It costs the contributor nothing to join The Stock Solution (TSS and TSSphoto.com) and participate in online sales through both our TSSphoto.com Web site and the MyLoupe.com Web site. You are empowered by TSSphoto's web based tools to upload, caption, keyword and select pricing options. Those services will be available on a fee basis for those who would rather have us do it.

When your images sell on either Web portal, TSS will pay you 60% of the net sum received. "Net sum" is the amount after the deduction of credit card processing fees and currency conversion costs (see Contributor Agreement, section 1.3). These fees usually amount to no more than 3%.

TSS recently joined the MyLoupe.com network, which gives their photographers the benefit of MyLoupe's superior e-commerce technology and allows photographers to instantly upload and market their digital stock photography. TSS decided to utilize MyLoupe's existing technology, so we could concentrate on what we do best: marketing. We believe MyLoupe has built the "better mouse trap", and TSS's expertise is in driving mice (photo buyers) to that "trap"!

The Stock Solution has been licensing stock photography since 1978, and has been offering stock on the Internet since 1995. TSS' strengths lie in name-recognition, an established client base, stability and experience. Two of their staff members have been with the agency for over 18 years. Our Web site, TSSphoto.com receives over 50,000 hits a day, and 5,000 unique visitors a day.

While photographers have the option of joining MyLoupe.com, and also having their images appear on TSS, joining TSS has several advantages:

• Get More Attention. TSS photographers can expect more of their images to be uniquely featured (driving traffic and sales). They can also expect more guidance on what to shoot and what sells. TSS photographers will also receive additional keyword suggestions that help more of their images get chosen by photo buyers.

• Make More Money. TSS contributors receive a 60% royalty on sales from both the TSSphoto.com and the MyLoupe.com Web portals. Although contributors can join MyLoupe directly and receive a 70% royalty on MyLoupe.com sales, they will only receive a 50% royalty when their images are shown and sold via the TSSphoto.com portal. Because TSSphoto.com has more Web traffic than MyLoupe.com (according to Alexa.com), we believe contributors joining TSS will make more money than if they join MyLoupe and have their images shown on TSSphoto.com. TSS has more experience in negotiating and valuing your photos.

(Note: MyLoupe also has a "MySite" program where MyLoupe will build and brand a Web site under a photographer's own domain name. Photographers receive 85% royalties ONLY on sales made via their own "MySite", but must pay a subscription fee, AND generate Web traffic to their MySite. MySite photographers still receive the same 70% royalties on sales generated through the MyLoupe.com Web site and only 50% royalties on sales through the TSSphoto.com site.)

• Get Paid Quicker. TSS photographers are paid monthly, whereas MyLoupe photographers are paid quarterly. (TSS photographers are paid monthly for royalties totaling $200 or more, and paid quarterly when royalties are less than $200.)

Options:

1. Upload images through your web-based members administration module. You can upload individual images or batches of 1 - 10. In batch mode embedded ITPC data will be imported.
2. Bulk Upload
   1. Prepare your images according to our submission guidelines and mail them on a CD or DVD. There is a $0.15 per image fee for this service which may be deferred against royalty payments. You'll be emailed as soon as they are uploaded (ITPC data will be imported in the bulk upload method).
   2. They are uploaded, processed, and left in a unpublished state awaiting captioning, keywording and pricing.
   3. You can log-in to your administrative module and publish them, select pricing options, check imported ITPC data or add captions and keywords.