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Map your wedding gallery delivery workflow.

Getting a finished gallery to the couple looks simple from the outside: export, upload, organize, notify. In practice it is a series of manual steps that quietly stack up across every wedding. This page helps you map those steps and estimate the time, then send you to the calculator.

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The last mile of delivery

The editing might be done, but delivery is its own job. Exporting at the right sizes, uploading to a gallery host, organizing into sets, and notifying the couple all take hands-on time.

Mapping this last mile helps you see where the friction lives, so you can decide what to streamline and what to leave alone.

Steps to estimate

Break delivery into the steps you actually perform and apply your own per-wedding minutes to each.

  • Export and file prep at delivery sizes
  • Upload time to your gallery host
  • Organizing into sets, folders, or favorites
  • Notifying the couple and handling access questions

Where the friction usually hides

Delivery friction is rarely one big step. It is many small ones, plus the context switching between tools, that adds up across a full season of weddings.

Once you can see the per-wedding total, you can compare options: tightening your manual process, or exploring AI-assisted wedding editing workflows for earlier stages so delivery starts from a cleaner set.

Example only: if delivery takes 90 minutes per wedding across export, upload, and organizing, then 25 weddings is roughly 37 hours of delivery work alone. Replace with your own numbers. Results are estimates from your inputs. This site guarantees no quality, delivery time, client satisfaction, bookings, revenue, or savings.
Good to know

Common questions

Does delivery time really matter compared to editing?
It depends on your volume. For some studios delivery is minor, for others the repeated export, upload, and organize steps add up to real hours across a season. The calculator helps you see which case is yours.
What if I use a gallery host that automates parts of this?
Then enter lower minutes for the steps it handles. The estimate should reflect your real process, including whatever your tools already do for you.
Can I include client access and re-download requests?
Yes. Add those as part of the notify step or as their own line so the time spent answering access questions is visible in your estimate.
Before backlog becomes burnout

Plan a cleaner delivery workflow.

Run the numbers, then get a tailored workflow breakdown based on your queue. We review every request and follow up manually. Estimates only, no guarantees.

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