I don't think "critical mass" is too difficult. If 10 photographers engage one sales person, and that person get paid 10% of the photographers revenue they will all earn the same income. If then the person increase the sales more than 10%, which is likely, they are all better off.
On 13-Dec-2010 3:43 AM, Fred wrote:
> didn't Photoshelter do that and fail? I remember spending time submitting images to their "agency" only to have it shut down soon after it began. I did get paid for sales for the brief time they were an "agency" with a sales staff ect.
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> Bob Clay
There was another arm to the company that went under, but Photoshelter is alive and kicking. It may well be that such an arrangement might not work but it certainly seems that if you have all those images and stock photographers in one place you should create an open marketplace where salespeople could also represent themselves and would have incentive to generate sales by working on commission for those photographers who choose to allow it.
Consider that the microstock idea was tried by others before finally taking off. Digital cameras were around a long time before they became the standard. Such things need to be nurtured along.
Gaining a critical mass would be difficult. I considered doing such a thing (working with independent image researchers and sales people) and I put some feelers out, but ultimately I felt that with such a small operation (and I want it to stay that way) I could not do justice to the idea.
One problem with such an idea is that those would be the people representing your company and the photographers and I suppose it could go wrong very easily and destroy what was previously a successful business.
Fred Voetsch
Group Moderator - Selling Stock Photography
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/selling_stock_photography/
Owner - Acclaim Images, LLC
http://www.acclaimimages.com/
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> " A key thing that nobody, to my knowledge, has done is to include image researchers and salespeople in the equation. It's easy to find talented photographers but try finding someone with a foot in the door with the major image buyers. I believe that if Photoshelter would do this they would be a major player as a place to sell images and not just a place to create a website."
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> Fred,
> didn't Photoshelter do that and fail? I remember spending time submitting images to their "agency" only to have it shut down soon after it began. I did get paid for sales for the brief time they were an "agency" with a sales staff ect.
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> Bob Clay
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