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Microstock Photography Forum - General => Microstock News => Topic started by: OZMedia on September 19, 2014, 07:33
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I got an e-mail from i2istockphotos which says it accepts photos to sell. Does anyone have any exprerience knnowledge about it?
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Why is everyone so desperate to jump into these dodgy start ups?
Have some self respect.
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the world is crazy
there are too many crappy agencies, too many crappy Photographers, there are intense competition, and they still continue create agencies ? if ware only have 5 or 10 agencies and the others partner programs everyone earn lots more, but this is just my humble opinion
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I am not defending them and have not looked at them yet but every site was a start up at one time and who knows who might provide a service that fills a need and can provide better contributor compensation than existing sites.
I am not saying jump onto any site that comes along but why not take a look and research them. But hey, that is just my opinion. :)
Just looked and their site looks kind of sad. Trying to navigate around is really a mess. To me it looks like it was just thrown up there to see if they could sell something.
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I don't have an intention to join the site but I was curios about your opinion. If it is a spam or something it is better to warn people from here because I value this forums' opinion and check it before doing something.
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Stealing another company's name is not a good way to start.
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Stealing another company's name is not a good way to start.
True, they are instantly alienating 50% of the buyers :P
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One Istockphoto is already painful enough, there's no need for another one.
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They have a long way to go. The keywords Beautiful Woman bring up just 11 images, 10 of which are taken by the same photographer.
But don't snap at the OP - people start up businesses/brands with crappy products every day and end up making millions eg. that odious little pipsqueak Justin
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One Istockphoto is already painful enough, there's no need for another one.
I think they were referring to this site
http://i2iphoto.com (http://i2iphoto.com)
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Looking at the small amount of work already there, I can't see any reason to be optimistic about the site's prospects, whatever its name is.
The whole thing looks very familiar - I tried to find an old thread where someone came here saying lots of photographers were signing up and we should all join. It used the same software as this site (different name) and there were just two contributors (one of whom had all but a handful of the images).
Here's the photographer list from the current site
http://www.i2istockphotos.com/store/members/users_list.php (http://www.i2istockphotos.com/store/members/users_list.php)
All the general questions apply - why would anyone buy from this site versus all the established ones? They are offering 40% royalty and images sell for 1 to 4 credits (but I can't find the prices for a credit). They are also offering advertising on the site, which I take as a very negative sign.
If you sort by most downloaded, apparently 3 images have had one download each.
I wish I could find the earlier thread as I think this is just a retread of an earlier time-wasting site.
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They are using the same web template as StockTal and ezMediArt... Seems to be very popular at the moment.
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Why is everyone so desperate to jump into these dodgy start ups?
Have some self respect.
Amen!! I have so often wondered the same thing. "...has anyone had any sales yet on GlitchStock?"
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Hi Jo
I own i2istockphotos.com and how misinformed you are.
Its a perfectly legit site. We have our own photos that no one else has ( over 100, 000 ) which we are currently catagorising and will be uploading shortly. If other photographers want to upload their photos we pay 50% to the photographer.
We have spent considerable amount on developing our own software and we own our own server which is superfast. We also have unlimited funds to continue for at least the next 10 years even if we never sell a single photo, which we will.
Yes we are small at the moment but at least we are bigger than you Jo Ann Snover.
Thanks.
Looking at the small amount of work already there, I can't see any reason to be optimistic about the site's prospects, whatever its name is.
The whole thing looks very familiar - I tried to find an old thread where someone came here saying lots of photographers were signing up and we should all join. It used the same software as this site (different name) and there were just two contributors (one of whom had all but a handful of the images).
Here's the photographer list from the current site
[url]http://www.i2istockphotos.com/store/members/users_list.php[/url] ([url]http://www.i2istockphotos.com/store/members/users_list.php[/url])
All the general questions apply - why would anyone buy from this site versus all the established ones? They are offering 40% royalty and images sell for 1 to 4 credits (but I can't find the prices for a credit). They are also offering advertising on the site, which I take as a very negative sign.
If you sort by most downloaded, apparently 3 images have had one download each.
I wish I could find the earlier thread as I think this is just a retread of an earlier time-wasting site.
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Wow - dismissing Jo Ann with a cheap comment like that will not win you any friends here.
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Hi Jo
I own i2istockphotos.com and how misinformed you are.
Its a perfectly legit site. We have our own photos that no one else has ( over 100, 000 ) which we are currently catagorising and will be uploading shortly. If other photographers want to upload their photos we pay 50% to the photographer.
We have spent considerable amount on developing our own software and we own our own server which is superfast. We also have unlimited funds to continue for at least the next 10 years even if we never sell a single photo, which we will.
Yes we are small at the moment but at least we are bigger than you Jo Ann Snover.
Thanks.
Looking at the small amount of work already there, I can't see any reason to be optimistic about the site's prospects, whatever its name is.
The whole thing looks very familiar - I tried to find an old thread where someone came here saying lots of photographers were signing up and we should all join. It used the same software as this site (different name) and there were just two contributors (one of whom had all but a handful of the images).
Here's the photographer list from the current site
[url]http://www.i2istockphotos.com/store/members/users_list.php[/url] ([url]http://www.i2istockphotos.com/store/members/users_list.php[/url])
All the general questions apply - why would anyone buy from this site versus all the established ones? They are offering 40% royalty and images sell for 1 to 4 credits (but I can't find the prices for a credit). They are also offering advertising on the site, which I take as a very negative sign.
If you sort by most downloaded, apparently 3 images have had one download each.
I wish I could find the earlier thread as I think this is just a retread of an earlier time-wasting site.
As the owner you shouldn't be attacking MSG members, especially well established ones, but instead answer our 'concerns' and tell us what your short term and long term goals are and how you plan on getting there. We all went new companies to be successful it benefits everyone. Look at Canva for example- you can learn from us...
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Wow - dismissing Jo Ann with a cheap comment like that will not win you any friends here.
You beat me to the punch. It seems that someone starting a business should have thicker skin considering the fact that Jo Ann was only bringing up points that many of us were already wondering.
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Site looks * "not good". Even the logo is wrong scaled. No favicon.. not my taste. I will have a look again another day.
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Wow - dismissing Jo Ann with a cheap comment like that will not win you any friends here.
Handsome is as handsome does.
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Very Stocktal-like attitude. :(
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Whow, what a bad introduction by a site owner. Jo Ann just summarised all the logical questions people will have.
Who will want to work with a place that has such an emotional manager?
There are many start ups to choose from, why should the suppliers back you??
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Very Stocktal-like attitude. :(
;D agree
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We have our own photos that no one else has ( over 100, 000 ) which we are currently catagorising and will be uploading shortly.
You mean you have 100,000 unique images of badly isolated salad with color casts in the shadows, keyworded with "beer making"? Yeah, I am sure customers are just waiting for that. It's understandable that you don't really need us contributors for that.
Good luck.
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Hi Jo
I own i2istockphotos.com and how misinformed you are.
Its a perfectly legit site. We have our own photos that no one else has ( over 100, 000 ) which we are currently catagorising and will be uploading shortly. If other photographers want to upload their photos we pay 50% to the photographer.
We have spent considerable amount on developing our own software and we own our own server which is superfast. We also have unlimited funds to continue for at least the next 10 years even if we never sell a single photo, which we will.
Yes we are small at the moment but at least we are bigger than you Jo Ann Snover.
Thanks.
Looking at the small amount of work already there, I can't see any reason to be optimistic about the site's prospects, whatever its name is.
The whole thing looks very familiar - I tried to find an old thread where someone came here saying lots of photographers were signing up and we should all join. It used the same software as this site (different name) and there were just two contributors (one of whom had all but a handful of the images).
Here's the photographer list from the current site
[url]http://www.i2istockphotos.com/store/members/users_list.php[/url] ([url]http://www.i2istockphotos.com/store/members/users_list.php[/url])
All the general questions apply - why would anyone buy from this site versus all the established ones? They are offering 40% royalty and images sell for 1 to 4 credits (but I can't find the prices for a credit). They are also offering advertising on the site, which I take as a very negative sign.
If you sort by most downloaded, apparently 3 images have had one download each.
I wish I could find the earlier thread as I think this is just a retread of an earlier time-wasting site.
As the owner you shouldn't be attacking MSG members, especially well established ones, but instead answer our 'concerns' and tell us what your short term and long term goals are and how you plan on getting there. We all went new companies to be successful it benefits everyone. Look at Canva for example- you can learn from us...
BB
Hi Jo
I own i2istockphotos.com and how misinformed you are.
Its a perfectly legit site. We have our own photos that no one else has ( over 100, 000 ) which we are currently catagorising and will be uploading shortly. If other photographers want to upload their photos we pay 50% to the photographer.
We have spent considerable amount on developing our own software and we own our own server which is superfast. We also have unlimited funds to continue for at least the next 10 years even if we never sell a single photo, which we will.
Yes we are small at the moment but at least we are bigger than you Jo Ann Snover.
Thanks.
Looking at the small amount of work already there, I can't see any reason to be optimistic about the site's prospects, whatever its name is.
The whole thing looks very familiar - I tried to find an old thread where someone came here saying lots of photographers were signing up and we should all join. It used the same software as this site (different name) and there were just two contributors (one of whom had all but a handful of the images).
Here's the photographer list from the current site
[url]http://www.i2istockphotos.com/store/members/users_list.php[/url] ([url]http://www.i2istockphotos.com/store/members/users_list.php[/url])
All the general questions apply - why would anyone buy from this site versus all the established ones? They are offering 40% royalty and images sell for 1 to 4 credits (but I can't find the prices for a credit). They are also offering advertising on the site, which I take as a very negative sign.
If you sort by most downloaded, apparently 3 images have had one download each.
I wish I could find the earlier thread as I think this is just a retread of an earlier time-wasting site.
As the owner you shouldn't be attacking MSG members, especially well established ones, but instead answer our 'concerns' and tell us what your short term and long term goals are and how you plan on getting there. We all went new companies to be successful it benefits everyone. Look at Canva for example- you can learn from us...
BB
Hi Buffalo
I agree with you entirely and no offense intended but as an established member one shouldnt make off handed sweeping statements particularily if they are wrong.
As I said we pay 50% not 40% - we have over 23 contributers not 2 - there is a flavicon I put it there myself 2 years ago and looking at it now - as to the design thats fair comment if some people dont like it, there are some parts I dont like, however it is designed like that for a reason. I am sure it will be tweaked as time goes on.
As to advertising like on this page - as long as its not overwhelming I dont see that as a problem. I might add we dont need advertising but we will certainly consider it.
At the end of the day we are 100% behind our contributers and are just one of many many platforms where photographers can sell their photos.
JH
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If I want a coffee - I'll go to a cafe, not in the car dealership. And there are waaaaaay to many cafes with reputation already. And some dealerships are not quite hospital, just "looking for business".
...I have a hard time understanding whether this new business welcomes new "contributers"
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We also have unlimited funds to continue for at least the next 10 years even if we never sell a single photo, which we will.
I am wondering why someone with unlimited funds would even bother with this headache. Huge competition, contributors that complain all the time, etc. I AM very jealous though. Wish I had unlimited funds. :)
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...Yes we are small at the moment but at least we are bigger than you Jo Ann Snover...
That's true, but it's not any way to measure the success of a stock agency. If you're inviting photographers to contribute (how this thread started), you're going to need to give them a reason to hand over their valuable intellectual property to you to license. Other than you being rather defensive when questions are asked, what have any of us learned about your site?
I took another look just now to see if anything had changed and it appears not. The recent uploads are more LCV shots that have awful keywording (not spam, just insufficient), for example:
http://www.i2istockphotos.com/store/stock-photo/pomegranates-12858.html (http://www.i2istockphotos.com/store/stock-photo/pomegranates-12858.html)
I can't see how a site like this will appeal to buyers or potential contributors. But that's just one person's opinion, and I'm am smaller than most :)
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...Yes we are small at the moment but at least we are bigger than you Jo Ann Snover...
That's true, but it's not any way to measure the success of a stock agency. If you're inviting photographers to contribute (how this thread started), you're going to need to give them a reason to hand over their valuable intellectual property to you to license. Other than you being rather defensive when questions are asked, what have any of us learned about your site?
I took another look just now to see if anything had changed and it appears not. The recent uploads are more LCV shots that have awful keywording (not spam, just insufficient), for example:
[url]http://www.i2istockphotos.com/store/stock-photo/pomegranates-12858.html[/url] ([url]http://www.i2istockphotos.com/store/stock-photo/pomegranates-12858.html[/url])
I can't see how a site like this will appeal to buyers or potential contributors. But that's just one person's opinion, and I'm am smaller than most :)
Hi Jo Ann
Your comments are always appreciated.
JH
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Seems to be an install of http://cmsaccount.com/ (http://cmsaccount.com/)
I'm totally shocked by the attitude. Literally could not be a worse sign. Ugh. All the funding in world can't teach PR skills or business sense. (Maybe the opposite, even...)
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Neat-O maybe I could open a stock photo site too. If I owned SUPREMESERVERS (as i2i says they own their own?) that would be nice for savings.
Photo Video Store script. FULL VERSION
Lite version + Photographers add-on + Affiliates add-on $119.20
Amazing how similar it looks... ::) Simply AMAZING
On the other hand, wow, for $119.20 I could have a fully functional stock photo site and invite friends to upload too? This could be interesting! Maybe http://www.CrapStock.com (http://www.CrapStock.com) isn't dead after all? (for those too easily offended, since I've been through the insults and personal attacks before... that's a test platform site - not my real site!)
Thanks i2i for bringing up this site, now that ppdd has informed me, I see the software I should be using for my site.
Seems to be an install of [url]http://cmsaccount.com/[/url] ([url]http://cmsaccount.com/[/url])
I'm totally shocked by the attitude. Literally could not be a worse sign. Ugh. All the funding in world can't teach PR skills or business sense. (Maybe the opposite, even...)
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Funny funny things. Hope this is a joke!
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Hi Jo
I own i2istockphotos.com and how misinformed you are.
Its a perfectly legit site. We have our own photos that no one else has ( over 100, 000 ) which we are currently catagorising and will be uploading shortly. If other photographers want to upload their photos we pay 50% to the photographer.
We have spent considerable amount on developing our own software and we own our own server which is superfast. We also have unlimited funds to continue for at least the next 10 years even if we never sell a single photo, which we will.
Yes we are small at the moment but at least we are bigger than you Jo Ann Snover.
Thanks.
Looking at the small amount of work already there, I can't see any reason to be optimistic about the site's prospects, whatever its name is.
The whole thing looks very familiar - I tried to find an old thread where someone came here saying lots of photographers were signing up and we should all join. It used the same software as this site (different name) and there were just two contributors (one of whom had all but a handful of the images).
Here's the photographer list from the current site
[url]http://www.i2istockphotos.com/store/members/users_list.php[/url] ([url]http://www.i2istockphotos.com/store/members/users_list.php[/url])
All the general questions apply - why would anyone buy from this site versus all the established ones? They are offering 40% royalty and images sell for 1 to 4 credits (but I can't find the prices for a credit). They are also offering advertising on the site, which I take as a very negative sign.
If you sort by most downloaded, apparently 3 images have had one download each.
I wish I could find the earlier thread as I think this is just a retread of an earlier time-wasting site.
Now that's a proper introduction of a new site ;D
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We also have unlimited funds …
Really?
Here the only unlimited thing that I see is your arrogance…