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There are multiple types of photographers. Not every photo belongs in a stock photo library and not every photographer is interested in selling their photos. Snapixel bridges the two concepts into one, by combining a photo community with a stock photo marketplace.

Snapixel offers flexible rights management such as creative commons licensing for photos that are not for sale and standard and extended licences for photos listed in the Marketplace. In addition, a Snapixel Seller account has automatic watermarking and right click protection, to minimize the risk of copyright infringement.

Take the tour to learn more.

After registering, you should receive a confirmation email with an activation link. You will be able to login to your account after clicking on the activation link. If you did not receive the initial confirmation email, you can have it resent.

Snapixel offers several account types.

Snapixel Account types: Free, Pro and Seller.

• Free Accounts have 5GB of space (Approximately 5000 photos)
• Pro and Seller Accounts have unlimited storage and bandwidth
• Bulk upload tools
• Rights management tools
• Drag & drop organizing
• Advanced group features
• Geo-tagging & mapping
• Secure photo storage

Additional Features:

• Share and embed your photos
• Customize and promote your portfolio
• Start your own group or forum

Snapixel Pro accounts have all the features of the Free account plus unlimited storage and bandwidth for an annual fee of 9.95 Euros per year. Upgrade to Pro.

Pro Features:

• Original photo archiving
• Enhanced image compression, redundant
• Secure photo hosting built on Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud infrastructure
• No storage upload restrictions
• Absolutely zero advertising!

Have photos to sell? Apply to sell photos in the marketplace by completing the Snapixel Seller Application.

Seller Features:

• You'll earn 60% from every sale. (40% more than leading stock sites) See Credit Payout Chart
• Snapixel Pro offers watermarking, IPTC keyword support, flexible licensing options and unlimited storage.
• Upon approval of a Seller Account, photographers can sell photos in the Snapixel Marketplace.

After uploading your photo(s) be sure to include relevant title, description and tags, after this you will need to click the "save changes" button to properly complete the processing of your photo(s). Your photo(s) will then appear in the public feed.

After uploading your photos, enter your Twitter credentials to easily share your Snapixel uploads with your Twitter followers. There is also a share button on image pages which will enable you to cross post any Snapixel photo to Twitter, Facebook and other social bookmarking sites.

The lightbox lets users bookmark photos on Snapixel. Great for creative professionals who want to save images for future reference or photographers who want to bookmark other images. Users can add photos to their lightbox by pressing on the '+ add to lightbox' button. Access to the lightbox is in the 'My Photos' and 'Marketplace' drop down menu.

The organizer batch operation allows you to apply attributes such as tags, geo-tagging and licensing properties to multiple images at once. To perform batch operations you must select the images you want edited into the main loading area by selecting thumbnails from the lower thumbnail tray. Clicking on the thumbnail will add the selected thumbnail into the main loading area.

By default only 50 of your most recent images will load in the slider bar. To load more use the load images feature. You can choose to load more images by upload date or tags.

Select the first image by clicking on the thumbnail. While holding down the shift key, select the last image. All images in between including the first and last images will be added to the main loading area for batch processing.

To remove an image from the main loading area click and drag the thumbnail from the main area into the lower portion of the screen. The thumbnail tray will become a removal area, "Remove from batch". Please note that removing your image from the main loading area will not delete it from your account.

Step 1: Create a Photo Set

• A Photo Set is a group of photos that are similar in theme or subject matter.
• First, Login to your account, if not already done so.
• Click here: http://www.snapixel.com/organizer OR click on 'Organize Photos' from the 'My Photos' drop-down menu.
• A new window will open. This is the Organizer... your playground!
• Click on the 'Sets' tab and click once more on 'Create New Set'.
• Give your set a title along with a description.
• At the bottom of the page, you will see your photos.
• Click on as many photos as you want to include in the set. To remove a photo, drag it to the bottom of the page.
• When you are happy with your set, click 'save set' and close the window.

Step 2: Add Photo Sets to Your Portfolio

• Click here: http://www.snapixel.com/settings/portfolio_gallery OR click on 'Edit Portfolio' from the 'My Portfolio' drop-down menu.
• Click on 'add a new set to the portfolio' (a box with all your sets will appear).
• Choose a set to include in your portfolio.
• You can choose as many sets as you want and arrange them in any order.
• On this page, you can also edit or remove your sets.
• Click 'Save' at the bottom of the page.

Step 3: Some Info About Yourself

• Click on the 'About' tab OR follow this link: http://www.snapixel.com/settings/portfolio_about
• Let people know a little about yourself. After all, why should your photos steal the whole spotlight?
• Location and contact info are very helpful if you are looking for freelance work
• Don't forget to check your specialization and skills. Show all of your dimensions!
• By the way, what kind of equipment are you using?
• Click 'Save' at the bottom of the page.

Step 4: Time to Stylize and Customize

• Back on the 'Gallery' tab you will see a box on the right hand side.
• Here you can change Thumbnail and Gallery options.
• Two thumbnails per row with a slideshow looks pretty neat, but that's just my preference.
• Click 'Save'
• Finally, click on the 'General' tab
• Give your work a title.
• Choose the font and background options that look best to you.
• Click 'Save' at the bottom of the page.

Go ahead, have fun with it!

Your portfolio URL is http://USERNAME.snapixel.com where USERNAME is your Snapixel username.

To buy stock photos, you must be logged into to your Snapixel account and have sufficient credits to purchase the image. More information regarding how to buy photos can be found here.

Stock photos are priced according to size and license type, standard or extended. Please visit Credit Guidelines for detailed pricing information.

Snapixel offers standard and extended licenses for stock photos listed in the marketplace. View the Standard License Agreement and Extended License Agreement

To sell photos on Snapixel, you must be a Snapixel member with Seller account status. To become a Seller, members must submit a Snapixel Seller Application. Upon review and acceptance, photos can then be uploaded for sale in the marketplace. Learn more about selling photos on Snapixel.

The Seller application process is an individual screening for each photographer, based on multiple criteria including subject matter, quality standards, image size, technicality and marketability.

In the event your Seller application is not approved, we encourage you to upload new images and try re-submitting your application after 14 days.

Snapixel Sellers will earn 60% from each sale. Payout can be requested once 50 or more credits have been reached. For more information, please visit the Credit Guidelines page.

The Snapixel Content Submission Agreement can be read here.

Snapixel accepts all levels of photographers, however you must follow our strict photo submission guidelines to contribute to the Snapixel Marketplace.

Photos may be declined due to the following:

• Underexposed or Improperly Lit (Shadows)
• Blurry or Out of Focus
• Noise, Graininess or Image Distortion
• Over-Compression or Artifact
• Over-Filtering or Excessive Processing
• Inaccurate Title, Description or Keywords
• Inappropriate or Adult Content (Zero-tolerance policy)
• Images portraying Hate or Violence
• Poor Isolation, Composition or Cropping
• Dust or Debris
• Up-sampled or rezzed-up images
• Frames, Borders or Custom Watermark
• Copyright or Trademark Infringement. Images cannot containing logos or trademarks.

Model and property release forms must accompany uploads that contain images, names, or likeliness of persons or identifiable third-party properties, respectively.

Forms must be on file and sent to Snapixel. Failure to comply will lead to account suspension.

The fax number is 1-866-665-9139. Alternatively, you can email the form(s) as an attachment to legal@snapixel.com.

Model Release Form
Property Release Form

Focus on submitting images that can be used in a wide variety of uses. General concept images that show an idea or theme are great and increase the marketability of your photos.

Snapixel photos that we'd like to see more of:

Uploaded images must have a minimum width of 665 pixels (1600x1200 native pixels for stock images) and be in JPG (RGB) format only. All trademarks must be removed. This includes logos, brands and entities with copyright or trademarked elements.

Multi Uploader - Upload multiple photos using the multi upload form. Use CTRL-click (Mac: Command-Click) or Shift-click or just drag to select multiple images in the browse/select window.

Single Uploader - The single uploader is suited for users who have older browsers which cannot load the Flash based multi uploader.

Be as descriptive as possible with accurate titles, descriptions and keywords. One of the most important steps to keep in mind, is the correct use of keywords. This will increase your visibility for search engines, as well as the Snapixel search query, to enable buyers to easily find your photos. The more relevant the details, the better. For stock photographers, this will also increase the approval process, as we may not have important information available to understand the details of each photo submitted. Creative professional searching for a specific photo may pass over a photo due to the inability to find it. It's common for photo searches to span many sites and multiple stock photo libraries, until the correct image is found. Keywords are your friend.

Examples of acceptable keywords:
Keywords: 1910 Pierce, Chainless Bicycle, Shaft Drive, Spring Suspension, The Pierce Cycle Company, Vintage Bicycle, Troxel Saddle

Unacceptable example:
Keywords: bike, old, rare, 1910

Include at least 10 keywords and use an accurate, descriptive title other than bike or bicycle.

There are three primary types of licensing available on Snapixel.

• All Rights Reserved - the copyright holder reserves, or holds for their own use, all the rights provided by copyright law.

Creative Commons Licensing

• Creative Commons - the copyright holder chooses limitations with respect to specific copyrighted works.

Stock Photo Licensing

• Standard / Extended Content Licensing - the copyright holder licenses the work according to the outlined licensing agreements.

Please note: Photos that are uploaded to Snapixel under the Creative Commons licensing options are not available for sale in the Snapixel Marketplace.

Creative Commons licenses offer flexibility by allowing the photographer (copyright holder) the ability to choose what limitations they want in place with respect to specific copyrighted works. Creative Common licenses will allow others to share, remix, use commercially, or any combination thereof. Visit Creativecommons.org for more information.

For general inquiries and questions please contact: support@snapixel.com

To report abuse please contact: report.abuse@snapixel.com

1-310-574-2826

For sending release and custom order forms, please use our fax number 1-866-665-9139.

Snapixel
330 Townsend Street, Suite 115
San Francisco, CA 94107