Author Topic: Moodboard (Read 20830 times)

MicrostockExp · « **on:** November 11, 2008, 10:07 »

What do you think about that, worth upoading to ?

http://www.utalkmarketing.com/pages/Article.aspx?ArticleID=12292&Title=Moodboard%27s_industry_first

Moodboard.com, the UK based innovative online stock image provider, has launched a new photographer upload section. An industry first, the online function encourages more hobbiest and professional content for consideration by its team of editors by allowing photographers to upload images directly via the site my.moodboard.com

This will result in even better choice for the creative industries looking for competitively priced, highly original stock images.

Moodboard has also introduced customised online sales reports, which allow photographers to track sales of their work quickly and easily.

As the only stock image supplier to offer the complete price range of stock pictures on one website, from quality microstock right up to premium rights ready shots, moodboard provides photographers with the greatest opportunity to climb the financial ladder faster.

CEO of moodboard.com, Mike Watson said: “Our new photographer upload facility is another stage in moodboard’s continual evolution. We constantly strive to be at the forefront of the stock image industry, pushing technologies to enable photographers to make money easier and faster.

“moodboard 2.0 will open up more earning potential for hobbiest content than rivals such as i-stock; and in these times of economic uncertainty, it is important we support photographers in every way we can and deliver new and more effective ways for them to sell their work. We will also be driving sales with an exciting marketing campaign to raise awareness of moodboard’s benefits to customers.

“The latest enhancements we’ve made to our site not only make it easier than ever for photographers to get work considered and track their sales progress, so they can spend more time taking new photos, it also means our customer’s have the ability to purchase professionally edited images at price points that suit their needs.

“At moodboard we don’t make photographers jump through hoops to see higher earnings. If pictures are strong enough from the outset, and photographers are happy to give us image exclusivity, we’ll team them with the moodboard collection that enhances their best features.”

Mike added: “We led change in the stock photo industry in the past, and we’re at the forefront of innovation again today.

“Whether photographers are interested in becoming a member of moodboard’s professional squad, are looking for an up and coming stock image agency that will help them shoot more commercial content or simply want to discuss ways to extend their earnings, we’d be delighted to hear from them.”

The new photographer upload function, and other enhancements to the site, can be viewed at http://my.moodboard.com

graficallyminded · « **Reply #1 on:** November 11, 2008, 11:50 »

The site looks good - almost like another Lucky Oliver. Anyone selling anything there?

leaf · « **Reply #2 on:** November 11, 2008, 11:51 »

anyone registered there even?

I think it did once just to see what the back end looks like. managed to 'get lost password' but then couldn't log in

MicrostockExp · « **Reply #3 on:** November 11, 2008, 12:04 »

Moodboard are not new in the business, they just open now to microstock in addition to their macro collection. To sign up u have to pass a short quiz, upload 3 jpeg (2 MB each) and upload an ID as well.
I did all that, waiting for them to process that...

MicrostockExp · « **Reply #4 on:** November 11, 2008, 12:27 »

Ok I am in:) it was fast !

YadaYadaYada · « **Reply #5 on:** November 11, 2008, 12:57 »

Quote from: graficallyminded on November 11, 2008, 11:50

The site looks good - almost like another Lucky Oliver. Anyone selling anything there?

“At moodboard we don’t make photographers jump through hoops to see higher earnings. If pictures are strong enough from the outset, and photographers are happy to give us image exclusivity, we’ll team them with the moodboard collection that enhances their best features.”

Another micro dead end site added to the list and a weak watermark.

stormchaser · « **Reply #6 on:** November 12, 2008, 01:09 »

I wouldn;t mind flipping them some exclusives because I have some things that might fly there, but when I looked at things a few weeks ago, it was the watermark that kept me away. This coupled with the fact that you can DL some pretty good size comps and it's just a crop or clone away from using.

leaf · « **Reply #7 on:** November 12, 2008, 02:26 »

I really wonder how much difference a watermark makes though, or how important it is.

Once a buyer buys the image - they use it on their own website, often in a decent size, without a watermark. - so after one buyer it is now available in a good resolution without a watermark It isn't hard to find images without watermarks on the net. If someone wants a free image they will find it. If someone is first at the stock site to buy an image they are going to spend the $2.00 it costs and have a good conscience. If someone doesn't care about watermarks they will use it with a watermark anyhow..

http://www.saga.vn/dictview.aspx?id=2421

diego_cervo · « **Reply #8 on:** November 12, 2008, 02:45 »

i'm in too. Let's see what happens when my portfolio will be online. I'll keep you update.

diego

madelaide · « **Reply #9 on:** November 12, 2008, 04:51 »

Indeed, once you sell an image and it is used in a website, it can be stolen. The difference however, to me, is that people searching for images will likely find them in a stock photo site, either by going directly to one he knows or by doing a web search, so I think they are more "fragile", so to speak.

Regards,
Adelaide

leaf · « **Reply #10 on:** November 12, 2008, 07:00 »

anyone figure out how to upload via ftp?

MicrostockExp · « **Reply #11 on:** November 12, 2008, 07:40 »

Nope unfortunately, the upload on the site sucks ......

lebanmax · « **Reply #12 on:** November 12, 2008, 07:40 »

i have asked it 2 days ago to Moodboard, their reply: "The FTP will be ready next week"

leaf · « **Reply #13 on:** November 12, 2008, 09:17 »

well i uploaded 10 pics and it was too many clicks and fiddling and too many bugs to do any more.

it took about 30 seconds per file once they were online. I suppose not so bad, but it seems like a lot of time when other sites take 2 seconds/image and I know I will be compensated for my time in regards to earnings.

microstockinsider · « **Reply #14 on:** November 12, 2008, 23:29 »

I'm on there too, only took a few days to be accepted about a week ago,

BUT, at the moment I can't upload anything. The java upload 'thingy', for some reason, doesn't function on my computer (it just hangs firefox). Waiting for FTP (which they advertise as available)...

YadaYadaYada · « **Reply #15 on:** November 12, 2008, 23:40 »

Watermarks were a big complaint for the last year on other sites. LO for exampl http://www.microstockgroup.com/index.php?topic=2472.0 now it's not important. $:-\$

Valaaami · « **Reply #16 on:** November 25, 2008, 09:22 »

I have decided to give them a try. Uploaded 13 images as a test. The java interface is very fancy but extremly slow... took about an hours to set up everything for those 13 images. I saw no chance that I'll upload 1000s of images there.
Today I got the first emails from their reviewer team. They liked my images and want me to reupload them but they can use them becuse they are not set to 300dpi. What?

It is just a measure! The images are still there and they are bigger then 5000x3000 pixels. No way I'll upload them again. The site is off of my list.

madelaide · « **Reply #17 on:** November 25, 2008, 09:55 »

Not trying to make you change your mind, but there are macro sites that also require 300dpi. I never understood why, but they require that.

diego_cervo · « **Reply #18 on:** November 25, 2008, 13:43 »

My images have been reviewed today.

I uploaded them on 12 nov, so it took almost 2 weeks. It was a test of 8 images, just to see how tough uploading is and how long it takes to have them inspected....no rejections this time....

I'll give them a try with 200 pics more and see how they perform over the next 6 months before uploading the entire portfolio.

The strange thing is that some images have been put within the "budget" cathegory (i.e. at microstock prices) while others falled into the "value" one, where prices start from £19 to £365!!

what do you think on it?

Phil · « **Reply #19 on:** November 25, 2008, 16:45 »

Quote from: diego_cervo on November 25, 2008, 13:43

My images have been reviewed today.

I uploaded them on 12 nov, so it took almost 2 weeks. It was a test of 8 images, just to see how tough uploading is and how long it takes to have them inspected....no rejections this time....
I'll give them a try with 200 pics more and see how they perform over the next 6 months before uploading the entire portfolio.

The strange thing is that some images have been put within the "budget" cathegory (i.e. at microstock prices) while others falled into the "value" one, where prices start from £19 to £365!!

what do you think on it?

this is the hard one when people discuss putting the same images on micro rf and macro rf. this is 3 agencies (StockXpert / photos.com + canstock / fotosearch) that are doing so, this agency would be well aware that they are also available elsewhere at micro prices. not a judgement, just an observation that it is becoming more and more clouded.

Phil

litifeta · « **Reply #20 on:** November 25, 2008, 17:17 »

The real test is if you actually sell anything methinks. I have been looking hard at getting into the bigger priced sites like Alamy and Moodboard, but what is the point if you do not sell anything?

I guess I have 300 or so images on DT and SS which I believe are lesser quality than what I produce now. SS used to bring me $140 a month, but lately it is $75.

grp_photo · « **Reply #21 on:** November 25, 2008, 20:15 »

Did they change?
Last time i checked they have been exclusive and paid 15% commission considering most of their sales are through partnersites so the actual photographershare will be even far less then the ridiculous 15% !

diego_cervo · « **Reply #22 on:** November 26, 2008, 03:53 »

Quote from: grp_photo on November 25, 2008, 20:15

Did they change?
Last time i checked they have been exclusive and paid 15% commission considering most of their sales are through partnersites so the actual photographershare will be even far less then the ridiculous 15% !

yes, they changed recently and now accept images for non-exclusive representation as well.

Acceptance criteria were extremely high last year....If I remember right, it was stated on their website that they used to accept only 10% of photos they received. Probably they realized that their portfolio was not growing enough and they changed their mind....

But Litifeta is right! we have to see if they produce consistent sales.

Best,
diego

hali · « **Reply #23 on:** November 26, 2008, 09:41 »

the percentage is moot. we've seen how already other sites promising you the world with 70% your take, and even if you gave me 95% , the bottom line is
"but do you sell?"
95% of zero is zero.
so really, if they can sell, even 10% is better than 50 % elsewhere without sales
or even without views.

grp_photo · « **Reply #24 on:** November 26, 2008, 09:59 »

Quote from: hali on November 26, 2008, 09:41

the percentage is moot. we've seen how already other sites promising you the world with 70% your take, and even if you gave me 95% , the bottom line is
"but do you sell?"
95% of zero is zero.
so really, if they can sell, even 10% is better than 50 % elsewhere without sales
or even without views.

It's all about the right balance 40% for the photographer leaves the agency enough for really good marketing etc. There is certainly no need for a 5% to 95% split except pure greed on the agencies side.

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