picNiche is an easy to use keyword search tool for assessing the supply and demand of online stock photography images from microstock sites.
You search for a keyword phrase such as ‘business man’ or ‘orange socks’ and the search system assesses the sales statistics (demand) for images found relating to that search, along with the competition (supply) for that phrase, and returns a rating indicating the likelihood of making a sale as a result of that keyword phrase on your image.
The system rates keywords on an open-ended scale, so performing multiple searches will provide you with the highest rated keywords, those most likely to make a sale.
- Rating < 10 is BAD
- Rating > 10 and < 50 is OK
- Rating > 50 and < 100 is GOOD
- Rating > 100 is a NICHE
The picNiche Search toolbar is a set of tools for microstock image buyers. The main aim is to aid you when searching for the best quality, low-cost royalty-free images available across multiple microstock image agencies.
Additional tools are included to submit image requests direct to image authors, to help manage your projects, and to keep you informed of new images as they are approved by the agencies and become available.
Currently searches the following agency sites:
- Fotolia
- Shutterstock
- Istockphoto
- Dreamstime
- Stockxpert
- Crestock
- BigStockPhoto
- 123 Royalty Free
- Cutcaster
- CanStockPhoto
