Tag Archives: agency

Welcome to 2012 – picNiche State of the Union

By bobbigmac | Published: December 31, 2011
[Translate] Here we are heading into 2012, and with picNiche heading for 4 full years it’s looking like an exciting one to come To mark the new year, I figured it would be a good time to talk a bit about what makes up the entire suite of ‘picNiche’ now, to brag a bit about [...]
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Do microstock agencies violate photographer’s DMCA copyright?

By bobbigmac | Published: September 6, 2011
[Translate] I started writing this blog post after following up on Dreamstime’s excellent new DMCA-violation reporting tool they added to their system. I went and read the DMCA and followed up by reading various interpretations of the clauses within it, and subsequently drafted this post and sent out to every microstock agency I have a [...]
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Where do Independent Microstockers Submit?

By bobbigmac | Published: June 30, 2011
[Translate] Just a quick post today to take a look at some stats from picWorkflow on which Microstock agencies are commonly used (and in what proportion) by microstock photographers. (using Google Docs interactive charts so if the spaces below are blank, wait a few seconds and refresh) First up… the share of all picWorkflow accounts [...]
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Keywording API for Organisations & Resellers

By bobbigmac | Published: February 16, 2011
[Translate] As we all know… for stock images, better keywords means more sales. Images can be indexed by the search engines, found and licensed by more image-buyers and so will generate higher RPIs and earn more money. To increase the quality of keywords applied to stock photographs and illustrations already available for sale on microstock [...]
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Online Marketing & The Future of Microstock with Yay Micro

By bobbigmac | Published: January 10, 2011
[Translate] YayMicro.com is an online marketplace where photographers around the world can sell their images directly to customers. YAY offer over 1 million Royalty Free images and illustrations, prices start at $1.50. The site is available in English, Chinese, Spanish, Dutch and Norwegian. Japanese, German, French, Danish and Swedish are available as search languages. YAY [...]
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Contributor APIs with the new picNiche Agency-Kit

By bobbigmac | Published: May 26, 2010
[Translate] A few months ago, I outlined the issues faced by agencies and contributors when trying to improve the way the submission process works in my post: Microstock agencies: Help me to help you!. Since then I’ve taken the time to design and build a platform for adding a contributor API to any agency. I [...]
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