I wrote to you and there was no answer. I was thinking to launch my own igaming platform

An other wirestock agency ?

I wrote to you and there was no answer

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An other wirestock agency ?

Hi Faustvasea, yes but different! Wirestock takes ownership and commission of your work. StockCreator let's you keep full control of your content and revenue. Please visit our website for more info or let me know if you have any further questions.

Cheers, Cees

SS and Adobe accept phone images and also footage, I am not sure about FP and Envato. Some my best sellers are from phone

I am not really planing to paid for selling my stock photos or videos at this time and probobly I will never do it. This is why I quit with Wirestock, but good luck. This days is not really many agencies worth to upload and 4 or 5 I can easy handled. Longer is taking editing and key wording is pretty easy this days also.

Hi fotoroad, I fully understand the platform is not for everybody. It depends on how much content you have, where you distribute it, and which tools you are already used to. Thank you for sharing your experience and opinion!

Hi Cees:

Suggesting, since it seems you are starting out.

a) For the testimonials - why not directly link to those people's profiles/online presences? Initially I thought those were fake testimonials (because the pictures look like 'stock photos') - but investigated a bit further and they do seem to be genuine photographers. Adding direct links would add to the legitimacy.

b) Good job on making your own business, good luck. You should check out one of your main competitors (microstockplus/stocksubmitter) if you haven't already. They've been in the game quite a long time, and they aren't the only one. They aren't the only one though. (There are also very good other 'ai' keywording tools)

c) My 'feeling' (could be mistaken) is that you may find it challenging to get customers, because (at the moment) you don't really seem to offer anything new. Although - it seems you've found at least 5 ppl (from the testimonials) which I suppose is pretty good.

d) How 'good' are your backend prompts (for the "ai"?) Assuming you are using chatGPT/API on the backend. I find a lot of the prompts companies are using still provide buggy results from chatGPT - i.e., nonsensical/irrelevant titles, inaccurate titling of images/videos/etc... Have you tested this on a large set of different images (i.e., 1,000+ unique types of images/videos/etc?)

e) Pricing seems a bit 'high' - but does seem microstock plus/stocksubmitter has found success with similar pricing... but it seems a lot of 'microstockers' barely make ends meet, yet alone "$16,000" from a single agency like Envato as you have in one in your sample images... Curious - is that based on a real profile (i.e., yours?) If so - the earnings say "$69,212" between 4 agencies (envato/shutterstock/adobe/freepik) for a "single" year...

Based on what I've seen people post here (as well as personal earnings) - that seems rather unrealistic for the 'average' microstocker. I'm sure there are probably some very established contributors making that and much more in the current environment dealing with things like east indian spammers/thieves, agencies 'good news' e-mails, etc - but it seems many post of "look at how much money I'm making" (esp. in this forum) tend to be at most in the $1k/month range - usually between 20-30 different agencies, let along 4 like you have here...

f) Please also make the 'automatic picture' update stop if I click it/etc on the pricing page. It is difficult to read when the flipbook constanly rotates between the images

g) Also - in one of your sample images on the pricing page, please remove the 'ethnic diversity' 'folder' sample stuff, that is such an overused/annoying term pushed by the WEF/UN/etc designed to try and impoverish western nations... the mantra of "diversity inclusion equity" is actually an acronym of "d.i.e." (which is what the pyschopaths pushing this agenda) are trying to do... in addition to companies like "ipsos mori" polls (which is latin for "they die") pushing the convid scam (never was a 'virus', still isn't - poison was in the masks/'tests' & ultimate 'shots, etc)... the 'ethnic diversity' "d.i.e. // "diversity inclusion equity") is part of that sick nonsense...

Anyways, other than that - good luck!

Who are your customers and from where will you find them?

Hi Cees:

Suggesting, since it seems you are starting out.

a) For the testimonials - why not directly link to those people's profiles/online presences? Initially I thought those were fake testimonials (because the pictures look like 'stock photos') - but investigated a bit further and they do seem to be genuine photographers. Adding direct links would add to the legitimacy.

b) Good job on making your own business, good luck. You should check out one of your main competitors (microstockplus/stocksubmitter) if you haven't already. They've been in the game quite a long time, and they aren't the only one. They aren't the only one though. (There are also very good other 'ai' keywording tools)

c) My 'feeling' (could be mistaken) is that you may find it challenging to get customers, because (at the moment) you don't really seem to offer anything new. Although - it seems you've found at least 5 ppl (from the testimonials) which I suppose is pretty good.

d) How 'good' are your backend prompts (for the "ai"?) Assuming you are using chatGPT/API on the backend. I find a lot of the prompts companies are using still provide buggy results from chatGPT - i.e., nonsensical/irrelevant titles, inaccurate titling of images/videos/etc... Have you tested this on a large set of different images (i.e., 1,000+ unique types of images/videos/etc?)

e) Pricing seems a bit 'high' - but does seem microstock plus/stocksubmitter has found success with similar pricing... but it seems a lot of 'microstockers' barely make ends meet, yet alone "$16,000" from a single agency like Envato as you have in one in your sample images... Curious - is that based on a real profile (i.e., yours?) If so - the earnings say "$69,212" between 4 agencies (envato/shutterstock/adobe/freepik) for a "single" year...

Based on what I've seen people post here (as well as personal earnings) - that seems rather unrealistic for the 'average' microstocker. I'm sure there are probably some very established contributors making that and much more in the current environment dealing with things like east indian spammers/thieves, agencies 'good news' e-mails, etc - but it seems many post of "look at how much money I'm making" (esp. in this forum) tend to be at most in the $1k/month range - usually between 20-30 different agencies, let along 4 like you have here...

f) Please also make the 'automatic picture' update stop if I click it/etc on the pricing page. It is difficult to read when the flipbook constanly rotates between the images

g) Also - in one of your sample images on the pricing page, please remove the 'ethnic diversity' 'folder' sample stuff, that is such an overused/annoying term pushed by the WEF/UN/etc designed to try and impoverish western nations... the mantra of "diversity inclusion equity" is actually an acronym of "d.i.e." (which is what the pyschopaths pushing this agenda) are trying to do... in addition to companies like "ipsos mori" polls (which is latin for "they die") pushing the convid scam (never was a 'virus', still isn't - poison was in the masks/'tests' & ultimate 'shots, etc)... the 'ethnic diversity' "d.i.e. // "diversity inclusion equity") is part of that sick nonsense...

Anyways, other than that - good luck!

Hi SuperPhoto,

Thank you for taking the time to share your valued opinion!

a. Noted, thanks!
b. We have been using them for years, in combination with Microstock+, Microstock Analytics etc. We are not inventing the wheel, just putting pieces together.
c. Challenge accepted!
d. It's a trained ML model that will keep improving over time. Not a Chatgtp model. Yes, we tested it!
e. We do not take commissions, and if an 'average' person makes $1000 a month, $20 seems pretty fair no?
f. Noted, it is very stimulating..
g. It's just a placeholder!

If you have any more questions or suggestions, please let me know!

Cheers, Cees

Quote from: SuperPhoto on June 02, 2024, 04:52

... in addition to companies like "ipsos mori" polls (which is latin for "they die") pushing the convid scam ....

Your Google translation is wrong.
Ipsos is either a nomen or the plural pronoun of ipse. This would then mean �themselves� and not �they�. Depending on the context, mori has the meaning: dying, blackberry, law, regulation, etc.

Latin cannot be translated, but must be analysed in context.

But it doesn't matter. There is also a comprehensible explanation for the naming:

�Our name - Ipsos MORI - was formed in 2005 by the merger of Ipsos, founded in France in 1975 with its named derived from the Latin phrase �ipso facto� and Market and Opinion Research International (MORI), founded in the UK in 1969. This merger created our name: Ipsos MORI�, it explained.

Incidentally, I would also be careful with the MSG Forum. MSG = mori sadistici grex

I had no idea I would learn so much about other things on this forum, thanks for sharing!

I think your project can work for sure, but like others said before, you need to bring something new to the table, otherwise why would someone use your platform instead of the existing well established ones that probably work better than yours at least for now.
The easiest way for you to gain customers is by being free in the beginning, thats how i would do it, until my platform is established, and has an amazing user expierince. Good luck to you with your project 

Hi stockart,

Thank you for your positive response and feedback. We offer the platform for free, you can annotate and upload 50 images a month just to try it out.

The added value is the combination of all the features, so you do not need multiple platforms. We also believe it works better already

Feel free to try it out! I can offer you a free account in exchange for more feedback if you want. Just let me know.

Have a great day.

Cheers, Cees

Quote from: stockart on June 04, 2024, 05:24

I think your project can work for sure, but like others said before, you need to bring something new to the table, otherwise why would someone use your platform instead of the existing well established ones that probably work better than yours at least for now.
The easiest way for you to gain customers is by being free in the beginning, thats how i would do it, until my platform is established, and has an amazing user expierince. Good luck to you with your project 

Hi stockart,

Thank you for your positive response and feedback. We offer the platform for free, you can annotate and upload 50 images a month just to try it out.

The added value is the combination of all the features, so you do not need multiple platforms. We also believe it works better already

Feel free to try it out! I can offer you a free account in exchange for more feedback if you want. Just let me know.

Have a great day.

Cheers, Cees

I do understand that, but if i want to upload a portfolio of 30K videos, 50 free clips want make a big difference right. But i welcome your idea anyway, we need more competition in that market so prices will come down.