Author Topic: Glow Images Marketplace (Read 6606 times)

leaf · « **on:** July 10, 2009, 17:41 »

Enter the ring another challenger to the microstock world.

Glow Images Marketplace.

http://glowimages.com/index.cfm?/marketplace_en

Glow Images is an established traditional stock agency that has been quietly gobbling up smaller agencies. They now have a microstock offering. I suppose they are streaming the images from somewhere but it doesn´t say where. I have a hunch or two, but it doesn´t really matter - as long as I am getting paid for my sales. They also have direct upload and sign up.

~~Has anyone uploaded directly to the site?~~
edit: looks like you can't upload directly, they just get images from their partner site.

madelaide · « **Reply #1 on:** July 10, 2009, 18:38 »

They have subs. Bleargh!

cidepix · « **Reply #2 on:** July 10, 2009, 21:50 »

They are a fotolia affiliate and they are useless imo!

Phil · « **Reply #3 on:** July 10, 2009, 22:08 »

I think they are just reselling Getty Macro RF and Fotolia micro, doesnt seem to be a mention of their own images or info for artists?

RacePhoto · « **Reply #4 on:** July 14, 2009, 00:23 »

Quote from: Phil on July 10, 2009, 22:08

I think they are just reselling Getty Macro RF and Fotolia micro, doesnt seem to be a mention of their own images or info for artists?

Found a few of my photos there with my 123RF ID on them by searching the 123RF description. I'm about 100% sure that's where they come from.

Phil · « **Reply #5 on:** July 14, 2009, 00:44 »

Quote from: RacePhoto on July 14, 2009, 00:23

Quote from: Phil on July 10, 2009, 22:08
I think they are just reselling Getty Macro RF and Fotolia micro, doesnt seem to be a mention of their own images or info for artists?

Found a few of my photos there with my 123RF ID on them by searching the 123RF description. I'm about 100% sure that's where they come from.

yes, I have different usernames on ft and 123rf and it is my 123rf one that is being used. didnt realise 123 had 'partner' type sites

PixelsAway · « **Reply #6 on:** July 14, 2009, 06:41 »

It looks like all my 123rf pictures are there. 123rf is not working so great for me recently.

RacePhoto · « **Reply #7 on:** July 14, 2009, 10:24 »

Quote from: Phil on July 14, 2009, 00:44

Quote from: RacePhoto on July 14, 2009, 00:23
Quote from: Phil on July 10, 2009, 22:08
I think they are just reselling Getty Macro RF and Fotolia micro, doesnt seem to be a mention of their own images or info for artists?

Found a few of my photos there with my 123RF ID on them by searching the 123RF description. I'm about 100% sure that's where they come from.

yes, I have different usernames on ft and 123rf and it is my 123rf one that is being used. didnt realise 123 had 'partner' type sites

By the way, I have no complaints to sites selling my photos via partners. Bring it on, and make some more sales.

dirkr · « **Reply #8 on:** July 15, 2009, 11:36 »

Quote from: RacePhoto on July 14, 2009, 10:24

By the way, I have no complaints to sites selling my photos via partners. Bring it on, and make some more sales.

Well, it depends.

Usually these partnerships have a serious drawback: Your site (123 in this example) will pay you a certain percentage (50%) of "their revenue".
And they will receive a certain percentage (how much? let's assume also 50%) from their partner site.
So you end up with 25% of the sale price.

Sounds like an easy way to optimize the agency's share: Set up a partner site and compete with yourself... Every sale via the partner pays two agents and the photographer gets what's left....

Moonb007 · « **Reply #9 on:** July 15, 2009, 13:52 »

123rf images are there for me...but I have never had a third party sale with them.

RH · « **Reply #10 on:** July 15, 2009, 15:29 »

Also my 123RF Images are there $:-\$

madelaide · « **Reply #11 on:** July 15, 2009, 16:14 »

Quote from: dirkr on July 15, 2009, 11:36

Sounds like an easy way to optimize the agency's share: Set up a partner site and compete with yourself... Every sale via the partner pays two agents and the photographer gets what's left....

Interesting thoughts. I agree that partnership should be done to increase market. A foreign site, for instance. Before Fotolia PT and BR existed, it would make sense to have a site with all the writing in Portuguese to get buyers native to this language. This is a positive partnership.

Ariene · « **Reply #12 on:** February 12, 2015, 02:37 »

Quote from: leaf on July 10, 2009, 17:41

Has anyone uploaded directly to the site?
edit: looks like you can't upload directly, they just get images from their partner site.

Now, after few years, you can upload directly but... they never reply emails...

Semmick Photo · « **Reply #13 on:** February 12, 2015, 03:59 »

Old thread alert

but lets link this one with the more current one

http://www.microstockgroup.com/general-stock-discussion/glow-images-partners-with-deposit-photos-and-123rf-wild-pricing/

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