Microstock Photography Forum - General > Selling Stock Direct
Peer-to-peer direct stock selling platform (WireStock)
DallasP:
--- Quote from: sgoodwin4813 on October 21, 2017, 10:17 ---This has been tried before and was not too successful, but not for lack of enthusiasm. You might want to look up past discussions about Symbiostock to see what was done previously. That one was basically free but my impression is it required too much effort to get started. These ideas are easy to come by but difficult to implement. You should think about it carefully and come up with a really good idea before proposing much here - this bunch is pretty jaded after all of the previous attempts to do this. The problem is marketing - oops, somebody just beat me to it, see previous posts.
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It was easy to start ... it was ... poorly received and implemented.
marthamarks:
Yes, as another Symbiostock early birder, who invested some $$ and a ton of time, energy, and enthusiasm on a personal stock site that ultimately crashed and burned, I'm not eager to go that route again.
Mar-keting
Yep, that's the biggest problem.
ShadySue:
--- Quote from: mike_snaps on October 21, 2017, 07:21 ---Hey Guys,
My name is Mike and I am new to the community. I am a fan of photography and been involved with numerous art/photo tech projects in the past. Currently, I and my friend are thinking about creating a new peer-to-peer stock platform where artists will have the ability to sell images/videos directly to buyers with very low transaction fees (5-10%). We are doing research in the space and would really appreciate your feedback. Would you be kind to fill out the short survey below:
https://goo.gl/forms/Ev00fvEjzN4MoHXS2
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I see your questionnaire mentions both 'freelance work' and 'stock'.
Are you scoping a traditional stock type platform, or a platform where buyers make requests and photographers vie to respond, or some hybrid of both?
mike_snaps:
First of all, thanks for all of your comments! You are absolutely right about marketing being the game changer factor in this space. It is important to have a critical mass of buyers to ensure constant stream of revenues for quality contributors. However, what is equally important is the way a p2p platform is set up with regards to pricing, distribution and transaction fees. Platforms like Symbiostock are not pure p2p platforms as they charge fees for hosting and other flat or reoccurring fees. What we are building is a fully transparent p2p platform based on blockchain. In our network, both buyers and contributors will be better off by having full control over pricing and distribution. In other words, by diminishing the role of the middle man, buyers will pay less and contributors will earn more.
We are committed to building this platform and that's why we are really excited to learn from microstockgroup community and your personal experiences (also through the survey shared above).
mike_snaps:
--- Quote from: ShadySue on October 21, 2017, 15:10 ---
--- Quote from: mike_snaps on October 21, 2017, 07:21 ---Hey Guys,
My name is Mike and I am new to the community. I am a fan of photography and been involved with numerous art/photo tech projects in the past. Currently, I and my friend are thinking about creating a new peer-to-peer stock platform where artists will have the ability to sell images/videos directly to buyers with very low transaction fees (5-10%). We are doing research in the space and would really appreciate your feedback. Would you be kind to fill out the short survey below:
https://goo.gl/forms/Ev00fvEjzN4MoHXS2
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I see your questionnaire mentions both 'freelance work' and 'stock'.
Are you scoping a traditional stock type platform, or a platform where buyers make requests and photographers vie to respond, or some hybrid of both?
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We are thinking about a more hybrid solution that would enable custom requests and projects on top of regular stock trading.
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