Pictavo Customer Center
Selling Your Yearbooks and Ads
Discover Pictavo’s BuyTheYearbook online storefront — streamline yearbook sales, empower parents to design personal recognition ads, and gather community photos with ease.
Everything you need to promote, manage, and maximize your school’s yearbook and ad sales.
The Three Pillars of Pictavo BuyTheYearbook
A single, unified online storefront designed to handle the heavy lifting of yearbook administration for advisors, committees, and parents.
Community Crowdsourcing
Image Upload
Gather candid photos from parents, students, and staff directly into categorized folders — safely, securely, and without extra work.
Effortless E-Commerce
Online Sales
No more counting cash, collecting checks, or writing receipts. Parents order yearbooks online 24/7 with instant email confirmations.
Recognition & Business
Ad Design & Sales
Parents and local businesses design their own ads using built-in Pictavo tools and pre-made templates.
Community Photo Crowdsourcing
Pictavo BuyTheYearbook Image Upload
Easily increase coverage of school events by gathering photos from your entire school community!
Sometimes finding the right yearbook photos that highlight all school events can be a challenge. Now with the Pictavo BuyTheYearbook Photo Upload feature, other members of your school community, not just your yearbook staff, can upload and share their images.
Secure uploads directly into your school’s Pictavo project
Feature More Students
The more students feel involved and included in the yearbook, the more apt they are to buy one!
Step-by-Step Guide
How Image Upload Works
1
Contact us
Email, call or message us from your dashboard that you would like image upload turned on.
2
Share the Upload Link
Provide parents, students and staff with your school’s secure photo upload link so they can submit images for consideration.
3
Photos Arrive Organized
Uploaded photos are gathered directly into categorized folders inside your Pictavo project — safely and securely.
4
Review & Select Images
Browse the uploaded community photos alongside your own and choose the ones that best highlight your school’s events.
5
Feature More Students
Use the broader photo coverage to include more students and moments, increasing engagement and yearbook sales.
6
No Extra Work for You
The community does the uploading — you simply review and choose, with no extra effort on the yearbook staff’s part.
PCI-Compliant Secure Checkout
Accepts major credit cards with automated receipts
Effortless Ordering
Online Yearbook Sales
Selling yearbooks just got easier!
Through our Pictavo BuyTheYearbook online sales feature, parents, students and teachers can purchase their yearbooks online with a credit card through our secure site.
Advantages for the Yearbook Committee
- No more counting cash, collecting checks, or writing receipts.
- Parents, students and teachers can purchase yearbooks online 24/7 with a credit card.
- Instant, automated email confirmations sent to each buyer.
- All orders and sales tracked in one simple, secure dashboard.
- Spend less time managing sales and more time creating the yearbook.
Advantages for Parents & Students
- Purchase yearbooks online anytime with a major credit card.
- Receive an instant email confirmation of each order.
- No need to send cash or checks to school with students.
- A secure, PCI-compliant checkout process protects every transaction.
- An easy, convenient way to guarantee a copy of the yearbook.
Recognition & Business Ads
Online Ad Design & Sales
Selling ads just got easier!
Through our Pictavo BuyTheYearbook online ad design feature, parents, students and businesses can design and purchase their ads online with a credit card through our secure site.
The Ad Design and Sales component provides users with dozens of pre-made templates and Pictavo-style design tools that allow them to create a high quality and unique ad for their child or business — without any scanning, re-typing, or design work on your end.
Completed ads automatically drop right into your Pictavo ladder
Advantages for the Yearbook Committee
- Parents and businesses design and purchase their own ads online.
- Dozens of pre-made templates and Pictavo-style design tools included.
- No scanning, re-typing, or design work required from the yearbook staff.
- Finished ads flow right onto your yearbook pages.
- All ad orders and payments tracked automatically.
Advantages for Parents & Businesses
- Create a high-quality, unique ad for your child or business online.
- Use built-in Pictavo design tools and pre-made templates.
- Design and purchase your ad with a credit card through a secure site.
- No design experience needed — the tools guide you step by step.
- Your finished ad appears directly in the school yearbook.
Online Storefront Setup
Ready to Set Up Your School’s Storefront?
Complete our simple storefront information sheet to get your unique BuyTheYearbook portal set up for yearbook sales, ad submissions, and photo uploads.
What’s Not to Like?
Have questions about setting up BuyTheYearbook or need assistance customizing your school’s storefront? Contact our dedicated support team today.