Below are the basics for each microstock agency, including cost of credits and payout to photographers.
1. istockphoto.com : cost of one credit = $1.
Sizes Sold: xsmall, small, medium,large,xlarge and xxlarge
Prices: 1 credit, 2 credits, 4 credits, 6 credits, 10 credits and 15 credits
Pay-out: Non-exclusive photographers = 20% of photo price
Exlusive photographers = 40% of photo [...]
Thought that I would jot down 2 blogs dedicated to microstock (both vastly superior to mine)
http://www.microstockdiaries.com/
http://microstockphoto.blogspot.com/
Both are terrific reads. I will add permanent links on the main page here when time permits.
I do my best to not copy any content or ideas from the blogs above-Â they are both a great source of info for [...]
Dreamstime is back up. Looks like they had a total downtime of 24 hours. No word on what hardware was at fault – (believe some of the service is hosted in Romania).
08/20/07 Edit:Â The good folks at dreamstime have let me now that the above info is incorrect.
They do not have any systems hosted in [...]
I was very pleased to login to my istockphoto account and see my first succesful sales!
Feels almost silly to be excited about an earnings of 2.48 (4 total sales)..  but one has to start somewhere.
I find the types of photos that sell in microstock always to be suprising. Of the 14 of my photos that [...]
Looks like Dreamstime is down due to a hardware failure.
Tried to access the site last night and could not bring up the page at all.
They are now announcing a hardware failure. Let’s hope that they can restore service quickly.
Very tough break for such a new player in the game. I’ll update with more as it [...]