BME in 12 days, onto $1k
Just a quick note, mainly for my own historical records. I passed my best month ever on Friday. That’s a best MONTH in only 12 days with 16 left this month. I am already at $844.10 which is nearly $55 over my previous BME. With Shutterstock and Dreamstime doing very well this month and Bigstock, 123 and Istock picking up just a little and even sites like GraphicLeftovers and 3dStudio just destroying all expectations, I’m going to FLY past $1000 this month. It will be (obviously) the first time I’ve …
February, Alamy and DIY lighting
Alamy has just busted out for me. Overnight I had $360 worth of sales. That’s more in one day than 13 agencies have done for me all time! Alamy will finally owe me a payout…
Bridge to Bigstock Program Q&A
I don’t normally go in search of news but when I heard about Bigstock and Shutterstock’s new “Bridge to Bigstock” initiative, I took some of my own and went and found answers to the questions I’m wondering (and hoped you would be wondering them too!)
Shutterstock, charity and the holidays
I don’t post a lot of the agency PR that comes across my email box anymore but this one caught my eye especially given the holiday (and giving) season.
Shutterstock has funded new water wells in the Amhara region of Northern Ethiopia to provide clean, safe drinking water. They partnered with charity: water to bring the wells. The following is an excerpt from the story on this project. See the whole Press Release here. Good job Shutterstock!
Clean water pours out of a well and Muche Alemu laughs as he reaches …
The problem with being me.
So I have a problem and I know it. I’m addicted to organization. How is this a problem? It means I can’t free flow and do the “right” thing – I have to do the organized thing. The way this relates to stock … (click read more!)
Shutterstock turns 7 (is that dog years?)
Shutterstock recently turned 7 years old!
Some highlights from Shutterstock’s press release:
Today, Shutterstock’s library has over 12 million stock images and more than 200,000 stock footage clips. The site is available in 10 languages to serve a worldwide community of image buyers, and a fast, accurate search engine ensures customers can quickly find the images they need.
July 2003: Shutterstock is founded by Jon Oringer, president and CEO, who uploads 30,000 stock photos to the site.
February 9, 2006: Shutterstock is the first among its competitors to …
Shutterstock search upgrades
Today Shutterstock announced that they are investing aggressively in search technology with a series of innovations in the first half of 2010.
Shutterstock’s recent search enhancements include:
Saved Search and Search Alerts, features that empower image buyers to track topics of interest easily and automatically. Customers can receive free e-mail notifications when new images match a saved search.
People Search, which identifies images based on the number of people in a photograph, as well as their gender, age, and ethnicity.
An improved Similar Images Search, which …
Photo Safari winner
Congratulations to John Batdorff of Chicago, Illinois, for winning Shutterstock?s 2010 Photo Safari Contest, sponsored by B&H Photo and Zozi!
Batdorff won a safari for two in South Africa, including three nights on safari at the Lions Sands River Lodge and three nights exploring Cape Town courtesy of Roar Africa, plus $2,000 which can be used towards airfare.
VERY nice photo for the win too!
I always mean to enter these things – and time gets away from me!? Congrats to everyone who entered and good luck in …
StockPhotoRights.com – Getty/Corbis/Shutterstock team up
Shutterstock announced today that it is a founding partner in Stockphotorights.com, an educational resource for image buyers backed by several major stock photo agencies.
Stockphotorights.com was created to educate image buyers regarding the legalities of image usage and to provide information and advice on how to license images with confidence. The site, which launched today, was created in response to a survey of image users that showed many gaps in legal understanding of picture licensing. Stockphotorights.com was built by Getty Images and …
Bigstock and 123RF redesigns
So by now most of you know that Bigstock is no longer BigstockPhoto and 123RF has also redesigned.? I’m surprised for a few reasons:
* Shutterstock (who owns Bigstock now) said the redesign proves they want to move forward with BSP.? What’s the idea of that?? Just keep stock photo buyers happy?? I like it but I wish they’d let us submit to one place and distribute on both networks.? I have many images on BSP that aren’t on SS – I’d like them combined.
* Both 123RF and Bigstock went for …
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