A Platform to Stand On: How Artists Reap Benefits From Stocksy’s Cooperative Framework

Summary

For a decade or more, online entrepreneurs have been leveraging buzzwords like “sharing,” “platform,” and “digital” to make their site, app, or product stand out and present itself as not only a good or service, but a community. How do platform co-ops like Stocksy stand out in the maze of the web-based sharing economy enterprises, and what benefits have they been able to provide their users?