Every image stock site has the people which have an access to the photo�s originals. This people � staff of the photobank , trusted staff. We made mistake with Deniss Kolesnikovs � he betrays our trust.
This his action � posting stolen images on Fotolia � of course is theft! But as result of this awful situation � we revise our staff, we have fired this stupid whipper-snapper who do not understand what is internet, what is serious business there!
We apologise� to all victims of it! And I would like to assure you that such awful situation is not possible for us in future!

They have 49% of StockExpert

Galastock:

Can you please answer some of the questions that have been posted?

What do you believe makes your site different from the many other sites out there?

In other words, what do you think will make your site stand out enough to withstand having the business go under?

It's very wide question and very hard to answer in couple of words� I think, we have to show differences for buyers � we have licensing policy without dividing images under one license (for example, S, L, XL and XXL sizes (and prices) under one (for example. Standard) license, we have 3 types of licenses � standard WEB, standard PRINT and EXTENDED with own prices ( the sizes of images for PRINT and EXTENDED are the same).
Chart of licenses
Also we have possibility for customers to buy only ONE image. (it is possible for logged user and for not logged , only price will slightly different).
It is just in couple of words...
We together - photographers and image stock - make common business - we sell photos to the customers, and I will very happy to hear your ideas and/or critique...

Hi, I am from GalaStock, my name is Valerijs. I have received invitation from this forum's user to take part in discussion here.
Short resume of discussion above - About fake sales - rubbish! About slow acceptance - true! Now we have upgraded and modernized our approval system (it becomes more fast).

I am ready to answer to your questions.