Basically, if you're interested in a co-op, see if you can get accepted on Bruce's Stocksy project.

Quote from: ShadySue on February 07, 2013, 18:32
Basically, if you're interested in a co-op, see if you can get accepted on Bruce's Stocksy project.

Do you know more now you've accepted into the closed FB group?

Quote from: fotoVoyager on February 07, 2013, 18:34

Quote from: ShadySue on February 07, 2013, 18:32
Basically, if you're interested in a co-op, see if you can get accepted on Bruce's Stocksy project.

Do you know more now you've accepted into the closed FB group?

Me? I know nothing, except that I wouldn't get accepted.

Quote from: ShadySue on February 07, 2013, 18:38


Me? I know nothing, except that I wouldn't get accepted.

Why wouldn't you be accepted?

Quote from: cthoman on February 04, 2013, 18:01
I started a co-op of one. Does that count? 

Mine is bigger than yours.   

Not sure. But I say try it. You only live once. 

Quote from: grsphoto on February 04, 2013, 17:04
I have been reading a lot of the forums and started thinking about how to improve our lives as Micro Stock Submitters.

The only answer I could come up with is a Co-op, type agency.

This is how I see it working.

Submitters have to be a member of the Co-op.  To be a member you need to buy at least one share ( $50? a share)

Commission would be set by the members ( 40%? ) and dividends paid based on shares.  Dividends would NOT be a proirity, with most of the funds being re-invested into marketing, technology, marketing, search optiimization and marketing.

There would be no "reviewers" but paid photo editors.
All images will be accepted, but rated and "placed" by the editors
Image submission will be charged per image submitted ( .01? .10?) to pay for the editors
Your will work with the same editor for all submissions unless you ask for a change, so you can converse with them.

For this to work buyers are needed, so the systems have to set up to make it easy for them, which may mean strict controlled vocabulary, and

Anyone interested in pursuing this?

Glenn

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Quote from: Macantoisich on February 07, 2013, 17:37
I stumbled across this thread and had to create an account and comment.

After years of working in contractual and license media production, we decided to take a spin at the "impossible" co-op policy you mention here. We address most the marketplace problems you list in this thread in our own policies at Nimia. 

Nimia is made by and for producers, but the business wouldn't be possible without our team of IP, CS, and marketing ninjas. We have a rock star team here and we're working hard on tailoring our application and policies to the needs of the community. Nimia co-op, NMG, has a board of directors that is currently filled with directors, producers, technologists, a marketing director, and an IP specialist.

The Nimia application is in private beta, but we are already working with some extraordinary producers. We have the technology in place to manage still imagery, but we are focused on motion picture content at this time.

I don't want to litter this thread with all of the great benefits of Nimia and our group. If you are interested in learning more, feel free to reach out to us or browse our beta blog. We love comments, criticisms, and questions.

Cheers,
Zach
news.nimia.com

Looks very interesting, especially as it is tailored to us footage producers. Will be following the progress of this one. Thanks for the info Zach.

http://www.stocksy.com/

Quote from: grsphoto on February 11, 2013, 03:36

Quote from: ShadySue on February 07, 2013, 18:38


Me? I know nothing, except that I wouldn't get accepted.

Why wouldn't you be accepted?

I don't have a 'normal' stock portfolio which gets huge sales.

Looks very interesting, especially as it is tailored to us footage producers. Will be following the progress of this one. Thanks for the info Zach.
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Hi Ruchos, sorry for my delayed response. I visit these forums infrequently.

We are 8 weeks out of v2 for the UI which includes a handful of new features. We have a beta version of a Direct Sales feature up that we've been lucky to develop/test with some rockstars in the field. Direct Sales is a way for producers to license their media directly to their clientele, receive 90% royalty, and continue to license it in other forums... you have total autonomy once it's in your Asset Manager.

We have a couple cool motion picture projects we've been working as well that we'll share in our blog in the coming weeks (news.nimia.com).

The team is growing strong. June first is an exciting date for us... stay tuned. Oh yeah, we have a new beta landing site up at nimia.com!

I'll reach out to you directly, Ruchos. But I wanted to get a post in here incase there are others interested.

All the best,

zach