-Lee

Your security remark in the “Not Cool” section is a very good point.
For sites like iSyndica the security issue is a big concern, and not because of the users trust.
We all remember the phishing attack on iStock a few months ago. It was just one more attempt to still microstock users credentials. We know that Dreamstime has reported the security issues and fraudulent transactions in the past. There are people who will try to break into any online resource which stores any valued information, and the microstock industry rapidly becomes to be attractive for them due to the fast microstock growth.

Unfortunately, there are no “unbreakable” security solutions. Any security expert will confirm that compromising an online security solution is just a time and money question.

Knowing that, it is not such a good idea to store all your passwords in a single online resource, whatever security it promises. It’s not because “the contributors do not like it” or “the agencies do not like it”. In fact, it is much more than giving your credentials to just one more third party.

Storing all your access credentials in a single online resource is just like putting all eggs in one basket. Once the security is compromised all your accounts are gone.
It means that going iSyndica you voluntary increase the risk to be hacked and thieved, simple like that.
Compromising a single online security solution actually hurts the security of all agencies supported by iSyndica and for all users accounts stored at iSyndica site.

Most stock agencies care about their security and this might explain why they do not like the idea of a single online resource collecting their users access credentials and users private information. I was not surprised when Shutterstock introduced an image captcha to their submitters login, thus blocking iSyndica HTTP access to Shutterstock web. Since the security threat is a very serious concern for any online business it is just a question of time when other leading agencies will recognize this threat and will act accordingly.

-Lee

For me,11 agencies and 200+ new photos to upload. How many credits did I have to buy? Upload once and sell everywhere is a good idea, but one service to cost so much is a very bad idea. It will not help people like me to earn more. But such service is very useful for people like me – upload much to serveral aginces. If you have only 20 photos for 2 or 3 aginces a month, you really don’t need iSyndica to ” upload once and sell everywhere”. FTP software can do the same thing and cost nothing.

-Lee