MicrostockGroup

Too early to judge, I got about 10 views per image so it's hard to expect anything. Way better UI than many established sites but still needs to be discovered by customers ;-)

After visiting the page.

What I like from Cutcaster: they sell for decent prices and they offer good comisions.

What I don't like: That "free section for rejected files" that reminds me of something similar that failed in Fotolia. So many free and searchable files a month for customer, even if dubious rejected stuff can be a magnet dor the kind of customers... that don't want to pay and thhat will very rarely buy regular stuff.

I'm not going to upload there, but, well, I wish you good luck.

I'm working on submitting 500 or so images onto Cutcaster.  Investing time and effort into a new company can be risky as I found out with Photoshelter, but I really want to support places that rise above the basic microstock rates like the big 6.  I also like the fact that John seems to be a pretty open and up front kind of guy who replies to your emails and comments pretty quickly, so I'm certainly up for helping cutcaster succeed.

Like everyone who has joined, I think John has a great attitude.
I disagree that he accepts everything you submit, as some of my colleagues
images have been rejected. As with another medium stock site I am aware of,
you cannot assume that your SS and IS,etc images are going to be automatically
accepted at Cutcasters. It's a different culture, and as one of the commentors
mentioned, enough of SS already.
Yes, I regret too the demise of Photoshelter, as they took some of my best images
that I kept aside from microstock .
All in all, I think we shoot ourselves in the foot , so to speak, when we upload to SS and other sites that sells for peanuts. Buyers now know they can get more for less, and we the contributors are told to settle for so much less.
Not so with Cutcaster, and some higher priced sites. Bravo to all of these sites.
Sales are harder to come by, for sure. But it's a good start to get paid for your good images, rather than give them away.

What do you think?

oh,. almost forgot.  N o, I don't think it's a good idea about the freebies on rejects. This cheapens the site . Just my tuppence worth , John.
Stay away from the freebies rejects. Rejects are rejects. Trash them, or send them to the "penny-stocks" (bad pun), ha!ha!

Point well taken and I am debating the free image section.  And it is not for everyone obviously and I would never insult anyone by having it there.  If you don't want to add to the free section, by all means do not.  You can not see from the search engine on the site or within the site the free section so paying customers wont see it.  Just those that find it through Google and similar search engines. 

just sent me an email at john @ cutcaster DOT com and I will help you change them all in one go.

I put all the pictures on the ASK of 3 $ ...
It's silly to claim tens of dollars for a RF picture that is not exclusive...
Also, same picture is selling for cents on the other sites...
3 $ is usual price for PPD on most sites ...

But, my exclusive photos will be on algorithm or on my much bigger price...
Also extended license will be interesting for making price, i think that BID-ASK pricing system is the best for EL.

I also hope that this will be my contribution to "convergence" of Cutcaster to customers.

This is quite example of 'kick in your own stomack' approach... PPD on SS is $5 as well there is $5 average on FeaturePics and other worthy agencies... What is your cut if image is sold for $3? On CC it would be 40% if you are non-exclusive and that counts $1.20! If I sell PPD on SS my commision is $2.48! So what now? I don't see the reason to work with agencies who sell for less than $5 PPD full resolution image.
I already had some issues with few agencies where they even tried to sell my complex vectors for $1 on PPD... I will never submit my images to them again.

And... One detail for those who don't like SS and subscription system on other agencies at all... You know, buyer must pay several images or some time period based subscription... It is fair to give them discount for money they payed. It is just the way things work because that are volume buyers. But some agencies are introducing even $1 full resolution PPD which is out of any good sense for success! That kind of agencies and contributors are doomed to stay low! They don't have money for advertising. They don't make enough to be serious contributor there and they simple don't have any chance to succeed in this industry! Why? Because I can name at least 5 other sources where you can obtain images for even cheaper prices - FREE OF CHARGE! Buyer who needs full resolution image and willing to pay just $1 PPD is not buyer...

$3 is quite low for 4mp image, but when you shoot with 12mpix  PRO DSLR and get just $3 on PPD it is silly! Not to mention people who shoot at more mpix with cameras bought for more than 4 figures prices! $1 is quite nice money for blog usage and $3 is nice to get on 2mpix.

Borg, I beleive you are quite wrong with supporting that stance with $3 PPD! It should be at least $5 full resolution image!
I've observed what is selling and where for what money... So I can tell you $5 full resolution image is pretty fair price for all.

Oh... My 'full resolution' images are downsampled at 1/2 of images real full resolution so it is about 6mpix and it is quite enough for most ways that image to be used...

Vector price is something other and it should be from $5 and up to at least $25 depending on complexity and it is the current usual price on all respectable microstock agencies.

Just take a look at this stats and think it over:

http://www.featurepics.com/Stat/PollStat.aspx

So John... I think limits are to be introduced on CC ;-) No less than $5 for full resolution image! We dont need underpricing people killing other peoples earnings as well they are making agencies look silly and block way to agency be able to grow and advertise! If those like to give away their works - let them do it somewhere else - so many underpricing agencies over there...

my two cents,I don't believe in the free image concept!

I am glad you agree... Your acceptance of my words means that we'll have better income and real byers on CC ;-)

so all the nice things said about John aside, is anyone making money there?

i'm rocking and rolling on that front.  have been doing a lot of site demos with buyers, going on site visits to learn more about their workflow and built out a direct sales team so things are moving in the right direction and its awesome to have everyones support.  lots more to come on the buyers and marketing front.

designers, big publishers, ad agencies and 3rd party sites that can bring in a new type of buyer.  im hoping for some good annoncements on the last front coming up.  i've got some interesting ideas and some interested parties in terms of bringing in new buyers so we will see.  not promising anything other than I will work my butt off.