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 25, 2016
by Michael Jay Fotograf
Comments Off on The new iStock royalty scheme for 2017 is out. For non-exclusives.
Getty has sent out an announcement today with details about the long awaited change in their royalty system. The new system is to replace the Redeemed Credit (RC) system which was introduced five years ago to reduce the growing percentage … Continue reading
October 22, 2015
by Michael Jay Fotograf
Comments Off on Shutterstock with new Preview and Watermark
Shutterstock has just renewed their site and added a preview feature for customers that allows viewing a larger version of an image before downloading. Unfortunately the watermarking has some issues that need to be addressed quickly as in its current stage … Continue reading
January 7, 2015
by Michael Jay Fotograf
Comments Off on Another year has passed – thanks for 2014
Last year, I have written my look back to the first year of “independence” as well as an outlook to the second year at the end of January. As my exclusivity with iStock ran out at that time, it was logical. … Continue reading
October 2, 2014
by Michael Jay Fotograf
Comments Off on Is Ello a platform to be on for photographers?
You must have been sitting in a deep hole in Antarctica if you haven’t heard about Ello yet. There has been a lot of hype within the last week. So I thought it might be time for all those who … Continue reading