Previously,
500PX had priced the images in its Marketplace at flat rates of $50 for web resolution, $250 for print resolution, and $750 for products for resale. Now they have introduced a second tier for images their editors deem of lower quality. The flat rate prices for images in this tier, called Core, are $35 for web resolution, $150 for print resolution, and $300 for products for resale. The prices for the first Prime tier will remain the same.
The default search, in theory, shows ALL the images in the collection and then gives customers the option to search just the Prime collection or the Core (lower quality) collection. However, a few random searches indicate that this feature is not working perfectly just yet. Below is the count of the number of images of certain subjects in each collection.
| |
All |
Prime |
Core |
| Office |
10,968 |
5,208 |
16,674 |
| People |
101,115 |
38,470 |
624,192 |
| Business |
20,559 |
11,217 |
23,417 |
| Wildlife |
85,748 |
13,095 |
290,937 |
| Nature |
407,507 |
49,566 |
1,608,247 |
| Landscapes |
269,841 |
33,413 |
1,103,173 |
| Healthcare |
3,222 |
1,711 |
1,934 |
In most cases there are significantly more images in the Core category than in All. It seems that All counts some of the Core images, but not all of them. It is not clear how the images from the two groups are organized in the All default search. In most cases it seems that the Prime images appear first, but that is not true in all cases.
All submitted images are curated by 500PX’s professional team of Content Editors, They evaluate technical quality, originality, general aesthetics, and production and commercial value. Photos may be moved from one collection to the other at any time, at editors’ discretion.
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