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Microstock Photography Forum - General => General Stock Discussion => Topic started by: melastmohican on January 31, 2014, 12:11

Title: 10 greatest agencies from buyer perspective
Post by: melastmohican on January 31, 2014, 12:11
My Google alert on "microstock" brought me this link:
http://davidwalsh.name/10-excellent-microstock-agencies (http://davidwalsh.name/10-excellent-microstock-agencies)
Title: Re: 10 greatest agencies from buyer perspective
Post by: Mantis on January 31, 2014, 12:13
Quote from: melastmohican on January 31, 2014, 12:11
My Google alert on "microstock" brought me this link:
[url]http://davidwalsh.name/10-excellent-microstock-agencies[/url] ([url]http://davidwalsh.name/10-excellent-microstock-agencies[/url])


That's a joke.
Title: Re: 10 greatest agencies from buyer perspective
Post by: 08stock08 on January 31, 2014, 13:00
Seems a biased view from the buyers point of view. Most of in the list are low volume based options for sellers and Alexa page does not show much of traffic on them either.
Title: Re: 10 greatest agencies from buyer perspective
Post by: ShadySue on January 31, 2014, 13:10
Note above the title "sponsored post".
Title: Re: 10 greatest agencies from buyer perspective
Post by: Mantis on January 31, 2014, 13:17
Quote from: ShadySue on January 31, 2014, 13:10
Note above the title "sponsored post".

 Right, I noticed the same.
Title: Re: 10 greatest agencies from buyer perspective
Post by: Jo Ann Snover on January 31, 2014, 14:12
I hadn't come across this blog before, but the breathless prose in this drivel beggars belief (emphasis mine): "As a matter of fact, whatever you happen to be looking for, I bet you'll be spell-bound with the search results."

If that's not over the top enough, there's this: "Pixmac's lofty potential is split in two. Part can be found in the credit-based Subscription Collection (2.5 million – and it's safe to say that these are the most cherished items), ..."

Even in the "good old days" I don't believe any agency treated our content like a cherished item! This type of pseudo article is like the fake editorial in the advertising sections newspapers used to publish - all it does is erode any credibility the organization might have had for any words they weren't paid to say.

I don't mind ads (I happily ignore them) but I despise attempts to pass them off as genuine recommendations. On the other hand, having excluded all the major agencies and included only old-news also-rans, I can't imagine anyone will pay much attention.
Title: Re: 10 greatest agencies from buyer perspective
Post by: Goofy on January 31, 2014, 14:26
Shall we call these 'Gifted' or 'Special' companies...   8)


Title: Re: 10 greatest agencies from buyer perspective
Post by: Newsfocus1 on January 31, 2014, 14:36
Anyone notice that intriguing line in the blurb about Yay Images "over one million celebrity images are coming in February"? What's that about?....
Title: Re: 10 greatest agencies from buyer perspective
Post by: BaldricksTrousers on January 31, 2014, 15:31
Quote from: Newsfocus1 on January 31, 2014, 14:36
Anyone notice that intriguing line in the blurb about Yay Images "over one million celebrity images are coming in February"? What's that about?....

It sounds as if they are linking up with an established, traditional library.
Title: Re: 10 greatest agencies from buyer perspective
Post by: gillian vann on February 01, 2014, 04:17
hmm, did they give him those images to use for free I wonder?
Title: Re: 10 greatest agencies from buyer perspective
Post by: ShadySue on February 01, 2014, 06:15
Quote from: gillian on February 01, 2014, 04:17
hmm, did they give him those images to use for free I wonder?
I'd say 'sponsored post' would indicate either that or paid placement.
Advertorial, nothing to see here.