So you’ve got a video exclusive on some A-list celeb’s latest antics? Or your pet pig’s on camera taking a mud bath… in your bath! You might even be a citizen journalist with a video clip exposing a juicy scandal or cover up. Just how do you get your story out to the world and get paid for your efforts?

One way’s to go direct to the mainstream media. Many try approaching TV stations with their scoop - but those folks usually don’t pay. Others contact newspapers and soon find they’re being politely strong-armed into surrendering worldwide exclusive rights for a pittance.

And a minority takes up with a stock footage agency - a middleman - and lets these (usually) professional negotiators wheel and deal with the media buyers. Naturally, they’ll take a cut from your profits. For some agencies the price is fixed for a 5 to 30 seconds clip because their business model’s more about quantity. That mean unless you’ve shot a UFO in Time’s Square or Bigfoot in your living room, you’ll probably not get much in the way of ‘fair value’.

Ladies and gentlemen, fear not - for Gollygoose.com is stepping out onto the worldwide waddle! We’ve come up with an online auction-based site for almost anyone (18 and over) to buy and sell media clips. Naturally, we’re focused on video content but also open to bringing legitimate buyers and sellers together for photos, animation, text and audio.

Sellers and buyers choose from 3 annual membership plans to list their video clips. You get paid when an auction ends and the buyer confirms they’re happy with the media clip. GollyGoose recommends PayPal for transactions but we’ll also support US Dollar check payments.

Keep in mind that proof of copyright ownership is very important to both buyers and to GollyGoose. Play by the rules and sellers will find it simple to auction off your unique media product based on the 7 options of licensing available. Or you can set things up for a buyer to choose ‘Buy It Now!’ - in that case you can get an instant sale.

GollyGoose Team