By David Cohen on November 12, 2009 5:50 PM

Flickr Reels In Snapfish

HP-owned Snapfish is now the preferred printing partner of Yahoo!-owned Flickr, the latter announced on the Yahoo! corporate blog.

According to TechCrunch, the two companies were acquired by their respective parents days apart, with Snapfish going first.

The blog post read:

Today we are excited to announce a new deal that will make Snapfish the preferred worldwide printing partner for Flickr! With 22 worldwide printing locations, our partnership with Snapfish will enhance the experience of Flickr’s 40-plus million members by increasing the number of printing options and providing cost-effective, quality photo-printing functionalities for both the U.S. and international markets.

Our goal is to make printing simple and easy for our members. For instance, the print functionality within Organizr will be easily accessible for Flickr members, allowing members to conveniently select photos in a batch process for printing. In the United States, Flickr members will be able to go to a wide variety of Snapfish retail partners including Walmart, Walgreens, Staples, Duane Reade, Publix, Meijer and Longs, among others. Additionally, Flickr members will have the ability to ship their prints to any location in the world. And since we know that money is tight for people, our new partnership ensures that our U.S. members will have some of the lowest printing prices around, with competitive international pricing, as well.

We believe that this new partnership provides a tightly integrated, comprehensive printing environment to help bring members’ photostreams to life. We have worked closely with Snapfish to develop a full integration with our online photo-organization features—Organizr, Sets and Photo Page—to improve the overall printing experience. For those members who have used other printing options, our existing printing partners will still be available to you through the recently launched App Garden.