Collecting media data descriptive of a product

A system comprising:

• an access module having one or more processors to access a database, the database storing a product record, the product record including information about a product;
• a generator module to generate a request that a user of a system connected to the database provide candidate media data descriptive of the product, the request including at least some of the information about the product;
• a transmission module to transmit the request to the user;
• a reception module to receive the candidate media data;
• a candidate-selection module to select the candidate media data as stock media data of the product;
• and
• a storage module to store a reference to the stock media data in the database to associate the stock media data with the product record, the stock media data being accessible for use by one or more other users of the system.

A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium comprising instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a machine, cause the machine to perform a method comprising:

• accessing a database, the database storing a product record, the product record including information about a product;
• generating a request that a user of the network-based publication system provide candidate media data descriptive of the product, the request including at least some of the information about the product;
• transmitting the request to the user, the transmitting being performed by a processor;
• receiving the candidate media data;
• selecting the candidate media data as stock media data of the product;
• and
• storing a reference to the stock media data in the database to associate the stock media data with the product record, the stock media data being accessible for use by one or more other users of the system.

A method comprising:

• accessing a database, the database storing a product record, the product record including information about a product;
• generating a request that a user of a system connected to the database provide candidate media data descriptive of the product, the request including at least some of the information about the product;
• transmitting the request to the user, the transmitting being performed by a processor;
• receiving the candidate media data;
• selecting the candidate media data as stock media data of the product;
• and
• storing a reference to the stock media data in the database to associate the stock media data with the product record, the stock media data being accessible for use by one or more other users of the system and configured to be utilized by a seller of a specimen of the product, the seller being a different entity than the user.