In addition to earning up to 100% on the merchandise you sell in your online model store that we create, you can also earn both a bonus for each model you recruit and a monthly residual amount for the lifetime of the new models membership. You may also earn a monthly rebate for including us on your myspace top friends list

There are several ways to look up models on the MPA site. Clicking the link on the MPA home page takes you to a model search page, where you can search for models by location, physical features, or content ratings. There are also lookup fields at the top right of the MPA homepage that allow you to search for a model by name.

While MPA actively promotes the model store to potential customers and clients, there are also ways that you can, and should, get the word out about your site. You can purchase promotional items to advertise your site, such as business cards, in the control area of your site.in this area you can also purchase banner ads to use on other external sites such as myspace. we also provide linkage in your admin area to advertise your site on other target sites in efforts to draw traffic to your store. use tools like google ads and submission to popular search engines(see our links section). Good old fashioned word of mouth works wonders, too!

The featured model of the month is always the model with the most sales for that month. This feature not only drives traffic to the model’s site, it also highlights her as a model and increases her visibility.

Model Promotion Association houses a database of photographers who have agreed to offer discounted pricing to the models on the site.

You don’t have to be a member to purchase products from the Agency Modeling Distribution or Comp Card sections of the site, but members receive special discount pricing! Features like casting call listings, custom website templates, and online site management are offered exclusively to members.

The admin/control area of your site has a tab that you can click on to search for photographers.

Once you log in to the MPA site, you can access casting call and agency info from the home page or by going to your control panel.

You can make any changes you need to by logging in to the MPA site and accessing your control area. Here, you can edit account information, add or delete photos, search for photographers, and manage your earnings

In this area, a model can find a list of tools designed to promote her as a model to key players in the industry

Gold members have the option to select from a variety of model website templates. Models may change certain aspects of their sites, such as color scheme, and they may also provide more detailed info about themselves. Models also have the option of purchasing a unique URL or website name that will direct visitors to the model’s store.

Silver members will only receive 20% of profits earned. They will not be able to sell cell phone wallpapers, and they will not have access to certain areas of the site, such as casting calls, online site management, and custom webpage templates. Silver members will not receive discount pricing on items like comp cards and agency distribution tools.

You can still offer your photos for sale in the “build your own calendar” section of the MPA store by choosing this option in your admin area and setting a price for individual photos.There is also a one page calendar, that only requires one photo that you can sell

While you control certain aspects of your model store, such as content and sales price, MPA also manages a store where we control pricing and products. We hand pick models and products. We also set pricing at levels that will not be lower than the prices you have set for your products if we use your photos. The MPA store will be marketed by us to attract customers. The MPA store also offers a feature that lets customers build their own calendars by selecting individual photos (with individual photo price set by you).

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MPA gets the pleasure of being recognized as the ONLY online service dedicated to promoting models while allowing models to earn income at the same time. In exchange for our service, support and technology, we charge a small recurring monthly service fee.

We try to limit the amount of censorship on the site, but MPA does reserve the right to remove photos that we see as unfit or distasteful. Child pornography is banned and prohibited without question. See our User Agreement for more information. Prohibited Content: MPA has the right to refuse to accept any submitted content for any reason. MPA has the right to refuse to establish an account or to close an existing account for any reason, including, but not limited to, fraud, copyright infringement, or violation of a third party’s rights of privacy or publicity.

As stated in the MPA User Agreement: “you may not design, produce, market or sell a Product that MPA believes: (i) infringes the rights of a third party, including, without limitation, copyrights, trademarks, patents, trade secrets, and rights of privacy and publicity; (ii) is libelous, defamatory or slanderous; (iii) is obscene or pornographic; (iv) is designed to or does harass, threaten, or abuse others; or (v) violates any applicable law, rule, or regulation, including, without limitation, by exploiting images or the likeness of minors.”

Membership has many benefits, including 100% earnings on most items sold, with the exception of cell phone wallpapers (these pay 30% earnings and are not available for Silver members to sell). Memberships also include access to premium sections of the site, discounts on purchases and custom website design templates

Although appealing, high-quality photos are likely to increase your sales, professional photos are not required. We do, however, require that photos meet certain technical standards, such as 200 dpi resolution for printing purposes

You can check your photo’s resolution by looking at the Properties info of the image file. If your photo is less than 200 dpi, you will need to re-scan it at higher resolution or mail it to us. if you are not familiar with dpi, then make sure your photo still looks good at 2300x3600, if not then your photo is not of good enough quality

Most online photos have a resolution of 72 dpi to save file space. While these may look good on screen, they will likely appear “messy” when reproduced in print form for our products. This is why MPA requires a resolution of 300 dpi or higher

You can mail the original photo to MPA and we will scan the photo in the proper resolution.

Photos cannot be saved to a higher resolution. You can either rescan the original photo or mail the photo to MPA for scanning.

With low resolution photos, you will be limited to selling screen savers and cell phone wallpapers. You may also purchase custom stamps.

MPA is much, much more than a model portfolio site. In essence we are a marketing firm for models. We help models to promote themselves by providing tools and info. Even better, we offer models an exclusive opportunity to realize earnings by selling products featuring their images! We are the first and only site dedicated to helping models earn income while promoting their career.

Payments are made via PayPal.

Once profits are requested from your admin area, your payment will be processed during the next profits distribution cycle. Profits are paid our once a month on all earnings in excess of $20.

Your earnings potential is unlimited. The amount you can earn will depend on many factors, such as your marketing efforts, appeal as a model, quality and appeal of photos, sales prices, etc. If you just make one sale a day with a modest profit of $5 a sale, then you will have made more than 7 times the the monthly cost of membership! For a chart of potential sale numbers see the image promotion/merchandising link in the main navigation.

This will be a testing process. You want to provide a valuable product to your customer, which means high quality at a reasonable price. While low prices will offer a lower profit margin but a high turnover of sales, higher prices will afford greater profit margins but perhaps lower sales. We suggest aiming for a 20-30% profit margin on your products (although some models make as much as 60%-100%). Increase your profit margin slowly, noting any decline in sales. For example, if you what a 30% profit margin, multiply the product cost by 1.3 (example: poster cost $10, $10 x 1.3= $13, then $13 will be your sales price and your profit will be $3). You may also shoot for an absolute dollar amount, such as a $5 profit per product. You can charge as much as the market will bear for your products, but keep substitutions and competition in mind!

We recommend you upload PNG files. make sure the size is less than 7MB