March 24, 2017
by Michael Jay Fotograf
Comments Off on Shutterstock shows sudden knee-jerk reaction on similar content
For some time now, and especially last year, there was a series of complaints brought forward by contributors about others pushing their serial images into searches and such blocking existing and other new content coming in. There certainly has been … Continue reading
February 22, 2017
by Michael Jay Fotograf
Comments Off on New iStock/Getty ESP sales reports are the least transparent report you will ever see
“Increasing transparency” was what Getty Images announced in their second unification newsletter for iStock on November 15 of last year. Now the first report is available in their ESP system. You can download it as PDF which in my case … Continue reading
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
October 27, 2016
by Michael Jay Fotograf
Comments Off on 6 other places to sell your photos online
There have been some discussions about the possibilities we as photographers and stock photo contributors have when agencies make changes to our disadvantage. I often hear “well, we don’t have much choice, do we?”, sometimes hidden behind other reasoning. Well, while … Continue reading
August 19, 2016
by Michael Jay Fotograf
Comments Off on From Zero to $100 a month with microstock in 2016
It’s been more than two years since I wrote How to make $200 from Shutterstock, iStockphoto or Fotolia?, my most read post up to date. A lot of little changes happened in those two years that add up. The libraries in … Continue reading