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Agency Based Discussion => General - Top Sites => Topic started by: GeoPappas on March 30, 2007, 09:08

Title: Where Are the Major Microstocks Physically Located?
Post by: GeoPappas on March 30, 2007, 09:08: Where are the main offices of the major microstock sites physically located?

Here is what I have so far (please correct me if I am incorrect):
iStock - Calgary, Canada
Dreamstime - Bucharest, Romania
Stockxpert - Budapest, Hungary
Bigstock - Davis, CA
LuckyO - Campbell, CA

Shutterstock - ?
Fotolia - ?
123RF - ?
Title: Re: Where Are the Major Microstocks Physically Located?
Post by: CJPhoto on March 30, 2007, 09:33: For 123RF:

Inmagine Corporation LLC <- Parent company
(EIN: 76-0749249)
2650 Fountain View Dr
Suite 332
Houston TX
77057 USA

123RF Limited
813, 8/F Hollywood Plaza
610 Nathan Road
Kowloon, Hong Kong
Title: Re: Where Are the Major Microstocks Physically Located?
Post by: CJPhoto on March 30, 2007, 09:33: For Shutterstock:

Shutterstock, Inc.
155 W. 19th St., 2nd Floor
New York, NY 10011
Title: Re: Where Are the Major Microstocks Physically Located?
Post by: GeoPappas on March 30, 2007, 09:45: I saw those addresses on the web sites, but they didn't seem correct to me for some reason.

Is SS really in NY?

As for 123RF, I'm not looking for the parent corporation (Inmagine), but the actual location of 123RF itself. For some reason I thought that it was located in Europe. Is it really in Hong Kong?
Title: Re: Where Are the Major Microstocks Physically Located?
Post by: Kngkyle on March 30, 2007, 10:16: Fotolia:

Global Headquarters
Fotolia LLC
41 East 11th Street,
11th Floor
New York, NY 10003
USA
Tel: 718-577-1321
Title: Re: Where Are the Major Microstocks Physically Located?
Post by: CJPhoto on March 30, 2007, 10:36: Quote from: GeoPappas on March 30, 2007, 09:45
As for 123RF, I'm not looking for the parent corporation (Inmagine), but the actual location of 123RF itself. For some reason I thought that it was located in Europe. Is it really in Hong Kong?
Not sure where the actual work force is (if there are many at all) but I assume it is located in HK as HK only taxes local income (I think). therefore all income from the rest of the world would be tax free.

Agree that the locations in NY dont look right for where their servers etc are located.
Title: Re: Where Are the Major Microstocks Physically Located?
Post by: Karimala on March 30, 2007, 11:14: SS is definitely located in NY. I met Setho a few months ago and asked. ;D
Title: Re: Where Are the Major Microstocks Physically Located?
Post by: GeoPappas on March 30, 2007, 12:19: Quote from: Kngkyle on March 30, 2007, 10:16
Fotolia:

Global Headquarters
Fotolia LLC
41 East 11th Street,
11th Floor
New York, NY 10003
USA
Tel: 718-577-1321

For some reason, I don't think that Chad, Eugenie, or the others are in NY.
Title: Re: Where Are the Major Microstocks Physically Located?
Post by: boughn on March 30, 2007, 14:18: Dreamstime
Administrative & billing:
Dreamstime LLC
1616 Westgate Circle
Brentwood, TN 37027
United States

Business relations & development:
Archiweb Design - Dreamstime
59 Constantin Caracas st., apt. 2
Bucharest 1, 011155
Romania
Title: Re: Where Are the Major Microstocks Physically Located?
Post by: fintastique on April 09, 2007, 02:40: FT have offices in NY, London, Paris, Germany and probably a few other european countries as well.

Their Beta site actually started up in France when they hit 300,000 images in November 2005 they expanded to different countries with different languages.

I know some of my images will be reviewed first in London and some will get a second opinion in NYC.
Title: Re: Where Are the Major Microstocks Physically Located?
Post by: CJPhoto on April 09, 2007, 07:15: Quote from: GeoPappas on March 30, 2007, 12:19
Quote from: Kngkyle on March 30, 2007, 10:16
Fotolia:

Global Headquarters
Fotolia LLC
41 East 11th Street,
11th Floor
New York, NY 10003
USA
Tel: 718-577-1321

For some reason, I don't think that Chad, Eugenie, or the others are in NY.
Didn't I read in an article that they dont have an office?
Title: Re: Where Are the Major Microstocks Physically Located?
Post by: Kngkyle on April 09, 2007, 14:30: Quote from: CJPhoto on April 09, 2007, 07:15
Quote from: GeoPappas on March 30, 2007, 12:19
Quote from: Kngkyle on March 30, 2007, 10:16
Fotolia:

Global Headquarters
Fotolia LLC
41 East 11th Street,
11th Floor
New York, NY 10003
USA
Tel: 718-577-1321

For some reason, I don't think that Chad, Eugenie, or the others are in NY.
Didn't I read in an article that they dont have an office?

Yea I read that too. It said that all of there employees work from home. Or maybe it said most of their employees. Either way, they must have a location for there servers.