Photographers considering other sites need to determine how they will compare with iStock. In an attempt to learn more about comparative sales, I decided to use the same keywords to search several sites, order the images by number of downloads and count the total number of downloads for the 100 most downloaded images.
Moodboard has just launched moodboard unlimited, which allows customers to set the price they will pay for an image. Any amount, no matter how low, will get them a 300 dpi file suitable for printing 8.5 inches x 11 inches.
Prediction: more revenue will be generated by the licensing of microstock than through the licensing of traditional single image RF (TRF) before the end of 2010.
Photographers and stock agencies are polarized between those who favor traditional marketing methods and those who favor microstock. Each side can learn from the other.
Many of the worlds most experienced and successful stock photographers - ones with high six-figure annual revenues are considering putting some of their best quality images on microstock sites as a test. But they often find it difficult to get the microstock companies to accept them.
Photographers should always do everything possible to create images of highest quality. But just because they've worked hard to produce a stock image, used high-priced talent and expensive sets, doesn't mean they can charge more.
Reuters has reported that when Getty Images' deadline for bids closed on Feb. 4, there was at least one takeover offer. It was unclear how firm the offer (or offers) were and whether they were for all or parts of the company.
Index Stock contributors have been telling Stock Artists Alliance (SAA) they are now receiving royalty payments that exactly match the statements they received from former comptroller Carlos Santos in November.
In the quarterly conference call to investors Getty Images CEO Jonathan Klein provided three reasons for why average prices were down about 10% for Q4 and the full year.