Category: Blog
White Glove Services for Grad Season
Deadline to schedule White Glove grads will be April 15th! But we recommend that anyone interested submit their requests as soon as they have enough ceremony information to do so. The process to submit a White Glove Job Request is as follows: Submit White Glove Job Request forms to whiteglove@candid.com by April 15th. You will ...
It’s a wrap on Winter Meetings!
We want to send a special thank you to everyone who was able to join us during our Winter Meetings in Las Vegas and Oklahoma City. Now that Winter Meetings have ended, we will be sharing information from the meetings over the next couple of weeks. As a start, here is a look at some ...
USPS Pricing Changes
The USPS has instituted pricing changes. The USPS retail rate for letters and flats (5x7 and 8x10 envelopes) at some weights have increased. The increases range from $0.02 to a high end of $0.15 per package. However, items considered a Parcel have gone up more substantially in some cases. Customers using stay flat mailers, tubes ...
CCS Update
Date: January 21, 2020 To: CCS Customers From: Jack Counts, Jr. Improving "participation" is a common goal among volume photographers. Clearly, the more subjects you can photograph and the more of them that buy from you, the better your chances for business success. When volume photographers talk about "participation rate", they are often referring to ...
CCS New Year Update
Happy New Year! With the new year come many new business opportunities that can generate growth. Those opportunities can be photographing new events or organizations, or it can be by making changes that improve results from existing business you may have done for years. It is my belief that we are all in control of the ...
CCS Holiday Update
Merry Christmas & Happy Hanukkah Date: December 19, 2019 To: CCS Customers From: Jack Counts, Jr. This is our favorite time of year! We are looking forward to being with our family and taking a few days to focus on them. Alison and I still have two 14-year-olds at home, and have three young men in college, now. They can ...
Help us to Help you! Customer Support
The customer support team is focused on helping you as quickly and effectively as possible. And we could use your help! Here are a few requests that will help us improve our service for you: Please avoid sending emails to more than one person/box When you send in an email request, please send it to ...
Important CCS Holiday Dates & Production Information
Thanksgiving Closed: Thursday, Nov. 28th Open: Friday, Nov. 29th Christmas Holidays Open: Monday, Dec. 23rd Open: Tuesday, Dec. 24th Closed: Wednesday, Dec. 25th Open: Thursday, Dec. 26th (normal service and production hours resume) Retail Website Deadlines to Note: Tuesday, Dec. 10th - all parcel orders over 1lb will begin to ship using USPS Priority Mail ...
New Aluminum Ornaments for the Holidays
Santa came early this year! Add these NEW aluminum ornaments to your offers now! These fun metal ornaments are available in 2 shapes - Antique and Rectangle. Choose from 4 designs - Blue Snowflakes, Red Snowflakes, Christmas Stripes, or Holiday Pattern! You can find these in the SPRT, SCHL, and GRAD markets. Use product code: ...
CCS Update
October 28, 2019 Many things can affect the results when you book and photograph an event. Over many years in this business it has become clear that one’s results are determined mostly by how well an event is executed. We operate our own retail photo business, Candid Color Photography, and we see all the time ...