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Turkey marks new Territory for Fotolia microstock


New York, NY, November 3, 2009 – The next wave of microstock continues as Fotolia becomes the first major microstock agency to launch localized web service in Turkey.  www.fotolia.com.tr  has affordable high-resolution stock photographs, illustrations, vectors, and HD videos. Fotolia is the leading European resource for corporations, designers, editors, and not-for-profit organizations looking for high-quality images for projects such as website design, brochures, promotional materials and products, as well as print, billboard, and television advertising.
   
“As the number one image provider in Europe, Fotolia is proud to be the first major microstock in Turkey�, says Oleg Tscheltzoff, CEO of Fotolia, LLC. “Our strong worldwide reputation will serve us well in this emerging market. Turkish corporations, designers, and entrepreneurs will benefit by saving on production costs with Fotolia’s images and videos.�

Images on www.fotolia.com.tr start at $1 USD. Fotolia’s royalty-free collection of over 7-million images come with standard royalty-free licensing, which means buyers are protected when they use an image within the terms and conditions of the site.

Akin Külhanbey, General Manager of Fotolia Turkey says, “Fotolia provides a secure platform for artists and consumers to exchange high-quality, royalty-free images. Artists are able to earn high commissions every time their stock images are downloaded from the site, whereas consumers can confidently make affordable purchases.�

When it comes to purchasing royalty-free images from Fotolia, buyers have flexibility with credit or subscription options. Images are sold by a credit value and start at one credit. On the Fotolia Turkey site, one credit holds a value of $1 USD.

Subscription plans are available in monthly and yearly packages, with up to 250 images a day for an unlimited number of users. Subscription plans start at $199 USD, and images can be purchased for as low as $0.14 per image. More information is available through www.fotolia.com.tr

Fotolia has shown steady growth since its inception nearly five years ago. Turkey marks the 12th region to join the Fotolia enterprise.

 
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Over 1.4 million people prefer Fotolia, LLC for affordable, royalty-free images, graphics, and HD videos.  With the introduction of the Infinite Collection, Fotolia became the first worldwide microstock organization to offer both crowd-sourced and professional images on one site. Founded in New York City in 2005, Fotolia spans the globe with websites in 10 languages and websites in 12 regions. With over 7,000,000 images to choose from: Find it on Fotolia. www.fotolia.com.


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Does it mean they have localised search weighting ?
like search for "business man" puts people who are turkish at the top.
I assume that it is in turkish language aswell. 

I would rather like seeing efforts for the Asian market, who is actually totally forgoten by most agencies.

What's the opening copy, "The turkey comes to Turkey"?

Well, I must admit I don't understand what this news apply for.

What you exactly mean by they have? The languages options? Web based?

What I should say by efforts to be more specific is, advertising in Asian magasines and such things. Though I don't know a lot about what is the needs of Asian designers.

Actually all what I see is one sentence whos relevent. The next wave of microstock continues as Fotolia becomes the first major microstock agency to launch localized web service in Turkey

The rest is kind of only Fotolia advertising their product. This sentence is actually blurry. What is a localised web service. That's not phone support?

Well I don't understand people who doesn't understand what this means!

1- The website is in Turkish! Because most Turkish designers do not speak English. When you use Turkish words for the search it works as if you entered that word in English.

2- 80 Million population considering the city of Istanbul is a big metropol with probably more design firms than many European countries put together.

Overall, this is a big step by fotolia. Huge expansion. I never could have believed how the agencies were missing the Turkish market.

they could also change the search results so things that are expected are shown.

If you search for a biscuit in the UK you will be looking for something totally different than if you searched for a biscuit in Canada

it sounds  like a good attempt to reach more buyers but it doesn't seem to be fully functioning yet. I tried  search the  in Turkish  but  many  simple keywords returned  with no results except for really popular subjects like business etc. I don't know may be it's too early to judge nut they surely have more work to do .

I don't like fotolia very much at all because they have nearly zero respect for their contributors. You can ask for this kind of thing but are unlikely to get it unless enough people pulled their images and left. This of course will never happen because most of those that stay live by the mantra-- something is better than nothing. And the cycle continues.
What surprises me though is there must be enough big contributors out there who do not contribute to FT that an offer like this is made. Maybe there is hope.

Most of the big markets in micro mirror those of the macro market and I don't recall seeing Turkey too many times as a sales location.

EDIT: Just checked on who.is

heroturko.com seems to be registered in Hongkong but their new address heroturko.us is registered to this name:
     Name: Ahmet Carkacy
    Organization: Dut Sokaey
    Address 1: Ankara
    Address 2: Ankara
    City: Ankara
    State: Ankara
    Zip: 06000
    Country: TR
    Phone: +00.0123456789
    Email: [email protected]

I think we should be able to sue them using this info as evidence? Though the phone number is obviously fake.

Asia is a pretty big market, and Turkey just happens to be part of it.

I'm not overly fond of FT at the moment, but I'd have to concede that when it comes to getting their product out to different markets, they are ahead of most of the other sites, with the possible exception of Shutterstock.

Turkey isn't a bad market to aim for - they're big population wise - ie. 75million, have rising affluence, aspirations to join the EU, and form a bridge between Asia and Europe.

Didn't they have HeroTurko already?