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Agency Based Discussion => Dreamstime.com => Topic started by: Shelma1 on November 10, 2016, 10:46

Title: Dreamstime plays up free images and offers 5-cent DLs
Post by: Shelma1 on November 10, 2016, 10:46
Dreamstime has an entire website giving images away free?

And when you search for an image at stockfreeimages.com, you get a popup offering you one premium image per month for 5¢ which "renews at 5¢ per month" (a 5¢/month one-image "subscription").

Is this new?

http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/dreamstime-adds-10000-free-images-and-customer-experience-analytics---give-marketers-tools-to-help-images-go-viral-on-social-media-300360400.html (http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/dreamstime-adds-10000-free-images-and-customer-experience-analytics---give-marketers-tools-to-help-images-go-viral-on-social-media-300360400.html)
Title: Re: Dreamstime plays up free images and offers 5-cent DLs
Post by: Pixart on November 10, 2016, 11:36
They have always had a free site, a few years ago when we started getting the "this image has not been downloaded in...."  they automatically would send it to the free site until "we" fought back.  They changed it to a tick-box to donate and an option to pay re-keyword your photo or remove it. 

First I've heard of https://www.megapixl.com/ (https://www.megapixl.com/) though. 

I think Dreamstime has the option to donate it to the free site if it's not approved also don't they? 
Title: Re: Dreamstime plays up free images and offers 5-cent DLs
Post by: zsooofija on November 11, 2016, 19:35
I think Dreamstime has the option to donate it to the free site if it's not approved also don't they?

They do
Title: Re: Dreamstime plays up free images and offers 5-cent DLs
Post by: dpimborough on November 12, 2016, 17:18
Only a complete moron would give stuff away for free  though microstock is full of morons who would happily give stuff for free for the WOO YAY! I got published without a credit and without money being given to me ;D