State of the Microstock Nation
Posted by Lee TorrensFor some time now I’ve had the idea to do a review of each microstock website with as much detail as possible, and the intention to keep it updated over time. I intentionally avoided this when I started this blog as it seemed too common and I wanted to differentiate. But now I’m happy with the body of work I have here, so the idea has become appealing.
Each review would serve as a landing page for my internal links, thus providing a snapshot of each website for the uninitiated. It would also help keep a lot of information centralised, in addition to floating around in a collection of varied topic posts. I also plan to extend it beyond reviews of the microstock websites. I intend to review other microtock resources and perhaps even some microstock celebrities.
I’m going to start with my first, favourite and highest earning microstock website – iStockphoto. I’m also going to continue the format I devised for the Considering New Site reviews.
State of the Microstock Nation series:
- State of the Microstock Nation
- iStockphoto
- Dreamstime
- Fotolia
- CanStockPhoto
- BigStockPhoto
- SnapVillage
Posted May 27th, 2007 by Lee Torrens
I just called Fotolia UK (0208-816-7284) with a simple question about credits, usage and getting paid as I’m new to the site but already sold images. (I had sent emails through the site and left messages on their phone, all were ignored). A most unpleasant woman answered: on a very rude tone she announced she does not answer any questions over the phone. She said I need to send an email to her through the website (which I’ve done) She also refused to give me her name nor an email address! But then asked me for all of my info which I duly gave her! If I cancel my account now, I lose all the money I’ve made but Fotolia keeps 100% of profits. and I nothing on sale of my pictures. I tie that binds!
I guess the success of Fotolia is not measured by simple common sense and customer service! A real pity.