They should close. Shame what happened there.

It does seem odd to keep it there doesn't seem anything distinctive about it for buyers other than price perhaps. I suppose if it makes a profit then business strategists would say keep it but just don't spend any money on it which seems to be what they are doing.

What you could not put off upgrading your geriatric infrastructure another 8 years?

The bailing twine and duct tape must me giving way!

Agree, some of you newbies have no clue or history...Bigstock was a thriving site , It really was and it was one of the first.  Dawn and Tim the owners were great folks and had it all together before any of these wanna be sites. I worked for them for 3 + years. They paid better than anyone since. We had a caring educated Staff. filled with Photographers , Not kids Or pretend Reviewers. Tim double checked all Of us. They were the true Best of the Best. I'll always miss them And what the site has become.

basically....A joke. Shame not to many of you had the Privilege of knowing them and uploading there. SS paid good money. these guys started in there Bedroom with servers. Ya gotta love it. If they started a new site?....I would do everything I could to make it happen.They paid 50 Cents a DL in 2003. Unheard Of.

bigstock was founded in 2004. and you call people newbies who are in the game just as long as you. you talk from your backside

Alamy poll results are very relative. The results are coming most from microstockers that submit same photos also there. The real Alamy earners that submit ussual RM not on micros earn more. If they would also vive their earning Alamy would be even higher on the poll.