Author Topic: Are You Afraid? (Read 6973 times)

rubyroo · « **Reply #25 on:** February 13, 2013, 18:21 »

Yes indeed. It's seems they look at MSG, but they don't see.

VB inc · « **Reply #26 on:** February 13, 2013, 19:03 »

Quote from: Tabimura on February 13, 2013, 02:16

I expect Stocksy to be nothing more of what Stockfresh is - big hopes leading to nothing. I just don't understand how people think that the guy who run istock YEARS ago can make a relevant comeback nowadays. There are lots now who understand thoroughly stock photography, Bruce is not a miracle waiting to happen.

Please bear in mind that stocksy wont be another agency but a co-op. I believe it will attract a lot of talented photographers and designers with years of experience in this industry and that is an invaluable resource to have.
Im a designer. I started off as a buyer on istock and continued to purchase after i became exclusive contributor there. I told anyone i could about istock. The designers were a big part of istocks success. The change for me and many others were the RC credits that got introduced. The two way street ended. After that, i no longer told other colleagues about that place and never referred anyone else there afterwards.
If this site gets enough designers onboard initially, they will help grow this company in my opinion by word of mouth and through social networks in the industry.

Mantis · « **Reply #27 on:** February 13, 2013, 19:12 »

Quote from: VB inc on February 13, 2013, 19:03

Quote from: Tabimura on February 13, 2013, 02:16
I expect Stocksy to be nothing more of what Stockfresh is - big hopes leading to nothing. I just don't understand how people think that the guy who run istock YEARS ago can make a relevant comeback nowadays. There are lots now who understand thoroughly stock photography, Bruce is not a miracle waiting to happen.

Please bear in mind that stocksy wont be another agency but a co-op. I believe it will attract a lot of talented photographers and designers with years of experience in this industry and that is an invaluable resource to have.
Im a designer. I started off as a buyer on istock and continued to purchase after i became exclusive contributor there. I told anyone i could about istock. The designers were a big part of istocks success. The change for me and many others were the RC credits that got introduced. The two way street ended. After that, i no longer told other colleagues about that place and never referred anyone else there afterwards.
If this site gets enough designers onboard initially, they will help grow this company in my opinion by word of mouth and through social networks in the industry.

I agree and that is going to be a significant boost if it they're able to pull that off. I sure hope they are successful and can "reset" things for many artists.

topol · « **Reply #28 on:** March 16, 2013, 11:02 »

Quote from: crazychristina on February 13, 2013, 02:28

I know little about Stocksy, but if they have image exclusivity and many of the best photographers put their best images there (and only there) because they get a good return, then I can imagine buyers might be interested.

I'm afraid stocksy is turning out to be s pretty bad misconcept. they forgot that stock is 70% utility and they dont want what are by far the best sellers. they go for an artsy collection and that fails the same as vetta: it's a rube's idea of art, artsy fartsy at best. sophisticated art directors will be less-than-impressed by a handfull of shallow dof low contrast pics and they wont find the utility they most often need. falling on the floor between two chairs imho. the only way this could be any benefit to anyone if the price was a lot higher and rm

ShadySue · « **Reply #29 on:** March 16, 2013, 11:10 »

^^ You seem to privy to a lot more solid knowledge about Stocksy than the rest of us.
Most of us have only the haziest idea of what sort of images they will be selling, what the price point might be, who the target buyers are etc.
However, as you haven't shared your insider knowledge, your opinion is unintelligible to the non-cognoscenti.

cthoman · « **Reply #30 on:** March 16, 2013, 11:26 »

Quote from: jsnover on February 13, 2013, 15:42

Perhaps the only thing I am afraid of is how far the contagion of the iStock Redeemed Credit system will spread - now that it looks like SS has caught the bug

That would be my concern. It seems like a game of whack-a-mole. You get burned by one company and run to the next one only to get burned by them.

topol · « **Reply #31 on:** March 17, 2013, 10:42 »

I guess you'll have to wait untill 25th to see how correctly I judged the situation. I dont really understand why the whole thing is so secretive, its kinda counterproductive for the site but I dont want to bash the whole thing because despite what I wrote I think its a very noble project
. But they already have 85% less pics then what they hoped for the opening. Im having serious doubts and exactly because of what I wrote this can turn into a tease-driven enormous waste of time.

Quote from: ShadySue on March 16, 2013, 11:10

^^ You seem to privy to a lot more solid knowledge about Stocksy than the rest of us.
Most of us have only the haziest idea of what sort of images they will be selling, what the price point might be, who the target buyers are etc.
However, as you haven't shared your insider knowledge, your opinion is unintelligible to the non-cognoscenti.

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