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Peter did a great job with stockxpert, I hope this one does just a well and he doesn't sell it this time.  Will support this one as much as I can, hopefully the StockXpert buyers will go there.

Four biggies already signed up: iofoto, yuri arcurs, dash and pressmaster.

5 now !!  I just joined !!  lol 

Never heard of two of those.  Anyways, I'd imagine any independent would quickly upload as much as they can, like any other storefront.  I did a couple of searches and popularity brought back all Yuri images on the page.  He must be stoked.

Good job on keeping the pricing up.  Of course, higher percentages only mean anything if you actually sell anything, and more of the same is just more of the same as everyone else.  I can't see why anyone would go here instead of where they already have an account.

The "images in the same series" bit is a nice touch.  I like the layout of the "rights allowed" red/green part as well.

Me, neither, but they have nice sized portfolios.


Actually, they have one thing going for them that makes them unlike any other storefront and that is that they have already proved they can be successful. I hope the second time around proves just as successful as the first...for both agency and contributors.


Very true. Hopefully they can trade on their past reputation.

What about all the buyers that liked StockXpert but don't like the other sites?  I think they can attract enough of them to get the site going.  And DT have this strange rejection policy now that is stopping people uploading, I can see a lot of their buyers looking at other sites soon, if they don't change.

They also have the chance to accept only good quality images, the old sites have millions of images that clog up the search, there are some advantages starting a new site and hopefully the owners can use all their experience to get this one just right.

You can view it in Firefox if you don't want to use IE8.

its so hard to teach an old dog new tricks . . . .  but doesn't this limit the client base a tad?

I used to be a web developer and I offered my clients an 80% discount if I could block IE7 and earlier on their site. 

Probably - but I'm sure they'll sort it out.    I think you'll find Firefox a very easy transition if you give it a try - I'm sure you're not as 'old' a dog as you think

I just think that if I was a happy StockXpert buyer and had to go through all the changes imposed by Jupiter and Getty and then the closure and having to use other sites, I would probably want to go back to a site that's like StockXpert again.  It might not work out like that, it's just a possibility, we will find out over the next few months.  

As a contributor, I am very skeptical about new sites but this feels like StockXpert rising from the ashes, much more interesting than a site that doesn't have any history.

Joined (48 ?) and waiting, if it would work I will happily remove some @#$