Very good idea. I have always wonder if some of the small sites are honest.

* Only whitelisted users can contribute  This is what is on the Wemark web site today..Something has a smell to this ? Dose this mean you have to buy their coins to upload ? They did not mention this earlier ?  Also no ability to see website yet.

This is what I think. Buyers are lazy. Buyers get use to one site and buy on that site. They don't shop around. To much time and way to much work for them to shop around. I don't like the low prices but I say to you all please leave Istock. Shut down your account in protest.  For me I still get a good monthly check even with the few 2 cent sales. I even still pick up pennies on the street when I see one....... W.Scott McGill

Mike Snaps, not sure about block chain but I will give you an idea that might work. Work on AI and find out what the customer wants before the customer knows what they want. Talk to Facebook I think they are selling this kind of info. Although I think Zuck is in for a ride next week with congress.

I increased about 32%, from roughly $132,000 in 2016 to around $175,000 in 2017.

Let's hope 2018 goes just as well.

Stock Guy 101 , can you up load a link to one of your sites. Your numbers are really good. I would love to see your work . I am guessing it is top shelf. My numbers/revenue  where virtually the same as last year with an increase of 500 images and a handful of videos. .

I have about 1000 photos on Eyeem and have been their for three years. I  have had four sales. Most of my portfolio has been selected for the premium. Needless to say I don't up load their anymore. For me a waste of time.

Mantis I just put in a 500 dollar payout request myself today. In past Bigstock was always slow on paying but I always got it in a month or two. They do have a problem on replying back by e-mail. Seems they just don't reply back. If you want to get their attention and this dose work....If you don't get action let them know your are going to make a written complaint to the New York Attorney General.

Yes I can answer this about log in in to Big Stock. I just spent an hour talking to them this morning. I had two accounts with them one set up many years ago with 10 images and one with over 4000 images. They closed down the 4000 image account. Apparently it you do use your account much they are shutting them down. The 4000 image account I upload 5-10 images a week. They shut this down by mistake I guess, the good account. After talking to them on the phone , and yes they did not answer my e-mail to support. My account is now able to log in. All my images are gone hopefully they will come back. I guess if the images don't come back it is less stressful to just stop on BigStock. When trying to solve this problem they will not let you talk to the support team that actually works on the image account. I had to talk to an operator and she then talks to support. I am guessing their support is in India or Middle East. 

I have about 3500 images with Canstock. I may sell 50 images a year...that is a good year. I sell around 10,000 images a year on other sites....Canstock is really a poor stock company and I would not worry about rejected images. W.Scott McGill

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I think this went to court in 2008
A federal jury on Friday ordered a Boston University graduate student who admitted illegally downloading and sharing music online to pay $675,000 to four record labels.
Joel Tenenbaum, of Providence, admitted in court that he downloaded and distributed 30 songs. The only issue for the jury to decide was how much in damages to award the record labels.
Under federal law, the recording companies were entitled to $750 to $30,000 per infringement. But the law allows as much as $150,000 per track if the jury finds the infringements were willful. The maximum jurors could have awarded in Tenenbaum's case was $4.5 million.
Jurors ordered Tenenbaum to pay $22,500 for each incident of copyright infringement, effectively finding that his actions were willful. The attorney for the 25-year-old student had asked the jury earlier Friday to "send a message" to the music industry by awarding only minimal damages.

Sold my wall street stock and made 2200 profit in less than 24 hours.....I will take that....but I do think this photo mode from Kodak will work...Right now photo stock shooters who is getting you money on your lost stolen photo work.  Most likely you don't even know what is stolen, I do not know what has been stolen from me, but have always wonder about low tier agencies. Now with programs out their that will remove watermarks even more stolen works in future.   Kodak will not care how the public receives them as long as them make money for their wall street stock and for there new photo stock shooters. If they sell their bit coin to the open market it most likely will go up in value. Word on the street the Kodak coin may sell as soon as Feb.

Here is my thoughts. I think Kodak has a brand that has not been lost just out of work. Their brand name is still top shelf.  With this new block chain currency people will react with excitement. All the stock agencies will pay Kodak a finders commission to have their images policed. When Kodak finds infringements on images the stock companies and image owners will get a bitcoin type payment. Photographers and Stock Agencies will like the payment in this type of bit coin because in principal value may increase in time. Kodak Stock should go to the moon with this new business model..Just watch....you heard it first here. W.Scott McGill