Topic: Stock Images: a Microstock Agency Using Bitcoin? (Read 272 times)

It is quite astonishing to see how outdated and incapable of innovation stock image agencies, online stock agencies, or Microstock agencies really are: very much in the business of selling for "micro-payments" (and that's even due to their own fault: ruinous price wars decimating per-image payments to pennies a pop!), none of them has even discovered Bitcoin (let alone all other Crypto coins or Alt coins) for their business.

Take Shutterstock*), for example (because they obviously like believe they are the greatest one out there, fuelled by the ignorance of their customers/mainstream media, not the smartest people on the planet) who have run down this business to a point where images can be had for .35 or .23, sometimes even for free. Yes, they are most prominent -- when it comes to winning the race to the bottom.

Technology they know not, just have a look at whether or not they can fix known technical problems and issues in time (they usually don't), or at what kind of technical "goodies" they provide (counters, improved Social Media integration, better SEO, and other "novel" ideas). Not thrilled.

At the same time, they and all other agencies restrict payouts "because of payment processing fees" and similar reasons. If the just knew the first thing of true innovation, they ought to be aware of Bitcoin's problem solving ability for these matters. Of course, they have no incentive to care, because they are passing that (avoidable) cost on to their artists -- so why should they give a damn? Here's why: in order to not look even more stupid and outdated, and in order to stay abreast of developments.

Also, it would be nice to at least have those obvious users of Crypto coin technology finally waking up and get on board to finally have more "real-life business" and acceptance for Bitcoin and overall Crypto coins. That"s not the only incentive for me to write this post though, it's rather because it's vexing to see that these "pros" are totally failing to see the obvious and at least grasp the basics of their business!

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*) but, of course, the same goes for Adobe-Fotolia, iStock/Getty (yes, I know: Rockefeller-Fed cartel, but still), Dreamstime, Pond5, Envato, Videoblocks, Photo Dune, or whatever they call themselves