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Agency Based Discussion => Adobe Stock => Topic started by: click_click on February 27, 2011, 11:38

Title: Scake.com another Fotolia affiliate - probably
Post by: click_click on February 27, 2011, 11:38
Just came across http://www.scake.com/ (http://www.scake.com/) - Looks like they also use Fotolia's API.

No idea if this was mentioned before or if anyone actually cares. Though I'd let everyone know.
Title: Re: Scake.com another Fotolia affiliate - probably
Post by: cathyslife on February 27, 2011, 13:36
I care. Thanks for the link, I did a search for a few of my best sellers and did not find anything. I am not at Fotolia, so that may be why. Which is OK by me.  :)
Title: Re: Scake.com another Fotolia affiliate - probably
Post by: click_click on February 27, 2011, 13:46
I couldn't find one of my images there either and I'm WITH Fotolia - so I'm not sure how they obtain their images.

It doesn't look like they have access to all the images.
Title: Re: Scake.com another Fotolia affiliate - probably
Post by: MatHayward on February 28, 2011, 11:57
I didn't see any of my images in there.  What makes you think it's a Fotolia affiliate if you didn't find your own images?

Mat
Title: Re: Scake.com another Fotolia affiliate - probably
Post by: click_click on February 28, 2011, 12:27
...What makes you think it's a Fotolia affiliate if you didn't find your own images?...

The Fotolia watermark.

Otherwise they are quite ruthless in offering designs that are not provided through an API.
Title: Re: Scake.com another Fotolia affiliate - probably
Post by: gostwyck on February 28, 2011, 12:33
I didn't see any of my images in there.  What makes you think it's a Fotolia affiliate if you didn't find your own images?

Mat

My images are there too __ the exact number that I have in my portfolio at FT.
Title: Re: Scake.com another Fotolia affiliate - probably
Post by: click_click on February 28, 2011, 12:58
I found all of mine using Google but their internal image search is really screwed up.

I cannot locate one of my images using the scake.com search.
Title: Re: Scake.com another Fotolia affiliate - probably
Post by: madelaide on February 28, 2011, 17:16
Indeed, I see Fotolia watermark on them.  I didn't find any of mine, but having to search in German is a bit complicate. I wonder if these images are from FT's free section? Funny, though, TinEye could only find them in IS or Getty, the ones I tried at least.

They put images on cakes. Hmm, that's something new! Doe sit fall into "print on demand"?

Oh, keyword spamming!  I find many images of Copacabana that are not at least in Rio de Janeiro (and they are not the Bolivian Copacabana either).
Title: Re: Scake.com another Fotolia affiliate - probably
Post by: click_click on February 28, 2011, 17:31
... I didn't find any of mine, ...


Are these yours:
http://www.scake.com/fototorten/49921.html (http://www.scake.com/fototorten/49921.html)
?
Title: Re: Scake.com another Fotolia affiliate - probably
Post by: madelaide on February 28, 2011, 18:09
Indeed! I tried "brasilien geld" but mine didn't show.

Observe that each image has an option to buy from Fotolia (Dieses Bild bei fotolia kaufen). In the case you buy the cake, do they buy the image?
Title: Re: Scake.com another Fotolia affiliate - probably
Post by: click_click on February 28, 2011, 18:35
Indeed! I tried "brasilien geld" but mine didn't show. ...

Which proves the point that their search doesn't work well (at all?).

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...Observe that each image has an option to buy from Fotolia (Dieses Bild bei fotolia kaufen). In the case you buy the cake, do they buy the image?

Weird, they don't even include a referral/affiliate link.That's just odd.
Title: Re: Scake.com another Fotolia affiliate - probably
Post by: madelaide on February 28, 2011, 19:20
Have you reported them to FT? Maybe they are legal, like that German print company (wer they with FT or DT?)
Title: Re: Scake.com another Fotolia affiliate - probably
Post by: click_click on February 28, 2011, 23:22
Have you reported them to Fotolia? Maybe they are legal, like that German print company (wer they with Fotolia or Dreamstime?)
No I haven't - I wasn't sure if someone contacted Fotolia in the past and may know about it. But if no one here knows anything I will contact them.