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Resort photography company

PixelHoliday (managed by Joe, CEO)

📍 Crete, Greece (6 hotels)

PixelHoliday serves 6 hotels, employs 38 photographers, and generates €420k/year in photo sales — all on Fotiqo

This is the Fotiqo venue vertical. PixelHoliday contracts with 6 Crete hotels to run their in-resort photography. Each hotel gets a kiosk, a team of photographers, and revenue-share with the property. Fotiqo's venue module runs staff shifts, cash, commissions, guest face-matching, and nightly reconciliation.

Revenue model

Average photo sale per guest
€25
~1,400 sales/month across 6 hotels
€35,000/mo
Annual gross
€420,000/yr
Hotels' commission (avg 10%)
€42,000/yr
Photographer commissions (avg 10%)
€42,000/yr
Fotiqo fees (2%)
€8,400/yr

Setup

  1. 1.CEO applied at /for/attractions-and-resorts → approved by Fotiqo HQ
  2. 2.Added 6 hotels as Destinations; each has per-hotel pricing + commission split
  3. 3.Hired 38 photographers, assigned to hotels with shift rotations
  4. 4.Installed kiosks at each hotel lobby (Stripe Terminal + iPad)
  5. 5.Enabled face recognition so guests find their photos by selfie
  6. 6.Set rent-vs-commission deal per hotel (some flat rent, some 10% rev-share)

Tools used

Destinations + LocationsStaff (38 photographers, shifts, commissions)Kiosk POS (Stripe Terminal + cash)Face recognitionNightly reconciliationB2B photo barter for hotel marketing

Workflow

1
Guest check-in
Welcome archway photo taken. QR card handed over. Face is enrolled in that stay's face-matching index.
2
In-stay shooting
Photographers roam pool, sunset, beach, dinner. Photos upload from Nikons via SD card uploader.
3
Kiosk browse
Guest taps iPad at lobby → takes selfie → AI finds their photos → they buy.
4
Commission + payout
Commission auto-logged to photographer (10%). Hotel rev-share auto-logged (10%). Cash reconciled nightly by the supervisor.
5
Sleeping money
Guests who don't buy at kiosk get a WhatsApp sweep-up 7 days post-checkout — 50% of those convert.

Before Fotiqo

  • No software, manual cash counting at 2am
  • Photographers stole photos to sell privately
  • Hotels never got marketing photos for their own use

After Fotiqo

  • Every photo tracked. Every sale logged. Every commission auto-calculated.
  • B2B barter delivers 10 free high-end photos/month to each hotel for marketing → rent discounts
  • Sleeping money adds 20% extra revenue
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