251
Cutcaster / Re: Can't open Cutcaster.com
« on: April 23, 2009, 13:20 »
you're good whitechild. thanks for all that info. i'll get this sorted out for you
This section allows you to view all posts made by this member. Note that you can only see posts made in areas you currently have access to. 251
Cutcaster / Re: Can't open Cutcaster.com« on: April 23, 2009, 13:20 »
you're good whitechild. thanks for all that info. i'll get this sorted out for you
252
Cutcaster / Re: Can't open Cutcaster.com« on: April 23, 2009, 13:02 »
Yikes thanks for letting me know about this. I am looking into this with the developer and will post some info but it is opening fine on my end.
I am hoping that a large FTP we are doing isn't causing the slowness but I will start to work on that during the nighttime (US time) so it wont effect the rest of the site. Let me know if you have any other suggestions guys for what it is and i will relay the j information to our developers. thanks a ton for letting me know about this. john 253
General Stock Discussion / Re: POLL: Which microstock agencies you like the most?« on: April 22, 2009, 12:21 »
i have a tear in my eye that www.cutcaster.com isn't mentioned. hahahah just kidding
254
General Stock Discussion / Re: Using Google Insights to predict image market needs« on: April 21, 2009, 14:59 »
i agree. that is a very handy tool. another one is http://search.twitter.com to see what images buyers are looking for. type in "stock photo" and see what i mean.
have you looked at google trends to see if there is anything useful to take away from that service for ms'ers http://www.google.com/trends/hottrends?sa=X 255
Cutcaster / Re: Sales at CutCaster« on: April 12, 2009, 23:49 »
You won't get punished by us for refusing because we dont offer subs. I always felt that this just killed any pricing power that photogs had so never went w it after all our research. It does make an agency lots of money. Just something I won't do at the expense of others and devaluing work.
The thing about subs is you make 25 to 50c and get what feels like a bunch of downloads which is exciting but doesnt really add up in the long run. At CC you can have a sale for 10 bucks and make 50% which is 5 bucks a download. You need to have 10-20 downloads with subs to get that total. I think sometimes getting an email that you had a download excites people and they lose sight of the fact that they aren't making that much from the subs sales and the agency is making all the money. I wish more photographers would move away from subs and more towards pay per download. 256
Cutcaster / Re: Sales at CutCaster« on: April 07, 2009, 10:18 »
Thanks for all the comments. I am working on getting more and more sales but we are definitely picking up and people are getting more sales as you can see. Not everyone but I still need your support if we are going to create a future together that isn't selling images for 25c a pop. Thanks for all your support and faith that we won't stop fighting and creating an alternative to what is out there now.
Right now we are looking for a variety of new images. If you check out our blog or our forums you will see that we have a bunch of things that people are looking for which you can use for ideas. If you shoot those you will have more of a chance at selling images bc I know buyers are looking for those at this moment. I talk to a bunch of buyers a day and always try to write down and communicate what they are looking for to you guys. I hope it helps. 257
Cutcaster / Re: Avoiding scams. Require a government ID or drivers license? Your thoughts?« on: March 18, 2009, 18:10 »
anyone know if that is true? that could be a great way to store and check the info without having it online and open to hacking.
258
Cutcaster / Re: CutCaster Payout« on: March 18, 2009, 14:16 »
HAHAH nice work Warren and very cool images. I'm off to meet with the head photo editor and researchers at a large publisher here in SF today so hopefully we can sign them up for a corporate account and get you guys some more sales. Also got a big phone call tomorrow w the Executive Director of Photography at a very large publishing house in NYC. Commmeeeee onnnnn SALLEESSSSSSSSSS...... John
259
Cutcaster / Re: Avoiding scams. Require a government ID or drivers license? Your thoughts?« on: March 18, 2009, 14:13 »
@ PIXART That is all really great info.
"And the original question, yes I would have a difficult time uploading ID to just any new agency. You are quite new, but seem trustworthy. Maybe you can request it upon the first payment." That seems like a good time as well. We have a ton of tracking in place to keep an eye on the buyers as well as who they buy from so if there is anything fishy and the seller is involved, getting an ID before you make the payment seems fair in almost all case. Obviously case like Einochi are different and there will be exceptions but it will definitely be more scrutiny in those cases. I don't blame people for not wanting to upload an ID. 260
Cutcaster / Re: Avoiding scams. Require a government ID or drivers license? Your thoughts?« on: March 18, 2009, 13:08 »
@Einochi i am sure if you told a site that story that would give you the benefit of the doubt.
what are other ways we can prove the identity of the uploader? i really like tineye and think that is going to be a great company. 261
Cutcaster / Avoiding scams. Require a government ID or drivers license? Your thoughts?« on: March 16, 2009, 20:35 »
What are your thoughts on requiring a contributor to prove their identity bf they upload? Do you still upload to sites that make you do this? What is your perception of sites when you see that they do this? Do you think contributors should have to apply to get accepted or should it be open to all to just upload? Will a person upload a fake id to get through? What are other ways a site can safeguard themselves?
I'd love to hear any of your thoughts and have this be an open discussion for other agencies/sites to join in as well as we are all in this boat together and get burned by image theft or waste our money reviewing and detecting content that is uploaded by a thief. I have been dealing with one persistent guy who has been uploading stolen images to our site which have been easy to detect (some of you I have emailed specifically about this when I see your images and I have been in contact with 123rf, Photo Stock and Crestock about fake accounts and copyrighted images on their site too so we can join forces in bringing this scumbag down) and I am thinking of implementing this requirement to upload to the site. Personally, I have resisted and I really hate to do it but would love to hear your thoughts. What about creating a Wall of Shame that outs these scams, the scammers, their username or registered name, their IP address and any other pertinent information so all agencies and contributors can see what is going on and be on the lookout. We definitely need a layer of transparency to help everyone avoid this and bust these people. I can't even begin to imagine how much revenue is lost by people due to thieves uploading their material. I'll give you an example of a fake account that has sold images at Crestock and needs to be taken offline. This is definitely not to call out Crestock but to help everyone monitor this better. http://www.crestock.com/profile/namlehoang22.aspx I have been in contact with them about this offender and we are working together. We need more of this in the future. John 262
Cutcaster / Re: FTP Issues?« on: March 12, 2009, 17:56 »
Yeah there is a folder number on the first upload page that has the folder there. I have instructions if you need any. john AT cutcaster DOT com
263
Cutcaster / Re: Just a suggestion.... re front page« on: March 11, 2009, 20:00 »
No offense taken at all. I rotate the images around as much as I can so it will always switch up and try to get as many people exposure as I can.
264
Cutcaster / Re: Viewing by Downloads not showing ?« on: March 11, 2009, 19:52 »
Yeah i am sorry for not doing more. I have just been so focused on getting corporate accounts and credits rolled out. Now we have a bit of bandwidth to do some site wide clean ups and some new features. what stats would you really like and would help you?
265
Cutcaster / Re: Thank you Mr. John Griffin« on: March 11, 2009, 16:20 »
If nasty means more sales for everyone than i want to be the nastiest mofo out there. hahaha. I hope that instead of being nasty, success will be based off the best content and customer service experience that will get us to consistently make people money each month. I'm working on it.
266
Cutcaster / Re: Thank you Mr. John Griffin« on: March 11, 2009, 13:37 »
Just doing what I love ;-) Thanks for the encouragement and let me know if I can ever help.
267
Cutcaster / Cutcaster Corporate Accounts and Cutcaster Credits released to live site« on: March 11, 2009, 13:36 »
Like I said before, here is the press release for the introduction of Credits and Corporate accounts for buyers at Cutcaster. We are seriously working hard to provide solutions for the media buying public and here are two more ways that people will be able to buy your images at Cutcaster. Very exciting stuff but trust me there is a lot more to come.
San Francisco March 11th, 2009 Cutcaster, the worlds first untapped source of user generated images and vectors that can be securely licensed through its dynamic marketplace, announced the release of two new ways to purchase photos and vector illustrations. Cutcaster Corporate Accounts and Cutcaster Credits will empower buyers, reward them with deep discounts and make licensing royalty free images and vectors organized and cost effective. These new payment options are in addition to the micropayment pay-as-you-go purchasing system and content bidding model that Cutcaster currently uses. Accounting departments and mangers can take a deep breath as they no longer need to keep track of multiple accounts, the piles of invoices on their desks or getting their private credit card reimbursed by their company later, explains John Griffin, founder of Cutcaster. The new Cutcaster Corporate Account and the Cutcaster Credit packages provide total flexibility and control over media buying. Our goal is to provide the highest level of customer service and offer solutions that meet the media buying industry's needs. The new corporate accounts enable Account Admins to track purchases, download high resolution comps, create unlimited sub-accounts, purchase credits for their account and pass them to the sub-accounts, organize their licenses and manage their account with customizable reporting tools. The corporate accounts can be customized to youre your changing needs and corporate structure. Cutcaster Credits can be purchased by any registered user and will be sold at a discount. For as little as $45, one can purchase 50 to 5000 credits and when paying, 1 credit will equal $1 on the site. Subscribers can access the same royalty-free content as the pay-as-you-go customers but now have the flexibility to purchase content with credits as well as the option to receive an invoice. Cutcaster is providing customers two more ways to buy from the largest untapped source of user generated content on the web, Griffin said, who launched Cutcaster last year and has been growing the image and vector library by around 15,000 new files a week. We offer a secure way to purchase and license new content that didnt exist before in the shallow pool of stock out there. Our larger clients kept telling us that they liked the quality and new selection we were providing in the marketplace over others in the industry, but they needed alternative payment models to provide the most flexible and cost effective licensing experience. These new packages offer a perfect solution for our largest publishing, advertising and graphic design customers. To learn more follow this link, http://www.cutcaster.com/buy-stock-images-vectors Businesses can apply at www.cutcaster.com/corporate/RegisterCorporate About Cutcaster Cutcaster has tapped into a new and unique source of photo and vector illustrations that can be purchased for any kind of publishing, web design project, printing brochures, advertising, annual reports or electronic usage on websites and presentations. We have created the first model that adds structure to support licensing user-generated photography and vectors when you don't have the budget to create it yourself. Sellers can set their prices or those new to the world of licensing can use the Cutcaster Algorithm to find the fair market price. We have been described as the "Nasdaq of digital media" or even "the answer to Flickr" for licensing images and vector illustrations. Our licenses are one time royalty free, extended use licenses and cost anywhere from 5 to 20 dollars on average for a high resolution file. 268
Cutcaster / Re: Viewing by Downloads not showing ?« on: March 10, 2009, 11:30 »
Fixed this last night. You should be all set now. i still need to fix the sorting of downloads which i will do today. Let me know if you see anything else. John
269
Cutcaster / Re: Sales at CutCaster« on: March 09, 2009, 15:40 »
@azurelaroux just shoot me an email at john at cutcaster.com and I will figure that out.
270
Cutcaster / Re: Viewing by Downloads not showing ?« on: March 09, 2009, 15:38 »
I'll fix that ASAP. Thanks for the heads up.
271
Cutcaster / Re: Sales at CutCaster« on: March 05, 2009, 12:24 »
@azurelaroux i remember and now see that you did post in the forums and i redponsded. the only thiing i can think of why a clipfolder would be deleted is if it only had one image or less in it. we did a big cleanup of neglected clipfolders and anyone that only had an image or less got thrown out. maybe that was the reason. in any case, you can always email me if you have problems so please let me know in the future. thanks.
272
Cutcaster / Re: Sales at CutCaster« on: March 04, 2009, 12:06 »
I'm working my butt off so hopefully you will have a sale and many coming up.
Keep an eye out over the next day or two. We are just about to roll out a new credit system where buyers can buy credits in bulk and get a discount when they do (I am eating the discount to get them to use the site more frequently) and also the introduction of corporate accounts for very large buyers. I have been talking to a lot of publishers and advertisers lately who say they really like both these options and they are both in beta testing now. Things are moving along on the site as i am sure you guys see the improvements on a daily basis from your feedback and I continue to say thank you for giving me a chance to prove myself and work for you. 273
Cutcaster / Re: Sales at CutCaster« on: March 03, 2009, 11:54 »
@Krisdog To be really honest I see a lot of traffic hitting our site from Google looking for vectors and released all your files yesterday as vectors are making a lot of sales on our site and will be a big part of our future. I am honored to have your work and love to see the eps files come in.
@Paul "I hope you agree with the difference and looking forward to making you and all our members millionaires." ![]() 274
Cutcaster / Re: Sales at CutCaster« on: March 02, 2009, 03:01 »
@azurelaroux are the clipfolders still missing? i never saw anything about in our error logs or heard anything. do you want to let me know?
275
Cutcaster / Re: Image types and categories MISSING from the marketplace and requests from buyers« on: February 26, 2009, 18:34 »
ssuper hahaha large and in charge
@melastmohican These ideas are ones that this large buyer said were under-represented and were areas that photographers could shoot and were needed. Once I heard these topics I started to ask other buyers and they completely agreed. I am sure people have tried to shoot them but this was highlighted as a glaring hole in the marketplace. I wasn't trying to say they were used already or already shot but only meant that they were highlighted as missing from the marketplace and could be shot. Just some ideas to throw out there. |
Submit Your Vote
|