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Thanks to everyone who replied to Brad's post regarding my interest in recruiting photographers. And thanks Brad!
In consideration of members here, I'll only post this once. Not interested in spamming you guys. Here's the pitch...
I own a "matchmaking" service for photo buyers and photographers (www.stockphotorequest.com). Quite simply, I recruit photographers who pay me a yearly subscription fee which gives them access to my service.
How does StockPhotoRequest.com work?
As a subscriber, you receive emails with image requests from advertising and editorial Photo Buyers.
You can go to the site to upload images to one common light table per request. (Each uploaded image has links to your contact info next to it, so even if they don't use your image, you are advertising your work to your specific target market. You can see what other photographers are submitting as well and what the photo buyer has saved or deleted.)
Photo buyers contact you directly to license images. You pay NO commissions on sales.
You have your own Photographer Profile Page on the site, with a bio and portfolio of images. When we market our service to photo buyers we also market individual photographers.
Subscribers can upload, manage, and edit their personal images in our Searchable Image Collection (searchable by keywords you assign).
Photo buyers are able to search through images and license them directly from you. As with all your work at StockPhotoRequest.com, you keep 100% of your sales.
The standard annual subscription fee for individual photographers is $400.
That's it in a nutshell. Some of my registered buyers include: National Geographic Adventure Magazine, People Magazine, Islands Magazine, Orion Magazine, Backpacker magazine and many others. Presently I have 800+ buyers, and I'm recruiting new buyers all the time (they use my service for free).
Have a look at the site: www.stockphotorequest.com
You can also check out this SPR video: www.youtube.com/watch
I'm happy to answer any questions.
Thanks,
Clay Garrett
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Re: Matching Photo Buyers with Photographers
Fri, February 20, 2009 - 3:55 PMHi Clay, honestly I'm all for anyone who can help us photographers in this economy, but a better solution than asking us to pay for your service, would be to take an agents fee IF you can get us work. Asking us to pay with no guarantee of potential income for your service just isn't good business in this marketplace. -
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Re: Matching Photo Buyers with Photographers
Fri, February 20, 2009 - 5:45 PMHi WW, I appreciate the input and understand your perspective. I have a solid stable of pro photographers who do well using my service, as evidenced by my 88% renewal rate. Most images that my photographers sell bring an average of $300. Two sales in a year puts them in the black. I think I can guarantee you potential income...not sure I can guarantee you for-sure-income. That's on your ability as a photographer and your taking advantage of the connection I provide. The attribute that sets my company apart is that I don't take a fee...I just facilitate the connection. My charge is to empower photographers to market their images to a broader and harder-to-reach client base without paying commission. I'm the stock agency alternative. And for $1.10 a day it's a progressive way to market /sell your images.
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Re: Matching Photo Buyers with Photographers
Fri, February 20, 2009 - 5:57 PMI posted 56 photo requests since January from a single editorial buyer who pays between $500-$1200 per image.
Here's her site: www.laurawyss.com/photo.htm
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Re: Matching Photo Buyers with Photographers
Mon, March 16, 2009 - 1:19 AMJust curious, if there is no commission, how do you know the average photo is bought for $300?
Also, is this a service where there can be a negotiation for residuals if the photos are used by the purchaser in follow up prints or is it a one time buy out fee?
Wouldn't it be smart to offer an option, say $400 flat fee as you offer now, OR a commission package for new photographers who aren't sure about your sites worth, and once you make enough off the commission ... say $500 they are automatically converted to the flat fee, non commissioned arena ... that way you get an extra $100 from new photographers, and those who's work isn't picked up don't loose their shirts.
Or is this flat fee designed to keep out the riff-raff?
Thanks!
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