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Microstock Photography
Microstock photography, also known as micropayment photography, is a part of the stock photography industry. What defines a company as a microstock photography company is that they (1) source their images almost exclusively via the Internet, (2) do so from a wider range of photographers than the traditional stock agencies (including a willingness to accept images from amateur photographers and hobbyists), and (3) sell their images at a very low rate (from US$0.20 to $10 in the US) for a royalty-free (RF) image. A number of microstock sites also sell vector art, and some sell audio (music) files, Flash animations and video as well as images. History The pioneer of microstock photography was Bruce Livingstone, who created iStockphoto, originally a free stock photo site that quickly became an industry phenomenon. Livingstone sold iStockphoto to Getty Images in February 2006 for 50 million. Many other sites sprang up in the years after iStockphoto's inception. Some of the larger ones ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stock Photography
Stock photography is the supply of photographs which are often licensed for specific uses. The stock photo industry, which began to gain hold in the 1920s, has established models including traditional macrostock photography, midstock photography, and microstock photography. Conventional stock agencies charge from several hundred to several thousand US dollars per image, while microstock photography may sell for around US$25 cents. Professional stock photographers traditionally place their images with one or more stock agencies on a contractual basis, while stock agencies may accept the high-quality photos of amateur photographers through online submission. Themes for stock photos are diverse, although Megan Garber of ''The Atlantic'' wrote in 2012 that "one of the more wacky/wondrous elements of stock photos is the manner in which, as a genre, they've developed a unifying editorial sensibility. To see a stock image is... to ''know'' you're seeing a stock image." Historically nota ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BigStockPhoto
Bigstock is an online royalty-free, international microstock photography website that sells images via a credit-based system. Bigstock's photos, vectors and illustrations cost from between 1 and 6 credits each, depending on size, with credits ranging from $.90 to US$3.00.Eric A. Taub"When Are Photos Like Penny Stocks? When They Sell" ''New York Times'', June 5, 2007 BigStockPhoto was founded in Davis, California, in the fall of 2004. Bigstock adds to its library every day as photographers and designers from around the world submit their work. As of June 2015, Bigstock had more than 25 million royalty-free images (photos, vectors and illustrations) available. – Stats released on website On September 23, 2009, Bigstock announced that it had been purchased by |
WebMediaBrands
Mecklermedia (formerly Internet.com LLC, Jupitermedia Inc., Mediabistro Inc. and WebMediaBrands Corporation) was a U.S.-based corporation. The original WebMediaBrands was established in 1994, and headquartered in New York. Founded by Alan M. Meckler and Tristan Louis, the company provides business-to-business (B2B) services for creative, business and information technology professionals, including recruitment and event promotion. Until 2014, the company also operated a group of websites aimed towards the B2B market—particularly blogs covering various aspects of the media industry. In August 2014, Mediabistro sold its editorial properties to Prometheus Global Media, a subsidiary of Guggenheim Partners, for $8 million. The company announced it would liquidate itself on December 22, 2015 History In 1994, Alan Meckler, then CEO of Mecklermedia, created MecklerWeb as an addendum to his offerings in print (''Virtual Reality World'', ''CDrom World'', and ''Internet World'') an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jupitermedia
Mecklermedia (formerly Internet.com LLC, Jupitermedia Inc., Mediabistro Inc. and WebMediaBrands Corporation) was a U.S.-based corporation. The original WebMediaBrands was established in 1994, and headquartered in New York. Founded by Alan M. Meckler and Tristan Louis, the company provides business-to-business (B2B) services for creative, business and information technology professionals, including recruitment and event promotion. Until 2014, the company also operated a group of websites aimed towards the B2B market—particularly blogs covering various aspects of the media industry. In August 2014, Mediabistro sold its editorial properties to Prometheus Global Media, a subsidiary of Guggenheim Partners, for $8 million. The company announced it would liquidate itself on December 22, 2015 History In 1994, Alan Meckler, then CEO of Mecklermedia, created MecklerWeb as an addendum to his offerings in print (''Virtual Reality World'', ''CDrom World'', and ''Internet World'') an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
StockXpert
stock.xchng (also known as SXC) was a website providing free-to use stock photography and illustrations, its name being a reduced version of "stock exchange" (meaning the exchange of stock photography, and a play on the term stock exchange). The site was launched in February 2001 by Peter Hamza, and allows users to contribute, share and download high-resolution photographs and illustrations free of charge. Contributors are encouraged to submit material to enhance their photography career through wider public exposure. In 2009, the site had over 2,500,000 registered users (1,000,000 in the USA alone) and more than 400,000 photos. Until 2009 it operated parallel to its sister site, Stockxpert.com, until the site's parent company, Jupiterimages, was purchased by Getty Images, and the site is now tied in with the iStock library of paid images. Since its acquisition by Getty Images in 2014, the site was renamed FreeImages in 2014 and the web address now redirects to a freeimages.com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shutterstock
Shutterstock is an American provider of stock photography, stock footage, stock music, and editing tools; it is headquartered in New York. Founded in 2003 by programmer and photographer Jon Oringer, Shutterstock maintains a library of around 200 million royalty-free stock photos, vector graphics, and illustrations, with around 10 million video clips and music tracks available for licensing. Originally a subscription site only, Shutterstock expanded beyond subscriptions into a la carte pricing in 2008. It has been publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange since 2012. History Founding and early years (2003–2011) Shutterstock was founded in 2003 by American entrepreneur and computer programmer Jon Oringer. Creating his own online marketplace, Oringer initially uploaded 30,000 of his own stock photos and made them available via subscription, with unlimited downloads and a monthly starting fee of US$49. When demand exceeded his photo supply, he began hiring additional co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dreamstime
DreamsTime.com is an online royalty-free microstock provider based in Brentwood, Tennessee. History The company started in the year 2000 as a website selling royalty-free images and was redesigned as a “community enabled” microstock provider in 2004, entering the market after its rivals iStock and Shutterstock. According to Nashville Business Journal, the company had sales approaching $10 million on the year 2007 with revenue growing expected to grow to $15 million in 2008. Their image database consisted of 25 million files from 170,000 different contributors from all around the world in the year 2014 and of 49 million files in November 2016. Facilities and staff Dreamstime is headquartered in Brentwood, Tennessee, USA. Serban Enache is the CEO, Owner & Co-Founder of Dreamstime, a platform with 198 million stock images, and is currently the world's largest stock community with 46 million users. Business model Dreamstimestock photographs are licensed around the world through ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Can Stock Photo
Can Stock Photo is a stock photography provider which licenses royalty-free images, photos, digital illustrations, picture clip art and footage files on behalf of photographers, illustrators, and videographers. Founded in 2004, it was one of the earliest microstock agencies. Purchasing and use Can Stock Photo provides 21 million images to customers, provided by 40,000 photographers and artists worldwide. The site supports both subscription and credit licensing models. Can Stock Photo is one of the few agencies in its industry to allows users to license images individually without a membership. Licensed images have been notably used by industry blogs such as TechCrunch, social media sites such as BuzzFeed, feature films such as Whiplash, news agencies such as CBS 5, and various YouTube videos, websites, and books. Contributors Contributing photographers must apply before they are eligible to upload their images. The applicants must submit three images that are screened for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pond5
Pond5 is a New York–based online marketplace for royalty-free media. The company licenses stock footage, stock music, stock photography, sound effects, After Effects templates, and 3-D models. Pond5 is reported to have the world's largest collection of stock footage, hosting more than 32 million clips as of July 2022. The company originally focused on selling video clips, but began to expand into other asset types following its 2013 acquisition of Pixmac, a stock photography site based in the Czech Republic. The acquisition added Pixmac’s 6,000+ photographers and support for 17 languages to the Pond5 marketplace. History Pond5 was founded in 2006 as a way for video producers to license content to third parties. It subsequently expanded into other media types, including photos, music, sound effects, 3D models, and Adobe After Effects templates. Pond5 does not own the content on its site, but instead aggregates and sells content created and owned by its contributors. These con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Featurepics
Featurepics is a royalty-free microstock photography digital content agency that has been actively working in the stock photography market since 2007 based in Fremont, California. " Small Microstock Agencies: Feature Pics, 123rf, Scandinavian Stock, and CanStockPhoto" Bright Hub August 25, 2010 Microstock Diaries April 25, 2007 Featurepics has successfully developed solid and efficient content library of over 3 million |
Depositphotos
Depositphotos is a royalty-free content marketplace with headquarters in New York, USA. The company was founded by Dmitry Sergeev in November 2009 in Kyiv, Ukraine. The Depositphotos library has over 200million files, including royalty-free stock photos, vector images, video clips, and editorial files. In 2012, the Depositphotos library exceeded 10million files in less than four years and was considered one of the fastest-growing photobanks in the world. The Depositphotos library consists of 200million files and includes a community of 100,000 contributors. History 2009–2012 In November 2009, entrepreneur Dmitry Sergeev founded Depositphotos in Kyiv, Ukraine. In 2011, Depositphotos received $3million in Series A funding from AIM-listed TMT investments. 2013–2014 In 2013, in direct competition with Foap and EyeEm Depositphotos launched Clashot, a service to sell and purchase mobile stock photographs that received the Best Mobile App award at Microstock Expo in Berlin. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
