Comments on: Man Makes $20,000 on his Smartphone with Scoopshot

By: RichardMaciver

RichardMaciver — Thu, 09 Aug 2012 08:33:00 +0000

Go to Background tracking in Profile, set it to ‘off’ see if that makes a difference. Even living in London, with the olympics on, there is only two tasks.

By: DafOwen

DafOwen — Tue, 07 Aug 2012 15:05:00 +0000

Thought I’d give it a go anyway.
“There are no tasks available for you right now” – so nothing at all in the UK ……

By: DafOwen

DafOwen — Tue, 07 Aug 2012 14:58:00 +0000

“A few trips and several thousand pictures later” – well – roughly 10,000 images.
That’s a lot of images for $2 each. I wonder how long it took him.

By: Lena Björndahl

Lena Björndahl — Tue, 07 Aug 2012 14:53:00 +0000

I have the app – no way I belive this story! Sorry! ;)

By: KWendll

KWendll — Tue, 07 Aug 2012 12:57:00 +0000

Hi! We understand your concerns and that is exactly why we are currently working on a solution, Scoopshot PRO, for professional photographers. When launched, it should open a whole new world of global job opportunities for professional photographers around the world. Scoopshot PRO is still in a pilot stage, but we have serious Media companies starting pilots during August. (Professional photographers can create accounts and submit their portfolios at our website -> freelance photographers.)

Kasper, Scoopshot support team.

By: KWendll

KWendll — Tue, 07 Aug 2012 09:41:00 +0000

http://fstoppers.com/man-makes-20000-on-his-smartphone-with-scoopshot

By: Roman

Roman — Mon, 06 Aug 2012 22:05:00 +0000

Yep. Before, you could get couple hundred backs per picture. Now You will get couple bucks in good case :D Who cares…? Media will get more profit. Good for them.
BTW to make 20k you would have to sale 10k pictures($2 rate) or 40k(50c rate). Good luck anyone making that money. It is just Advertisement. Anyway, this system will kill business for many photographers. They will have to switch to shoot weddings ;)

By: kcnickerson

kcnickerson — Mon, 06 Aug 2012 20:42:00 +0000

ok, no big deal… i really did think this was an “advertisment” or “sponsored article” when i read it. love the site, no harm done… just it’s written like pr copy and not a story. i’d delete the posting if it was possible, but edited it with a smiley face so we can all be friends again.

By: William K

William K — Mon, 06 Aug 2012 19:53:00 +0000

Haha poor Jaron, i agree with Tam, and anyway the story was interesting. I was curious and downloaded it. No commands in France :)

By: Greg Henry

Greg Henry — Mon, 06 Aug 2012 18:51:00 +0000

I sell images through “macro” stock, micro stock, etc. I put in as much work on an image as I’m willing to price it at, so the “It took me a day to set this up” shots are sold macro, the good quality/useful snapshots, through micro, etc. I tried Foap and they were just too unorganized – their web search results pulled up large thumbnails with no watermarks to protect the photographers and the app stalled and crashed constantly. It’s a shame that Scoopshot won’t allow you to browse their app/service without fully signing up first.

I find it odd that they require photos be taken within the last 48 hours (??). For instance, what if someone wants a photo of a construction site? There are tons of good ones taken at any time, but you “must” take one in the last 48 hours for it to be valid on their service? Too odd. Also note how copyrights may be handled depending on the type of sale via the “FAQ” area of their app, to make sure you’re comfortable with it.