[mansilla]

Tap into the amateur photographer with cameras on their mobile phones. Convince her that she can simply point her phone at things around the world, snap a shot that's auto-uploaded to your service, and she can make cash.

You and your team handle the categorization and tagging. And/or, the photographer can come back later on her PC and categorize/tag her photos resulting in a higher profit share for anyone licensing that photo.

On most smartphones, sharing/uploading photos via e-mail and applications is intrinsic to the mobile device. Handle uploads via your own mobile application or simply e-mail uploads.

[robinduckett]

This. People will jump on anything with the promise of "free" cash.

[stackthat]

Except potentially all those photos will be crap and then you'll end up with a really mediocre photo selling website and business will scarred for life.

[mansilla]

But you can validate and curate the uploads. In fact, that can be part of your community/crowd-source model, too. If someone else within your community comes along and rates/tags/categorizes the photograph, he can make a little slice of the pie.

Hell, get everyone involved in the process.

Solve chicken and egg problem first. Then maybe you can start thinking about cage-free organic eggs, second. ;)

[hellweaver666]

I had considered this option, but it doesn't really fit with my current plan which is to focus on a specific niche which requires a certain level of quality.

I will be targeting flickr users though as there are some great guys on there, publishing awesome work just for the fun of it.

[hellweaver666]

you know... I'm quite interested in this idea. Are you ok with me running with it?