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« Reply #1 on: August 29, 2014, 10:50 »
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I can't say that I get super excited about these embedding images business models. Maybe, I should just start a Kickstarter for myself. The pay Cory to do nothing Kickstarter.

« Reply #2 on: August 29, 2014, 11:26 »
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I don't understand how this isn't just another agency with a mixture of free and paid content, flexible licensing options and some embed code.

What am I missing? For the items that are paid licenses, what's the royalty model - who collects, and what percentage goes to the artist?

Looked around a bit - you get 70% and they keep 30%. You get to set your own prices. May look some more later, but the intro video talks about importing images from a smart phone, so I guess they are thinking of people monetizing their walk around snaps, not traditional stock
« Last Edit: August 29, 2014, 11:44 by Jo Ann Snover »

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« Reply #3 on: August 29, 2014, 11:41 »
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I don't see what's great about free embedded images either. Just another Getty, only unproven.
« Last Edit: August 29, 2014, 12:10 by Shelma1 »

Ed

« Reply #4 on: August 29, 2014, 13:05 »
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Free - no.

But what I could jump on board with is if they could create a service where the website could embed the image (with link back to me or the agency) and also have a back end server that automatically billed the owner of the website a monthly subscription fee of say $19.99 per image embedded.

That fee automatically gets transferred via ACH to the agency and then I automatically get my payout at the end of the month....every month (one month lag because of timing).

No payment = image blocked on the feed

I would support that 100%
« Last Edit: August 29, 2014, 13:25 by Ed »

Uncle Pete

« Reply #5 on: August 30, 2014, 19:59 »
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Go test the search. For example "car" you get all photos of people (some have part of a car, most do not) Try "Bicycle" you get people, some have a bicycle part, but not one photo of just a bicycle.

What I'm getting at, is the keywords are already spammed with the usual distant and unrelated subjects. Dead...

« Reply #6 on: August 30, 2014, 20:25 »
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Go test the search. For example "car" you get all photos of people (some have part of a car, most do not) Try "Bicycle" you get people, some have a bicycle part, but not one photo of just a bicycle.

What I'm getting at, is the keywords are already spammed with the usual distant and unrelated subjects. Dead...

i guess that's the opposite of what you get when you search of google, yahoo,etc...
for say "mother teresa" and you get porn  :D
ie. one gives you what you' re not looking for;
the other (spamming) add more so you get what you're not looking for.

Uncle Pete

« Reply #7 on: August 30, 2014, 20:34 »
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Good one! Unfortunately your example is totally fabricated and false. I also suggest Bing or Metacrawler (the search that searches, searches) I don't Google much anymore because of the way it features pay sites and ignores relevant little ones. What's a Yahoo? Are they still in business?



With an image agency, a buyer would like to get the keyword(s) they enter, not something else. If this new agency has a search that's just as bad as the rest, they missed what makes happy buyers.  :)

Go test the search. For example "car" you get all photos of people (some have part of a car, most do not) Try "Bicycle" you get people, some have a bicycle part, but not one photo of just a bicycle.

What I'm getting at, is the keywords are already spammed with the usual distant and unrelated subjects. Dead...


i guess that's the opposite of what you get when you search of google, yahoo,etc...
for say "mother teresa" and you get porn  :D
ie. one gives you what you' re not looking for;
the other (spamming) add more so you get what you're not looking for.


 

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