Although reviewing content is subjective and can be frustrating for both sides, we want you to understand that you are a part of our team now and we treat you like family. We understand how your content is the lifeblood of Cutcaster and will never forget that. Cutcaster is nothing without your contributions. We strive to maintain a transparent, consistent and effective review process.

We aren’t always right in our review process and we know it. Just as you sometimes mis-keyword or forget to attach a model release, we make mistakes too and you shouldn’t take it personal at all. We have deliberately assembled a diverse team of photo editors, which have expertise in reviewing content. In some cases, we try to error on the side of caution so everyone is protected.

Submitted images are generally reviewed within 24-48 hours. We are fast and know how important it is to get your content out. Reasons for a delay longer than that might include questions surrounding your images like quality or clearance which need a second look. Normally that is resolved within 5-7 business days. Please keep in mind that image review times vary depending on how many editors are currently covering a given review queue and the current volume of submissions on any given day.

If you have questions about the details or want to get feedback on your images, we encourage you to email us at content@cutcaster.com with a detailed description and file example to help us.

Regardless of the outcomes, we hope that having a team of editors reviewing your images will have value in itself. We are all in this together and will all learn. We look at the reviewing process as a mechanism for ensuring that the best of your work is represented and not necessarily as a door for you to get through as much as you can get approved.

Good luck, and Keep on uploading!

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Cutcaster had an amazing second year!!!  Here is a quick recap:

January

  • Hired two more software developers to improve site performance.
  • Cutcaster goes bi-coastal with offices in New York and San Francisco.

February

  • Started major changes in the way our search engine works.
  • Added 800 photographers and over 45,000 photos and vectors.

March

April

May

June

  • Increased site speed.
  • Sales grew over 60% from May.

July

  • Hired a new Creative Director.
  • Started editing and refining the entire collection.

August

  • Introduced our premium Crescendo Collection.
  • Made further improvements to the search engine and site speed.

September

  • Hired another software engineer to re-structure our database.
  • Sales increased 30% AGAIN this month!
  • Spoke at an ASPP event in Boston in front of many buyers on stock licensing.
  • Made huge changes to the photo search engine.
  • John got married ;-)

October

  • Focused on featuring our photographers in specialized clipfolders.
  • Attended PictureHouse, introducing Cutcaster to hundreds of new photo buyers.
  • Halloween sales were way, way up!

November

  • Spoke at the 6Sight conference about photographers making money off their photos.
  • Grew to 400,000 images strong
  • Added 600 corporate accounts

December

  • Celebrated a year of growth and success on our second year!
  • Made big plans for 2010!
  • Had a few big orders at the end of the year. Best month ever at Cutcaster. Looking forward to keeping the momentum going into 2010
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What a year 2009 was! With the Aughts (00s) drifting out of our memories and 2010 taking shape before us, we wanted to thank you for your continuous support and give you a glimpse of what to expect in the next 52 weeks.

2010 represents the year of the Photo Buyer and our New Year’s resolution is to educate more buyers about the benefits of using Cutcaster and sell more photos and illustrations for all our contributors. I know you are not supposed to say your New Year’s resolution out loud because it’s twice as onerous a duty but we know the hard work before us is to prove we can find the buyers and provide them with the amazing content they are looking for.

In the New Year, expect us to introduce new tools, sign partnerships to expand our distribution and upload more great content to augment our existing marketplace. We will focus a majority of our time on the following:

  • Increasing photo buying activity on the site
  • Making the checkout area easier to use for bulk buying
  • Tweaking the search algorithm and re-weighting the results so its more diverse and relevant
  • Making more direct sales calls
  • Attending more buyer conferences
  • Introducing some Cutcaster API’s
  • Promoting more exclusive photos and illustrations on Cutcaster
  • Enhancing the clipfolders so they are easier to use and checkout with
  • Spending as much on advertising in both print and online as we can afford

How you can optimize Cutcaster for your business

  • Spread the word through our photo buyer and seller referral program
  • Link back to www.cutcaster.com from your personal site
  • Keep up the enthusiasm, and continue to be a part of something special from the ground up.  Rome wasn’t built in a day and we are on the path towards success.

Thanks you so much for your continued support, and as always you can contact us if you need any questions answered or assistance.

We raise our collective glasses to you, our valued Cutcaster member, and wish you all the success and happiness in 2010.

The Cutcaster Team

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Let us turn your words into picture perfect photos that beat your expectations and save you money and time.

We know when you do something yourself you will do it right and it is hard to trust someone to do research for you, but why not leverage our free photo research and delegate it to us for a chance to show you what we can do.

Need an extra set of hands, eyes and team members to help you find the perfect image you are looking for. Pass it on and hand it over to Cutcaster.

We can easily integrate into any team environment or unique workflow that you have. Let’s have a brainstorm session and uncover eye-popping imagery for your brief.

To save you time, we offer a free picture research service at Cutcaster, in order to help you better locate images you might never have found yourself.

Cutcaster employs a team of highly trained photo and vector researchers who know our collection better than anyone else. If we have it, they will find it for you.

Save hours in your day by letting us do some of the image research for you. We will often turn research around in an hour or less and larger ones take us less than 24 hours.

Are you interested in free photo research? Send us what you are looking for by submitting your photo requests here or email research@cutcaster.com for more help.

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“Content is King” but “Process is Queen” for anyone working in the publishing world. At Cutcaster, we work tirelessly to understand your unique workflow so we fit seamlessly into your photo buying process and make purchasing the best content with all the rights you need easy.

Knighthood

Our royalty free extended licenses are a one time payment for world-wide, in perpetuity and non-exclusive rights that include multi-seat usage, licensing rights for images on products being distributed and/or sold, an unlimited print run and come with IPTC metadata embedded in each file so you have easily find it later and don’t have to re-license it.

Mayan1

We know that downloading photos with a credit card or site credits are not always ideal, so we offer both of these options as well as the ability to request an invoice within our corporate accounts. If you need some free photo research done, just ask and we will send you a custom lightbox with just what you’re looking for.

Orange Frog

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