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Services Overview for Photographers

Instant Commercial Outlet for Your Photography

  • Upload images and set your own full license prices1. If your photos are good, why not make them pay for themselves? You provide the talent and we provide all the e-commerce: secure payment processing, order tracking, and online image delivery.
  • Make your photos available for sale for commercial use or editorial use and keep your copyright. Royalty-free pricing model allows selling and re-selling the same images multiple times on this website or anywhere else.

Enormous Online Exposure

  • Shortly after your join ShutterPoint, you may find that your gallery on ShutterPoint receives high ranking on major search engines such as Google, Yahoo! and MSN2. Take advantage of the exposure and high search engine rankings we have been building just for our members.
  • Each photo you submit to us will be available through the biggest online shopping search engines - Google Product Search and Google Base3.
  • Immediately after you create your account, you will be able to access your personal gallery by typing a simple URL in your web browser: it is the username you select followed by .shutterpoint.com - simple, short and most importantly, professional.
  • Submit your images and watch how quickly your photos gain exposure. On average each photo on ShutterPoint is viewed 92 times4 with almost half of these views coming from the site's guests - all of whom are potential photo buyers.
  • If you have your own website, seamlessly integrate your ShutterPoint gallery with your site using many versatile options we provide just for webmasters.

Affordability and Value

  • Our storage subscription options allow you to get your portfolio online for just a few pennies a day. You can always get more storage to meet your needs and even lower your storage space quota if you find that you do not fully use it5.
  • Our commissions are significantly lower than the industry average. While most services keep 50% of the sale proceeds to themselves, and some pocket an incredible 80% of the sale prices, we only keep 15% for full license sales (or 30% for standard license sales). When selling an image for $100, it makes a big difference, and this difference alone may cover up your subscription fees. The more you sell, the more profitable your membership will be in comparison to other services.

Innovative Features and Value for Photo Buyers

  • ShutterPoint offers photo buyers a very wide array of online tools and features that make their shopping experience with us pleasant. Image Zoom allows a buyer to view any fragment of any photo in its actual size, search by color provides a way to easily find images matching a chosen color, "More Like This" links make finding images similar to a selected one a snap, and lighboxes allow compiling and storing image sets for further review. All these features coupled with the streamlined checkout process that does not force a buyer to create an account, a collection of over 100,000 images, flexible licensing terms and instant downloads make ShutterPoint a buyer's preferred supplier of stock images.
  • We do not require photo buyers to register with us, however when they do, they get an ability to post specific photo requests for all photographers to see, and earn rewards an bonuses worth up to 12% of their purchases. Customer loyalty built with these programs generates higher interest and pays off with more sales.
Innovative Features and Value for Photographers
  • Submit your images as either JPEG or TIFF files, one by one or in bulk - various options are supported.
  • Take advantage of optional watermarking that allows you to have your own custom watermarks, and disabled "Copy" and "Save as" browser commands to prevent image theft.
  • Review statistics that reveal important vital details about each of your photos - counts of views by guests and members, statistics related to ratings, and automatic photo status reviews.
  • Monitor advanced pre-sale activity and find out who is shopping for your photos and how they came to find them. Know exactly when your photos get added to shopping carts, lightboxes, and more.
  • Respond to the photo requests submitted by buyers.
  • Learn exactly what sort of photos can sell - take a peak at what photo buyers look for with the ShutterPoint's own Search Spy, and browse the constantly changing What's Selling section.
  • Refer photo buyers or photographers to ShutterPoint by participating in our free Referral Program and increase your earnings.

Feedback, Ratings and Learning

  • Most photos on ShutterPoint have ratings or comments provided by members to members6. You can greatly improve your photography skills by reviewing ratings and comments others leave on your photos. You can also become a better photographer by giving ratings - learning what works and what does not will make you look at your own photos differently.
  • Our photo search engine, as well as many other areas of the site, incorporates ratings into ranking images which allows higher rated images to be shown above others. This ranking makes great images easier to find and pushes poor images down. If your images are excellent, ShutterPoint is your home.
  • Leaving ratings and comments on photos is not only an exciting and interesting activity, it is also rewarding in many ways. You can earn points for rating photos - the most active raters can get free storage and get featured on the front page, which further increases their exposure.

Community

  • Our online discussion forums are helping photographers every day. Ask questions, share opinions, use private messaging or just chit-chat with others. There are always topics to talk about.
  • We have an exciting feature that makes learning a fun and interactive process. Simply post your image in the How can I improve this photo? forums discussion and you can expect others to offer you help and suggestions almost immediately. No book or tutorial can match the eyes of other photographers giving you tips and advice.

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  1. Minimum price is $20.00. All submissions are subject to submission guidelines.
  2. Ranking is determined by search engines and may vary depending on uniqueness of your name. Actual results cannot be guaranteed.
  3. Photos may take up to 7 days to appear in Google Product Search or Google Base.
  4. Calculated for all images being online for 14 days or longer on January 26, 2011.
  5. Storage space can be added or removed in the increments of 100MB.
  6. Each photographer can disable ratings, comments or both on any of his/her photos. Ratings may influence ranking of images.
   
Photography has been my hobby over the past 10 years. Along those time, I've captured a lot of photos with different themes mainly for interest. I wasn't aware of its value until I start joining ShutterPoint. As an amateur photographer, I only start venturing into the stock photography market since last year. My first step was submitting my images to ShutterPoint as they provide good service with an afordable membership fees. To date, I've sold a number of images with a reasonable price through this agency and the service and customer support is great. Overall, I think ShutterPoint is a good place for photographers to feature their works as they provide excellent service and a fair place to trade our work.

Chee-Onn Leong
http://coleong.ShutterPoint.com
I joined Shutterpoint just about 3 months ago. I have sold one photo and have numerous photos that have "pre sale" activity. I have learned so much from this site and from the photographers that are also members. The comments and feedback I have received really have assisted me in improving my work. This is a tremendous site to learn and to grow as a photographer. There is a wealth of information and resources available on this site. If you are looking to learn more about photography, grow as a photographer and sell your work, look no further, Shutterpoint is the place to be!

Monica M. Scanlan
Dear ShutterPoint,

I remember a about 18 months ago I was deciding what site to join. Out of all the sites out there ShutterPoint stood out at the time and still does. Why did I join ShutterPoint?

1. It was the easiest to navigate, the search options worked and upload function was easy to use.
2. The rating function gave me some great feedback as I stepped from the film world into the digital world. I have benefited from the advice of so many here and still learn a new technique or tool often.
3. The commission structure was fair and the storage fees minimal. I have covered my storage fees many times over.
4. I have met many great image makers from all over the world and have developed some friendships that are both personally and professionally rewarding.

A year later, what keeps me here with my largest portfolio on the web?

1. I sell more here than anywhere else but locally.
2. I continue to get great feedback from skilled image makers all over the world.
3. The site functions faster than ever, with more and more features added to make the job of the photographer and the buyer easier.
4. My exposure here on ShutterPoint recently led to a 9 image sale to a startup venture that is my largest to date but also has the potential for future royalties and sales. (Without my exposure on SP that sale does not happen)
5. The customer service here has been great. Issues are responded to in a timely fashion by Ken, Jake and Kate and the rest of the ShutterPoint staff.

Professional and amateur alike can benefit from the exposure and communication with others that this site facilitates. Not to mention the sales activity it has generated. In short, keep up the good work ShutterPoint.

Thanks,
Mike Dawson
I just wanted to drop you all a quick note to say thanks and great job on this site!

Shutterpoint is a very easy to use and fun site both as someone just looking around and as a photographer (hobbyist) uploading and managing photos. Well done!

Since my main career in life so far has revolved around technology, web sites, software, consulting and IT management, I've been involved with a lot of great projects start but unfortunately many fall short of expectations and especially ease of use! Since I'm sure there are always more things on your to do list and I'm sure a ton of requests being sent your way, I wanted everyone involved to know that you are doing a great job and all your users appreciate your hard work!

Thank you!

Scott Paulson
I will soon reach my one year membership with Shutterpoint and have found the site to be very rewarding. I have been successful with sales and have had the opportunity to obtain knowledge from other photographers on the site. The communication between photographers and the ease of use, user friendly site makes the experience with Shutterpoint even more worthwhile. I have had numerous people contact me before joining the site wanting to know my experience and am glad to see that some of those have joined. I appreciate having other photographers input as to what I can do in order to increase the quality of my work. I also feel priviledged to have many photographers on the site contact me inquiring about information through personal email Shutterpoint offers to members so that I am able to help them as well to improve their work.

With more than 400+ images on the site and still increasing my postings for sales I hope to continue to be successful and retain all the wonderful friends and contacts I have gained by being a member.

Leta Davenport
Letasnaps Photography Services
South Carolina Coastal Area Photographer
With your reasonable prices and extensive features, ShutterPoint is the best deal I have found. I came to ShutterPoint because you allow advanced amateurs with a small portfolio a chance to sell their work and gain exposure. You also allow photographers to set a fair price for their work and take only a small percentage, unlike those horrible micropayment sites. Through some of the talented photographers here, I have gained insight and inspiration and now have a more extensive portfolio that I am proud of. I have been regularly selling photos and look forward to that continuing. My favorite new feature of yours is the pre-sales information. It gives us photographers more insight what buyers are looking for and lets us know which photos to keep in our portfolio for potential future sales. ShutterPoint's customer service has also improved in the short time I have been here and they are more receptive to ideas and quick to respond to questions. Thanks for a terrific site ShutterPoint! I look forward to a long stay here.

Jan Stadelmyer
Dear ShutterPoint,

I like using this service due to the full range of services offered as opposed to other websites. There is a sense of community here and my photography has improved due to feedback I have received from fellow photographers. Other websites are just simply catalogues of photography. The ongoing disputes about ratings will most likely continue as no rating system is perfect. Overall ShutterPoint is doing a great job. The best feature is the new sales tracking introduced recently. Keep up the good work.

Thanks,

Richard Gunion