April 20, 2016
by Michael Jay Fotograf
Comments Off on The 500px price cut and the microstock hypocrites
A few weeks ago, photo community and marketplace 500px announced a very steep price cut to their royalty payments. I didn’t feel the need to cover this in my blog as I dropped almost all “news” around here since it is … Continue reading
October 21, 2015
by Michael Jay Fotograf
Comments Off on The Mobile Stock experiment continued
Two weeks ago, I decided to test the waters in “mobile stock”. What I call “mobile stock” is any kind of image licensing platforms that are mainly supplied through apps on my iPhone (or Android phones, of course). So let us take … Continue reading
October 13, 2015
by Michael Jay Fotograf
Comments Off on Making money from mobile smart phone images? An experiment.
For maybe a bit more than two years, mobile sourcing of images for licensing to commercial and editorial customers has become a bigger topic. It’s hard to say where things started to get serious but when
September 23, 2014
by Michael Jay Fotograf
Comments Off on Adding one to my list: 500px Prime
As you might have already figured out I like to try out new things related to what I consider my job. I was lucky enough to just had turned non-exclusive when Stocksy United was started, so I was a founding … Continue reading