New San Francisco-based photography site Snapixel markets itself as an offering that combines elements of Flickr and iStockphoto. Snapixel has announced Openstock, a platform that offers community members access to the commercial market.
In essence, Snapixel is a mixture of a photo-sharing and microstock site in that it allows Creative Common licensing alongside its own standard and extended royalty-free licenses.
Ivan Wong, co-founder and chief operating officer, said Snapixel’s goal is to widen the creative spectrum of traditional stock photography without decreasing its value. The Web site offers size- and credits-based pricing of 3 to 27 credits per image, which now roughly translated to $4 to $35.
As a photo-sharing Web site, Snapixel offers 1 gigabyte of storage and a premium paid storage package for users desiring unlimited storage. It also has other popular community features, such as commenting, groups and forums.
The stock-photo newcomer has strong roots in the photo-sharing segment. Snapixel is part of the Flixya Entertainment group of companies, which also include Imagebam, a global top 300 Web site hosting over 40 million images, and Flixya, a social networking site that pushes 100% revenue to its members via the Google AdSense API.