Any Comments about Doing Business with Caters News UK?

Howdy All,

Caters News UK is offering me an "opportunity" to monetize one or more of my photos. There is plenty of info out on the internet; even fairly recent, about payment issues. Anyone here actually have good or bad experiences with them? Let me know! .

Would be interested to here feedback. I have a project that I think would work via syndication and they were one of the names I found.

I also found this article from earlier this year https://petapixel.com …-syndicating-your-photos/

Howdy Dan,

Thanks for the article! Lots of good info. I'll give it a more careful read after work tonight .

One thing to note is that the first contract offered by Caters was for exclusive rights and a 60/40 (60 for me) split on money generated from the advertizing that went alongside with the photos - "Clickbait". 50/50 and non-exclusive are where things stand at the moment. As mentioned in your linked article, collecting payment can be slow. The topic of how much might be generated and how I can actually track the revenue was sketchy, to say the least. My shot that generated the most interest from them happens to have just won a local magazine's yearly photo contest and will be featured on the cover of the issue coming out this week. I'd like to see it get more/better monetization after that little boost in nortiarity . I'll let you know what I decide and how it goes. I think it would be useful to others if I post the long-term results of working with Caters, if I actually go ahead with the deal.

Howdy All,

I'm officially signed-up and have uploaded the photos they were initially interested in. I'll let you know if anything ever comes of it .

Thanks, look forward to hearing about your experiences.

Just one question.... You mentioned advertising revenue. I understood that they sell content to publications (syndication). Is this ad based revenue a different biz model - do you have any details?

Howdy Dan,

If I have it straight, the story and photos have been sold to various newspapers (they sent me pdfs of what ran in 4 newspapers) and it's also running on half a dozen websites. You're likely right that it is "sold content" and not ad revenue. One way or another "pennies" will eventually flow into my account .

Example of the postings: https://www.dailymail.​co.uk …ight-surfer-hits-him.html

If you Google search: “Dave Weldon, 63” Dolphin Porto
It’ll probably still catch the half-dozen sites that have it up :- ).

Within just a few hours of its release, our local Channel 7 News saw it on the Daily Mail website and called asking about access to the photos and story. I hadn't determined what value to place on the material, so I pointed them to the Caters News Syndication site to work it out through them .

How did C7 get your contact details?

Channel 7 said they spotted the article and photos on DailyMail.com and then tracked down my phone number. I don't exactly know how they got my number but it sure doesn't take much to get that kind of info via internet ID sites . The voicemail said "they hoped they had the right Dave: .

I'm "happy" to report that after 10 months and dozens of emails spread out over that time period, I finally got paid by Caters News this morning. It was about $300 minus $13 in PayPal fees for the overseas transaction. Glad to be closing that chapter...