In August 2014
EyeEm announced that it would be introducing a “Market” aspect to its social media site. Market has finally been launched. EyeEm was established in 2011 and currently has over 13 million users who post photos taken with their cell phones and comment on each other’s work. It is unclear how many images are on the site.
Initially EyeEm would only accept mobile uploads. If someone wanted to post an image taken with a DSLR they needed to upload it to their cell phone and then transfer it to EyeEm. Now EyeEm will accept bulk uploads, but users must either email market@eyeem.com for information about the process or go to the users
Market Dashboard and request bulk upload instructions for how to add a folder of images to Market. Once uploaded, these photos will also be visible in the users Community profile, but will not show up in their friends’ feeds.
The prices charged for images that do not have model or property releases, and thus can only be used editorially, are $20. If releases have been provided the image may be licensed for commercial use for $250. According to
EyeEm’s FAQ (there is no English translation) a photo can sell for a minimum of 1 Euro. However, searching on the English site I could find no photos for such prices.
Keywording is very thin and more oriented to social activities of the image creator -- (this is where I just went, or what I just did) -- than to helping a buyer find images related to a particular subject. It is also possible to search for all the images posted by a particular creator by entering the creator’s name.
In another effort to help their contributors earn money from their images EyeEm has entered into an arrangement with Getty Images and posted a
currated collection of almost 240,000 images in the RF section of GettyImages.com. These images are listed at prices ranging from $65 and $699 depending on file size delivered.