Hey Folks, Got an email that was supposedly from fine art of america but I believe it's a major shame! Becareful! Here is what they finally asked me via my message box in FAA system. 

Mr Ut might have all his microstock accounts closed now 

https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/19/style/napalm-girl-world-press-photo-nick-ut-hnk-intl

In my local news (Seattle) just now folks

https://komonews.com/news/local/getty-images-shutterstock-visual-content-company-photography-copyright-photos-stock-nyse-merger-acquisition#

Recently, someone asked me what is the future of microstock since I've been in this business for 15 years. I told them to close their eyes and tell me what they see. They responded that they see nothing---Thus I walked away without answering them since they already answered their own question--"Nothing"

Here are my personal Crappers (Let's exclude AS, SS, iStock and Stocksy since they can make money):

1. Zoonar
2. 123RF
3. Envato
4. Crestock
5. Pantermedia
6. MostPhotos
7. EyeEM
8. Creative Market

I no longer do business with these companies. I flushed these turds down the toilet a while back.

I am so excited now!

We’re excited to share that we’ve upgraded our site to enhance page load speeds, ensuring a faster and smoother experience for your customers. This improvement also addresses loading issues for shops with large catalogues (over 38k+ items).

What’s New?

To achieve these enhancements, we have adjusted the sorting features within seller accounts for large catalogues. While manual sorting is no longer available for these large inventories, this change guarantees that pages now load successfully.

We appreciate your continued support as we improve our platform. If you have any questions or need assistance, please contact support through our Help Center or reach us at shops@creativemarket.com.

Thank you for being a valued part of our community!

Best regards,

The Creative Market Shop Team

Speaking for myself --my best year was in 2017 and since then it continues to drop even though I keep submitting new images.

Hey Folks,

FYI

Dear Contributor,
Isolated logos and vectors of logos are unacceptable and cannot be accepted for commercial or editorial use. Do not submit this type of content in the future. For more information visit the Known Image Restrictions List: https://support.submit.shutterstock.com/s/article/Known-Image-Restrictions-Brands-and-Trademarks?language=en_US .

Here is what you need to make to afford a comfortable life on the west coast--- you better upload a lot to be able to afford it here. Probably half of us (including me) cannot make it here.

SEATTLE — Emerald City residents need to earn more income to "comfortably afford" a home than locals in any other major metro nationwide outside of California.

Seattle-based Zillow released an affordability report on Thursday, finding there are seven major housing markets where a household’s income must be $200,000 or more "to comfortably afford a typical home." And yes, you guessed it, Seattle made the list.

Seattle residents must make $213,984 annually to "comfortably afford" a home, according to Zillow. The most expensive four U.S. markets are in California: San Jose ($454,296), San Francisco ($339,864), Los Angeles ($279,250) and San Diego ($273,613), Zillow said. Following Seattle are New York City ($213,615) and Boston ($205,253).