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Bigstock just announced a free photo library.  Details here:

http://www.bigstockphoto.com/free-photo-library.html

From what I can see reading their announcement, this is geared toward website owners.  They can add the free collection to their website and offer the free photos to their clients/visitors, who can then search the BigStock paid image collection if they don't find what they want in the free section. 

Hopefully this move is designed to bring in new paying image buyers.  123, StockXpert, and Dreamstime all manage to have free sites or sections without undercutting their paid collections. 

But I would appreciate some further information about how this affects contributors.  Where did they get these free images?  Are they the free images of the week lots of us have donated over the years? 

I have donated free images on other sites to boost my portfolio visibility and would probably do the same at BigStock if promoting the paid collection is the ultimate goal. 

Anyone have more details about this?

The notice is on their Home page.

-Larry

I just emailed Joseph at BigStock on this new Free Library deal, I'm hoping to get a respond with more info soon...I'll update on the specifics of this matter

Best regards.

It's an Iframe. Not really usable for a designer. It's more like a glorified product placement then. A designer wants to incorporate the shot. As to freebies: forget it that it will drive your sales. Freebies are downloaded like hell, and I do it too. I never look at who made the shot. I heard the same from others.

I found the answer for you. Log in and go to ALERTS area on your account.
The forum is the last place to look for any answers.

-Larry

I googled and Found one of my Free Images that I never gave away! At least I do not remember ever giving it away.

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.bigstockphoto.com/thumbs/9/7/6/large/679632.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.bigstockphoto.com/photo/view/679632&usg=__QQxCXBKIQw-W2Zhs4QdjCEmIC48=&h=208&w=370&sz=20&hl=en&start=84&tbnid=o0b8Ln27xXjmqM:&tbnh=69&tbnw=122&prev=/images%3Fq%3DMilwaukee%2BSkyline%26start%3D63%26ndsp%3D21%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN%26ie%3DUTF-8

Hmmmmm?

-Larry

It is listed on the google search as a free image, but not on the link. You could do the google search yourself and find it. Search for Milwaukee skyline.

-Larry

Lisa thanks for the info. I am happy that BigStock is making a push. I have always thought they are a good agency and like working with them.

CB

You may be correct on this. I do not know.

On the link posted previously, go to it again and at the top of the page click on "Back to image results" and you will see the original google page. My image is in the bottom row near the center.

Thanks!

-Larry

You and Adelaide are both most likely correct on this.

Thanks a bunch to both of you.

-Larry

BigStock is now offering a free image library that you can easily place inside of your own website in 10 minutes.

Your site users will have access to hundreds of totally free images, downloadable from inside your website. If they decide to buy other images from BigStock, you'll earn 35% commission on every new customer sale.

It's a great value add for hosting sites, marketing sites, blog sites, community sites, art and design sites, creative sites, educational sites, etc.

Get started now: BigStockPhoto Free Photo Library

copied the above from my alert messages on bigstock.  they are offering commissions from resulting referral sales.  is that worthwhile?

That wave seems movements out of despair to sell. Obviously, that's bad for the photographers and, in my opinion, is bad for these agencies as well.

As I mentioned earlier ... the forum is the last place to look.

-Larry