PhotoShelter & FotoQuote is live

The PhotoShelter / FotoQuote rights managed pricing tool is now live. PhotoShelter users can now create pricing profiles for their images to sell online without photographer intervention via PhotoShelters e-commerce solutions (either a paypal or merchant account).
The tool allows photographers to set up different profiles for different sets of images
and to control the pricing and availability of the images depending on country/region.
For example: Maybe a photographer has an agency managing their images for U.S. clients only – they can set up pricing profiles that do not include the U.S. so as not to violate their contractual obligations with their agency. The tool is quite powerful and customizable – as usual – they folks at PhotShelter have done a great job of implementation and have really thought this through carefully. Well done and hats off to the PhotoShelter team!!!

by Jock Fistick at Mon Jan 15 17:02:38 UTC 2007 (ed. Mar 12 2008) Brussels, Belgium | Bookmark | | Report spam→

Hi Jock,

yes, see my earlier message at http://www.lightstalkers.org/photoshelter_with_fotoquote_integration ;-)

Looks great and is really easy to use.

Cheers

Carsten

by Carsten Bockermann | 15 Jan 2007 17:01 | Cologne, Germany | | Report spam→

Carsten – you beat me to it!!! Sorry that I didn’t look for an earlier post :-)

by Jock Fistick | 15 Jan 2007 17:01 | Brussels, Belgium | | Report spam→

Jock,

I think the fotoQuote integration makes things REAL EASY for image buyers. What I don’t know is how many potential image buyers even know about Photoshelter and what marketing initiatives Photoshelter has to become better known, especially here in Europe.

Carsten

by Carsten Bockermann | 15 Jan 2007 18:01 | Cologne, Germany | | Report spam→

Carsten:

PhotoShelter currently has over 3000 photographers using their system and the more photographers using it, the more picture buyers will use it. Word of mouth is the best form of advertising and promotion, and that is exactly what this is.

I for one am thrilled that in the past 18 months the PhotoShelter team has dedicated their resources to building a one of a kind digital online archive and e-commerce tool for independent photographers – investing in technology – the FotoQuote integration is a prime example of this.

Since PhotoShelter will take 10% of any online transaction conducted within their system – I’m fairly certain that they will market the product to picture buyers of all shapes, colors and sizes – because it is in their best interest to do so. They will make more money and so will we. :-)

by Jock Fistick | 15 Jan 2007 23:01 | Brussels, Belgium | | Report spam→

I agree with Jock. It is just a matter of time. PS represents the new means of distribution which will eventually establish itself as the industry standard. and PS is doing a great job getting it all in place.

by Jon Anderson | 15 Jan 2007 23:01 | Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic | | Report spam→