Mostphotos – the democratic stock agency – challenges major stock agencies with an entirely new and innovative concept. The Swedish based picture agency Mostphotos is taking advantage of the digital revolution in photography. By combining amateur as well as professional material, the company is investing in an unconventional model from which both the image buyer and the photographer benefit. The agency’s website offers free membership and is run and administered by the photographers themselves.
All photographers, professional as well as true amateurs can, without any fees, offer their pictures for sale worldwide and always receive up to 70% commission. The photo-selling web site is called the democratic stock agency by its users, as everybody is welcome to upload their images for sale as long as Mostphotos‘ simple rules are being followed.
Buyers have access to an exclusive and extensive collection of royalty free and editorial images. The images can be used freely in all media at a tenth of the cost at major stock agencies.
At 25 euros per image and with straightforward and easy-to-use features for both sellers and buyers, Mostphotos has all the right features to become one of the most successful stock agencies in the world.
Selling images and photos
There are many advantages to uploading pictures for sale at Mostphotos compared to selling them on your own commercial web site.
At Mostphotos:
- You benefit from advice and tips about what kind of photos sell through the Photographers’ Forum and the upcoming Photo Guide.
- You may sell you royalty free images with us AND at any other site – it’s perfectly fine with us!
- You decide how much you want to charge for each picture.
- You get the advantages of secure payments and can be certain of getting paid before the image is released, regardless of where in the world your buyer is located.
- You have unlimited storage and free back up.
- You have access to a fast and user-friendly upload function (batch, multi upload and FTP) with automatic retrieval of your tags and IPTC (the metadata embedded in your image file) as well as an easy-to-use drag-and-drop-function to help you sort your images!
- You become a part of a terrific community of colleagues and friends that can help you improve and become a better photographer.
In exchange we split the price on your royalty free images 50/50.
- By selling your pictures as “Exclusive” you can even earn a 70% commission. – We have marketing strategies in place and a marketing budget geared toward corporate image buyers.
We encourage the costumer to add the byline:
“mostphotos/photographer’s MP nickname” when publishing images, thus making it easy for anyone who sees your pictures to access your personal portfolio at Mostphotos.
Straightforward and easy-to-use
It is easy to sell photos at Mostphotos.
The membership is free and comes with a number of straightforward features, making it easy for you to sell you photos around the globe. The intuitive search function ranks the result according to image appeal. The highest rated images, with the most views and comments end up at the top of the search while the less appealing images come further back. This self-regulating system allows buyers to easily find the best images.
Quality
Mostphotos’s members are anything from true amateurs to professional photographers — all with a digital camera and an interested in photography. We do not reject any images as long as they abide by the site’s ethical rules. The only technical requirement is that the images are high resolution — at least 4 mega pixels.
Two image categories
–Royalty Free
As Royalty Free, an image is offered for sale at a fixed price to an unlimited number of buyers that are free to use the image according to the rules stipulated in the contract of sales, regardless of the edition or the media.
–Exclusive
As exclusive, an image is only offered for sale once. As soon as the transaction is completed, the exclusive image will no longer be offered for sale and will be removed from the website. Images offered for sale as exclusive cannot be offered for sale elsewhere or through other means of distribution.
The photographer always retains the copyright of his or her work regardless of under which type of image category the images are being offered for sale.
Safe and secure payments for both sellers and buyers
Mostphotos guarantees that all transactions are secure. These are handled by MyPay AB who also verifies all credit cards. All communication between Mostphotos, MyPay AB and the consumer is protected by a sophisticated encryption preventing unauthorized data access. Purchases are easily made using any of the leading credit cards. The photographers receive their commission either by direct deposit to their bank account or through Paypal/Moneybookers — regardless of where in the world the buyer is located.
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