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Photo Marketplace Is Giving Stock Photographers 100% of Their Sales

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04/24/2017
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The folks over at VideoBlocks are delivering a brand new and pretty intriguing entry into the stock photography market: and it’s called Photo Marketplace. They’re branding themselves as being artist friendly and are offering contributors 100% of the commission on their sales.

Sounds pretty nice, right? Well, check out their press release after the jump.

VIDEOBLOCKS LAUNCHES THE MOST ARTIST-FRIENDLY STOCK PHOTO MARKETPLACE, GIVING PHOTOGRAPHERS 100% OF THEIR SALE

VideoBlocks Powers through on Path of Industry Disruption, Launching Stock Photo Marketplace that will Allow Contributors to Keep 100 Percent of their Sales

Reston, VA, April 24, 2017 – VideoBlocks, the first subscription-based provider of royalty-free stock media, today announced the launch of its artist-friendly stock Photo Marketplace that will reward photo contributors with 100 percent commission from their sales.

In a market where stock photo prices have dropped while commissions have been cut, VideoBlocks believes photographers deserve more. On a mission to democratize stock media and provide creative content that everyone can afford, VideoBlocks’ new Marketplace will be comprised of images sourced from the industry’s most talented photographers and content creators.

Given the high demand for stock photos by its members, with more than half of customers downloading photos in just the past year, VideoBlocks sees this new product as the logical next step in expanding its existing service offerings and providing the mass creative community with access to the highest quality, and most affordable, stock media available.

“The success of our Video Marketplace, helping artists earn more through our unrivaled 100% commissions, as well as the incredible choice and savings we have passed on to our members, gave us the confidence that we could build a truly different kind of Photo Marketplace,” said TJ Leonard, CEO of VideoBlocks. “Our members told us they were fed up with expiring credits and pricing schemes that required a calculator to figure out what you were paying for an image. They wanted a simple, affordable, on demand photo solution. What better way to do this than to open it up to our talented, creative community to contribute? With this model, everyone wins.”

The new Photo Marketplace will mirror the business model and success of its Video Marketplace predecessor. Launched in 2015, the Video Marketplace has given back more than $6 million by providing 100 percent commission to content creators. It has built a library of over four million videos years faster than its predecessors, and VideoBlocks’ over 200,000 members enjoy a 40 percent discount on the entire archive.

The first to make 3D virtual reality, 360-degree stock video content accessible to the mass creative class, VideoBlocks has continued to increase its disruptive product portfolio and provide access to high-quality digital media assets at the most affordable price. Just this past year, VideoBlocks surpassed 100 million downloads, a testament to their loyal community hungry to create and contribute the best quality of stock media assets.

For additional information on VideoBlocks’ Photo Marketplace or to become a contributor, please visit: contribute.videoblocks.com

 

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Chris Gampat is the Editor in Chief, Founder, and Publisher of the Phoblographer. He provides oversight to all of the daily tasks, including editorial, administrative, and advertising work. Chris's editorial work includes not only editing and scheduling articles but also writing them himself. He's the author of various product guides, educational pieces, product reviews, and interviews with photographers. He's fascinated by how photographers create, considering the fact that he's legally blind./ HIGHLIGHTS: Chris used to work in Men's lifestyle and tech. He's a veteran technology writer, editor, and reviewer with more than 15 years experience. He's also a Photographer that has had his share of bylines and viral projects like "Secret Order of the Slice." PAST BYLINES: Gear Patrol, PC Mag, Geek.com, Digital Photo Pro, Resource Magazine, Yahoo! News, Yahoo! Finance, IGN, PDN, and others. EXPERIENCE: Chris Gampat began working in tech and art journalism both in 2008. He started at PCMag, Magnum Photos, and Geek.com. He founded the Phoblographer in 2009 after working at places like PDN and Photography Bay. He left his day job as the Social Media Content Developer at B&H Photo in the early 2010s. Since then, he's evolved as a publisher using AI ethically, coming up with ethical ways to bring in affiliate income, and preaching the word of diversity in the photo industry. His background and work has spread to non-profits like American Photographic Arts where he's done work to get photographers various benefits. His skills are in SEO, app development, content planning, ethics management, photography, Wordpress, and other things. EDUCATION: Chris graduated Magna Cum Laude from Adelphi University with a degree in Communications in Journalism in 2009. Since then, he's learned and adapted to various things in the fields of social media, SEO, app development, e-commerce development, HTML, etc. FAVORITE SUBJECT TO PHOTOGRAPH: Chris enjoys creating conceptual work that makes people stare at his photos. But he doesn't get to do much of this because of the high demand of photography content. / BEST PHOTOGRAPHY TIP: Don't do it in post-production when you can do it in-camera.