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« on: January 18, 2016, 15:30 »
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I have a portfolio in iStock and i'm not exclusive. Is there a way to become a contributor in Getty Images too? Does Getty accept only exclusive contributors or not  ???


« Reply #1 on: January 18, 2016, 15:41 »
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Hello Stocker, yes is it possible to send an application , i did it one month ago but unfortunately I still dont have a response if I am accepted or not. my submission is still pending, anyway follow this link

http://workwithus.gettyimages.com/en [nofollow]

here is where yo can send an application

« Reply #2 on: January 18, 2016, 16:02 »
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Thank you. Does Getty offer exclusive or non exclusive option for contributors?

« Reply #3 on: January 18, 2016, 16:05 »
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Shoot exclusive. If they accept any image from the shoot, you cannot submit elsewhere.

« Reply #4 on: January 18, 2016, 16:08 »
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I don't prefer to be exclusive. Getty wants portfolio link during submission, so i don't have to be exclusive?

« Reply #5 on: January 18, 2016, 18:35 »
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Shoot exclusive. If they accept any image from the shoot, you cannot submit elsewhere.

You cant submit the shoot ( or remove it ) anywhere else for the life of your contract.  Regardless of how many they accept or how poor sales are.

« Reply #6 on: January 19, 2016, 05:07 »
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Hi Sean.
Do you know how long does it take to have a response
For Getty , I send my application one month ago and still no answer from them .

« Reply #7 on: January 19, 2016, 06:38 »
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No, no idea.  Sorry.

« Reply #8 on: January 19, 2016, 06:42 »
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I have become contributor through flickr, but it's not the option anymore. There's a chance if you enter one of their competitions, they might accept you as contributor. http://competitions.gettyimages.com/ However I don't see much benefit in doing that. Unless you have some rare or really exceptional pictures which might sell better on Getty than on microstock. Otherwise you will earn more if you stick with micro. And of course pictures accepted on Getty can't be sold anywhere else, even if you market them yourself.

« Reply #9 on: January 19, 2016, 06:43 »
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Hi Sean.
Do you know how long does it take to have a response
For Getty , I send my application one month ago and still no answer from them .
Forever, if you are not successful, they don't respond.

« Reply #10 on: January 19, 2016, 07:49 »
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Hi Sean.
Do you know how long does it take to have a response
For Getty , I send my application one month ago and still no answer from them .
Forever, if you are not successful, they don't respond.

Really? My submission is still under review.... Do I still have some chance?

« Reply #11 on: January 19, 2016, 17:50 »
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Hi Sean.
Do you know how long does it take to have a response
For Getty , I send my application one month ago and still no answer from them .
Forever, if you are not successful, they don't respond.

Really? My submission is still under review.... Do I still have some chance?
Maybe. Perhaps I'm wrong. It seems there is a new process for the applicants. Before, people submitted application and getty answered only to those who passed.

« Reply #12 on: January 19, 2016, 19:53 »
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I have become contributor through flickr, but it's not the option anymore. There's a chance if you enter one of their competitions, they might accept you as contributor. http://competitions.gettyimages.com/ However I don't see much benefit in doing that. Unless you have some rare or really exceptional pictures which might sell better on Getty than on microstock. Otherwise you will earn more if you stick with micro. And of course pictures accepted on Getty can't be sold anywhere else, even if you market them yourself.

I agree.
This is why I closed my account, there.
Sales were dropping and I was stuck under that exclusive contract. And "exclusive" extends to "similars".
You can't even remove individual images. It's all in, or all out.
Very unfriendly.


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« Last Edit: January 19, 2016, 20:03 by Zero Talent »

« Reply #13 on: January 19, 2016, 20:07 »
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I received the acceptance notice in ~6 weeks after submitting my application. Don't worry even if you don't get accepted. They don't sell much.

« Reply #14 on: January 20, 2016, 03:30 »
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I also tried to contact them via the form on the website but didn't receive a response so basically I have a small portion of my port there and it still says "your submission is currently under review".
When you enter to send your submission it also says "you will get a response in 14 business days", which I know now is not true as you say that you receive a response in 6 weeks!
Well, I hope it won't be under review forever, at least the could dismiss my submission and remove my images!!

MxR

« Reply #15 on: January 20, 2016, 04:49 »
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Exclusive RF------20% of sale price
Exclusive RM-----30% of sale price

 
And them we cry!

« Reply #16 on: January 20, 2016, 05:01 »
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I also tried to contact them via the form on the website but didn't receive a response so basically I have a small portion of my port there and it still says "your submission is currently under review".
When you enter to send your submission it also says "you will get a response in 14 business days", which I know now is not true as you say that you receive a response in 6 weeks!
Well, I hope it won't be under review forever, at least the could dismiss my submission and remove my images!!

Let me know if you find a way to remove your images.


« Reply #17 on: January 20, 2016, 07:13 »
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Anthaya , may I know when did you send your submission?
I have sent mine on 18th December

« Reply #18 on: January 20, 2016, 21:03 »
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Anthaya , may I know when did you send your submission?
I have sent mine on 18th December

Sometime around mid of last year.

« Reply #19 on: January 21, 2016, 12:36 »
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I applied to work with Getty and used my portfolio link from iStock for the submission. Getty responded saying that I was accepted as a contributor and invited me to join ...... iStock.  :P

« Reply #20 on: January 21, 2016, 13:21 »
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Shoot exclusive. If they accept any image from the shoot, you cannot submit elsewhere.

You cant submit the shoot ( or remove it ) anywhere else for the life of your contract.  Regardless of how many they accept or how poor sales are.

So you're saying that THE SHOT has to be exclusive, but you can send other shots (reasonably different from that one) and of course work for other agencies, am I right?

The problem in "exclusive" is "Exclusive photographer VS Exclusive photograph".


« Reply #21 on: January 21, 2016, 13:57 »
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Shoot exclusive. If they accept any image from the shoot, you cannot submit elsewhere.

You cant submit the shoot ( or remove it ) anywhere else for the life of your contract.  Regardless of how many they accept or how poor sales are.

So you're saying that THE SHOT has to be exclusive, but you can send other shots (reasonably different from that one) and of course work for other agencies, am I right?

The problem in "exclusive" is "Exclusive photographer VS Exclusive photograph".

No, not "the shot".  "The shoot" and similars have to be exclusive.

« Reply #22 on: January 21, 2016, 15:42 »
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Shoot exclusive. If they accept any image from the shoot, you cannot submit elsewhere.

You cant submit the shoot ( or remove it ) anywhere else for the life of your contract.  Regardless of how many they accept or how poor sales are.

So you're saying that THE SHOT has to be exclusive, but you can send other shots (reasonably different from that one) and of course work for other agencies, am I right?

The problem in "exclusive" is "Exclusive photographer VS Exclusive photograph".

Here is what GI contract specifies:

"All Content submitted to Getty Images is on a Content exclusive basis. This means that Content submitted to Getty Images and any other content that is substantially the same (a Similar) may not be licensed to any third party unless Getty Images has notified you that Content and all of its Similars have been rejected"

"5.3 Similars. For Content from an Editorial Event, a Similar means an item of Content that is part of a package depicting one topic, issue or event and that is often but not necessarily taken at approximately the same location as other Content"

"On a non-exclusive basis, you may use Accepted Content and any Similars for promoting or documenting you and your work, provided that these uses do not compete with or limit the rights granted to Getty Images under the Agreement. You must obtain Getty Images prior written consent to use Accepted Content on the cover of a self-promotional book to ensure that your use does not conflict with any licenses that Getty Images may have previously issued. Also on a non-exclusive basis, you may use Accepted Content that is available for license through a
royalty-free license model in connection with the sale by you of prints, t-shirts and other retail merchandise where the Accepted Content is the focus of the product, so long as you are not licensing or giving away rights to the Accepted Content for anything other than such merchandising. On a coexclusive basis you may use Accepted Content and any Similars for: (a) limited edition, signed and/or numbered fine art prints (though Getty Images may still sell and license art prints and other print products ); and (b) for Video originally appearing as part of an edited program, use within that edited program, including the sale or license as a complete cut of that edited program for television, film, commercial or documentary use."
« Last Edit: January 21, 2016, 15:49 by Zero Talent »

« Reply #23 on: January 24, 2016, 23:05 »
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Shoot exclusive. If they accept any image from the shoot, you cannot submit elsewhere.

You cant submit the shoot ( or remove it ) anywhere else for the life of your contract.  Regardless of how many they accept or how poor sales are.

So you're saying that THE SHOT has to be exclusive, but you can send other shots (reasonably different from that one) and of course work for other agencies, am I right?

The problem in "exclusive" is "Exclusive photographer VS Exclusive photograph".

Here is what GI contract specifies:

"All Content submitted to Getty Images is on a Content exclusive basis. This means that Content submitted to Getty Images and any other content that is substantially the same (a Similar) may not be licensed to any third party unless Getty Images has notified you that Content and all of its Similars have been rejected"

"5.3 Similars. For Content from an Editorial Event, a Similar means an item of Content that is part of a package depicting one topic, issue or event and that is often but not necessarily taken at approximately the same location as other Content"

"On a non-exclusive basis, you may use Accepted Content and any Similars for promoting or documenting you and your work, provided that these uses do not compete with or limit the rights granted to Getty Images under the Agreement. You must obtain Getty Images prior written consent to use Accepted Content on the cover of a self-promotional book to ensure that your use does not conflict with any licenses that Getty Images may have previously issued. Also on a non-exclusive basis, you may use Accepted Content that is available for license through a
royalty-free license model in connection with the sale by you of prints, t-shirts and other retail merchandise where the Accepted Content is the focus of the product, so long as you are not licensing or giving away rights to the Accepted Content for anything other than such merchandising. On a coexclusive basis you may use Accepted Content and any Similars for: (a) limited edition, signed and/or numbered fine art prints (though Getty Images may still sell and license art prints and other print products ); and (b) for Video originally appearing as part of an edited program, use within that edited program, including the sale or license as a complete cut of that edited program for television, film, commercial or documentary use."

So I can work for Agency A and B given I don't send content "C" to both of them: I have to send "C" to one (GI) and "D" to another one.
Am I right?

« Reply #24 on: January 24, 2016, 23:07 »
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Shoot exclusive. If they accept any image from the shoot, you cannot submit elsewhere.

....

So you're saying that THE SHOT has to be exclusive, but you can send other shots (reasonably different from that one) and of course work for other agencies, am I right?

The problem in "exclusive" is "Exclusive photographer VS Exclusive photograph".

No, not "the shot".  "The shoot" and similars have to be exclusive.

Sorry for bad English Sean: I'm not natural English speaker. Thanks for correcting me.

So, back to the question: I can work for more agencies given I don't upload the same (or similar) content to G.I. and another agengy, am I right?

« Reply #25 on: January 25, 2016, 07:41 »
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Yes, C and its similars can only be licensed through GI and you will have to keep them with GI for the duration of your contract.
Otherwise, you are a free man and you can work with other agencies to license non-similars.

Anyway, maybe it helps to repeat: my personal experience showed that  spreading the same photos over multiple agencies produces ~30% more than what GI can do.

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« Last Edit: January 25, 2016, 07:52 by Zero Talent »


 

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