I have plenty of editorial sports photos even from Olympics. Can you sell them separately as NFTs?

Hi everyone,

I would like to get your views on an idea that for me seems like good one, but it is always good to see other people's point of view.

In our small country Czech Republic, there is at this moment quite big disappointment with how the sports photographers are contracted and paid. Agencies are similar like istock or getty, paying dimes for these photos. My idea was to replicate what Stocksy did but in sports editorial field. I already have few photographers that will be willing to contribute to a new agency that will have the co-op model.

There is no big problem to get accreditations, we all are members of press news photographers association.   

Competition : the big newspapers (where photographers are unhappy as well). 3-4 national news agencies, ripping off photographers as well.

Risks:
  - mainly getting more photogs on board
  - get enough press publications willing to contribute
  - longevity of sports editorial photos

Funding : possible EU funding

What do you think, can stocksy model be replicated in sports editorial field?

From time to time, I run google trends on our popular stock agencies names. It is quite interesting to see the changes over the time.
What is really strange though, is the presence or actually the absence of Alamy in those statistics. I know they are primarily in UK but anyway.

If you wanna check it out, here is the link : http://www.google.com/trends/explore?hl=en-US&q=istock,+shutterstock,+fotolia,+alamy&date=1/2005+133m&cmpt=q&tz=Etc/GMT-1&tz=Etc/GMT-1&content=1#q=istock%2C%20shutterstock%2C%20fotolia%2C%20Alamy&date=1%2F2005%20133m&cmpt=q&tz=Etc%2FGMT-1

Any comments are welcome.



With Getty:

Shutterstock signed a three-year deal with the Associated Press, giving U.S. clients the ability to license the news agency�s daily and archived photo and video assets.

Shutterstock customers in the States will be able to license more than 30 million photos from AP Images and nearly 2 million video clips from AP Archive for editorial use. Shutterstock currently expects images from AP to be available starting next month, with video footage to be made available later in 2016.

http://variety.com/2016/digital/news/shutterstock-associated-press-photo-video-1201726268

Well, this is not particular a good news. For those of us, selling editorial stuff on SS, this could kill any sales. Until now, if you shot e.g. a sport event, you were one of really few who uploaded to SS, and those images are selling quite well.
With AP daily coverage and archive options, we will compete with top line agency, so opportunities like Olympic games are pretty much out of the picture. :/ I was one of those considering RIO images for SS.

Hello,

a client contacted me and wants to use one of my sports editorial picture for online advertisement.
I am pretty familiar with editorial terms of use. But my question is, are you somehow able to sell such licence?
Honestly I dont think so, but as I am not experienced in this field, any advice is welcome.
The picture is http://www.shutterstock.com/cat.mhtml?gallery_id=1152593&page=1&inline=252988123.
How the big agencies run it? do you need to contact the athlete, association and agree terms or is it completely prohibited?

Thank a lot for any advice.

I uploaded back some shots  on FT to see if the adobe deal makes some sales. But I almost everywhere put Exclusivity - Yes by mistake as I sell them also on SS. I know I can edit it, but before I do, I wanna ask what it really means in FT terms? As we know many people are "exclusive" and selling everywhere.

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I know that based on the feedback on the forum the sales are not big for contributors here. But it is a positive message. Could this be the start of the shift from $$ race to bottom?

Googleplay - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.shutterstock.contributor&customer_ID=1152593&campaign_ID=shutters.10131505&launch_ID=10071725

Apple - https://itunes.apple.com/app/shutterstock-contributor/id913214324?customer_ID=1152593&campaign_ID=shutters.10131505&launch_ID=10071725

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I like it, the activity tab is kindly strange, check it out.

Hi everyone, my wife would love to use Macrografiks for her macro shots of food etc.

Just wanted to ask for an update if there are any sales or not? So far I know that lot of these small agencies are not delivering any sales.

Thank you

Hi everyone, I never saw this as Rejection Reason "This image has styling issues."

Any idea what they mean? Is it they dont like eggs together with flowers or? Or that the flowers are not organized?

So just to let anyone know, that it can take quite a while when you cancel your account on istock to get the money.
To be clear they stated that it will  take like 60 days, so anyway I'm glad they send it.

17.10.2013 - "Your account has now been closed as requested and final payment details have been sent to accounting to payout after 30 days to include any partner program royalties earned. Note that partner royalties are ingested the following month, therefore in order to ensure that we pay out all monies owed to you, it may take up to 60 days before your account balance is closed. "

So be patient. I had there $29.

I canceled on : October 11, 2013, 08:19
Payment received : Jan 13, 2014, 08:01:06 PST

I almost forgot

Hi everyone,

I live in an area where we have tons of small kids and young families.

I don't want to go the classic way, shoot clients offering prints etc. I would like to offer them free shooting for signing a model release. I want to make it very clear. So they understand what they are signing, but not too offending. We have one big playground with advertisement board, where I would like to put there some kind of flyer and then follow up with personal meeting.

Does anyone have any tips for the right wording that you tried and it worked.

I don't want to use word free, as in fact it is not free, it is trade, I'm giving them photos and online gallery, they are giving me release?

Thanks for any  tips.

Hi everyone, as there is new rebuild smugmug, it caught my attention....again

Is anyone having luck selling pictures there downloads/prints/merch ?

I was thinking about test the eshop there for customers from sports venues I shoot as an very easy way how to get prints without asking photographer etc. + putting there stock photos also.

Any experience good/bad ?

Thank you