Providers - Frequently Asked Questions
Q: Who are some of your footage buyers?
A: OceanFootage serves leading broadcasters, advertising agencies,
and production companies worldwide. This vast ocean footage
collection
has been used for broadcast television, commercials, museum and
educational productions, feature films, corporate presentations,
multimedia, and Internet content. View Client List
Q: How long would it take to generate interest in my footage?
A: That's hard to predict. We get many requests for the typical
subjects – whales, sharks, and dolphins. The other requests
tend to be more randomly spread among other subjects. For the right
subject search – or for the random browsing option –
your footage has as good a chance of being viewed and purchased
as anyone else’s on the OceanFootage site.
Q: What is OceanFootage doing to market and sell its
footage?
A: OceanFootage has an aggressive marketing campaign to
reach targeted groups of buyers for your footage. OceanFootage
already produces top results on search engines, with over 500,000
hits per month. OceanFootage is also listed in the major online
stock footage directories and is featured in select print Stock
Footage directories published by leading industry sources. Our
ongoing
marketing initiatives will continue to increase the revenue-building
value of OceanFootage to you as a footage provider.
Q: Do I still retain rights to
use my footage?
A: You may continue to use your footage for your own productions. The standard agreement is for exclusive sales through Footage
Search Websites. If you are already represented by other third
parties, we can arrange for a non-exclusive agreement for a higher
commission.
If you are ever contacted directly
by a Buyer who found you through Footage Search staff or Footage
Search Websites, Footage Search will either require that you
direct the Buyer back to Footage Search or require commission from
sales
made directly by you. We do track our outgoing leads and can
request accounting records from you if it becomes apparent that
we were
denied commission from a sale generated from a Footage Search
lead. Overall, this is an issue of trust and we have never had
any discrepancies
around this issue.
Q: After a sale am I paid by the buyer or OceanFootage,
and what is that procedure?
A: OceanFootage sends to you a royalty check on a quarterly
basis and includes the clip ID, license duration, and license use.
Q: How were the licensing prices determined? Can I charge
what I believe the clip is worth?
A: OceanFootage sets minimum pricing standards for each clip
based on camera format and rarity of footage. You have complete
control over pricing for your footage above the minimum pricing
standard.
Q: Do I have to pay up-front fees to have my material
online at OceanFootage?
A: There are no up-front costs to join OceanFootage. Any setup
fees are deducted from sales.
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