Author Topic: Most photos - new "midstock" site! (Read 66513 times)

GeoPappas · « **Reply #200 on:** January 17, 2008, 08:06 »

Arian:

Just a piece of advice.

I would suggest that you rename your term from "exclusive" to something else, since the term "exclusive" is universally used across the other stock sites to mean something completely different. On almost every other site, "exclusive" just means that the image (or artist) is exclusive with the site. The image can be sold over and over again.

FYI: DT uses "sell the rights". LO uses "buyout".

Arian · « **Reply #201 on:** January 17, 2008, 08:43 »

Hello!
I know what you mean GeoPappas.
Maybee find a better name for it. An easy name that both sellers and buyers can understand and identify fast. I can take more suggestions to alternatives to the term "exclusive".

Quote from: leaf on January 17, 2008, 08:05

I wonder if all sellers are aware of this as I have seen a number of images being sold for 50 euro for exclusive right to the image. Seems quite low, when a RF license is 25 Euro. I guess it is the sellers choice though, as long as they know the deal.

Lets also have in mind that there are some sites where people are giving photos away for free, no names mentioned. But I think that the term "Exclusive" obviously speaks for it self.

leaf · « **Reply #202 on:** January 17, 2008, 08:49 »

Yeah, i agree people are giving things away for free so they are obiviously free to do with the pictures as they please. My point was just that i wondered if people missunderstood what you were meaning with 'exclusive'

I think Geopappas said it better than me. But that is what i was trying to get at.... the term of having an image as exclusive is used on every stock site, but it doesn't mean selling the rights to the photo

Arian · « **Reply #203 on:** January 17, 2008, 09:17 »

Ok!

I think the confusion is because the word "Exclusive" has two different meanings depending on whether you are a photo buyer or seller.

The term is on Mostphotos mainly towards the buyers perspective. I think that when a buyer discovers the term exclusive on the site he/she automatically relates to that if he/her buys that particular photo, then it is only he/she in the world that has it.

But anyways I am very very open for more suggestions to other terms that we can replace "Exclusive" with.

Arian

swedstock · « **Reply #204 on:** January 17, 2008, 15:15 »

Quote from: Arian on January 17, 2008, 09:17

Ok!

I think the confusion is because the word "Exclusive" has two different meanings depending on whether you are a photo buyer or seller.

The term is on Mostphotos mainly towards the buyers perspective. I think that when a buyer discovers the term exclusive on the site he/she automatically relates to that if he/her buys that particular photo, then it is only he/she in the world that has it.

But anyways I am very very open for more suggestions to other terms that we can replace "Exclusive" with.

Arian

I agree that "exclusive" is a bad term to use since sites like Istock and others has branded the term as something completely different. It is bound to confuse photographers (and some buyers) Cannot come up with a good catchy alternative though...hmmm
Something like "sell the rights" but I guess that one is already taken

I would also suggest to raise the default setting on that license when you upload a picture. DT has $350 as default and that sum raises pretty fast to much more if the images sells a few times. I know it doesn't matter since you can set your own price but I think it is more fair the the newbies who maybe doesn't know how much a sell the rights price should be. 50 Euro is definitely too low to start with for a exclusive image that you cannot sell again.

leaf · « **Reply #205 on:** January 17, 2008, 15:20 »

how about

'exclusive rights'

madelaide · « **Reply #206 on:** January 17, 2008, 15:20 »

Has anyone written them about it? Maybe the could simply change it to "exclusive buyout" (isn't that how some site names it?) or "exclusive rights".

Regards,
Adelaide

leaf · « **Reply #207 on:** January 17, 2008, 15:40 »

Quote from: madelaide on January 17, 2008, 15:20

Has anyone written them about it? Maybe the could simply change it to "exclusive buyout" (isn't that how some site names it?) or "exclusive rights".

Regards,
Adelaide

hmm... did you read the posts in this thread?

Arian- the project manager for most photos has made a few posts and introduced himself.

swedstock · « **Reply #208 on:** January 17, 2008, 16:06 »

Quote from: madelaide on January 17, 2008, 15:20

Maybe the could simply change it to "exclusive buyout"
Regards,
Adelaide

I just thought the same thing.
Good thinking batman!

madelaide · « **Reply #209 on:** January 17, 2008, 16:08 »

Quote from: leaf on January 17, 2008, 15:40

hmm... did you read the posts in this thread? Arian- the project manager for most photos has made a few posts and introduced himself.

I must have skipped that one, sorry!

Regards,
Adelaide

leaf · « **Reply #210 on:** January 17, 2008, 16:45 »

Quote from: moori on January 17, 2008, 16:06

Quote from: madelaide on January 17, 2008, 15:20
Maybe the could simply change it to "exclusive buyout"
Regards,
Adelaide

I just thought the same thing.
Good thinking batman!

yeah, exclusive buyout sounds better than exclusive rights.

Arian · « **Reply #211 on:** January 18, 2008, 02:56 »

yeas I like it. I vote for "Exclusive buyout" .
I will change the name if nobody else has anything more to add or say regarding this.

I am a traditional photographer, and to be honest I haven't much stock experience my self. Me and some of my friends here in Sweden started the MP project when we discovered that more and more of our customers had start to buy photos from the Internet. Mostly the site is built from the ideas of the members.

By this I would like to say that if you guys have more suggestions to changes, I am more than happy to listen.

ChasingMoments · « **Reply #212 on:** January 20, 2008, 15:13 »

Quote from: moori on January 16, 2008, 11:50

Quote from: ChasingMoments on January 16, 2008, 10:13
Ok, so as step 1 I decided to register and look around. Guess what? I filled out a form with info/login/etcetera, then went to login... and I can't. The system doesn't recognize me, and then I tried to reset the password, entered my email address, got a message that says that an email has been sent... no email. Hello? Help?

Hehe.. well, that might be it for me & MP for now

Try an e-mail to support.
They are usually reply pretty fast.

All right, let me follow up (with some frustration that I ever took time to look into MP at all...). I did follow your advice and send them an email; next day I received a response asking me to confirm the registration email, which I did. Nothing since then. Nada. Just tried to login &/or reset password. Not working. Come on, for a new & up coming site one of the keys to success it to make it as contributor-friendly as possible... and now I've wasted time. Won't be going back.

Arian · « **Reply #213 on:** January 21, 2008, 03:39 »

To: ChasingMoments

Hello!
It is a kind of weird situation though MP through a day has a lot of new members. But I have now emailed you a new pass and I personally tested it and it worked.

Hope it works.
Plz let me know

ChasingMoments · « **Reply #214 on:** January 24, 2008, 16:35 »

Quote from: Arian on January 21, 2008, 03:39

To: ChasingMoments

Hello!
It is a kind of weird situation though MP through a day has a lot of new members. But I have now emailed you a new pass and I personally tested it and it worked.

Hope it works.
Plz let me know

Yay, issue resolved! Glitch in the matrix - my pointer must have jumped and I typed a few extra characters in the user name...!

Thank you for communicating with me & following up on this - nice to get a a personal approach!

I'm on and will be uploading. "Good sale'ing".

mwp1969 · « **Reply #215 on:** February 04, 2008, 17:04 »

I joined yesterday and gave credit to Leaf from a post of his elsewhere on MSG that drove me to their site. Then I found this thread.

The website has a top-notch "look and feel" to it and it is super fast to upload

Finally it is a site where we get to be the judge as to whether or not a certain image is marketable or not.

I see a great future from this site.

Please feel free to sign-up from my referral link: http://mostphotos.com/index.php?mwp1969=3065

I do see a trend evolving towards "midstock" agencies in the very near future. Sites like MP, FP and others are busy trying to carve out a niche for themselves while everyone else is debating whether or not subscription works for themselves.

After researching MP (I am a Market and Competitive Analyst)
I am very excited with this site

Best of luck to everyone and happy selling !

Mark

zsooofija · « **Reply #216 on:** December 22, 2012, 09:55 »

Hello everyone,

Does anybody know if there's a possibility to opt out subscription sales on mostphotos? I am just not comfortable to see my vector files being downloaded with €0.11 commission, it seems way too low.
Thanks!

luissantos84 · « **Reply #217 on:** December 22, 2012, 10:02 »

Quote from: zsooofija on December 22, 2012, 09:55

Hello everyone,

Does anybody know if there's a possibility to opt out subscription sales on mostphotos? I am just not comfortable to see my vector files being downloaded with €0.11 commission, it seems way too low.
Thanks!

I guess you are talking about the last option, take a look

http://www.mostphotos.com/settings#site

zsooofija · « **Reply #218 on:** December 22, 2012, 10:50 »

Thank you Luis, you are a genius, this is exactly what I was looking for

.

Microstock Posts · « **Reply #219 on:** December 22, 2012, 12:22 »

Quote from: zsooofija on December 22, 2012, 10:50

Thank you Luis, you are a genius,

Ask him something more difficult.

luissantos84 · « **Reply #220 on:** December 22, 2012, 12:24 »

Quote from: Microstock Posts on December 22, 2012, 12:22

Quote from: zsooofija on December 22, 2012, 10:50
Thank you Luis, you are a genius,

Ask him something more difficult.

don't!

ibogdan · « **Reply #221 on:** January 25, 2013, 07:18 »

Are such low commissions normal for large images?

Microbius · « **Reply #222 on:** January 25, 2013, 07:54 »

For subs yes. I suggest you go and disable them in your settings as there sub payments are way too low.

Mantis · « **Reply #223 on:** January 25, 2013, 08:03 »

Anyone actually making any money with them? Those subs are horrible. If anyone knows, what is the composition of subs to credit sales? Is it warped?

sharpshot · « **Reply #224 on:** January 25, 2013, 08:15 »

Don't forget their in euros, so most of them are comparable to other subs sites. I did get one subs commission for over $30 but it looks like buyers are using more of their quota now. Don't get many non-subs sales anymore. I wouldn't bother with them if I was just starting out but as I've spent time uploading and the referrals add a few cents to those low subs, I'll stay for now.

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