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Just how much of a subscription site is Shutterstock?
Although Shutterstock is well known for its subscription model, they do offer other ways to buy. In the thread some of the contributors point out that up to half of their revenue now comes from non-subscription downloads..
Dec 02, 2011 | 4 comments | View Post
iStockphoto’s Opt in or Close Account Ultimatum
On September 28 non-exclusive contributors of iStockphoto, will either have to accept the new ASA or leave. When the new ASA takes effect non-exclusive files are no longer allowed to be exempt from the ‘partner program’. I’ve read many comments of what people are intending to do..
Sep 22, 2011 | 5 comments | View Post
Microstock agencies are like girlfriends
In the beginning it is grand, show me your pixels, love your pixels, I need your pixels, I want your pixels, more, please more..
Istock’s loss is Shutterstock’s gain
Istockphoto, the first and for years the leading microstock site seems to be losing traffic and I think they could well be losing a lot of it to their nearest competitor Shutterstock, although other sites seem to be getting an increase too. Below are comparisons of traffic between..
Jun 09, 2011 | 11 comments | View Post
Bigstock ‘pay as you’ go with higher commissions
Bigstock are launching new ‘pay as you go’ purchasing, which means buyers can buy individual images instead of credit packages. The prices are higher and so are our commissions, 30% for images purchased via pay as you go.
Jun 01, 2011 | 4 comments | View Post
Royalties
Prince Kelly was sitting in the garden of the King’s palace, with his good friend the Chancellor of Exchequer. He looked troubled. His Father King Getty watched him from the window of his palace..
May 13, 2011 | 4 comments | View Post
Microstock agencies love to like Facebook
Most businesses use social networks as tools to promote their business and to communicate with customers or potential customers. Microstock agencies seem to be besotted with Facebook, Twitter and other social networks, often to the point that traditional methods of online communication have fallen by the wayside..
Apr 16, 2011 | 2 comments | View Post
How do you choose winning images?
Ideally we would want a large revenue from each one of our images online. Although it may not be possible to have equal success with all our images, analysing our sales and images from time to time could help us to increase the..
Mar 16, 2011 | 8 comments | View Post
Dreamstime raise contributors commission to 100%
Those of you who are Dreamstime contributors will now receive 100% commission on all sales. Exclusive Dreamstime contributors will get a whopping 110%. Yay, Christmas has come early..
Nov 23, 2010 | 6 comments | View Post
Why bother?
When one agency rejects a photo that I have already spent time on editing, do I bother to edit the image again according to how they want it? I often don’t bother. For the photo below though, I did and it was accepted by Dreamstime the second time round. Since it was accepted it has been downloaded 6 times on DT, netting me $20.46.
Oct 14, 2010 | 3 comments | View Post
iStockphoto makes all the wrong moves
This month there was only one subject on everyone’s lips, iStockphoto’s reduction of royalties. Non exclusive contributors were already on an incredibly low commission of just 20%, but Getty owned iStockphoto announced that their business is “unsustainable”..
Sep 30, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post
3 million and counting
Canstockphoto reached 3 million photos and videos this month. If I remember correctly when I joined them at the end of 2008, they had yet to reach 1 million…
Aug 29, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post
How to maximise your sales on 123rf
123rf is a microstock agency not to be ignored. No really, I’m not kidding. Ok, sales may not be…
Aug 27, 2010 | 6 comments | View Post
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