Author Topic: Need Your help quick PLEASE (Read 4190 times)

Simply · « **on:** April 13, 2013, 21:27 »

Hi Everyone

,

I am new. I wish I came across this website sooner.

So I am have been working on graphic illustrations for long time now. I would like to sell my work. Or should I be saying "license" my work?

I am considering my options on different stock sites. What's bothering me is that amount of money that I would receive from the major stock websites. They would be receiving really big dollars and I would get cents. It doesn't seem fair.

This forum is great. I came across discussions that we have the ability to build our own stock websites and sell our own work. So far using the search engine I have come across

Symbiostock.com
WordPress -Sellmedia,
photoshelter.com

Are there other options out there that you guys can suggest? Any threads I should read?

THANK YOU

gillian vann · « **Reply #1 on:** April 14, 2013, 04:29 »

why do you need our help quickly?

selling your work yourself is great, except that you don't have a boatload of customers knocking on your door.

Microbius · « **Reply #2 on:** April 14, 2013, 04:46 »

I'm hoping it is a typo and he/she means they need a quick bit of help.

Symbiostock is free so probably a good start

There's ktools too

gillian vann · « **Reply #3 on:** April 14, 2013, 05:02 »

ah.

got it.
it's been a long day (final day of school hols, kids driving me crazy)
have still got 2 shoots to edit tonight.
might have to turn the coffee machine back on.

Carl · « **Reply #4 on:** April 14, 2013, 06:05 »

You're right about the artist's share of the sale being so low that in most cases, it's just not workable if you're trying to make a living. The reason I'm not selling on my own site is because it takes a lot of time and a herculean effort to design and create the site, but the biggest obstacle to me is the marketing that would be required. I don't want to compete with the large, established sites. It would be like opening a convenience store and trying to compete with Wal-Mart. If I had a specialty niche, it might be different.

Because we are finding ourselves in a race to the bottom, I'm moving away from microstock / RF in favor of RM exclusive.

Microbius · « **Reply #5 on:** April 14, 2013, 06:34 »

Quote from: gillian on April 14, 2013, 05:02

ah. got it.
it's been a long day (final day of school hols, kids driving me crazy)
have still got 2 shoots to edit tonight.
might have to turn the coffee machine back on.

Not our fault! you read it correctly, but I'm hoping they are actually politer than that and it was just poorly phrased

08stock08 · « **Reply #6 on:** April 14, 2013, 06:51 »

Better go with multiple agencies which can sell your work. Finding customers yourself is a difficult job.

Simply · « **Reply #7 on:** April 14, 2013, 07:59 »

Quote from: gillian on April 14, 2013, 04:29

why do you need our help quickly?

Sorry about the title. I forgot to explain the title because I needed to go to complete something.

The reason for the title is because I submitted pieces of work at a big stock site and now I am considering pulling out my work. But I need to get in contact with the company soon and make a final decision of actually pulling it out. Before submitting my work I was not aware of the option of building my own stock website. I wanted to know if this can actually come to life and work. The search engine is great but I need more info to make a decision. And I have to make the decision very soon before they upload my work.

I hope I make sense. Thanks for the replies

Quote from: gillian on April 14, 2013, 04:29

selling your work yourself is great, except that you don't have a boatload of customers knocking on your door.

Maybe I could do both. Just considered that now. But I needed to know if I can actually create site that can function and if I can manage it on my own.Thanks

Quote from: Microbius on April 14, 2013, 04:46

There's ktools too

Thanks for mentioning it. I found it on google. I will look into it further. Are there any members on the board that use it?

Quote from: csproductions on April 14, 2013, 06:05

You're right about the artist's share of the sale being so low that in most cases, it's just not workable if you're trying to make a living. The reason I'm not selling on my own site is because it takes a lot of time and a herculean effort to design and create the site, but the biggest obstacle to me is the marketing that would be required. I don't want to compete with the large, established sites. It would be like opening a convenience store and trying to compete with Wal-Mart. If I had a specialty niche, it might be different.

Because we are finding ourselves in a race to the bottom, I'm moving away from microstock / RF in favor of RM exclusive.

yes. My concern is if I can manage the site on my own site, understand the business side of things. Thanks for pointing out what else to consider.

Gilian and Microbius --Sorry again about the confusion $:-\$ My bad