Quote from: Mantis on February 25, 2013, 13:28
I think we've heard but two of many forthcoming "thanks but no thanks" responses. But if Stocksy is indeed very specialized, then I wouldn't worry too much about them influencing sales on the other micros.  Without that broad mix of images, their buyer base will be just as niche as their collection.

Just what I've been thinking. Maybe their target isn't going to be advertising bulk sales at all - maybe they are looking for something more like wall art for hotels and corporations.

Quote from: m-studio on February 25, 2013, 13:39
@luissantos84 actually I've got an invitation by a "member" so I can't give you the answer...

oh man.... not much we can say to that

Quote from: m-studio on February 25, 2013, 13:39
@luissantos84 actually I've got an invitation by a "member" so I can't give you the answer...

So you were 'invited' and then rejected? That doesn't bode well...

Quote from: Mantis on February 25, 2013, 13:28
I think we've heard but two of many forthcoming "thanks but no thanks" responses. But if Stocksy is indeed very specialized, then I wouldn't worry too much about them influencing sales on the other micros.  Without that broad mix of images, their buyer base will be just as niche as their collection.

If Sean Locke is going to be one of their contributors, they don't sound very "specialized" to me. Other than the fact that he is one of the top stock photographers in the business.

If you are not trying to be accepted as a "founding photographer" then there is no way would I let them judge me without  seeing what they are about.   I would rather wait a month or two instead of being banned for a year. 

IS had 600,000 files when I joined them.   Monkey business started in 2009 and dominated IS.  I am in no hurry but I do hope this becomes something great for the artist. 

Quote from: pro@stockphotos on February 25, 2013, 14:41
If you are not trying to be accepted as a "founding photographer" then there is no way would I let them judge me without  seeing what they are about.   I would rather wait a month or two instead of being banned for a year. 

IS had 600,000 files when I joined them.   Monkey business started in 2009 and dominated IS.  I am in no hurry but I do hope this becomes something great for the artist. 

Good advice.  Unless you know the types of images they are after - you are probably better off waiting to apply until you do know.

Quote from: rimglow on February 25, 2013, 14:37

Quote from: Mantis on February 25, 2013, 13:28
I think we've heard but two of many forthcoming "thanks but no thanks" responses. But if Stocksy is indeed very specialized, then I wouldn't worry too much about them influencing sales on the other micros.  Without that broad mix of images, their buyer base will be just as niche as their collection.

If Sean Locke is going to be one of their contributors, they don't sound very "specialized" to me. Other than the fact that he is one of the top stock photographers in the business.

I am not sure I've heard that Sean is a player yet other than he is pals with their key peeps, signed up for FB connect, etc. I just don't see him putting in his huge collection as exclusive to an unproven model, but that's just my opinion. With the two rejected so far, both of whom have terrific ports, tells me that Sean may play a limited role as a contributor, putting in newly shot stuff. I think his work is better than MOST, NOT ALL,others who shoot what he does.

If you apply now, you are going blindfold... wait one or two month after opening.
I would wait to see the kind of images they want, and see what stupid thing the Getty team might do against contributors.

Is Stocksy going to be all royalty free or will they include rights managed?

I think that applying now or in a few months will not change the way somebody shoot or the quality of images in the portfolio drastically...

Sure it could help...

Quote from: crashoran on February 25, 2013, 16:15
Is Stocksy going to be all royalty free or will they include rights managed?

http://www.microstockgroup.com/stocksy/stocksy-are-you-curious-response/msg300901/#msg300901

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Quote from: Sadstock on February 25, 2013, 17:04

Quote from: leaf on February 25, 2013, 14:43

Quote from: pro@stockphotos on February 25, 2013, 14:41
If you are not trying to be accepted as a "founding photographer" then there is no way would I let them judge me without  seeing what they are about.   I would rather wait a month or two instead of being banned for a year. 

IS had 600,000 files when I joined them.   Monkey business started in 2009 and dominated IS.  I am in no hurry but I do hope this becomes something great for the artist. 

Good advice.  Unless you know the types of images they are after - you are probably better off waiting to apply until you do know.

Assuming they remain open to new contributors once they launch...  We've heard about founding members who might get a better deal.  My paranoid mind can imagine them not accepting new members for a time once they launch to give Stocksy even more of an elite feel.

That would not be very "co-operative"....

Quote from: leaf on February 25, 2013, 14:43

Quote from: pro@stockphotos on February 25, 2013, 14:41
If you are not trying to be accepted as a "founding photographer" then there is no way would I let them judge me without  seeing what they are about.   I would rather wait a month or two instead of being banned for a year. 

IS had 600,000 files when I joined them.   Monkey business started in 2009 and dominated IS.  I am in no hurry but I do hope this becomes something great for the artist. 

Good advice.  Unless you know the types of images they are after - you are probably better off waiting to apply until you do know.

Well Im screwed then ;-) Now I wish I had waited, lol

Quote from: m-studio on February 25, 2013, 16:26
I think that applying now or in a few months will not change the way somebody shoot or the quality of images in the portfolio drastically...

No it won't, but if you don't know what they want, as you pointed out earlier, and you have a diverse portfolio, then maybe worth waiting a bit.

Bruce joined saatchi online after he sold IS. Worth checking out. Could be a clue!

It will be interesting if Stocksy becomes a niche player with "artsy" (get it?) images like the old Tony Stone stuff but at a mid-tier RF price point. But often the production costs of those images can get high which is not good for microstock.

I guess we will know on 30 days.

OX
...pondering

Quote from: Reef on February 25, 2013, 20:43

Quote from: m-studio on February 25, 2013, 16:26
I think that applying now or in a few months will not change the way somebody shoot or the quality of images in the portfolio drastically...

No it won't, but if you don't know what they want, as you pointed out earlier, and you have a diverse portfolio, then maybe worth waiting a bit.

Bruce joined saatchi online after he sold IS. Worth checking out. Could be a clue!

I hope not, can't find many people talking about good sales with Saatchi online.  I wonder how many internet entrepreneurs only have one successful venture and never really achieve much with anything else?  Hopefully Stocksy has a chance but I'm not going to get too excited about it.

To me this all looks encouraging. My best stock photo earnings come from the most exclusive collections I contribute to. I think microstock helped improve a lot of photographers technically, but there is no sign that I can see that it has helped improve the visual aesthetics of those same photographers work. A huge swath can now shoot technically perfect white isolations of people, or even location photos, etc... but only a small percentage can actually direct the model, cast the right face, choose the right wardrobe, props, etc.... The technical details are the baseline. It's the all the other stuff that separates people. I see a lot of technically sound lifestyle work in stock, but hardly any of it is well directed - too many stilted looking models who are clearly posing for the camera for example pretty much kills it for a certain segment of customers.

I'm in. Great collection of images so far. Sean is there as well. Did he ditch the crown or have I missed something?

Quote from: PowerRF on February 26, 2013, 02:03
I'm in. Great collection of images so far. Sean is there as well. Did he ditch the crown or have I missed something?

yes, I'd say you missed some stuff...
http://www.microstockgroup.com/istockphoto-com/sjlocke-was-just-booted-from-istock/

For those of you that got the invitation to join, can you direct me to the part that states image exclusivity?

I am not a native english speaker so this might have been lost on me reading through the agreements.

Thanks!

Quote from: PowerRF on February 26, 2013, 02:03
I'm in. Great collection of images so far. Sean is there as well. Did he ditch the crown or have I missed something?

I bet that you are just trolling

Quote from: zeamonkey on February 26, 2013, 02:55
For those of you that got the invitation to join, can you direct me to the part that states image exclusivity?

I am not a native english speaker so this might have been lost on me reading through the agreements.

They said so in the Facebook group before it was taken private. The site itself is not open to the public yet.

Quote from: PowerRF on February 26, 2013, 02:03
I'm in. Great collection of images so far. Sean is there as well. Did he ditch the crown or have I missed something?

The crown ditched him.

But if you're there and he's there, you should be able to find out more about that.

I got the invitation and looking through the contributor aggreement, i dont see image exclusivity mentioned anywhere.