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Microstock Photography Forum - General => General Stock Discussion => Topic started by: hospitalera on August 04, 2006, 10:15
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Hi, I remember that there was a question earlier about how much you can earn with an affiliate program at the different sites… Here you go, if somebody finds more information feel free to post it here or if you have further questions pm me. All is well and recently researched but I can’t take any responsibility for correctness as the site politics may change J BTW these are all referral links, feel free to use them ;) SY
ShutterStock (http://tinyurl.com/l762p), 0.03US$ per download if the photographer/artist was referred by you – as long as these artist is a member of SS !!! Best affiliate/referral program in the trade J
123rf (http://tinyurl.com/jzfmj): for 1 year 15% of every purchase of a buyer referred by you and for 6 months between 0.03US$ and 2.00US$ (depending on license) for every image sold by an artist who was referred by you.
Fotolia (http://tinyurl.com/ew3ok),10 % commission on sales and 15 % on purchases, no time limit!
GimmeStock (http://tinyurl.com/zbbnu), referral by email or try to make your own link out of a referral email sent to your good self ;) For each download made from the person you referred 0.01 US$ will be credited into your account. So if some of your friends join GS and 30.000 downloads are made from their images, that might be the friends that will help you buy some new gear!
CanStock (http://tinyurl.com/kt8x4): For 6 months and up to $50 you can earn 10% of a referred member's purchases and $5 for every 50 photos a referred photographer sells. If they become a photographer and purchases photos, you can earn double commission!
BigStock (http://tinyurl.com/emwru): 25% of buyers first credit purchase and 5US$ when new photographer hits 75 approved photos.
Dreamstime (http://tinyurl.com/zfx2q), 5US$ instantly for putting a badge on your website (pending approval), during 6 months you’ll get 10% for all sales a referee of yours makes.
Featurepics (http://tinyurl.com/jm4yf), will pay 1.5% for referring an Artist whose image has been sold and 1.5% for referring a Buyer. The total referral fees are 3% per Image. Timelimit?
xiStock (http://tinyurl.com/fxuuz), For each successful referred buyer iStockphoto pays US$5. You have to enrol in this program from your account.
Imagevortex (http://tinyurl.com/j7hjv), requires separate registration, free with a company called sharesale, which manages the referral program on behalf of IV and depending approval of your website, you can get 10% of all image purchases made by referred buyers for 90 days following the first website visit.
Stockxpert (http://tinyurl.com/gqfaq), 10% of the value of each credit purchase that has been made by customers who came through ads from your website(s) if they make a purchase within 30 days of their arrival. This only applies to new customers, and only for the first 3 months of their membership. Also here you need to have a website and apply separately for this affiliate program from your account.
Not a micro stock site, but a place where you can sell products with your design without any upfront cost, for the basic shop. Give it a try, it’s really easy: CafePress (http://tinyurl.com/e693t) Generally, Affiliates can earn up to 20% commission on each sale of a Qualifying Product in accordance with the Affiliate Commission Schedule. Additionally, Affiliates can also earn up to 5% of the base price for each product sold by a referred Shopkeeper in accordance with the Affiliate Commission Schedule (for one year).
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shutterstock (http://submit.shutterstock.com/?ref=60535) has a two year life on affiliates. fotolia (http://www.fotolia.co.uk/partner/39857) has a 5 year lilfe for affiliates.
Therefore fotolia (http://www.fotolia.co.uk/partner/39857)program is better but the sales volume at shutterstock (http://submit.shutterstock.com/?ref=60535) makes it better. I am actually getting my most referal income from dreamtime (http://www.dreamstime.com/res125558) but unfortunately that only has a 6 month life as you mention above.
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I note you are using tinyurl.com. Is it worth it. If the site goes dead, you will have lots of dead links.
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regarding ShutterStock (http://tinyurl.com/l762p), quote from their website: "Make money by referring other photographers! If you sign up a photographer - that photographer will receive $0.25 on their photo downloads - and you will receive $0.03 on their downloads! You could make money by merely promoting the Shutterstock Submit Program! All you have to do is have them visit the link customized for your account below. A cookie will be stored on their computer so that they could sign up within 30 days - and you will still receive credit! As long as they continue to be a member, you will continue to make money off of their photos!" And regarding tinyurl.com: I keep track where I have links/signatures, I agree it is a risk, but you save so much space and in case they go dead I just replace the links in my signature, posts themselves have a really short "shelf live" ;) SY
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A correction to your figures I was comparing it to my table in my guide.
Bigstock 35% of credit sales (http://www.bigstockphoto.com/affiliates.html)
A typo on their part they mention 35% twice and in the last bit say 25% though 35% of $40 = $14
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Shutterstock may seem the best. Unfortunately most referrals never make it as far as having a portfolio. I have more than 100 referrals now between all agencies. 11 on Shutterstock: only 1 has been approved as a photographer. 15 referrals on Fotolia (13 confirmed): 10 have portfolios, 6 already had sales (commission for me).
BigStockPhoto with their $5 photog fee has only yielded one payout (out of 24 sign-ups), Dreamstime pays out regularly. CanStock's affiliate program SUCKS, because it's basically impossible (unless you're grab a top photog) to get 50 sales on that site within 5 months (takes about two weeks for a batch to be approved and lowest sales of any agency). 123RF: have one referral so far with a portfolio but he's got no sales, StockXpert: haven't been approved as an affiliate.