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So I made a Microstock Site for Me ...
FD:
--- Quote from: Whiz on October 13, 2010, 16:24 ---I decided to use Ktools to create my own microstock site just for curiosities sake. It was fairly easy to implement, but the mysql stuff did spook me a little. Anyway, I was just wondering what you all think of it. I have tested the payment system with Paypal Sandbox, and it seems that everything is working properly. Here is the link if you want to take a look: http://rfstocks.com/
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Ktools photostore has always been the best solution, imho. Good choice, although they tend to have that stereotype Ktools look.
--- Quote from: Whiz on October 13, 2010, 16:24 ---Also, sometimes the site seems slow. Then again, maybe it's just me.
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You're probably hosting it yourself and in that case, beware that no hosting plans were created equal. Especially the database should be fast. It makes a lot of difference with how much accounts you share one server machine. Some cheaper hosters dare to put 500 accounts on one machine.
FD:
--- Quote from: louoates on October 13, 2010, 16:58 ---"RFStocks is a microstock website that sells the photos and illustrations of a single artist."
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There is a plugin so you can have several contributors on one site.
--- Quote from: louoates on October 13, 2010, 16:58 ---It led me to thinking that the industry should be ripe for very specialized stock sites.
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I have been talking about this for a while here in private about a similar site that should carry only un-microstockish editorial in a certain niche, but coming above the Google noise is almost impossible. You will have to seek the customers in your niche actively.
Fotonaut:
On the Ktools forum I am maintaining a list of known working Photostores to which I have now added RFStocks. My favourite Ktools stores are Just World Photo and Phovoir-Images, which are very well done sites. You can hardly see they are Ktools derivatives.
Full list below.
Alphabetically:
A Bar W Photography
Amee Reehal Photography
APG Images
Artifile
airWORK aviation images
BigMonkeyPhotos
ColorStockPhoto
DigitalBook
Digi-Pix
Efotto
Fotorab
Fox Hound Photos
FreeDigitalPhotos
Full Court Photo
Gillis Photos
Glamour Me Studio Inc.
gofoimages
Hot Heat Photography
IMGS.no bildebyrå | Norge i bilder - Images of Norway
ITF Photography
Just World Photo
Lifestox
Liguria360.net
McRea Photography
Mission Field Images
News Media Source
New Profile Pic
Orion Photography and Imaging
the Perfect Image
Peter Brunner Jazzfotos
The Photo Binder
PhotoGain
Photopac
PhotoSales NZ
PhotoZet
Phovoir-Images
Pixelcenter
ProPhotoStores
The Psicosonic Man Company
RFStocks
Santa Barbara Pix
SE-bilder
StockaPhoto
Stockvault.net
StudioJoz
Tassieland
Texturevault.net
Tikiwaka
TypicalMedia
Underdogphoto.com
Vintage Image Madness
Vancouver Island Stock Photos
microstockphoto.co.uk:
Great job! Your personal microstock site is more professional looking than some of the "real" microstock agencies I know
Smithore:
Amazing! :o
Wish you the best!
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