hey guys,
for those of you working with panthermedia, it seems that the german agency has signed an agreement with agefotostock to market its images through the new easyfotostock (i.e. a subsidiary of agefotostock)
Read here: http://www.stockphototalk.com/the_stock_photo_industry_/2007/10/panthermedia_ag.html

regards,
diego

Panthermedia has so many partnerships that maybe this new partnership is not too unusal to let their contributers know. unless agefotostock is a way more profitable partnership. Does anyone knows anything about agefotostock?

That might explain why I just found one of my images there, to my surprise.  I hate when this crap happens, unannounced.  Like someone went and robbed my warehouse and began selling it in their store.  Who knows how many times this could be happening, whether its to our knowledge or not.  The power of the internet.

too often and in too many places...  other threads on this wrap around FT doing the same.... along with the photo.com and JIU swapout and other nonsense... =tom

Incidentally GM,  I feel the same.. if not, certainly tricked/bamboozled...  the old prestidigitation thing,  look here at this hand but not what the other one is doing...  poor business practice..

agefotostock has been around for ever, maybe longer, certainly longer than a lot of the complainers here have been alive.

If it gets me more sales I think the partnering thing is great but being "naturally inquisitive" (read nosey bugger) I'd like to know which partners.  I dont think it would be too much work for an agency to list somewhere in the submitters areas this the list of partners do you want to opt in? then we could say hey agency xyz is great and really doing things because they have 3.14159 partners etc.  Or is there some reason for keeping it secret?

So that nosey buggers stay out of the business end of things thereby reducing the size of the pi too much. 

If it gets me more sales I think the partnering thing is great but being "naturally inquisitive" (read nosey bugger) I'd like to know which partners. I dont think it would be too much work for an agency to list somewhere in the submitters areas this the list of partners do you want to opt in? then we could say hey agency xyz is great and really doing things because they have 3.14159 partners etc.  Or is there some reason for keeping it secret?

  bold my addition t

What's so unreasonable about this?  Why not a comphrehensive list? Why not the ability to have this list easily accessible to all contributors and offer the ability to opt in or out on all or a la carte?  I wish I had the opportunity to pick and choose looking at some of the sites my stuff has been fed to. Sites that if they were listed at opt time... I just might have said 'no'.
   All or nothing is the only option? And just because I opted in on what was offered at the time I opted in.... how's it okay for the agency to add on 'partners' and not advise the contributor that her/his work is now also going outbound once again? From a couple of the threads active right now, it seems there's a heckuva lotta photogs being 'surprised' by where they are finding their work.... unbeknownst to them... how it got there.
   
   Kind of blank check isnt it?  If you say yes once, we can do whatever we want to do?  Maybe I'm missing something......I dont see this as a good business practice...  ? =tom

No offense implied to zymmetrical or zeus... just want further insight as why this is not okay...maybe I'm missing something...

Not sure if you missed my link or are referring to other agencies, but,  http://www.panthermedia.net/index.php?page=cms%2Fpages%2Fdisplay2.php&cms_id=196&select_language=en

So did I, apologies to ZYMM....  this is what I'm talkin about...
   Now... if I were to app at Panther... I know exactly what I'm getting into and I can make my choice yes or no. I think what others are reffering to is partners being added after the fact and a lack of communication to the contributors and an inability to defer.
   But... such is the nature of the beast and if we want to play, I suppose we have to keep in mind,  it's their football. We make our choices and we move forward. =tom
 
   

Hello,

@graficallyminded:

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I just found one of my images there

This is correct. We maintain our network of partners to increase your revenues. You can see the full list of distributors
here which is reguarly updated.

@freezingpictures:
AGE and Alfonso Gutierrez are old names in the stock photo industry doing business since 1973.

@Tom:
There is no lack of communication since all distribution partners are listed here.
However, you have a point about being informed about newly added distribution partners separately. This is a good proposal and we will consider to make the names of existing and new distribution partners not only available on the website I mentioned before, but also the newly added distribution partners regularly in our newsletter.

Andy

@Tom:
There is no lack of communication since all distribution partners are listed here.
However, you have a point about being informed about newly added distribution partners separately. This is a good proposal and we will consider to make the names of existing and new distribution partners not only available on the website I mentioned before, but also the newly added distribution partners regularly in our newsletter.
Andy

Thanks, Andy...  Panther seems to be lightyears ahead of other agencies in the communications area!!
       I think I am going to try to  submit to Panther,  hopefully, you (panther) may find some of my images of value, possibly able to have a sales niche there. I am primarily landscape/travel.  We'll see, and if not,  understandable.   
   Thanks again for the info, sir!! Appreciated! =tom

As I live in Denmark, I just picked one of the danish partners (Creas). They are offering 6 months of what seems to be unlimited RF images for 2990 DKK, which translates into just $570. How can this be profitable to the contributor ? I don't get how these partnership contracts work

I see. Thank you for clearing that up Andy