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« Reply #25 on: April 11, 2009, 07:16 »
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- IPTC import.
- Good SEO.
- Minimum of 10$ payout.
- Fast approve.
- They can delete their photos anytime.
- Good support.

Add this:
- FTP or import of a zipped file (technically easier to program).
- The addition of the company's name, address, phone and legal status on the "About" page. Buyers are worried about that.
- Proper review of image technical quality and of the keywords. If you don't do that, you will attract a lot of amateurs uploading straight from cam, bunches of similars, and batch-added spam keywords that ruin the search result. Like YAY, you will have to spend a lot of time later to remove these shots again. Better be selective from the start. The BIG 6 are mostly right about their rejections, except for the LCV reason.
- Add an easy Model Release attach module. Most scripts like Coppermine, Lightboxphotos, yours? don't have that so you will need to program it in. Most work on a new site is to attach the MRF, so it needs to be fast and easy.

Good luck, but you are entering a very saturated market where relative newcomers like Zymmetrical and Cutcaster find it hard to survive.
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« Reply #26 on: April 11, 2009, 07:36 »
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I am very happy to hear from you FlemishDreams  ;D  Thank you very much for your tips..

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FTP or import of a zipped file (technically easier to program).
We are working on ftp access. And we can offer zipped file.

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- The addition of the company's name, address, phone and legal status on the "About" page. Buyers are worried about that.
Removed .. Only name and registration date...

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- Proper review of image technical quality and of the keywords. If you don't do that, you will attract a lot of amateurs uploading straight from cam, bunches of similars, and batch-added spam keywords that ruin the search result. Like YAY, you will have to spend a lot of time later to remove these shots again. Better be selective from the start. The BIG 6 are mostly right about their rejections, except for the LCV reason.
Approving is different between big 6... for example: 123rf accept photo which not approved by istock ... We will do our best while reviewing...

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- Add an easy Model Release attach module. Most scripts like Coppermine, Lightboxphotos, yours? don't have that so you will need to program it in. Most work on a new site is to attach the MRF, so it needs to be fast and easy.
We will add the model release upload and the ID upload very soon... maybe in 2-4 days..

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Good luck, but you are entering a very saturated market where relative newcomers like Zymmetrical and Cutcaster find it hard to survive.
We will survive ...  ;D

Cheerz

« Reply #27 on: April 11, 2009, 08:17 »
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Hi,

I have few question which I like to know answers if possible.

What is your target market area (just Finland, scandinavia or world wide?) . I see you company has just started (registered date 18.03.2009), but how you are going to enter market and get buying customers? Does you company have venture capital or it is privately funded? 

Lot of new companies are entering in the market place and many will fail because lack of funding to even get things running 6-12 months. In Finland we have had few stock agency bankcrypts in last 6 months so the entering even the local market place is not easy task to do.

br, MjP
I will just add 2 points staforce did not mention them; We got a fund from TEKES ( I am sure you know about it ) we would like to walk slow to be sure things runs longer time, (Finnish philosophy, isnt ?:) ) And you are so right ! local market is so demanding, is not any easy to get things working locally, that's why we are open for world wide!

gbcimages

« Reply #28 on: April 11, 2009, 09:38 »
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I told myself that I wasn't going to take on anymore sites, but after reading all the posts, I'm going to venture into fotomina . Like I said before I usually stay with new sites for at least a year and give them a chance to produce sales.
What the heck,see where they go with this.

« Reply #29 on: April 11, 2009, 10:27 »
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I'm going to venture into fotomina
Thank you .. ;)

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Like I said before I usually stay with new sites for at least a year and give them a chance to produce sales.
A year is fair enough to see results, I promise you..

« Reply #30 on: April 11, 2009, 11:09 »
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You are welcome mjb,

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What is your target market area (just Finland, scandinavia or world wide?)
Our target market area is worldwide.

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I see you company has just started (registered date 18.03.2009), but how you are going to enter market and get buying customers?
In terms of buying customers, if a buyer needs a photo or an illustration on Fotomina which is not available on other big stock photo company, he will verify first if the company is legally registered and then he will buy for sure... Unfortunately, we have few photos and illustrations but we are trying to invite Artists like you to upload their stock and we are working on vector and photo stock now. When we will have a good stock we will start our marketing project (Google sponsored results, etc...)  We will give also the chance to amateur artists to upload their artwork and photos since it becomes very difficult to approve photos on Big 6 even if it's perfect and like that we will have our unique stock..

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Lot of new companies are entering in the market place and many will fail because lack of funding to even get things running 6-12 months.
Don't worry... We have studied the project very well; we know what buyers need and contributors needs like:
- IPTC import.
- Good SEO.
- Minimum of 10$ payout.
- Fast approve.
- They can delete their photos anytime.
- Good support.
- Etc.

And all that is available on FOTOMINA...  ;D


Is  FTP  Available?

« Reply #31 on: April 11, 2009, 11:33 »
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Is  FTP  Available?

Hi Jack Schiffer,

We do not have the automated process for auto ftp accounts but what we can do:

You send a request for FTP access to [email protected] and we will give you FTP access. you have to simply upload all your files via FTP and we will do the rest.

Regards...

WarrenPrice

« Reply #32 on: April 11, 2009, 12:34 »
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Are you using one of the established agencies as a model?  To which current agency would you say your company most closely compares?


« Reply #33 on: April 11, 2009, 12:47 »
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Are you using one of the established agencies as a model?  To which current agency would you say your company most closely compares?

We are using Big 6 as model  ;).. We can not compare our company to any other agency for the moment maybe after one year I can answer  ;D

thank you Warrenprice

« Reply #34 on: April 11, 2009, 13:26 »
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We will give also the chance to amateur artists to upload their artwork and photos since it becomes very difficult to approve photos on Big 6 even if it's perfect and like that we will have our unique stock..

not true. if an image is good, it will be accepted, no matter you are an amateur. So, this means you will aprove crappy images, and that means no buyers.


« Reply #35 on: April 11, 2009, 13:46 »
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Hi Peter,

You are IN  ;D I was waiting for your reply .. You are very know in microstockgroup forum...

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not true. if an image is good, it will be accepted,

Not true, we will give the chance for people who recived this message:
"We have enough of this subject already...sorry. More unique images will help your images stand out from the crowd." Since we don't have enough of all subject we can approve those images ;) but we will not aprove crappy images :)

m@m

« Reply #36 on: April 11, 2009, 13:52 »
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We are using Big 6 as model  ;).. We can not compare our company to any other agency for the moment maybe after one year I can answer  ;D

thank you Warrenprice
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I will also let you know in a year if I'll be uploading there, once the site has proven it self somehow, besides verbal promises (sounds too much like other sale pitchs I've heard before from other starting sites)...Peter you're very correct on your post.  ;)
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« Reply #37 on: April 11, 2009, 14:03 »
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I will also let you know in a year if I'll be uploading there, once the site has proven it self somehow, besides verbal promises (sounds too much like other sale pitchs I've heard before from other starting sites)...Peter you're very correct on your post.  ;)

Wait and see... but maybe after one year Fotomina will be "invited only" like getty  Getty  ;D

BEN Helllllllpppppp...

gbcimages

« Reply #38 on: April 11, 2009, 14:09 »
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satforce.... I uploaded some images for viewing at first they were there,now Just a couple are there. What's up with that? thasnks

« Reply #39 on: April 11, 2009, 14:14 »
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satforce.... I uploaded some images for viewing at first they were there,now Just a couple are there. What's up with that? thasnks

Hi gbcimages, Please check your email..

Regards

m@m

« Reply #40 on: April 11, 2009, 14:15 »
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That would be a dream come true, since I can hardly wait for some new site to kick Getty's ass...but until then Ben, I wish you the best of luck in your business venture...and come on, if you make it that big, you would not invite an poor old photographer like myself to your site?   ;D

Best regards.

« Reply #41 on: April 11, 2009, 14:23 »
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I am not BEN, I am satforce ..

Who know maybe the dream come true :o

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if you make it that big, you would not invite an poor old photographer like myself to your site?

I am not saying we are that big..  8) We need old photographer to learn from them..

RT


« Reply #42 on: April 11, 2009, 15:07 »
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Wait and see... but maybe after one year Fotomina will be "invited only" like getty  Getty  ;D

Getty isn't invite only, anybody can apply, you pass a quiz upload a batch for review and then they tell you whether they like them and if so what collection they want your images in.

So far I'm not overly impressed wth your replies and knowledge of the stock industry.



« Reply #43 on: April 11, 2009, 15:11 »
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Wait and see... but maybe after one year Fotomina will be "invited only" like getty  Getty  ;D

Getty isn't invite only, anybody can apply, you pass a quiz upload a batch for review and then they tell you whether they like them and if so what collection they want your images in.

So far I'm not overly impressed wth your replies and knowledge of the stock industry.

My freind I am not here to pass an exam about the stock industry.. I'm trying to answer people.. As I know, Flickr users are all waiting for getty invitation so I know about the stock industry..

Regards ;)

« Reply #44 on: April 11, 2009, 15:39 »
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You caught us, and were starting to kiss *sses. LOL    Maybe were human after all...
Magnum Are you nighbour ?  r du nsta?

Yeah I suppose I am.  Im from Sweden.       

(r du nsta???)    You dont speak Swedish, do you ;)
It should be:  "r du granne"

Good luck


« Reply #45 on: April 11, 2009, 15:46 »
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You caught us, and were starting to kiss *sses. LOL    Maybe were human after all...
Magnum Are you nighbour ?  r du nsta?

Yeah I suppose I am.  Im from Sweden.       

(r du nsta???)    You dont speak Swedish, do you ;)
It should be:  "r du granne"

Good luck


Hej Magnum,
I visit often Stockholm, :) I do not speak Swedish, my wife do ;) but of course I know the basic words...
 by the way I own some .SE domains :)

« Reply #46 on: April 11, 2009, 17:13 »
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As I know, Flickr users are all waiting for getty invitation so I know about the stock industry..

Yeah right, they both represent the quintessence of microstock.  ;D

« Reply #47 on: April 11, 2009, 18:22 »
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i will try this agency nothing to lost... they have ftp... so i let my fille zilla work some nights... there is no work... and when they dont work... not my problem .. when they work... great

i never understand you... give a new agencie a chance.. ok you have work... but it is not work to start the fille zilla even you always keyworded in english... my pics are all keyworded in german.... Thats work to change it...

« Reply #48 on: April 11, 2009, 23:41 »
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i will try this agency nothing to lost... they have ftp... so i let my fille zilla work some nights... there is no work... and when they dont work... not my problem .. when they work... great

i never understand you... give a new agencie a chance.. ok you have work... but it is not work to start the fille zilla even you always keyworded in english... my pics are all keyworded in german.... Thats work to change it...
XeniaII, you got really very interesting stock !! Thanks for joining !

« Reply #49 on: April 12, 2009, 09:25 »
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i will try this agency nothing to lost... they have ftp... so i let my fille zilla work some nights... there is no work... and when they dont work... not my problem .. when they work... great
Thank you for giving us a chance.. ;)

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i never understand you... give a new agencie a chance.. ok you have work... but it is not work to start the fille zilla even you always keyworded in english... my pics are all keyworded in german.... Thats work to change it...

I want to ask the same question, in micro stock industry, we as photographers/contributors, We are looking in the end for getting sales and making money... So what is the problem to upload on new agencies if they are legal (not like thos scams who install nulled script and start inviting artists for nothing :().. Why are you afraid from new agency!  ???

regards


 

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