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

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picNiche Toolbars (beta)

The Microstock Image Search toolbar is built for image buyers. It'll help you find images. It also has features to:

• Send image-requests direct to contributors
• Search across many agencies
• Notifications when contributors add new images you may interested in
• Simple image-log for tracking projects
• Built-in global Upcoming Events calendar
• Keep informed about news, events, and promotions from microstock agencies

The Microstock Contributors toolbar is built for image creators. It'll help you find images for research, but it also has a lot of other features too:

• Get notified when you make a sale on each agency
• Get notified when images you've submitted are approved
• Announce approved images direct to buyers
• See your current earnings for each agency at-a-glance
• Quick associative keywording tool
• Workflow improvements through the image submission process
• FTP-Upload drop-box for six agencies
• Built-in global Upcoming Events calendar
• Keep informed about news, events, and promotions from microstock agencies and community websites