When Someone Orders A Model, Take A Picture Of It And Display It On The Shop

What it says on the title. I see Shapeways constantly sending E-mails and saying that by adding photos of the actual printed model to the page of it will increase sales. So, when someone or you orders a model on the shop, why not take a photo of the completed/printed model at the factory and then send it to the creator or shop owner via E-mail or the site's message system?

Or instead of taking a photo of every single model that is printed, how about just an option you can select/request for a photo of the print?

With how many prints and pieces SW make daily, this seems like a massive task that they just wouldn't be able to cope with. I've had the complaints/QC team send me photos (on their own phones) occasionally in relation to issues, but it's on their desks and not great quality.

I doubt they have the infrastructure to do this unless they made it a paid service.

Flip side is it could cut down on unacceptable prints. No need to ship a bad print.

With the number of bad prints I get i'd be happy with that...

I would find this really helpful. I've gotten a number of broken prints. I just swallow the loss because my time is worth more than the cost of the bad print. If Shapeways sent a photo of the print with an "It printed!" notification, and allowed say 24-72 hours for the designer to check it, I would likely spend the money saved on more and better prints. I don't know your cost structure, but that's how it figures from the designer end, IMO.
ComradeWave, many thanks.

Shapeways' current business model revolves around processing hundreds of prints per day, and according to the recent postings of the new CEO it is not even profitable. I do not see how adding another non-trivial step to the production pipeline would improve this. (Let alone storing products for days awaiting customer approval). If you want the full services of a "conventional" rapid prototyping company, be prepared to pay some serious money for it.
If you receive a broken print, take a picture yourself and email it to service@shapeways.com. (As an aside, many of the truely broken prints probably suffer their fate in the packaging step, way after your desired photo would have been taken)

Dosen't need a full photo shoot or need to be a free service free. I could see how it could prevent problems on larger or expensive prints. There seems to be quite a few complaints about polish too so any bad polishing jobs can be sent back for re-polish rather than be shipped to the buyer, particularly when it is resulting in re-prints anyhow.