February 2, 2017
by Michael Jay Fotograf
Comments Off on Shutterstock “testing” new price plans
In a forum post, Shutterstock has announced they are “testing” (a rather common way of saying “introducing”) new price plans for some of their customers. The new packages come in between the customers who are only occasionally shopping for images and … Continue reading
January 8, 2017
by Michael Jay Fotograf
Comments Off on Sales List at Shutterstock with Locations
In a few groups I saw people posting screen shots of their latest sales at Shutterstock, listing them with locations. As this looked cool, I looked for how to do that. Two contributors have taken the effort to write Greasemonkey … Continue reading
April 20, 2016
by Michael Jay Fotograf
Comments Off on The 500px price cut and the microstock hypocrites
A few weeks ago, photo community and marketplace 500px announced a very steep price cut to their royalty payments. I didn’t feel the need to cover this in my blog as I dropped almost all “news” around here since it is … Continue reading
March 26, 2014
by Michael Jay Fotograf
Comments Off on iStock asks exclusive contributors for files to move to Main
In preparation of the subscription program, iStock has decided to start another round of moving files between collections. According to some reports, images were moved between the higher priced collections. Some people seem to be confused about the reasons behind … Continue reading
June 17, 2013
by Michael Jay Fotograf
Comments Off on The Danish are taking over iStockphoto
As you will know from recent news (and as I have written about in the past), Yuri Arcurs has decided to take his images exclusively with the Getty Images family, including their microstock agency iStockphoto. As a first result, his … Continue reading