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Hey everyone, I've been uploading to Getty through their flickr link and have gotten a couple of sales over the past year. My last sale however raised a questionI thought that an RM meant that one image could only be sold once (you are selling the rights to use it), however Getty has sold one of my images twice now (not that I'm complaining). So can these images be sold more than once? Second, i thought that the biggest advantage of micro stock was that you could sell the same image to multiple prople. So over a period of time the image might earn you more than if one person bought it through Getty. But if getty can also sell to multiple people then isn't it better than a microstock?
So for a person who is contributing both to microstock (getty) and to most of the top tier microstock sites. How do i decide which image goes where?
Typically, if you think it has a wide variety of commercial uses, RF. If it is a rare image or has limited use, RM. But deciding is just something you have to learn from experience.
So for a person who is contributing both to microstock (getty) and to most of the top tier microstock sites. How do i decide which image goes where? Sent from my GT-I9300 using Tapatalk 2
Thanks for the great answer. But then who are the people who typically purchase an RM? What are they looking for, it has to be more than just being forced to buy an RM because the image subject was not available on RF
Thanks for the great answer. But then who are the people who typically purchase an RM? What are they looking for, it has to be more than just being forced to buy an RM because the image subject was not available on RFSent from my GT-I9300 using Tapatalk 2
Quote from: izzikiorage on June 04, 2014, 03:17Thanks for the great answer. But then who are the people who typically purchase an RM? What are they looking for, it has to be more than just being forced to buy an RM because the image subject was not available on RFSent from my GT-I9300 using Tapatalk 2From the perspective of ad agencies, clients will buy an RM image for a variety of reasons, but one important reason is exclusivity. Panasonic doesn't want Samsung using the same photo in an ad for a similar product at the same time.