OnRequest Custom Stock: Anyone ever used it or heard of it?

Hi,

I recently noticed what appears to be a new way of purchasing

commissioned photography: www.onrequestimages.com. Basically, its a

reverse auction where an assignment is submitted by a client and

matched against a database of photographers. After matches are

found, five photographers all agree to shoot the assignment and

submit their work. The client is then free to purchase a rights

managed license to whatever work most closely fits their need (or

not!).

I was wondering if there are any photographers or creatives out

there who have used this service and what they think of it.

Thanks

well it is a bad idea for th photographer. You do all the brain work, you spfront all of

the money, you d oall of the grunt work and then you get to hope thqt what you

might pay off in a low fee. I think it is a no brainer, but then there certainly seem to

be plenty of photographers out there who have an empty cranium.