Has anybody had any experience with Panoramic Images (panoramicimages.com)? Its a stock agency, which I have not tried before. I currently only work through sentiam.com and they have non-exclusive licenses to some of my photos there. I haven't sold much, but they are just getting started (hopefully). Anyway, just looking for some advice or someone with specific experience with this company. They offer both royalty free and rights managed contracts. Any help would be appreciated...
Posted by Richard Wong on June 19, 2007 at 3:30 AM
I think they are legit from seeing a couple pages of what Google brought up.
I recently signed up with Panoramic Images. It appears that they are still scanning my images for placement on their site. I feel that they are very reputable and quite legit. If you look around at some of the other stock photo sites, you'll also see Panoramic Images photos appearing there; I'm assuming that they have cooperative agreements/assignments with those groups so that their reach is extended.
Additionally, you'll see their images on Art.com, as a secondary source for prints/income for you; it looks like there are >4600 Pan Images prints there. Hopefully, this link will get you there: http://www.art.com/asp/display-asp/_/ID--24035/panoramic_images_collection.htm?ui=3CB8E418FC7446B7A1A7B209187A801E
Good luck,
Tim!
Posted by Nathan Cooper on June 19, 2007 at 12:43 PM
Tim,
Did you opt for both royalty free and rights managed or just rights managed?
I decided to go with rights managed. I asked the same question of another member of PI whom I know through other forums! ;) But, my attitude before I asked the question, and then my acquaintance's response affirmed it, was that if my images don't sell when they're rights managed, I can always convert them to royalty free later; it's harder to put the genie back in the bottle if you start with RF + RM...
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4 repliesI recently signed up with Panoramic Images. It appears that they are still scanning my images for placement on their site. I feel that they are very reputable and quite legit. If you look around at some of the other stock photo sites, you'll also see Panoramic Images photos appearing there; I'm assuming that they have cooperative agreements/assignments with those groups so that their reach is extended.
Additionally, you'll see their images on Art.com, as a secondary source for prints/income for you; it looks like there are >4600 Pan Images prints there. Hopefully, this link will get you there: http://www.art.com/asp/display-asp/_/ID--24035/panoramic_images_collection.htm?ui=3CB8E418FC7446B7A1A7B209187A801E
Good luck,
Tim!
Did you opt for both royalty free and rights managed or just rights managed?
I decided to go with rights managed. I asked the same question of another member of PI whom I know through other forums! ;) But, my attitude before I asked the question, and then my acquaintance's response affirmed it, was that if my images don't sell when they're rights managed, I can always convert them to royalty free later; it's harder to put the genie back in the bottle if you start with RF + RM...
Tim!