Author Topic: Bigstockphoto belongs to Shutterstock? (Read 2489 times)

alexandersr · « **on:** October 01, 2020, 09:44 »

I have a question, i don't know, but i believe Bigstockphoto belongs to Shutterstock. Do you know more about it?

trabuco · « **Reply #1 on:** October 01, 2020, 10:07 »

Yes.

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Bigstock y Big Stock Photo son marcas registradas de Shutterstock. Bigstockphoto es una marca de Shutterstock.
© 2004-2020 Todos los derechos reservados. - Bigstock®

cathyslife · « **Reply #2 on:** October 01, 2020, 10:41 »

For years now. Do a search here, I’m sure it was talked about when it happened. They even had a “bridge” so you could mirror your images on whichever site you weren’t already on.

alexandersr · « **Reply #3 on:** October 01, 2020, 11:27 »

Quote from: cathyslife on October 01, 2020, 10:41

For years now. Do a search here, I’m sure it was talked about when it happened. They even had a “bridge” so you could mirror your images on whichever site you weren’t already on.

Thanks, I dind't know it!

alexandersr · « **Reply #4 on:** October 01, 2020, 11:28 »

Quote from: trabuco on October 01, 2020, 10:07

Yes.

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Bigstock y Big Stock Photo son marcas registradas de Shutterstock. Bigstockphoto es una marca de Shutterstock.
© 2004-2020 Todos los derechos reservados. - Bigstock®

Thanks!

Noedelhap · « **Reply #5 on:** October 01, 2020, 14:22 »

If you Google "Bigstock", the first thing that pops up is "Owner: Shutterstock Inc."...

alexandersr · « **Reply #6 on:** October 01, 2020, 22:10 »

If Bigstock belong to Shutterstock they pay the same crap, and they reset every on jan 01?

trabuco · « **Reply #7 on:** October 02, 2020, 01:25 »

No, the minimum is 0.25. Don't know if they have levels but sales are very poor to me.

I use to have problems to submit when I send a lot of pictures (rejections for "file transfer error") and rejections with the same program that SS uses with stupid reasons.

Uncle Pete · « **Reply #8 on:** October 02, 2020, 09:52 »

Quote from: trabuco on October 02, 2020, 01:25

No, the minimum is 0.25. Don't know if they have levels but sales are very poor to me.

I use to have problems to submit when I send a lot of pictures (rejections for "file transfer error") and rejections with the same program that SS uses with stupid reasons.

LOL, yeah, even worse in some ways. (until now) If they had kept the bridge, I would have stayed with BS, just for whatever fell on me and the easy adding of photos, because I could upload once and forget about them. BS used to pay 50c minimum per download before the company was sold.

"New York, September 23, 2009 –Shutterstock, the world’s largest subscription-based stock photo agency, announced that it has acquired BigStockPhoto, a leading credit-based stock photo agency, headquartered in Davis, California. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed."

https://www.shutterstock.com/press/11153

Note: I didn't think of this until after I posted it. 25¢ is more than 10¢ ?

trabuco · « **Reply #9 on:** October 02, 2020, 10:40 »

Quote from: Uncle Pete on October 02, 2020, 09:52

Quote from: trabuco on October 02, 2020, 01:25
No, the minimum is 0.25. Don't know if they have levels but sales are very poor to me.

I use to have problems to submit when I send a lot of pictures (rejections for "file transfer error") and rejections with the same program that SS uses with stupid reasons.

LOL, yeah, even worse in some ways. (until now) If they had kept the bridge, I would have stayed with BS, just for whatever fell on me and the easy adding of photos, because I could upload once and forget about them. BS used to pay 50c minimum per download before the company was sold.

"New York, September 23, 2009 –Shutterstock, the world’s largest subscription-based stock photo agency, announced that it has acquired BigStockPhoto, a leading credit-based stock photo agency, headquartered in Davis, California. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed."

https://www.shutterstock.com/press/11153

Note: I didn't think of this until after I posted it. 25¢ is more than 10¢ ?

When the review problems started, I stopped uploading there. After the 0.10 stopped SS too.

I can sell for peanuts in IS if I want with 0 problems with my pictures. In fact, my rpd is higher there now, because almost all my pictures are selling under the 0.25 in SS.

Maybe AS or AL will work for me in the future, don't now. Not now.