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Affiliate Marketing Network LaunchesNovember 13, 2002 (New York, NY) - Stock Media Corporation announced at Picture House-New York the soft launch of the StockMedia.net Marketing Network, a business-to-business model for commercial content licensing that is similar in structure to a cooperative. StockMedia.net acts as an online shopping mall where Network members share centralized e-commerce functions and content, each operating under its own brand and control. Image suppliers, resellers and commercial photo buyers can each display search results under their individual brand with links back to their own web site. Image suppliers, such as photographers, stock photo agencies and copyright holders can control pricing, region of distribution, and usage restrictions. Suppliers pay a monthly hosting fee of up to 10 cents per image and receive 70% to 90% of the gross licensing fee. Resellers, such as independant researchers, internal corporate research departments, web sites and agents receive 20% to 30% of licensing fees for referring sales to their branded section of the Marketing Network. If the reseller is also the supplier, then search results can be limited to just the images of this one supplier. Resellers can enable commissionable image searches from any web site, online porfolio, ad banner or internet-enabled CD Photo buyers, such as publishers, graphic artists and advertising agencies, can also receive reseller commissions while also benefitting from online usage trackng, collaborative editing areas, reduced picture loss liability and outsourced technology and content management. The StockMedia.net Marketing Network is powered by Stock Media 2000 software, the most versatile content licensing software that is commercially availalbe. Stock Media software is also used to power solusimages.com and mira.com, the later being the stock sales web site of the Creative Eye Photographers Cooperative. More information is available at www.stockmedia.net/marketing .
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