This sounds like a good deal. We get the same or more than a sub dl, and the customer never actually downloads the image...the thumbnail appears in their ad thru the Facebook interface. And for some reason they don't have to pay for the image, even though we get paid. So that could encourage lots of usage.

Is someone here a Facebook advertiser, and can go and see the prices and how it works?

I think it is a smart move, getting in contact with a new group of customers via a well established platform.
Now all these small businesses will get to know shutterstock, and some might grow larger, and also they will spread the word to their customers and such knowledge of shutterstock will flow into a new network.

Smart move Shutterstock, much better than the google deal!

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Smart move Shutterstock, much better than the google deal!

Professionals deal with professionals 

Way better deal for us than the getty/google deal. We'll get paid for each use and people don't actually access the files, guess FB will pay SS and they collect for the "free" photos as part of their ad revenues. This is why SS is earning money and iStock is having a tough time. It sounds like a really workable way to take advantage of revenue opportunities.

I don't imagine many people buy photos to use on FB (I've collected from infringers who took work from my site for their FB pages, but don't see people actively seeking out stock for FB so this taps into a market that wasn't really there before). Since the uses are limited to thumbnails via the FB interface, it could lead people who want to use the image for other advertising over to SS to license photos they like for other non-FB marketing and advertising. Could be a win-win.

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Wonder if that's why I got a $2.48 SOD yesterday.

Doubt it, from the press release it sounds like royalties will probably be close to what you get for subs.  Probably below a dollar for most/all.

This is what I am saying, we are getting paid a pittance, and then our work is just going to be mass redistributed

These images should be going for SOD rates, not 25 cents.

SOD rates are a % of the sale price with no lower limits.

Why do you need to mention no lower limits, whilst there are also no upper limits? A SOD is a % of the sales price, period. You give a negative ring to everything by only mentioning parts of the truth. The lowest SOD I ever got was 80 cents, the highest so far reported was 231 dollar. That image had to be sold for at least 690 dollar considering the highest commission is 30%.

I think it is a great deal! Thanks SS. I am the first one when it comes to criticize a company, but this is a win-win. Finally we get (paid) access to the social networks.

This looks like a good deal and I want to say a big Thumbs Up to SS ...

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Images used in ads will be limited to digital sizes — often appearing as thumbnails — and unlike .. standard royalty-free license, use of the images is limited to Facebook. The images themselves are never downloaded by customers — they're incorporated into ads via the Facebook interface. Ads can be targeted based on "likes" or based on viewer demographic data such as age, gender and other factors. Facebook users have control over which ads they see.
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Time will show how this bears out but it clearly appears to be synergistic sales activity - FB is prime social media with lots of users and advertisers - and contributor interest seems to have been kept in mind.  SS core model is subscription based and this is positively aligned, so cant complain there.

Cheers SS!   

I am truly excited about this deal, and I just read this from the SS forum:

QuoteNews 12 Westchester's Tara Rosenblum did a great feature on Shutterstock the other day. Here is the video:

http://westchester.news12.com/news/picture-perfect-success-shutterstock-1.5924006

Each year Oringer holds a high stakes hack-a-thon where his 262 employees have 24 hours to brainstorm the company's next big idea. A company spokesperson says a big idea was born at this year's hack-a-thon, but for now, they're keeping it top secret.

My $$ are on the up, my latest batch seems to pick up sales already, I think might get a BME this month. I have to say, I am actually really excited and motivated again to submit to Shutterstock.

I have stopped uploading to all my agencies (except SS and 123) and replaced them with Symbiostock. So I am rid of all the low sellers, spend a lot less time uploading, get a lot more return for my time spent, plus I have a lot less headaches and frustrations. Win-win-win...

Microstock became a lot more fun again.

I wonder how long it will take for those advertisers to start using that service and how long it'll take for contributors to start seeing activity with this.

I haven't uploaded anything to there or anywhere since the last part of July since sale were/and still are stagnate for me.  If it does take off I might be half tempted to upload again.

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I wonder how long it will take for those advertisers to start using that service and how long it'll take for contributors to start seeing activity with this.

I haven't uploaded anything to there or anywhere since the last part of July since sale were/and still are stagnate for me.  If it does take off I might be half tempted to upload again.

only way to know looks like you will see an increase in the number of SOD's since that is where they are to show up.

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I wonder how long it will take for those advertisers to start using that service and how long it'll take for contributors to start seeing activity with this.

I have a Facebook ad account and just tested it. The option for stock photos is not available yet, at least on my end.

Huge potential. Smart thinking and could be seriously bad news for the rest of the big 4.

Like.

I love the fact that the sizes are really small as well

Talk about most of us having all our apples in one bushel (Basket)!  Shutter already makes 40% to 50% of my total income- just have to live with that fact...

Yes its not shutterstocks fault that they are streets ahead of the competition and moving further ahead - in the long run not a healthy state of affairs the others need to up their games.

Seems to be good news, it will be interesting to see how many come in and what royalty will actually be.  It is no different than having a designer buy an image to display in a banner add. The thumbnail size displayed is very small.

Lets hope that after waiting for the final results, we can congratulate SS for pushing this new idea.

It's not there just yet. Here is the screenshot when I tried to create an Ad from my FB business page, supposedly there is one more tab at the top.

Anyone know if this is live yet?  Had a .95 SOD sale yesterday, which is an amount I don't think I've seen before.

I'm really eager to see if this becomes big.  I think there's real potential here. 

It's so rare that an agency gives us something to get excited about.  SS seems to be the only one rolling out things that have the potential to be very good for us, as opposed to virtually every other agency bombarding us with changes that punish us for all the work we've done building their businesses.

Facebook advertisers will begin seeing the option to use Shutterstock images gradually over the next few weeks.

Have been looking for an answer to "When does this start?"

Found it here:
http://www.shutterstock.com/blog/2013/08/facebook/

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Facebook advertisers will begin seeing the option to use Shutterstock images gradually over the next few weeks.

Have been looking for an answer to "When does this start?"

Found it here:
http://www.shutterstock.com/blog/2013/08/facebook/

Yeah, I keep seeing the "over the next few weeks" quote in every article or blog post on the subject. 

To me, that means they're phasing it in so that some people may be seeing it now, and some may not for another week or two.  I think that's typically how a big site like Facebook rolls out new features.  Which means that we could start seeing strange SODs showing up any time now... and which made me wonder if yesterday's $.95 SOD was my first one.  Anyone else?

I ve had 80 cent SODs before

Had an .89 cent sale this morning. Haven't had that before.

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Anyone know if this is live yet?  Had a .95 SOD sale yesterday, which is an amount I don't think I've seen before.

I had a $0.95 SOD yesterday too. I've also had a few $3 SOD's over the last couple of days too.

Note how we've now been successfully conditioned to accept absolutely any amount in payment for a sale.  There are no more rules, price schedules, spelled-out royalty terms.  Payments to contributors are arbitrary, token amounts.  We compare them the way people at an airport gate might compare what they paid for a ticket.  I got 82 cents!  Woo hoo!  I wonder what it was for?

We don't even know what a 'sale' is, anymore. When Alamy gives an image to a customer and they use it for 3 months, then the 'sale' is cancelled - what was that transaction, exactly?   

I've been getting $.95 SODs for months.