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Microstock Photography Forum - General => General Stock Discussion => Topic started by: redfig on December 12, 2007, 15:22
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Hi
If you could only choose one Microstock Site . ???
which one would it be
I think mine would be Shutterstock
All the very best
Redfig
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Probably iStock. If it keeps doing as well as now I might go exclusive.
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mine will be DT. But I am very new to the microstocksites. 3 month only and I am not yet on Shutterstock.
vphoto
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Shutterstock
2nd place would be StockXpert.
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Shutter , for me it still beats all others together
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Right now? IS. I used to run my mouth totally against being exclusive..... Sometimes with IS.. I now think about it.... not a lot...but once in awhile I wonder about it... I would have never considered it my first year in micros.
2nd would be SS
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shutterstock.
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That's a tough one. It's between Istock and Shutterstock, but I'd lean toward Istock.
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Shutterstock in a heartbeat.
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At the moment, IS. There are real advantages being exclusive there. DT could be an alternative. Not SS, since I'm not sure about the long term potential of subscription prices.
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No hesitation: Lucky Oliver, very tranquil site, no stress. ???
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No hesitation: Lucky Oliver, very tranquil site, no stress. ???
And no sales.
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Hmm, IS is my best earner, even with a smaller portfolio due to picky inspection and not having my illustrations there, so I guess it should be my first choice.
I would like to pick StockXpert however, I think it's more fair in technical rejections and the earnings per image are much more decent. Subs sales however may change this picture.
Regards,
Adelaide
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IS is:
my best earner by far,
where I started,
where I learned the most,
and will be going exclusive on february... so yes, IS is the one I choose.
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dreamstime
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I already did. ;D IS.
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ShuttersTime.
Tough choice to be honest. SS and DT are so different and me thinks they attract different customers, and are not competitive to each other. IS gives me bad vibes. I'd hate to leave BigStock, so... no.
Some choices in life are impossible to make.
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I would like to say Shutterstock. They are a joy to upload to, they get images to market fast, and they have a very fair search engine.
But honestly, after the iStockphoto announcement of increased prices, I would have to lean in their direction. They generally beat Shutterstock in monthly earnings for my portfolio, and "25 to 30 cents per image" is going to look awfully poor in comparison to iStock one month from now. Hopefully the subscription sites start to value the images we produce a bit higher.
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StockXpert or LO. They are the only sites that haven't pissed me off at one time or another. LOL
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Shutterstock for sheer professionalism, and my biggest earner by far.
Then SX (if they will ever pay me, when are they getting Paypal sorted?).
I have a real soft spot for Bigstock. When I first started out they were the most helpful site, the reviewers even sending me emails with pointers and tips. Their encouragement meant a great deal.
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StockXpert or LO. They are the only sites that haven't pissed me off at one time or another. LOL
Same here Karimala :D
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Fotolia
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istock
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Istock hands down.
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Gecko
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what is Gecko ?
vphoto
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for the time being I am not thinking of going exclusive but if I had to choose one it would be IS
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Without a shadow of a doubt Shutterstock better income and not all the rubbish going on there...
this time last year I would have said IS but not now ?? no way!!
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I have a real soft spot for Bigstock. When I first started out they were the most helpful site, the reviewers even sending me emails with pointers and tips. Their encouragement meant a great deal.
I agree with that.... Bigstock has been great in every way for me except the important one... sales. If I could pull in the sales that I do with IS.. it would be BigStock. Easier upload process, higher acceptance. 8)=tom
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Definitely iStock for me. They have been my top earner by a huge margin and I have learned the most from them. Luckily I get very few rejections these days but when I do, 9 times out of 10 I agree with it. I don't get any of that "we have too many of this subject" nonsense like some other sites.
I still have no intention of going exclusive any time soon though.
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iStock without a shadow of a doubt.
SS would be last on my list. I think they're great - but I don't think they are a good investment for the future.
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SS would be last on my list. I think they're great - but I don't think they are a good investment for the future.
Agreed 100%!!!
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Well I went exclusive with iStock about a year ago, but due to the fact I wasn't allowed to sell 3D models on Turbosquid (why?), and rejections for IMO no good reasons, I went the other way again.
I did appeal the rejections to Scout but half of those I never heard of again, due to the amount of images in the que I think.
I couldn't work on an image for 3 or 4 days to have my sole stock company say its not suitable for stock. A no brainer really, had to go back to being non exclusive, and glad I did. Especially after all the server problems at iStock.
But if pushed to go exclusive again, for the money it would be iStock, but I do like Dreamstime, just love the level increase on popular images.
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For the money, IS has been the best for me.
For ease of use it would have to be Dreamstime. I love that site...
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Dreamstime or iStock for me. ShutterStock can't be my first choice because I can't "feed the beast" often enough to get really good sales there. When my SS sales fall off (as they are now), I still get consistent sales on DT and IS with old stuff. The upload limits on IS are a pain so I would probably push DT ahead of them if I really had to make a choice.
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IS. It's a better investment for the long term. "Feed the beast" analogy is true for SS.
OK, here is my ideal microstock site:
* IS for consistency, detailed Web interface and market(ing) power
* SS for the number of sales
* Bigstock for per DL prices (it may change with IS's 2008 price policy)
* LO for the behaviour and kind responses of the reviewers
* All major ones except IS for unlimited (almost) ULs
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Dreamstime or IStock, the edge might go to IStock after the price increase announcement. Really like the people over at LO but just no sales, hoping for the best for them. I agree with what a lot of people say about SS, you have constantly feed them and their royalty per download is starting to look just too low.
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Dreamstime for me.
Great interface and steady reliable sales.
Tough on acceptance though, but when your images are up they stand a real good chance.
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$hutter$tock
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Fotolia ;D
I like Shutterstock but as someone already mentioned, it is not a good investment for the future, you need to keep uploading if you dont want your sales to drop and that is not good.
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iStock without a shadow of a doubt.
SS would be last on my list. I think they're great - but I don't think they are a good investment for the future.
Agree.
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I actually like Lucky Oliver but the sales is really disappointing....i am wondering why?? ::)
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My choice is UltimateMicroStock08.
No, that one doesn't exist yet. But we get so much satisfaction chasing the next outlet I vote for our never ending search for perfection.
Maybe next year a new site will pop up that will have EVERYTHING we want and NOTHING we hate.
Happy 2008 everybody!
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The one I like the most for now is Stockxpert. If the sales was consistent like Istock was (not the case for me and my little portfolio), I will choose them.
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iStock without a shadow of a doubt.
SS would be last on my list. I think they're great - but I don't think they are a good investment for the future.
I agree about ss, I dont see them as long term.
Based on sales it would have to istock they are 33% of total stock income with less than a quarter of my images and I would get the advantages of exclusive but I like dt better :)
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My choice is Shutterstock. The best.
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Without question it would be iStock.
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only fotolia here i earn the most money
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Shutterstock