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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..

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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..

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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.

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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..

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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..

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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..

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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”..

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Zoonar and Polylooks Upload Bonus Offer

The stock agency Zoonar announced earlier this month that they will pay contributors 0.15€ (20 Cents) per image for the first 200,000 images accepted…

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Microstock Sites Spring Clean

This month two well established microstock sites, Bigstockphoto and 123rf released their revamped looks. Both sites have focused on ease of use and simplicity…

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Well, at least the weather was nice!

Summer is a wonderful season, good weather always helps to put a smile on peoples faces. However, summer doesn’t tend to do wonders for microstock sales. And this summer, in my opinion, there was extra negativity going around due to the dictate of fairly new circumstances. Shutterstock is predominantly a subscription based microstock site, for [...]

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And Remember, Don’t Send Us Your Shots Taken From a Plane

I’ve counted 17 countries that I’ve been to in all, which on the brag scale isn’t a massive amount. However, I’ve flown in a lot of planes and virtually the only thing I enjoy about this form of travel is..

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