We�re aiming for prices to be in USD but may be forced to stick with AUD based on bank restrictions. I will update you with which one is finalised by Monday.

We are having subscription plans / packages but we are making it a viable option only for L and XL images. And Standard Royalty Free Licenses only. The idea is to use these to encourage high volume transactions and to attract buyers with frequent large image requirements. Our subscription pricing is as follows:

 30 images usable within 1 month for $597 ($19.90 per image)
185 images usable within 6 months for $3,197 (~$17.29 per image)
365 images usable within 12 months for $5,397 (~$14.79 per image)

We want these subscriptions / packages to be lucrative to contributing photographers too so we are fixing the amount that contributors get when a customer uses a subscription to download their image. This is fixed at $9.95 (which is pretty much your share of a large standard license outright sale) no matter which subscription / package is used to download your image. So this means for 1 month subscription / packages you are taking 50%, for 6 months 58% and for 12 months 67%.

Paul, we are sticking with photos for now until we launch, but we�re happy to look at illustrations on a case by case basis so feel free to send through your illustration portfolio.

Dirkr, we�re unable to disclose our ninja marketing tactics at this stage but to start with we�re implementing social media and content marketing strategies to increase Stockbo awareness.

Sean, thanks for bringing that to my attention, I have had a chat with the person in charge of our Pinterest pins and we are rectifying asap. Isolations are fine as long as they are funky and useful. What are your thoughts on our subscription / package plan I mentioned above?

Cobalt, that�s something we definitely don�t want to do and partake in a race to the bottom which is why we are focussing on quality instead on quantity. We are covering all topic areas at this stage and industry and tech is definitely in there! We won�t be accepting video at this stage but we can�t rule it out for later.

Baldrick (I love the name reference!) for our initial launch we are sticking with PayPal but other methods are very high on our post launch priorities. That being said, before that is done if a photographer is unable to use PayPal we are more than happy to do a case by case temporary alternative.

Also I should mention that we will be covering all the transaction costs. So you will get 50% of the listed sale price with any associated cost of sale coming out of our share.

Ranjeev

We all actually come from a broad range of backgrounds from photography, accounting, engineering, web development  and marketing to name a few.

We're tweaking a few things and are taking on contributors now to build our database prior to the official launch and marketing campaigns, but it should be before Christmas.

Ranjeev

Hey guys,

I've been lurking here for a while but think its time to say hello! I am part of a small team that�s bringing you a new stock agency known as Stockbo.

We have been in development since the start of the year and will be launching the platform very soon.   

There were two main reasons why we decided to start Stockbo. Firstly from a buyer�s perspective, we found that a lot of agencies were competing based on quantity, which meant that buyers had to sift through pages and pages before finding a great image. But more importantly and the main reason is that we didn't think it was fair that the percentage being paid to photographers were getting pretty abysmal.

That�s why we�re offering a minimum 50/50 split straight away. Also, we�re not asking for exclusive photos. As long as your images meet the style and quality we are after (and they aren't uploaded exclusively elsewhere) we will consider them.

We love what Bruce and the Stocksy team are doing for the industry and would be privileged to be apart of this change towards a greater level of fairness for talented photographers.

We've made the platform simple and easy to use, which we will continuously improve and add to as we collect more feedback.

If you are interested in contributing with us and would like to submit some images before we launch, we�d love to hear from you. You can email us a link to your portfolio at [email protected].

To get an idea of the sort of style and themes we are after, have a look at our Pinterest Page http://www.pinterest.com/stockbo/

Best regards,

Ranjeev
Stockbo Team