SnapFish?

RacePhoto

« on: October 15, 2011, 07:46 »

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I just opened an account, I don't know why, something about collecting a MyCoke Reward... but as I was looking through I saw the sell your images part.

https://stockimages.snapfish.com/LSMarketplace/about.aspx

Once your images are accepted into the Snapfish Stock Images site targeted to professional photo buyers, you will earn up to 60% in royalty payments each time one of these photo buyers downloads one of your images.

Somehow partnered with Veer, but does anyone use this and are there any buyers looking at Snapfish? Kind of a best kept secret.

Oh for some of you, this won't be an option. They will probably want real names and real people. As a Snapfish.com subscriber you must use the same login information (that you use to sign into your snapfish.com account) to sign up for Snapfish Stock Images.

What's "up to 60%" and anyone doing anything there?

Dang it's credits, so 60% of what?

Oh and this other small detail, before someone else points it out...

To submit your images to Snapfish Stock Images there is a small $12 annual fee.

Sign up now, submit your images and get 75 FREE prints from Snapfish!* (16c each which isn't so bad)

Minimum file size is 1MP Shocked

and the requirements are pretty much standard RF for model and property releases.

OK folks, someone tell me all about Snapfush, the good the bad and the ugly?


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oboy

« Reply #1 on: October 15, 2011, 09:58 »

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Looks like the have 457 of my image with my name. Veer partner connection? But on Veer I have 1129 accepted images.


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cclapper

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« Reply #2 on: October 15, 2011, 10:42 »

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Quote from: oboy on October 15, 2011, 09:58

Looks like the have 457 of my image with my name. Veer partner connection? But on Veer I have 1129 accepted images.

According to the partner programs thread here, yes, a partner of Veer. Maybe some other agencies as well.


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luissantos84

« Reply #3 on: October 15, 2011, 11:05 »

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I remember this "agency" because of the annual fee LOL


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Sadstock

« Reply #4 on: October 15, 2011, 12:24 »

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here are some little bits and pieces I found poking around.

Will the metadata (keywords and descriptions) I have embedded in my images be retained?
No, the Snapfish.com upload process does not read the IPTC or XMP metadata that may have been attached by many popular image-editing programs. Snapfish Stock Images gets all the image file information from Snapfish.com, so the embedded metadata will not be available. This is why it is important to add metadata during the Prepare for Licensing process.

I was curious how Snapfish actually operated wondering if Veer would show up and found this.
The annual fee for Snapfish Stock Images is $12 per year. This fee enables you to submit an unlimited number of images to sell on the Snapfish Stock Images web site; enabling you to earn money in doing so. The fee allows Snapfish and their partner, LicenseStream, to build, maintain and process the transactions associated with offering your images for sale to professional image buyers. In addition you will be able to share your images and use other Snapfish Stock Images subscribers' images for personal projects within Snapfish for free.

So I went hunting for LicenseStream
http://www.licensestream.com/licensestream2/Portal/company/about_us.aspx
http://www.licensestream.com/licensestreamportal/blog/

LicenseStream, formerly ImageSpan, is the first comprehensive platform that allows owners of digital content efficiently to license, transact and monitor all forms of electronic media....

Founded in 2003 and based in Sausalito, California, LicenseStream is backed by Bertelsmann Digital Media Investments, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Bertelsmann AG, a leading international media company.

They claim you can set up your own site through them including rights managed
http://www.licensestream.com/licensestream2/Portal/solutions/creative_overview.aspx


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klsbear

« Reply #5 on: October 15, 2011, 13:37 »

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My experience with Snapfish is that it's mostly a site where you can upload snapshots of your kids, personal photos, etc. to make photo-gifts, mugs, posters, calendars, etc. I've used it to make a small quantity of text-based themed mugs for my husband's business and coffee mugs for a freiend with pics of their puppies and photo-calendars for my parents. I can't see it being a lucrative site for stock. I think the majority of customers are using their own photos.


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cclapper

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« Reply #6 on: October 15, 2011, 13:58 »

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Some of my images showed up at Snapfish through a partner program, before Veer introduced their PP a month or so ago. So I think that maybe DT is a partner as well? Or maybe BigStock? If you contribute to those sites and you are opted in for partners, your images might already be on Snapfish and you might check.

To me it feels like agencies have partners, who have partners, who have partners, etc. In my mind I see a graphic they always show when tracking a virus from ground zero and how rapidly it spreads throughout the world...


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RacePhoto

« Reply #7 on: October 15, 2011, 15:05 »

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Quote from: cclapper on October 15, 2011, 13:58

Thanks all, not that I'm not still confused. Wink

I'm not on Veer not with DT anymore, so I'd be doing this through SnapFish.

What I was wondering is if anyone ever had a sale and do any buyers even know this exists. Or is it something new?

Got a laugh from this part: Will the metadata (keywords and descriptions) I have embedded in my images be retained?
No, the Snapfish.com upload process does not read the IPTC or XMP metadata that may have been attached by many popular image-editing programs. Snapfish Stock Images gets all the image file information from Snapfish.com, so the embedded metadata will not be available. This is why it is important to add metadata during the Prepare for Licensing process.

OK so they have made it complex and difficult to include data, because we would need to add it all, individually at time of upload. That's dull. Not that I can't handle cut and paste, but really, this is basic input and essential data transfer for selling images.

Oh then the other question, which I'll go look for. Illustrations? (found em, answer is yes)

LicenseStream 50Gb - $299 a year, and they take a percentage, charge distribution fees? I don't think so. The basic plan is missing so much and with 10GB, it's useless. Maybe I'm just looking at the plan and not seeing the whole picture?

Longish link, I don't know why, but I tested it with a second browser and I didn't need to register or login to view the images for sale.

http://stockimages.snapfish.com/LicenseStream/Store/Content?id=2780AEF9-2DF6-4175-8275-9BE61BE80C27

Buyer Credits Schedule:

Hmm, that looks pretty fair? Credits cost from $1.20 to .71, XSmall for example, pays .61 which is 50%, Medium 8 credits costs (this is roughly average credit price of $1 each now) $8 seller gets, $4.85. Hey very favorable. But I'm back to that magic site that pays a great percentage and makes no sales. vs one that pays 25c a download and gets high volume, which one makes more? I have a cold and maybe messed the math, but it looks like the Snapfish commission is 50% and up.

Anyone selling directly through Snapfish? Not the pp route?

ps - 1187697 images
Search Results for "business handshake": 1810 Items Found
Search Results for "sliced tomato": 1845 Items Found
Search Results for "girl phone": 5817 Items Found
Search Results for "apple": 12303 Items Found


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RacePhoto

« Reply #8 on: October 25, 2011, 12:28 »

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Anyone selling directly through Snapfish?

Interesting that a site exists and no one seems to sell anything there?

No I wouldn't pay $12 to sell things where there are no sales.


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