Comments on: Getty Taps Flickr for Microstock http://matthewbotos.com/blog/2008/07/11/getty-taps-flickr-for-microstock Nature, sports, & event photographer for hire in the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania area. Blogs on the intersection of technology & modern life. Thu, 08 Jan 2009 17:04:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Matthew http://matthewbotos.com/blog/2008/07/11/getty-taps-flickr-for-microstock#comment-19134 Matthew Fri, 26 Dec 2008 17:46:26 +0000 http://matthewbotos.com/?p=512#comment-19134 <p>Hi Mauricio, I posted some thoughts on you comment in <a href="http://matthewbotos.com/blog/2008/10/26/microstock-superstars?comment-19133" rel="nofollow">another post</a>.</p> Hi Mauricio, I posted some thoughts on you comment in another post.

]]> By: Mauricio Jordan http://matthewbotos.com/blog/2008/07/11/getty-taps-flickr-for-microstock#comment-19083 Mauricio Jordan Thu, 25 Dec 2008 18:27:12 +0000 http://matthewbotos.com/?p=512#comment-19083 <p>I would like to ask a question that till now I didn't find a exact answer nor a approximated one. I'm working a businessplan for 2009 and I'm having a hard time to find really trustable / representative sources to calculate how long a stock image will live in micro and macrostock in order to predict income in the year to come. But I haven´t found until now avarage numbers on the "lifetime of a photo". How long would be a reasonable estimate for the lifetime for micro and macro agencies? What I mean is: How long would would be estimated that a photo will sell well until the sales start to decline?</p> I would like to ask a question that till now I didn’t find a exact answer nor a approximated one. I’m working a businessplan for 2009 and I’m having a hard time to find really trustable / representative sources to calculate how long a stock image will live in micro and macrostock in order to predict income in the year to come.
But I haven´t found until now avarage numbers on the “lifetime of a photo”.
How long would be a reasonable estimate for the lifetime for micro and macro agencies?
What I mean is: How long would would be estimated that a photo will sell well until the sales start to decline?

]]> By: Matthew http://matthewbotos.com/blog/2008/07/11/getty-taps-flickr-for-microstock#comment-14203 Matthew Sun, 13 Jul 2008 14:42:52 +0000 http://matthewbotos.com/?p=512#comment-14203 <p>Thanks, Lee. You're quite welcome for the links - your site is a great resource on the microstock market!</p> Thanks, Lee. You’re quite welcome for the links - your site is a great resource on the microstock market!

]]> By: Lee Torrens http://matthewbotos.com/blog/2008/07/11/getty-taps-flickr-for-microstock#comment-14199 Lee Torrens Sat, 12 Jul 2008 21:21:18 +0000 http://matthewbotos.com/?p=512#comment-14199 <p>Great summation of the deal, Matthew. You make an interesting distinction between the Flickr members who do it for fun and those who do it for business. I wonder how many Flickr contributors who are already selling images though other channels will get offers from Getty and have to decline? Or perhaps Flickr will create an opt-in facility for contributors to make themselves (and their portfolios) available. It'll be interesting to watch. </p> <p>Thanks also for the rich links. ;)</p> <p>-Lee</p> Great summation of the deal, Matthew. You make an interesting distinction between the Flickr members who do it for fun and those who do it for business. I wonder how many Flickr contributors who are already selling images though other channels will get offers from Getty and have to decline? Or perhaps Flickr will create an opt-in facility for contributors to make themselves (and their portfolios) available. It’ll be interesting to watch.

Thanks also for the rich links. ;)

-Lee

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