How I built an AI tool to save my wife hours of tedious stock photo tagging
Hey Indie Hackers,
I wanted to share a quick story of how I built my latest project, SubmitAI.cc.
My wife is a professional stock photographer. She loves taking photos, but she absolutely hates the submission process. For every single photo she uploads to Adobe Stock or Shutterstock, she has to manually write a title, a description, and find up to 50 relevant keywords.
If you upload hundreds of photos a month, this easily adds up to hours of boring spreadsheets and manual clicking.
As a Product Manager, I saw this and thought: "We can automate this with AI."
So, I built SubmitAI (https://www.submitai.cc).
How it works: 1. Drag and drop any stock photo or video frame. 2. The AI analyzes the image. 3. Instantly generates a clean title, description, and exactly 50 SEO-sorted keywords. 4. Copy-paste or export to CSV.
It runs completely in the browser, and I’m offering 10 free credits at signup (no card required) for anyone who wants to try it.
I'd love to hear your feedback on the product or the landing page!
Are there any other stock contributors here? How do you handle metadata?
Honestly, what stood out to me wasn't the AI part.
It was that the original problem came from a professional contributor rather than a casual creator.
The thing I'd be careful with is assuming the buyer and the user are always the same person here.
I've seen products solve a very real workflow pain and still end up marketed to the wrong layer of the market.
Curious whether you've thought much about that distinction yet.