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Foap is a photo selling app.
Photographers upload pictures through the smartphone app available on Android or IOS. Consumers buy images to use for marketing or personal use (e.g., blogging).
Companies can request specific types of photos by setting up a mission. Missions are briefs or assignments. One or more photographers win the mission. There is a lot of good information throughout the site about what customers are looking for in an image.
Pricing on the Foap app is simple. Customers pay $10 for an image and a license. The creator gets half ($5 per image). In the industry, this is a pretty good deal.
Other stock photography websites have a complex pricing structure that depends on image resolution and type of license. For instance, iStock pays between 15% and 45% commission per image. The commission at Dreamstime is comparable at 50% to 60%, but pictures may sell for only $1.
With any photo selling platform, check the licensing agreement carefully. On Foap, the buyer can do just about anything they want with the photos. This is what Foap has to say about licensing:
“Photos with a ‘Commercial’ license can be used for commercial purposes. This means that companies can use these photos for marketing their products and or reproduce the photos for selling it, e.g. on the t-shirts, cups etc.”
This seems cheap for $10. Your image could end up mass-produced or used in a TV marketing campaign for $10. This is unlikely to happen (there is a lot of competition out there). But if it did, you’ll have already agreed to the price. Be aware of what you are agreeing to.
Reviews of Foap
The Foap app seems popular with a 4.5 rating in the Apple store and a 3.4 rating in Google Play.
In looking at Foap reviews, lots of users like the idea of a photo selling smartphone app. But many users complained about slow uploads and errors when working on the app. Android users may have more problems than iPhone users. Foap is quick to respond to each app review. Reinstalling the app is the most common suggestion.
Key Features of Foap
Here are some key features for users looking to sell their photos on Foap.
Foap Missions
Missions are at the centre of selling images on Foap. Sometimes they are thematic. Other times they feature a specific product.
When I reviewed Foap, there were about 20 active missions. Users compete to win the mission and earn prizes. Some missions are free to enter. Others require payment in coins. Coins are tokens that you purchase or earn by watching ads. This idea is similar to photo competition sites like Gurushots. But the mainstream stock image platforms do not gamify assignments.
A thousand coins cost about $20. Premium missions cost around 50 coins to enter. This works out to be roughly $1 per competition. It is worth it if you win a prize, but there are a limited number of those available. A missions award ranges between $3 and $150 for winners. Total rewards are listed but are usually split among various prizes.
Prizes for winning or placing in a mission vary widely. Most rewards are a combination of prize money and coins to be used to enter future missions.
Some missions apply to specific products. The industry standard is for the company to provide the product to the photographer. But for Foap, the photographer must purchase the product to photograph. This is an investment that may or may not pay off.
I explored a mission for a shoe company. Buying one pair of shoes was about $50. To break even on my investment, I would need to sell ten images to the company. This seems like an inexpensive way for a company to get around hiring a product photographer and paying for a photo shoot. It may also be a way for a company to sell more product.
You can only submit a new image to a mission. You cannot enter an image already in your gallery. You have to upload photos from scratch. This means going through the entire upload process again and entering descriptions and tags.
Foap features
Foap Pricing
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Pricing details
Starter: $190/month, $3130/year
Professional: $390/month, $4210/year
Enterprise: $1190/monthVideos
Starter: $290/month, $3130/year
Professional: $490/month, $5280/year
Enterprise: $1190/month
