In a major blow to my fledgling stock career, my sole agency PhotoShelter Collection called it quits today. I really admired what they where trying to do there and wish them all the best with there Archive service. It was never going to be easy but from a business standpoint you have to pull the plug.
So where do I go next? Almay?, iStock(bleh), DigitalRailroad? I would rather not go micro so please let me know where some good RM agencies are.
Update: Vincent LaForet gives his thoughts on his blog
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Jason 09.11.08 at 9:59 am
Bummer. PhotoShelter is the sole avenue I’ve been going down too. I’m interested in seeing what others have to say. Additionally I have an Almay account, but haven’t uploaded any images yet. That might be the approach I’m leaning towards.
Serge 09.11.08 at 1:29 pm
Yes, very sad to see them go. At least they tried and challenged the market.
I personally submit to traditional stock Alamy, PSC and other smaller agencies certain pictures. And i also spot pictures that are meant for microstocks and sell theme there. I think it works fine for me.
Bill 09.11.08 at 3:24 pm
Yeah I am going to give Alamy a shot, looks like I am going to have to get a copy of Genuine Fractals…
Lorraine 09.12.08 at 9:38 am
I had 3 sales at Zymmetrical in August. They pay 70% commission so that was $49.70 to me. More of a mid-stock site. Still in the beta phase, but seem to be doing a lot of things right. I hope they do well - I love that they let us set our own price and that they give such a good % to the artist.
Sean 09.12.08 at 2:17 pm
Good to see you blogging again, Bill.
Bad to see PhotoShelter go under though…
Bill 09.12.08 at 2:56 pm
@Sean, now that I am not uploading to PSC I have a lot more free time