurry shots, and better reporting for the agency tier.

Check it out at oureventalbum.com.

We recently shipped Our Event Album — a way for event hosts to collect photos from guests via QR code. No app downloads, no logins.

The problem

Every wedding, birthday, and corporate event generates hundreds of photos scattered across dozens of phones. Hosts end up chasing guests for weeks trying to collect them. Existing solutions either require app installs (which nobody wants to do at a party) or are clunky shared drives.

What we built

Our Event Album strips it back to the essentials. The host creates an album, gets a QR code, and prints it on table cards or displays it on a screen. Guests scan with their phone camera, enter their name, and start uploading. That's it.

Under the hood:

• Next.js frontend with server-side rendering for fast initial loads
• Real-time gallery updates as guests upload photos
• Custom QR codes with branding and event details
• Bulk download so hosts can grab everything at once after the event
• Agency white-labelling for event planners who want their own branding

What worked

Selling on Etsy as the initial distribution channel was the right call. Event hosts are already shopping there for invitations, signage, and decorations — so a digital photo album fits naturally into that purchase flow. The product hit a 4.9-star rating quickly.

Not requiring an install turned out to be the whole game. At a real event, nobody's downloading an app. A QR code that opens a web page just works.

Tech decisions

We went with Next.js and Tailwind for the frontend, with a Laravel API backend handling uploads, album management, and the agency dashboard. Image processing runs through a queue system to handle burst uploads (everyone scanning the QR code at the same time during speeches, for example).

The checkout flow runs on Plandalf — our own checkout platform — so we owned the purchase flow and conversion tracking from the start.

What's next

It's live. Next up: video support, auto-removing blurry shots, and better reporting for the agency tier.

Check it out at oureventalbum.com.