Pixmama

Pixmama is a platform to source and sell image, music, video and design.

The digital services eco system includes advertisement, media buying, analytics, app, education etc. All of these services are exponentially raising. They need image, music, video and design as RAW material. However, we don’t have a platform to supply them these raw material. Currently the industry is dependent on global stocks. The average time to produce one advertisement is also reducing drastically. There is no time to hire a photographer.

On the other hand, Supply side is also very high. We have the renowned professional photography-learning institute like pathshala, Chanchal Mahmood photography, Beg art etc. Thousands of creatives are graduated from art and culture department of different universities of our country.

Pixmama is to bridge these two. The creative young are started earning from this platform.   

Pixmama is platform where young creative people can upload image image, music, video and design and at the same time Agencies, MNCs and SMEs can search and buy the image in a single click. The platform has already started changing the lives of creative photographers. They got a platform to convert their passion into profession.

The digital advertising industry is crossed 17000 M BDT and will reach around 30000 M BDT by 2023. The image market in Bangladesh is 390 M BDT and will reach 720 M BDT by 2023. Now if look into video market it’s current market 19 M BDT and will reach 50 M by 2023. The global Image market is also very high 4 B USD is the current market and it will reach 5.5 B USD by 2023.

We have more than 180 agencies and 60 MNCs and 28000 SMEs who need images. On the other hand we have more than 180000 quality photographers in our country. 

Using this platform young talented photographers can earn money from every nock and corner of Bangladesh.

On supply side we are targeting young creative people. and on the demand side we are working with agencies and MNCs.

Most of my friends are photographers. I thought I need to do something with their creative works. As I am a software engineer I thought I could develop an inventory to store their picture. and I started working with this.

Then I tried to find who needs this picture ? We went to the market survey. We found all most all the agencies need picture.

An e-commerce based digital content platform to source and sell image, music, video and design.

Any creative people can register and upload their content. Our admin panel verifies the image (quality check). If the image pass all the quality parameter then admin publish the image.

The buyer can search published images. They can buy using any online cards. 65% of the revenue goes to contributor 

Current process of getting any digital content is buy from global stock or custom shoot. By Pixmama solution user can buy any image in a single click. Huge time and money save for those who needs images. On the other hand we have thousands of passionate photographers who are getting pixmama as a platform to exercise their creativity and convert their passion into profession no matter where they are physically located.   

Pixmama is already in operation and our average monthly revenue is 40000 BDT. This solution is flexible and users can search any content very easily. Users are saving huge time and money by using this solution. 

Current:

Supply side 5000

Demand side 200

Next Five years:

Supply side 200000

Demand Side 300000

Next Year Goal:

To be an inventory of 500000 Images and to acquire 5% of the local image market share 

Next 5 Year Goal:

To be an inventory of 40000000 Images and to acquire 36% of the local image market share and acquire .02% of the global market share.

current Barrier:

1. Changing the mindset of suppliers.

2. Investment.

3. Getting right people to hire.

4. Protection of copyright.

5 Years Barrier:

1. Adapt the change in technology.

2. Beating the global stocks.

1. Train people to create right mindset.

2. Train employee to uplift skills.

3. Discuss with agencies all the time to get feedback and change the inventory accordingly.

Robi Axiata Limited one of the telecom service providers of Bangladesh holds 50 % share of Pixmama. Pixmama conceived through r-venture 01 initiative of Robi Axiata Limited where the employees of Robi had given an opportunity to submit their ideas. After facing selection and judgement round pixmama was founded. But Pixmama is currently running as a separate entity. 

Pixmama is a team of 9 people having 52 years of cumulative working experience in technology, Photography, design , sales and marketing.

Pixmama is a team of 9 people having 52 years of cumulative working experience in technology, Photography, design , sales and marketing. Pixmama is having a Synergized team  who are continuously working hard to make the startup a success.

Pixmama is partnering with Robi Axiata Limited one of the telecom service providers of Bangladesh who holds 50 % share of Pixmama. Pixmama conceived through Robi's r-venture 01 initiative  where the employees of Robi had given an opportunity to submit their ideas. After facing selection and judgement round pixmama was founded. But Pixmama is currently running as a separate entity. 

Suppliers/Contributors: Creative photographers , musicians , designers , videographers.

Key Activities: Contributors to upload contents. Buyer to search and buy.

Resource: Storage, Image processing services.

Value Proposition: 

1.Solve unemployment problem.   

2. Save time and Money.

Revenue: Sale of digital Contents

Selling product (Images, Video , Music , Design ) and also raising capitals

Raising Fund and other logistic support

Global Stock image companies like  Gettyimages, shutterstock