I just found these website through another stock photo website.=: http://www.ktools.net/stock_photo_site.php

So for $295 anyone can start a turn-key stock photo site. At what point will we stop seeing new sites pop up? Should I start one?

Is this market big enough or will we slim back down to 4-5 sites?

axoi wrote:

I just found these website through another stock photo website.=: http://www.ktools.net/stock_photo_site.php

So for $295 anyone can start a turn-key stock photo site. At what point will we stop seeing new sites pop up? Should I start one?

Is this market big enough or will we slim back down to 4-5 sites?

I'm thinking about it. I have seen this site as well. Doesn't seem like a bad idea if you personally know a lot of designer/photogs to help you get started. The reason I think I might do it is to have a place to send personal referrals who ask "Do you sell stock". Every once in a while a designer asks me about my photog work (I am actually mostly a designer) and I could have a place where I make all the money. If other photogs signed up that would be great, but if I started a stock site it would be mostly for me. (Why make 50% when you can make 100%)?

Agree?

Only if you've got hundreds of thousands to choose from

Otherwise you could just get a space on a place like smugmug and sell your images from there.


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