Author Topic: Photokore (Read 20249 times)

oboy · « **on:** November 22, 2011, 11:17 »

Photokore has only come up a couple of time here at the forum. What makes this new agency interesting is that they are dedicated to the Asian market. I think this is something many here are waiting for, an agency that will try open the Asian market to contributors with English titles, descriptions, and keywords.

The submitting process is fast and easy via FTP. Some more info:
http://microstockagencies.blogspot.com/2011/04/photokore.html

Minimum Payout:    $100
Payout:    request
Editorial:    no
Images:    yes
Vectors:    yes
Footage:    no
Audio:    no
Minimum Res.:    6MP
Licenses:    RF
Compensation:    20% - 40%
Pricing:    $2 - $40
Referral Program:    yes
Upload methods:    HTML, FTP
Currencies:    US$, JPY, KRY, CNY
Languages:    Full site in English, Japanese, Korean, Chinese;
Landing Pages in Arabic, Filipino, Hindi, Indonesian, Malaysian, Thai, Vietnamese, Russian, Spanish, French, German, and Portuguese
Headquarters:    Seoul, Korea

My referral link: http://en.photokore.com/?refnum=1366

edit 11/22/2011 9:39pm: update pricing and Landing Pages.

rimglow · « **Reply #1 on:** November 22, 2011, 12:42 »

Maybe it's a dumb question, but why wouldn't the asian market not just use the established top tier agencies? Aren't all agencies catering to a global market?

luissantos84 · « **Reply #2 on:** November 22, 2011, 12:48 »

I guess not rimglow, looking at SS I do have some sales in the Asia already but nothing compared to Europe and America

BUT I don´t think it will be this agency paying 20%, have read about them before and nothing great about them but would love to hear more

rimglow · « **Reply #3 on:** November 22, 2011, 13:01 »

Maybe the attraction is that The website can be viewed in English, Japanese, Chinese (simplified), and Korean.

oboy · « **Reply #4 on:** November 22, 2011, 13:39 »

I think there is a couple of things that separates them. One is the background of the CEO Sean F. Mooney http://www.photokore.com/about_us/main that is related to the Asian advertisement market. And the other point is the translation into the different Asian languages. The have a closed keyword system, but you don't do the footwork, they do (at least that is my understanding). You submit the image with your regular keywords. In the submitting and approval process (after you submitted the image), the will port your keyword into their system. And from there it can be automatically translated into the different Asian languages. With this they can create market specific port websites for the different Countries in the native languages.

shiyali · « **Reply #5 on:** November 22, 2011, 18:22 »

100.-U$ minimum payout is too high for a new site.

oboy · « **Reply #6 on:** November 22, 2011, 19:04 »

luissantos84, The royalty % increases with the amount of accepted uploads and sales http://en.photokore.com/help/badge

shiyali, I agree, hopefully they will lower this.

luissantos84 · « **Reply #7 on:** November 22, 2011, 19:50 »

Quote from: oboy on November 22, 2011, 19:04

luissantos84, The royalty % increases with the amount of accepted uploads and sales http://en.photokore.com/help/badge

yes I have seen that before, quite a while ago actually, I am talking that looking the website there aren´t many sales around but I will see it more close as I have already email them

CD123 · « **Reply #8 on:** November 23, 2011, 00:39 »

Thank you oboy, need to replace some dead wood end of the year. Used your referral link to give this one a few month's try.

oboy · « **Reply #9 on:** November 23, 2011, 00:52 »

Thank you CD123!

Jay Chae · « **Reply #10 on:** November 23, 2011, 04:18 »

Hello Microstockers on MSG,

My name is Jay Chae, and I am Business Development Manager for Photokore.

It is my first time to post here, but I think many of you are curious about my company.

A great number of Asian image buyers can’t read English, so we’ve created a site where they can search in Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Thai, Hindi, Indonesian, as well as English. It’s our hope to help non-Asian artist claim a share of the Asian imagery market. We’re still new, and have lots to develop, but will do our best to support our artists.

I hope it helps you to get idea of Photokore.

All the best
Jay

layout · « **Reply #11 on:** November 23, 2011, 04:33 »

It's kind of interesting talks here. With my work experience Asian market is one of fast growth in the world and people's seeking cashs in this region. I don't see any fresh Asian images uploaded on any big microstock sites and there're rarely usable images where designers staying in Asia want to use. I think Photokore's appearance makes sense and there should be thousands of people diving into the new market.

dirkr · « **Reply #12 on:** November 23, 2011, 05:52 »

Quote from: Photokore on November 23, 2011, 04:18

Hello Microstockers on MSG,

My name is Jay Chae, and I am Business Development Manager for Photokore.

It is my first time to this forum, but I think many of you are curious about my company.

A great number of Asian image buyers can’t read English, so we’ve created a site where they can search in Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Thai, Hindi, Indonesian, as well as English. It’s our hope to help non-Asian artist claim a share of the Asian imagery market. We’re still new, and have lots to develop, but will do our best to support our artists.

I hope it helps you to get idea of Photokore.

All the best
Jay

Non-exclusive royalties start at 20% and top out at 30%. That is no incentive to upload to a new site.
Adjust that (start with 50%) and you will attract contributors.

CD123 · « **Reply #13 on:** November 23, 2011, 11:04 »

Quote from: Photokore on November 23, 2011, 04:18

Hello Microstockers on MSG,

My name is Jay Chae, and I am Business Development Manager for Photokore.

It is my first time to post here, but I think many of you are curious about my company.

A great number of Asian image buyers can’t read English, so we’ve created a site where they can search in Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Thai, Hindi, Indonesian, as well as English. It’s our hope to help non-Asian artist claim a share of the Asian imagery market. We’re still new, and have lots to develop, but will do our best to support our artists.

I hope it helps you to get idea of Photokore.

All the best
Jay

Hi Jay

There seems to be a bug in your upload system. After uploading and I do not immediately go to unfinished uploads (Step 2) my quantities indicated in pending is much higher than it should be, I also then get other people's uploads in my "Step 2" preview area. If I log out and in again it is correct again.
I have emailed for an FTP account, but is also awaiting feedback.
Hope to get feedback soon.

oboy · « **Reply #14 on:** November 23, 2011, 14:46 »

Responds from them can take a day. I assume that it is the time difference. If I contact the today, I usually receive a respond next day in the morning.

CD123 · « **Reply #15 on:** November 23, 2011, 17:21 »

Quote from: oboy on November 23, 2011, 14:46

Responds from them can take a day. I assume that it is the time difference. If I contact the today, I usually receive a respond next day in the morning.

Thank you. I am patient. Have also found that if you use the select all images check box you can not (or have difficulty) in attaching a release. If you select the images by hand, then it attach the release.

cardmaverick · « **Reply #16 on:** November 23, 2011, 18:02 »

Quote from: CD123 on November 23, 2011, 17:21

Quote from: oboy on November 23, 2011, 14:46
Responds from them can take a day. I assume that it is the time difference. If I contact the today, I usually receive a respond next day in the morning.

Thank you. I am patient. Have also found that if you use the select all images check box you can not (or have difficulty) in attaching a release. If you select the images by hand, then it attach the release.

Tell them what browser and operating system you use.

oboy · « **Reply #17 on:** November 25, 2011, 11:29 »

This got to be one of the fastest results I ever had to place a referral link. I started three days ago to place this referral link. Now I have 10 referral so far, and one person already has a sale. Most of the referrals probably don't even have that many images online in that short of time.

Anyway, I like to say THANK YOU for those of you that have used my referral link!

FD · « **Reply #18 on:** November 25, 2011, 11:34 »

Quote from: oboy on November 25, 2011, 11:29

This got to be one of the fastest results I ever had to place a referral link. I started three days ago to place this referral link. Now I have 10 referral so far, and one person already has a sale.

I'm there since May but I don't spread my referral links around in this forum. I even helped them out on some stuff. Oh boy!

(they won't make it)

CD123 · « **Reply #19 on:** November 25, 2011, 13:37 »

Quote from: oboy on November 25, 2011, 11:29

This got to be one of the fastest results I ever had to place a referral link. I started three days ago to place this referral link. Now I have 10 referral so far, and one person already has a sale. Most of the referrals probably don't even have that many images online in that short of time.

Anyway, I like to say THANK YOU for those of you that have used my referral link!

Yes, I got a sale within the first 24 hours of starting to upload (got 35c). Unfortunately does not say much, also got one within first 2 days at Photaki and after 6 months still only has the one sale....

oboy · « **Reply #20 on:** November 25, 2011, 14:20 »

Photokore was only founded in 2010. I think it is to early to say that they will or will not make it. I like the concept that their focus is on the Asian market. AttilaTheNun, why do you think they won't make it?

CD123 · « **Reply #21 on:** November 25, 2011, 15:54 »

Quote from: oboy on November 25, 2011, 14:20

Photokore was only founded in 2010. I think it is to early to say that they will or will not make it. I like the concept that their focus is on the Asian market. AttilaTheNun, why do you think they won't make it?

I get the distinct feeling that very non nun-like, "we" are very stingy in giving out any reference to any site which may cause extra competition.

rimglow · « **Reply #22 on:** November 25, 2011, 16:26 »

I just got 339 of my photos accepted. No rejections, but none are showing up yet in keyword searches.
I wonder how long it takes to translate all of my keywords?

CD123 · « **Reply #23 on:** November 25, 2011, 16:39 »

Quote from: rimglow on November 25, 2011, 16:26

I just got 339 of my photos accepted. No rejections, but none are showing up yet in keyword searches.
I wonder how long it takes to translate all of my keywords?

Took about 24 hours for my first ones to show. If you look at the top of the screen where you submit your images, you will note that all the approved ones first go to the "Being Prepared" area. I assume this is where all text get translated into the foreign languages. Only thereafter do they get displayed in the available for sale area.

It does not seem if they look at all the images (also no rejections here). I had a few badly corrupted images I missed with the submission process accepted as well (unfortunately not very flattering for either the contributor or the standard of the website)

Smithore · « **Reply #24 on:** November 25, 2011, 19:50 »

I have 650 pictures since some months and sold one for 22c

Next payout in march 2097.

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