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PhotoShelter
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Founded by photographers Jason Burfield and Grover Sanschagrin, developers Thomas Chin and Jeffrey Arnold and Allen Murabayashi in 2005, Photoshelter specializes in portfolio services for professional photographers. According to industry newsletter StockPhotoTalk Photoshelter received a $4.2m investment from the venture capital company General Catalyst Partners in 2007 . According to Crunchbase PhotoShelter currently serves 65,000 photographers and is among the three leading providers of portfolio and storage services to professional photographers. Leading competitors are SmugMug and Zenfolio. Features PhotoShelter is a paid service with three level (Basic, Standard and Pro) that reflect the storage limits photographers are granted with each level (10GB, 35GB and 100GB respectively). At any level, photographers can choose to use PhotoShelter to sell their images. IPTC is used to automatically upload the metadata for images from digital cameras and image workflow products like Aperture and Adobe Lightroom. Portfolios and galleries in PhotoShelter can be customized with the use of themes. Printing PhotoShelter uses third-party service provider for printing. Currently AdoramaPix and EZPrint are supported. Main Competitors SmugMug Zenfolio Selected Press and Analyst Coverage http://flash.popphoto.com/blog/photoshelter/ http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=24339754 http://gigaom.com/2007/11/27/photoshelter-wants-to-take-on-getty-images/ 
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