Comments on: Fotolia

By: rbiona

rbiona — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 01:17:22 +0000

Their site is a joke and was impossible to get anything downloaded. Received a free subscription for 6 days after purchasing a Corel Product. I was unable to download anything and my account was cancelled be for the 6 days were up.

By: hardik

hardik — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 03:13:04 +0000

hi recently launched one photo liking website but then i came to fotolia.com so thought maybe i should bring more advanced so started on redesign and payment gateway etc. in a month might launch with many functionality similar to that of fotolia but of course for hardly 5% profit from transaction and most money will go to photographer.
still need a lot of feedback and reviews from you guys if you are interested please let me know your thoughts on the same.

By: Duane

Duane — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 23:56:09 +0000

As of Nov 2011, Fotolia is at 15,229,559 royalty-free photos. Not sure if that includes vectors and illustrations, but it’s right up there with shutterstock.

The problem is that they haven’t become very popular as a source. Looking at compete.com shows fotolia’s traffic is less than 1/4 of dreamstime or shutterstock. That would explain why they’re sales are lower.

By: marco

marco — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 09:20:23 +0000

Ciao, è da poco meno di un mese che utilizzo Fotolia per le mie immagini, questo è il mio portfolio http://it.fotolia.com/p/202821855
devo dire che le percentuali di accettazione sono basse (nel mio caso intorno al 15%)
non accettano foto alterate o fotomontaggi, se sono riprese persone richiedono la liberatoria firmata, accettano anche video e vettoriali.

Come attrezzatura ho a disposizione:
Corpo:
Canon EOS 500D

Obiettivi:
Sigma 18-50 2.8 EX
Sigma 70-300 4-5.6 APO
Canon 50mm F1.8

Flash
Sigma EF530 DG ETTL

Più altro come telecomando, manfrotto, filtri, paraluce

Programma Post produzione, Photoshop Elemnts 9.0

By: Revolt

Revolt — Mon, 09 May 2011 09:55:44 +0000

14 months ago I wanted to buy a photo for my client from fotolia.com , but then he has changed his mind.
I have just discovered that the credit I have purchased then has EXPIRED. I know it has been a long time, but I’v never got any notifications from them, nothing, they just took my money. I know I should’ve red the Agreement, still I think it is not right, I am disappointed and I will never use that site again…

By: Ericlefrancais

Ericlefrancais — Sun, 17 Apr 2011 11:52:34 +0000

I cancelled my Fotolia account (their sales politics are not good for me), and up my sales in other microstock sites whent up !!!

Its magical ?

Yes or No ?

Please share your experience.

By: Karl

Karl — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 20:40:22 +0000

As a new customer I have not been happy with customer service and the quality of the images supplied. One image had so much white space around it the actual image was much smaller than the pixel dimension quoted. Even then the image wasn’t really sharp. I will give them a chance to put things straight otherwise no more business from me.

By: Mike

Mike — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 00:22:03 +0000

Recently Microsoft promoted adding a Fotolia ribbon to their MS Outlook and MS PowerPoint programs. Part of the promotion was an offer of extra credits and other things if the user of these two MS programs did in fact add the ribbon and sign up with Fotolia. On Fotolia’s website they say to receive the additional credits and service you need to have a cell phone. Here is the text quoted from their own website explaining that the offer can still be provided if you don’t have a text capable cell phone, “After you fill in your mobile phone number, we text you with an authentication code so you can get your hands on the free downloads. … If you don’t have a mobile number, you can still redeem the offer by emailing or calling customer support” When I sent Tech Support this quote and my need for the offered credits and my lack of a text-capable cell phone they answered back, “… the activation code can only be sent to a cell phone number by SMS text. ” Therefore they do not honor MSoft or their own website. BAD customer service!!!
Mike

By: Courtney

Courtney — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 07:07:33 +0000

Hi Philippe,

Thanks for all of your help and advice, very much appreciated. I will keep on building my portfolio and hopefully catch up to you!!

Thanks again,
Courtney

By: Philippe D

Philippe D — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:42:42 +0000

I think that sending a visitor from another site, is also boosting its portfolio.
I just started the aerial photo, and I test on fotolia sending traffic to my new site :
http://www.photos-paramoteur.fr

I tested all microstock, and I chose fotolia exclusively for the best performance and productivity.

Istock, dream, are very good bank, but productivity is not good for me

best regards

Philippe