Why not say it is your site and make the offer?

Site looks reasonable. There's hardly anything on there, but I guess everyone needs to start somewhere. The 100% is generous, but you might want to consider taking at least something for marketing costs, or you'll have trouble building up a customer base.

The big thing for me though, and why I would never even consider uploading anything to your site, is that there is absolutely nothing about licensing. Can I just use the images in a blog, or can I get them printed on millions of t-shirts? Do I have complete ownership of the image once I pay my �3... so I can then upload it to my portfolio on other stock marketplaces?

I'm guessing not, but there's nothing on your site to tell me that. Although you (or the photographer in question) might come out the victor if it got that far, it would be a long and messy court case, that would make everyone involved really regret the lack of water-tight documentation in place... before you started selling.

I don't want to knock what you're doing... it's as good a start as any, and you might do well. But you're not the first person to think about setting up a stock marketplace, you won't be the last, and judging by the number of them that have failed, it's not quite as easy as it seems. Your post about "no more laying down guides and setting rules, it�s all been done before" is nice in theory, but people often need guides and rules to make sure their work is protected.   

I'm sure rf123 will have something to say

Hi Chris Bennet.  Welcome!

Domain name:
123stock.co.uk

Registrant:
Chris Bennett

Registrant type:
Unknown

Registrant's address:
Southend-on-Sea
SS2 4JS
United Kingdom

Looking on google street view, doesn't quite compare to Shutterstock headquarters

Hey guys, a new stock site's available and running a 100% free commission structure till the start of May 2016 so check it out. They're already receiving 1.5k hits a week and growing, worth a look.
123stock.co.uk

In addition to the comments you've already received  that starting out with dishonest "hey guys" lines about a site that's yours, what on earth is in your head to talk about a new stock site without talking about how you're planning to appeal to buyers?

Do you really think we're all idiots? You don't have to answer that question...

Not to mention that you charge GBP 3 for a full size image, so even at 100% royalty that's a totally crap deal for contributors. Help you promote a race to the bottom? No thanks.

Also, I looked to see what your license terms are - I couldn't find a link to them anywhere on the site. Anyone with any experience in this business would never upload to a site without reading the artist's supply agreement and the buyer's license terms. If you want anyone to take you seriously, go find a lawyer to help you put those together. Find someone to help you with a plan for how to attract buyers, fix your pricing and then perhaps come back and explain to contributors why we might want to support your site.

Hi guys, everything is registered to me as I own a company, but I have web designers heading the project.
This all came about as I wanted to sell my templates as I'm a graphic designer, not web designer, I was advised it would be a good idea to allow others to sell their creatives as well.
There's Terms and Conditions on the site once you sign up, login you have to agree to them when you submit an item and also when purchasing, but agreed I'll ask the team to create a page on the main nav.
Thanks for the help.
And posting my address is a low blow.

By Co-operative site do you mean a site that allows the users to have input, chat etc? That's kind of what mine's aiming for, people can add bios to their accounts, leave feed back and write reviews, I don't want it to be a strict selling site, more of a community for creative people, long way to go, but it's a start.

By Co-operative site do you mean a site that allows the users to have input, chat etc? That's kind of what mine's aiming for, people can add bios to their accounts, leave feed back and write reviews, I don't want it to be a strict selling site, more of a community for creative people, long way to go, but it's a start.

No, what I would like to see is a site majority owned by photographers, illustrators, videographers and designers.

Quote from: sharpshot on March 02, 2016, 07:13

Quote from: christopher81083 on March 02, 2016, 06:05

By Co-operative site do you mean a site that allows the users to have input, chat etc? That's kind of what mine's aiming for, people can add bios to their accounts, leave feed back and write reviews, I don't want it to be a strict selling site, more of a community for creative people, long way to go, but it's a start.

No, what I would like to see is a site majority owned by photographers, illustrators, videographers and designers.

Well that is kind of what this is, I'm a graphic designer, the 3 people that created the site are web designers, just need a photographer to have input. I think it's a good idea, I just had a chat with Vlad from Russian on it, this is the main aim, people from creatives all over the world connecting. I know its been done before but hey ho.

Really, Vlad from Russia?
Vlad is not (very rarely) used as diminutive for Vladimir in Russian�
The Russian diminutives for Vladimir are Vova, Volodya�

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Hi guys, everything is registered to me as I own a company, but I have web designers heading the project.
This all came about as I wanted to sell my templates as I'm a graphic designer, not web designer, I was advised it would be a good idea to allow others to sell their creatives as well.
There's Terms and Conditions on the site once you sign up, login you have to agree to them when you submit an item and also when purchasing, but agreed I'll ask the team to create a page on the main nav.
Thanks for the help.
And posting my address is a low blow.

That's not so bad for a seller... they can always decide whether to submit stuff or not if they can see terms and conditions after registering, but prior to uploading. No good for buyers though... I went through the purchase process until the point I was asked for payment details, and there was no licensing info up until that point. If I was looking for stock images, then I wouldn't be too keen on only knowing what I can do with the image after I've paid for it. That could be putting buyers off, so it's worth getting that sorted as soon as you can.

Quote from: Chichikov on March 02, 2016, 08:04

Quote from: christopher81083 on March 02, 2016, 07:42

Quote from: sharpshot on March 02, 2016, 07:13

Quote from: christopher81083 on March 02, 2016, 06:05

By Co-operative site do you mean a site that allows the users to have input, chat etc? That's kind of what mine's aiming for, people can add bios to their accounts, leave feed back and write reviews, I don't want it to be a strict selling site, more of a community for creative people, long way to go, but it's a start.

No, what I would like to see is a site majority owned by photographers, illustrators, videographers and designers.

Well that is kind of what this is, I'm a graphic designer, the 3 people that created the site are web designers, just need a photographer to have input. I think it's a good idea, I just had a chat with Vlad from Russian on it, this is the main aim, people from creatives all over the world connecting. I know its been done before but hey ho.

Really, Vlad from Russia?
Vlad is not (very rarely) used as diminutive for Vladimir in Russian�
The Russian diminutives for Vladimir are Vova, Volodya�

Your story does not look so clear�

Click on the picture of the Russian Fighter Plane you can see the comments.

I see no Vlad there�
And this looks like a 3D render, not a photo�
I think that you are just a storyteller�

Quote from: sharpshot on March 02, 2016, 07:13

Quote from: christopher81083 on March 02, 2016, 06:05

By Co-operative site do you mean a site that allows the users to have input, chat etc? That's kind of what mine's aiming for, people can add bios to their accounts, leave feed back and write reviews, I don't want it to be a strict selling site, more of a community for creative people, long way to go, but it's a start.

No, what I would like to see is a site majority owned by photographers, illustrators, videographers and designers.

Well that is kind of what this is, I'm a graphic designer, the 3 people that created the site are web designers, just need a photographer to have input. I think it's a good idea, I just had a chat with Vlad from Russian on it, this is the main aim, people from creatives all over the world connecting. I know its been done before but hey ho.

Still not what I meant, I would like to see thousands of people have an equal share in a site.  Then it can't be sold to Getty and we wont get our cut of image license sales reduced to a point where it no longer becomes worth uploading.  Until that happens, I will avoid almost all the new sites because it has all been done many times before and almost always isn't successful for contributors.