Pecometh Partners with Bunk1.com

Starting this summer, Pecometh is partnering with Bunk1.com to provide email service and an online photo gallery for campers and their families. While we’ve been providing the ability to send email to campers for several years now, as well as providing the opportunity to purchase a cabin photo, this partnership takes things to a new level.

When we started processing emails to campers and selling cabin photos, we created a new position: Office Assistant (OA). The Office Assistant’s function was to print out the emails each day, sort and fold them, and then deliver them to campers during dinner. Those emails now number in the hundreds, each day. In addition, the OA would also arrange to take a photo of each cabin, download them to a PC, format and label the photos, then print them for all the campers who purchased them at check-in.

Now, jump forward to 2007. The Bunk1.com “Bunk Notes” system bundles and sorts the messages for us each day, allowing the OA to simply print them out and distribute them. This makes the daily email load much more manageable. And, even though “Bunk Note” credits are required to send email, Pecometh has paid to provide three (3) Bunk Note credits for each camper. That means that each camper family can send up to three basic emails free of charge. Additional Bunk Note credits can be purchased, if desired for $1 each. These can be used to send additional emails from other family members, send emails to other campers or add extras to emails such as puzzles and border art.

Even more exciting is the new Photo Gallery section of the Pecometh Bunk1.com site. As mentioned, we used to sell cabin photos for as much as $5 for an 8 x 10 photo. The Photo Gallery eliminates all that and makes cabin photos, as well as candid photos, available online to camper families at no charge. An access code is provided to the family at check-in so that they can access the password protected Photo Gallery. Photos can be viewed, and wallet-size images can be downloaded and printed at no cost. Favorite photos can be tagged and friends and family can be invited via email to view them. Photos can even be inserted in a Bunk Notes email and sent to a camper.

If desired, high-quality prints can be purchased for about the same price as Pecometh was charging for a cabin photo. In addition, specialty items such as coffee mugs and t-shirts can be purchased with a favorite photo imprint. We think this is truly a win-win for Pecometh and our camper families. No more wasted photo paper, more photos to choose from and families only pay for something they really want.

Now…full disclosure time. Pecometh paid a significant fee so these services would be available to our camper families without necessarily having to incur any additional cost. However, if additional Bunk Notes credits, prints or photo gifts are purchased, Pecometh will receive a commission. This will help us recover the cost of providing these services, but is borne only by those who want to purchase products or services. We’re giving it a try and are hoping that it will be a great thing for our camper families.