FAQs
A. First Steps for Photographers and Important Functions
A.02 How to Upload Photos
A.03 What Happens Next?
A.04 How to Add Keywords to Your Photos
A.05 Avoid Keyword Spamming!
A.06 How to Add Releases to Your Photos
A.07 How to Set Your Photos to “editorial”
A.08 How to Add Licences and Set Prices
A.09 How to Negotiate with Buyers
A.10 How to Use a Pseudonym
A.11 How Your Commissions Will Be Paid Out
A.12 What Is the Picking List?
A.13 What Is a Lightbox?
A.14 Can I Show External Images in My Lightbox?
A.15 How Do I Move Images into a Lightbox?
A.16 How to Create a Lightbox
A.17 Are Lightboxes Always Public?
A.18 What Are the Chapters in the Lightboxes for?
A.19 Why Should I Add a Caption to a Lightbox?
A.20 What Are the Votings for?
A.21 Can I Exclude My Images from Evaluation?
B. Cooperation with Photographers and Artists
B.02 Can Anyone Upload Images to Zoonar?
B.03 How Do I Sell Photos on Zoonar?
B.04 How Does Zoonar Promote Sales of My Pictures?
B.05 Can I Sell the Works I Have Uploaded to Zoonar Elsewhere?
B.06 Does Zoonar Work with Other Agencies?
B.07 Why Was My Daily Upload Limit Raised or Lowered?
B.08 Can I Exclude Certain Photo Usages?
B.09 What Does Royalty Free Mean and Why Do I Get More Money for Royalty Free Pictures?
B.10 Which Pictures Can I Sell Royalty Free?
B.11 How Come You Can Also Buy Licensed Pictures Royalty Free on Zoonar?
B.12 Why Are There Various Different Prices for Pictures?
B.13 Will the Offering Be Expanded in Future?
B.14 Can I Obtain a Press Card through Zoonar?
B.15 Does Zoonar Sell Art Works As Well?
B.16 Can I Get Commissions through Zoonar?
C. Photo Uploads
C.02 What Sort of Photos Can I Upload?
C.03 Why Is the Upload Limited?
C.04 Which Photos Are Not Allowed for Legal Reasons?
C.05 When Do I Need a Model Release Agreement?
C.06 Which Pictures Can I Sell Royalty Free?
C.07 Why Was My Photo Rejected?
C.08 Can I Edit Pictures after I Have Uploaded Them?
C.09 Can I Upload My Pictures Using FTP?
C.10 How Quickly Are Images Released?
C.11 Can I Upload Interpolated (Upsampled) Pictures?
C.12 How Highly Compressed Can Images Be?
C.13 Do All Pictures Have to Be Accompanied by Keywords?
C.14 What Does an Ideal Keyword String Look Like?
C.15 Which Information Should Be Entered into the IPTC Form?
C.16 Can I Send in My Pictures on CD / DVD As Well?
C.17 Guidelines for Sending in Pictures on CD / DVD
C.18 Why Can’t I Find My Recently Uploaded Photos Online?
D. Picture Management
D.02 How Quickly Are Pictures Deleted?
D.03 Can I Release Pictures for Royalty Free Sale after I Have Loaded Them on Zoonar?
D.04 How Can I Set Different Prices for Different Pictures?
D.05 What Price Level Should I Choose?
D.06 Can I Change the Price Point at a Later Date?
D.07 Can I Change the Forwarding of Pictures to Other Agencies at a Later Date?
D.08 How Dan I Boost Sales of My Pictures on Zoonar?
E. Your Commission
E.02 What Forms of Payout Are There?
E.03 Why Are There Various Different Commission Rates?
E.04 On Which Sales Do I Always Receive a 50% Share of the Proceeds?
E.05 Why Does Zoonar Sell Postcards, Posters, Etc. As Well?
E.06 Why Is a Sum Deducted for Health Insurance Contributions to the Artists´ Health Insurer Künstlersozialkasse?
E.07 Do I Have to Be a Registered Business in order to Sell Photos?
E.08 Why Does It Take So Long for One of My Pictures to Be Sold?
E.09 Do I Receive a Written Confirmation That I Am a Freelancer Working for Zoonar?
F. Buyers
F.02 How Do I Buy Photos?
F.03 How Do I Negotiate with Photographers?
F.04 Are There Special Offers for Picture Editors?
F.05 What Does "Royalty Free" (RF) Mean?
F.06 What Does "Licence Only" or “Standard Licence” (RM) Mean?
F.07 What Can Licence-Only Pictures Not Be Used for?
F.08 Can I Buy Special Licences or Exclusive Rights?
F.09 Can I Buy Pictures with All Rights (Exclusive Purchase)?
F.10 Why Can’t I Find the Photo I Want?
F.11 What Use Are Lightboxes?
F.12 Does Zoonar Also Offer Photo Reportages?
F.13 Can I Get in Touch with the Photographer Directly?
F.14 Can Zoonar Forward Picture Requests to Photographers?
F.15 Can I Issue Commissions via Zoonar?
G. Technical Basics
G.02 What Are IPTC and EXIF Data?
G.03 How Can I Use EXIF Data?
G.04 What Are IPTC Data for?
G.05 British and American Measurements
G.06 Picture Resolutions
G.07 What Are pixels?
G.08 What Does 300 DPI Mean?
G.09 What Camera Resolution Is Sufficient?
G.10 How Do I Convert Picture Sizes?
G.11 How Do I Scan?
H. Basic Legal Conditions
H.02 When Do I Need a Model Release?
H.03 When Am I Allowed to Upload Photos of Buildings or Land/Premises?
H.04 When Do I Need a Property Release?
H.05 Can I Sell Pictures of Celebrities?
H.06 How Are Photos of Children Handled on Zoonar?
H.07 Is Zoonar Happy to Receive Nude Photos?
H.08 How Does Zoonar Inspect Model Release Agreements?
H.09 What Is Considered "Offensive Material"?
H.10
H.11 What Pictures May Be Released Royalty Free?
I. Why Did Zoonar Reject My Picture?
I.02 Similar or Very Similar Pictures by You Have Already Been Uploaded to the Archive
I.03 The Photo Was Upsampled Too Much
I.04 The Picture Is out of Focus
I.05 The Picture Has Evidently Been Edited to a Great Extent
I.06 The Picture Features Legally Protected Content
I.07 Dirty or Scratched Photo
I.08 The Picture Is Too Dark
I.09 The Picture Does Not Meet Our Quality Standards
I.10 The Picture Features "Offensive Content" That We Do Not Wish to Present
I.11 Sorry, There Is No Demand for This Kind of Picture
I.12 This Picture Is Not Aligned
I.13 This Picture Must Be Rotated
I.14 The Picture Contains Addresses, URLs or Similar.