Fotoglif has launched a new service that makes it easy for bloggers, social media fans and other Web publishers to add high-quality, royalty-free and timely images to jazz up their written content.
The beta version of the Fotoglif image-sharing community and licensing platform is available now at www.Fotoglif.com. The site features more than 3 million images, with thousands of new ones from professional photographers and respected news agencies added each day from global breaking news, entertainment and sports stories. Traditional stock photos and images of everyday life will be added over time
In addition to providing professional images for Web authors, Fotoglif offers photographers a revenue-generating outlet for use of their photos in the exploding online content market. While providing images royalty-free, Fotoglif allows photographers who post their albums on its service to tap into revenue that is generated via advertising views. A unique Registered Publisher Service gives bloggers and others who use the images the same opportunity to earn revenue from the site.
How Fotoglif Works
Bloggers and other Web authors simply have to register for the site to begin to benefit from its content. (Any image can be viewed without registering, but users must register to benefit from the revenue share.) Once an image is selected, the site guides the writer on how to post the image: simply select the preferred image size and alignment, copy the code, and paste it into a blog or Web site text editor, similar to a YouTube video.
In addition, the photo’s location on Fotoglif can be easily shared right from the site to colleagues through Twitter, Facebook, Digg or e-mail. Registered publishers can simply track their daily image use on their statistics page. Payments to publishers are made through PayPal.
Image providers who want to host their collections on Fotoglif and participate in its revenue-sharing model can do so by contacting the Fotoglif team at pa******@******if.com. A Web application and upload process is in the works and is expected to be available in mid-summer. Fotoglif already has partnerships with respected image providers including the European Pressphoto Agency, Getty Images, Newscom, Splash News, Thomson Reuters and ZUMA Press.
The company is also working on an application programming interface to give developers an opportunity to plug into the revenue stream. Anyone interested in participating in the closed beta for this service should send an e-mail to de********@******if.com.
This article was last modified on December 14, 2022
This article was first published on July 16, 2009
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