Stock Photos -- Part 2

One of my regular stops when I am reading blogs is Jim M. Goldstein's blog. I frequently find useful information there and was pleased to learn a bit more about how he evaluates stock agencies since I am undertaking this journey into stock photography for some of my photos.

On January 22nd, Jim posted about Getty Images and their growing collection of Flickr photographs. You can read the whole post here as it is a good informative post. The nugget I am concerned about in this post though is where he outlines his process and key factors when considering working with a stock agency. From the above referenced post, he states the following:

When I evaluate stock agencies to work with I first check three things: Exclusivity, Royalties and Rights to Control Claims.

He discusses these in more details in that post and I do not think I could do a better job here. I also do not know how these terms apply in the growing area of microstock and will be investigating that in more detail.

To wrap up for now, microStockU has just started down this road to selling photos via a stock agency. He is doing a podcast as he goes and already has the first episode up. Take a look and listen, as I know he would appreciate feedback and suggestions. If you are just getting started down this road, then we can share the journey together. If you are a veteran of stock and microstock photography, then you have likely learned lessons that could save us some headaches and we would be eternally gratefull for some pointers along that way.

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