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Title: Microstock Expo 2013 Agency List
Post by: Cricket on November 13, 2013, 02:12
Hi Everyone  :D

Just curious... does anyone have a list of all the microstock agencies that are going to be at this meeting?  ;)

Cricket

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Title: Re: Microstock Expo 2013 Agency List
Post by: leaf on November 13, 2013, 03:54
Canva
Depositphotos
Clashshot (depositphotos)
EyeEm
Envati
Foap
Fotolia
fStock
iBudgetPhoto
ImageDB
ImagineChina
Mint Images
MostPhotos
MotionElements
PantherMedia
PhotoStockMexico
Lori
Pitopia
Pixta
Pond5
ShotShop
Shutterstock
StockFood
Stocksy
TheWorldofPictures
Uberstock
Westend61
YooniqImages

++ more
I'm almost certain there must be a few more because I'm constantly thinking of new ones that I forgot and adding them.
Title: Re: Microstock Expo 2013 Agency List
Post by: cobalt on November 13, 2013, 05:42
what about istock?
Title: Re: Microstock Expo 2013 Agency List
Post by: leaf on November 13, 2013, 06:45
what about istock?

Good question.  Do you know who is coming from there?  There isn't anyone on the speaker list and the contact list that was shared doesn't have anyone on it either?!
Title: Re: Microstock Expo 2013 Agency List
Post by: leaf on November 13, 2013, 06:48
just got the official word from Lee.  Nobody from iStock is coming :( 

They closed their office in Berlin so perhaps it was more effort than they wanted to exert.  too bad.  They are a sponsor however - nice to see that.
Title: Re: Microstock Expo 2013 Agency List
Post by: ShadySue on November 13, 2013, 06:49
They consider themselves Midstock nowadays.  ::)

Interesting list, at least half of which I've never heard of.
Title: Re: Microstock Expo 2013 Agency List
Post by: leaf on November 13, 2013, 07:23
They consider themselves Midstock nowadays.  ::)

Interesting list, at least half of which I've never heard of.

Yeah, it looks like quite a few of those are German companies.. understandably
Title: Re: Microstock Expo 2013 Agency List
Post by: cobalt on November 13, 2013, 08:07
Is anybody coming from Getty? I can't believe they have completly abandoned the German market to the competition. What kind of signal are they sending to the exclusive German artists?

Fotolia and SS have offices and sales teams in Germany and the 300 million dollar istock business has no official represantation in the German language market with it's 100 million people?

What about istock and Getty's future in Europe?

I really don't understand their strategy. Is all their income going into servicing their debts?

I'm really confused...
Title: Re: Microstock Expo 2013 Agency List
Post by: Cricket on November 13, 2013, 08:16
Hi Leaf  :)

Thanks for the list... I couldn't get that information from the expo people... they told me I had to attend if I wanted to know!  :P   ::)

Cricket
Title: Re: Microstock Expo 2013 Agency List
Post by: luissantos84 on November 13, 2013, 09:07
why would iStock go anyway? just amazing!

no worries guys, Yuri and AndresR as exlusives will reply to iStock questions ;D
Title: Re: Microstock Expo 2013 Agency List
Post by: ShadySue on November 13, 2013, 09:13
They consider themselves Midstock nowadays.  ::)

Interesting list, at least half of which I've never heard of.

Yeah, it looks like quite a few of those are German companies.. understandably

I wonder how many other little micro companies there are around, e.g. n the UK, which I/most of us have never heard of. And whether they're worth even considering.
Title: Re: Microstock Expo 2013 Agency List
Post by: leaf on November 13, 2013, 09:57
Hi Leaf  :)

Thanks for the list... I couldn't get that information from the expo people... they told me I had to attend if I wanted to know!  :P   ::)

Cricket

I can't say if that is a complete list however... I am just posting what is public info.  There may be other agencies that attend that didn't want to be on the contact list and aren't speaking.
Title: Re: Microstock Expo 2013 Agency List
Post by: ShadySue on November 13, 2013, 09:59
Hi Leaf  :)

Thanks for the list... I couldn't get that information from the expo people... they told me I had to attend if I wanted to know!  :P   ::)

Cricket

H*ck, L*bo must be moonlighting as their visitor experience manager.
Title: Re: Microstock Expo 2013 Agency List
Post by: gostwyck on November 13, 2013, 11:31
Is anybody coming from Getty? I can't believe they have completly abandoned the German market to the competition. What kind of signal are they sending to the exclusive German artists?

Fotolia and SS have offices and sales teams in Germany and the 300 million dollar istock business has no official represantation in the German language market with it's 100 million people?

What about istock and Getty's future in Europe?

I really don't understand their strategy. Is all their income going into servicing their debts?

I'm really confused...

I actually doubt that Istock are still a '$300M business' nowadays. They've been shedding staff and shrinking for at least a couple of years now. The closing of the Berlin office was just part of that. I guess they must have decided that the costs of running it weren't justified by whatever revenue it generated.
Title: Re: Microstock Expo 2013 Agency List
Post by: mlwinphoto on November 13, 2013, 15:58
I'm pretty sure Macrografiks will be there.