Chad Spacey Ideas: Walmart Mail Idea

Walmart Mail Idea…

Everyone has a Walmart somewhere near them, well at least here in the United States from where I live and work. I live between 3 Walmarts and pass several Walmarts on my adventures driving from San Jose, CA to Santa Barbara, Ca weekly. I guess this idea could work for Costco and maybe Starbucks if they had some sort of photo printing kiosk.

Right now Walmart has a photo kiosk and photo printing service at each location. The prints cost something like 15 cents to 20 cents for a 4 by 6 printed photograph.

My idea is if I were Walmart I'd offer everyone a free Walmart Mail address. The address could be something like john@walmart2209.com. Like an email the customer could give this to friends and family. Unlike email this address would have prints make at a given Walmart. This Walmart Mail address would be used to receive photo letters sent from the Internet or from a camera phone. The addresses would act like an email address except that the email was printed out at the Walmart. The idea is really for things like post cards and not regular messages but short messages can be printed on the postcards front and back.

There could be several ways to pay for this service, one being if a customer wanted to receive Walmart Mail that customer could give a gift card good for 10 or 20 prints. The prints could also be paid for at the location if the customer opts for this. I'd also make the prints cost around the same or less than normal mail postage. Right now I think US postage is 36 cents. The sender could also pay for the mail the normal way using the Walmart website. This doesn't necessarily have to be for Walmart it could work with store like Costco.

I think this is a specially good idea for a company like Walmart. Having Mail at a Walmart when you come to the store could be a great feeling. Walmart could also send you an email telling you that Walmart Mail is waiting for you. This would bring people into the store to buy other things when they pick up their Walmart Mail.

My mom live in Little Rock Arkansas. There's a Walmart down the street. I'm sure she goes there once a week/month. I could send a picture to her using this service and it would be waiting there for her the next time she shops. Some people just like physical pictures and mail this could be both.

I know I know... You hate Walmart.

I know I know... Why not just have the picture send to the email?

This is just an option for the customer maybe something for those who don’t use computers...

This is just an Idea
Chad

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