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Can you give me the page URL you’re talking about?
Did you follow the link implementation for your G+ profile (https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/2539557?hl=en)?@shelma1 wrote:
@redneck wrote:
For buyers it’s quick and easy.
Search for an image -> pick the one you like -> choose the desired size -> put it into your cart (register with email or log in with social media account) -> Check out on Paypal payment page -> return to your customer area (cart area) where a download link is waiting for you
There’s no lightbox option…people can’t save images anywhere?
Yes, they can.
When they have an account with the site and add an image to the cart, it will be there for a later checkout. (I don’t know for how long exactly)For buyers it’s quick and easy.
Search for an image -> pick the one you like -> choose the desired size -> put it into your cart (register with email or log in with social media account) -> Check out on Paypal payment page -> return to your customer area (cart area) where a download link is waiting for you
@shelma1 wrote:
It would be great if I could get an average cost (may not be possible), or if I could say the site pays for itself within X amount of time…again, might not be possible.
You could probably say that one sale per month usually covers all cost (average).
Sorry, I forgot another very important point as a benefit for contributors and buyers as well:
With Symbiostock there is no micro or macro stock standard/categorization anymore. Symbiostock is open to anyone. Which means we can/should target people who have been long time macro stock shooters or buyers, too.Forgot to mention as a benefit for the contributor and buyer:
Now I can even make iPhone pics, priced reasonably, available for licensing.
@shelma1 wrote:
What benefits does Symbiostock offer potential contributors that other stock sites do not?
– 100% sales revenue
– 100% control over your images and your business (approval, pricing, conditions, layout)
– offering collections (sets of multiple images)
– no sub-sub-distribution of your images just to make your revenue share even smallerWhat benefits does Symbiostock offer potential buyers that other stock sites do not?
– personal contact/service to/from the image creator
– reasonable pricing
– no subscriptions
– support of the image creator without feeding large corporationsCongrats! Good to hear/read.
Before this thread drifts away, let me clarify my intension.
I wasn’t thinking about free installations on a large scale but about marketing on a budget to attract potential contributors.To draw a whole bunch of people in while one of them could be the lucky winner of a free site setup, worth $XXX blah blah blah. Could be used on social media, forums etc etc.
100% supporting the artist and not corporations.
I think you already answered your question very well.
I’d just set the priority a little different.
1. Buyers
2. Contributors3. Developers
@shelma1 wrote:
Hi all,
I am not a Symbiostocker…yet. But I think it’s an exciting idea, and I’d like to help out a little. In the real world I’m a creative director and copywriter. I’d like to help by writing a description of Symbiostock and its benefits to artists and end users. If that sounds good, I’ll come up with a little questionnaire people can answer to get me started. Any interest?
Michele
That’s very nice and generous of you and very much appreciated. Thank you very much. Interested.
I think you’re taking my quote out of context.
I didn’t want to discuss pricing or even question the freedom of business decisions. I’ve placed my opinion in a thread where we were discussing the Symbiostock networking feature. I (have to) tolerate and accept people who think they must be the cheapest in order to run a successful business. I’m just saying I don’t want to network with them nor do I want to support them. That’s why I would be in favor of a filtering system where we can exclude sites to network with.I think the problems begin where business ideologies collide, especially when it comes to pricing. Call me old fashioned but I’ll never understand nor support people who offer high quality creative work like a full size high res photograph for $3 or $5. I think this is crazy and it is targeted to destroy the entire industry in the long run. And that’s when I have to say I’d rather not network with them.