Apexiel is a platform that connects car owners and visual media professionals (e.g. photographers, videographers) at car events.
The name "Apexiel" comes from combining the words "Apex" and "Pixel".
Apexiel serves as a comprehensive hub for all aspects of media services at car events. Whether you're an event organizer, car owner, or part of the media team, Apexiel streamlines the entire process, including listing, booking, payment, and content delivery. This efficient platform saves you time and effort, allowing everyone to concentrate on their passions.
Apexiel is free for browsing and event hosting, and charges commission fees for media service booking.
For drivers/competitor (aka "clients") who book media services, Apexiel charges a 5% of the order package cost plus the sales tax. For example, if a media package price is $45, Apexiel 5% service fee is $2.25. This brings the total before sales tax to $47.25. If the sale tax is $4.87, then the total that a driver pays for this media package is $52.12.
For media professionals like photographers, videographers, Apexiel charges 3 cents plus 2.9% of the client transaction amount which includes the media package cost, Apexiel transaction fee, and sales tax) each event order. For example, for a total client transaction of $52.12, Apexiel will charge $1.81 to the media, and the media will receive roughly $43.18 which is $45 minus $1.81.
For the post-event gallery, Apexiel offers optional automatic watermarking. If enabled, a customizable watermark is applied to each photo displayed in the galleries. When a photo from the post-event gallery is purchased with watermarking active, the watermark is automatically removed in the downloaded file. For media, 50 cents per sold photo is added to the transaction fee. No charge to display and customize watermark.
An account is need for media service listing and/or booking and personal profile.
So far Apexiel has been used mostly in the Pacific Northwest area for stage rally, rallycross, ice racing, drifting, TSD rally and autocross by organizers such as the Porsche club of America PNW region, Northwest Rally Association, American Rally Association, DriftCon, Cars On Ice, and Evergreen Autocross. Over 50 events have been hosted since February 2023 with more than 250 client orders completed. One of the goals in 2024 is to extend to events across the US.
Currently, we have over 260 registered users. These include media, racing competitors, and event organizers.
The price of media packages is determined by each media (photographers, videographers.) It varies depending on level of service such as turnaround time, content type (photos, video, drone, etc.), content style and quality.
Currently Apexiel is the only one that we know of that provides such services.
Simply head to the sign-up page and follow the prompt.
Event can be created by someone with an event organizer role. Currently, this feature is still in development. If there's an event you want to be hosted on Apexiel, please reach out to us using the "Contact Us" form, and we will work with you to have the event created.
Any event related to cars that work with media professionals can be hosted.
Both driver and media can cancel the order before an event. When an order is canceled, the driver will receive a full refund of the amount charged from their payment method. Once an event has started, an order approved by media cannot be canceled.
Apexiel currently does not offer any method to order print.
Discount code can be obtained from media. It can be applied during the payment process when creating an order.
Apexiel does not have an automated way to get a discount code by the media. Please use the "Contact Us" form to reach out to us to create a discount code.
Upcoming events can be found at the Events page. Past events are not shown on the website but can be found via the search bar at the top of the website page.
Once logging in, Your setting can be modified at the general settings page.
In your setting page the general setting page.
We do not have a way to change login name. Please contact us if you need to.
We do not have a way to change email. Please contact us if you need to.
Apexiel streamlines the workflow of media booking at car events. This includes making appointments, payments, and content delivery. For event organizers, we also allow spectators to contribute content to the event.
Apexiel works with credit cards and debit cards online, including Apple Pay and Google Pay. In the future, we will add more payment methods such as PayPal and Venmo.
Apexiel provides a messaging feature where users can send messages and chat with each other. This is great if you need to contact a driver or media regarding any question about an order. If the receiving end does not reply within an hour, an email will be sent to the receiver.
Usually yes. Apexiel is a platform for drivers to connect with the media. It does not replace the event organizer's media screening/selection process. Please follow the event organizer's media application process in addition to signing up as a media on Apexiel.
It takes skill, time, money to take great media content. Sometimes even to battle the elements to capture that best moment for the drivers. Therefore, the media's effort should be compensated. Apexiel is not involved in pricing photos. It's determined by the media. If a media offers a 100% off discount for their reasons, one could get media content for free.
A media approval list consists of media individuals or teams verified by an event organizer to be eligible to attend events within a series over an extended period, such as annually. This feature is currently in the on-demand testing phase. If interested in integrating an approval list for your events, please use the "Contact Us" button to inquire.
We use 3rd party computer vision and AI services such as OpenAI to extract car information from images such as: Make, Model, Color, etc.
The Bulk Discount system applies tiered discounts based on the quantity of items purchased regardless of the media type (e.g., photos or videos) within the same event by the same media. For example, "buying 2 or more items, get a 20% discount" applies to each of the item purchased from the same media in the same event, and "buying 4 or more, get a 30% discount" applies to each of the item purchased from the same media in the same event. Discounts are not cumulative.
At the bottom of the page, click the "Contact Us" button. It takes you to a form to send us your comments and questions. Questions are usually answered within 24–48 hours.
Apexiel does not own the right to any media content uploaded to Apexiel. For media content from event order, it's between the media persons and their clients to determine the ownership/copyright.
Apexiel is owned by Apexiel, Inc.