tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7553278593406733377.post9181629830588490221..comments2024-03-20T00:37:30.189-04:00Comments on Photo Business News & Forum: The 'Virus' is SpreadingJohn Harringtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16941161605443479300noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7553278593406733377.post-83554307601578668852007-09-01T02:17:00.000-04:002007-09-01T02:17:00.000-04:00Bryan --Thanks for checking in, and your thoughts....Bryan --<BR/><BR/>Thanks for checking in, and your thoughts.<BR/><BR/>Best,<BR/> JohnJohn Harringtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16941161605443479300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7553278593406733377.post-82675816735627131962007-08-31T15:43:00.000-04:002007-08-31T15:43:00.000-04:00John-I'm a regular reader and I enjoy reading your...John-<BR/>I'm a regular reader and I enjoy reading your opinions.<BR/><BR/>I thought I would pipe in on the last bit of your post on midstock. We coined the term as a way to differentiate our offering. I know you have very little positive things to stay about microstock, but I think most people are unaware that the distribution and acquisition of images is significantly more important than the price point in this model. Lowering the prices to $49 or even $19 may not have the impact they think they'll get.<BR/><BR/>Microstock, midstock and macrostock are not price points- they’re business models that have different ways of *obtaining and distributing* images at a price point. I wrote about this on our blog:<BR/><BR/>http://www.luckyoliver.com/blog/242/microstock_vs_midstock<BR/><BR/>Selling photos is now a retailing problem. Pricing will work itself out.<BR/><BR/>Bryan Zmijewski<BR/>Chief Instigator<BR/>LuckyOliverbryan_luckyoliverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05387669497950820491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7553278593406733377.post-81740307284388989022007-08-31T11:45:00.000-04:002007-08-31T11:45:00.000-04:00John, I came to the same conclusion. Its about VO...John, <BR/><BR/>I came to the same conclusion. Its about VOLUME. They've seen how micro works and now want to slice the bottom off the RF model and try it there. <BR/><BR/>IMHO I think traditional RF is under threat and being strangled from the bottom up. I have some thoughts on my blog about this too. <BR/><BR/>Worrying times for Getty contributors. <BR/><BR/>Best<BR/><BR/>PPAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com