tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32686914971145934132012-02-16T18:42:33.782ZNews, Reviews, Info and Links to Editorial, Creative, and Web Publishing Photography Stock Content (Microstock) SitesBob Davieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17751491577676355373noreply@blogger.comBlogger51100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3268691497114593413.post-37884034082479318262008-05-31T01:39:00.007+01:002008-06-02T08:26:56.201+01:00

Fotolia has just advised their contributors by email of their intention to adopt the subscription system already in place at some of their competitors. 23 – 30 credit according to your rank would be the contributor's earning for each photo sold.Rapid ResponseThe response on the Fotolia forums has been pretty rapid with mainly indignation at the discount strategy. Three main reactions appear on

Christellenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3268691497114593413.post-88465114581008289272008-05-15T15:31:00.005+01:002008-05-15T16:16:12.336+01:00

There seem to be a few main types of stock-photo contributors on the microstock sites, and I've been thinking a lot about how each of these types of people go about maximising their ROI (Return on Investment).I've broken down the types of contributors into a few basic groups, I'm sure I'll be missing something here, but hopefully I've got the basics together.Who's Competing for Sales?I've split

Bob Davieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17751491577676355373noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3268691497114593413.post-61866696943916272032008-05-14T13:16:00.003+01:002008-05-14T14:06:08.996+01:00

iStockPhoto are a massive player in the microstock industry, they claim to be the fastest growing in the world, though you would be hard pressed to find a microstock site which does not make either this, or some such similar claim.One thing is certain, they have clout (that's power and/or influence for those of you not familiar). Based out of Canada, iStockPhoto are since 2006 owned by Getty

Bob Davieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17751491577676355373noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3268691497114593413.post-22378498930822941222008-05-13T13:01:00.003+01:002008-05-13T13:29:17.932+01:00

Fotolia are probably the biggest Microstock agency in the world (they certainly make this claim), originally started in France, and now based out of New York, they're big enough to be highly selective in the images they host, and to have a massive library (3.6 million at last count.)I've been on Fotolia for a good few months now, I've still not many images hosted with them, as most of the shots I

Bob Davieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17751491577676355373noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3268691497114593413.post-17518378987081472572008-05-12T10:32:00.015+01:002008-05-12T11:13:19.795+01:00

YAY Micro is a new Microstock service based out of Oslo, Norway. It was setup by former employees of Scanpix, a large scandinavian provider of both Editorial and Creative content.It's hard to say at the moment how many images are on YAY Micro as they're not due to launch until June'08, although they've been open for submissions from contributors for a couple of months.Their pricing model is

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