You wrote "if I had to pick a single site where I would independently try to market all of my photos direct to buyers it would be clustershot". Why?
What are the advantages of Clustershot over other sites like Smugmug? Cheap pro membership only or anything else?
I have some non-stock images I'd like to sell and looking for options.
Thanks!
I'd be in the market only to license digital downloads (smugmug has more to offer than just digital downloads of stock photos) and for me it was the price issue - CS was offering such excellent value for money compared to smugmug which was (when I last checked) way over priced - digital downloads only came with the top tier plan. 99% of the people who use these sites (and I'd be one of them) are likely to sell just a few images a month meaning they can't afford to pay a monthly subscriptions. Taking just 12% of the sale and either no annual free or a very low annual free if you want to upgrade to 'pro' (which last time I looked was not mandatory if you only wanted to test the waters for say 6 months) makes it a clear winner for those who sell for microstock prices
smugmug might have a little faster servers, and I've not compared SEO for a while, but I'm talking here about using CS as a solution to 'self serve' buyers who you have already captured.
I applied to join Snapixel, as I really liked the look of it, and it seemed one of the easiest sites to join. But after completing the registration form and pressing enter, my AVG toolbar informed me that the site wasn't safe, that it didn't recommend I proceed to this page. Has anyone else had any problems with viruses or security alerts on Snapixel? This is the first time I've heard of this happening, and I would love to know why I was told the site wasn't safe! Sarah
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alex-virt (not verified) on Tue, 2010-03-02 21:55Picking a Site
Steve Gibson on Wed, 2010-03-03 06:56Several Things:
I'd be in the market only to license digital downloads (smugmug has more to offer than just digital downloads of stock photos) and for me it was the price issue - CS was offering such excellent value for money compared to smugmug which was (when I last checked) way over priced - digital downloads only came with the top tier plan. 99% of the people who use these sites (and I'd be one of them) are likely to sell just a few images a month meaning they can't afford to pay a monthly subscriptions. Taking just 12% of the sale and either no annual free or a very low annual free if you want to upgrade to 'pro' (which last time I looked was not mandatory if you only wanted to test the waters for say 6 months) makes it a clear winner for those who sell for microstock prices
smugmug might have a little faster servers, and I've not compared SEO for a while, but I'm talking here about using CS as a solution to 'self serve' buyers who you have already captured.
Fine-art vs. Stock....
Security
Sarah (not verified) on Wed, 2011-03-16 23:49