Clickasnap - Getting paid per view?

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Hey all,

I was wondering if anyone had heard of or tried Clickasnap? It's something I stumbled upon the other day and I'm pretty skeptical about it.

Apparently they are trying to change the way that photographer share and get paid for their photography. Something to the tune of the more views you get, the more advertising revenue they get, then at the end of the week they split that revenue with you 50/50.

I think it might be a good idea, however, like I said I am skeptical, but I have signed up and popped a few photos on there so we will see.

There isn't much info anywhere online though.

Anyway, here is my profile and the website if you wanna check it out!

http://www.clickasnap.com/i/ynlxzs5ziuhfrow7
 
I wouldn't bother with it at the moment. They can't even give you any idea of how much you'd be paid per click:

At the end of each week the views are added up and the platforms revenue for that week is collated. Operating costs are removed and the remaining profit is split 50/50 between the platform and the content creators.
(Operating costs are; the cost of storing your photo(s), the cost of transmitting your photo(s) and the server time allocated to servicing your photo(s))
The formula works like this:
Storage cost of photo (the larger the photo the larger this is) + The transmission cost of the photo (again the larger the photo the larger this is) plus server time. This is then subtracted from the platforms overall revenue which is then split 50/50 between ClickASnap and the content creator.
It is very difficult to put a fixed figure per photo view as the variables involved are large. However, we can guarantee you that it is more than Instagram and Facebook pay you. Whilst payouts may be comparatively low at the moment as the site grows and more revenue streams are built in payment per view will increase significantly.

If they can't tell you what you'll be paid then there really doesn't seem to be any reason to populate their site. All a bit wishy washy, me thinks.
 
Looks like a new kid on the block, the .com was registered in Dec 2015 and the .co.uk in Jan 2016 though from a quick look unclear if the same "owner".

The idea has some appeal but will it actually take off because one might say such a model is (long?) overdue and why no one else has thought it could/would work in the past. I note in the FAQs that for a paid impression the viewer must stay on the page for >5 seconds.

I have yet to read the T&C's but like you maybe it is worth a punt to see if as an early adopter there is some revenue to gained?
 
It is legit. Mike Browne has something to do with it.
It's still very early and there are some bugs that need ironing out.

I did sign up and uploaded a few photos but very quickly people started uploading loads of facebook style propaganda images with text, which by their very nature cause you to pause and look, so I removed my photos and closed my account. I did bring this up with Mike on Facebook and I think they may be putting in some checks to deal with this.

I'll probably wait a while and see how it pans out.
 
WingTsun said:
I wouldn't bother with it at the moment. They can't even give you any idea of how much you'd be paid per click:

At the end of each week the views are added up and the platforms revenue for that week is collated. Operating costs are removed and the remaining profit is split 50/50 between the platform and the content creators.
(Operating costs are; the cost of storing your photo(s), the cost of transmitting your photo(s) and the server time allocated to servicing your photo(s))
The formula works like this:
Storage cost of photo (the larger the photo the larger this is) + The transmission cost of the photo (again the larger the photo the larger this is) plus server time. This is then subtracted from the platforms overall revenue which is then split 50/50 between ClickASnap and the content creator.
It is very difficult to put a fixed figure per photo view as the variables involved are large. However, we can guarantee you that it is more than Instagram and Facebook pay you. Whilst payouts may be comparatively low at the moment as the site grows and more revenue streams are built in payment per view will increase significantly.

If they can't tell you what you'll be paid then there really doesn't seem to be any reason to populate their site. All a bit wishy washy, me thinks.
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theraven said:
It does say when you sign up that it is estimated to be around $0.01 per view.
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Ah! I should have refreshed the page before posting ;) So at 1 cent per view there would have to be a massive number of uploaded images and a very large number of views per member/uploader to get something like a worthwhile return from this. Is it my imagination is is this something like a microstock business model combined with an MLM model (members attract new members then 'all grow' because the business costs are spread/diluted more releasing more revenue to share ~ the problem with MLM was of course that only the owner and the very few initial members made the 'real' money :LOL: )...............neither of which are particularly attractive :(
 
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isn't there quite a few YouTube millionaires who have got paid for their content - so there is definitely something worthwhile in this. YouTube was pretty mature and had a lot of content before they started paying contributors. So the issue will be getting it off the ground, The running costs will be huge relative to amount of revenue It will generate until it's mature and has lots of content - will it ever reach this?
It would be more successful if flickr or 500px adopt this model.
 
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I see they are already generating income by adverts embedding, presumably cookie based.
 
Box Brownie said:
the problem with MLM was of course that only the owner and the very few initial members made the 'real' money :LOL: )...............neither of which are particularly attractive :(
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I think you're confusing pyramid schemes with MLM. MLM is a legitimate and fast-growing way of developing a company where all members can make money and grow. The good ones deliver decent products like any other good company. Pyramid "companies" basically supply no end product and only those who start the scheme really make anything from it. The latter is also illegal.
 
Hi, I am Tom Oswald the owner and architect behind Clickasnap. To answer a few of your questions:

1) Why can we not give a fixed payout per view?
The reason behind this is because there are an almost infinite number of variables relied upon to calculate the amount we can payout per photo. These include such things as Advertising fill rate, advertising CPM, Affilite purchase, affiliate returns, photo size, I noted a comment regarding why photos can't be a made a fixed size, simply, they cannot be because of an even larger range range of variables) number of photos on site, number of viewers per given photo, users per server per minute and so on. Whilst I would love to guarantee an amount per photo it just isn't possible without adopting a system where users have to pay to use the site, either to upload or to view the content. This then reduces most of the variables and enables a fixed cost per view to be created. However, having a variable cost per view does mean that the amount you can be paid per photo can go up significantly. Note we don't pay per click, we pay per view

2) Why is there a view time per photo?
Because we want to encourage users who put up high quality content to use the site, not those who just chuck up any old content hoping to make some money

3) What do we do about poor quality content such as MEME's or otherwise?
Content like this is only viewed for short periods of time, we have algorithm in place that moves such content to the bottom of search queues. We have actually had very few such images uploaded, in the region of 5 out of over 30,000 photos added to the site in 6 weeks

4) We are also bringing in digital download stores, we have partnered with one vision imaging to supply printed images and we will also be bringing in virtual galleries. All of which you will be able to choose the price that you sell for. We will also be bringing in a system where you can licence your images to websites on a per impression basis. Once the fee runs out your picture goes blank and they have to pay again.
Should you have any queries or wish to talk to me directly please contact me at tom@clickasnap.com

5) Are the running costs not huge for such a platform?
In short no, we can store 10 million photos for £50, we have masses of experience in creating incredibly efficient storage and transmission technologies, and whilst the initial investment that has gone into Videscape and Clickasnap is in the order of £100,000's of pounds the running costs for the sites are in the order of a pound or so per day with 2,000 users per day
 
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