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Welcome to MicroStock Listing!
If you're a designer looking
for the highest quality royalty free stock photography images at low
prices, you'll find a list and review of the top micro stock photography
sites on the web! Browse and choose the one that suits your image needs!
It's that simple! Micro stock photography is the way to go!
If you're a photographer
wanting to earn extra income in your spare time and give you financial
freedom to upgrade your equipment, pay some extra bills, take a vacation
or even make it a main source of income then join any or all the micro
stock photography sites below and start making money right away! It's
that simple! All sites have a short review.
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With
over 3 million images, Shutterstock has the biggest inventory of images for designers with a subscription-based
program instead of the typical pay-per-image option of most other sites.
Great value for money if you download many images per month.
For photographers, it's one of the most lucrative of all the sites and
the forums are quite active and helpful.
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IstockPhoto was the instigator of the microstock photography movement. They have
over 3 million images and work on a pay-per-image concept. Great for
designers looking for exclusive content as they have many exclusive
contributors.
Not being
an exclusive member (selling your images only on Istock) can create
some frustration with small weekly upload limits and time-consuming
uploading and keywording systems. It's still one of the top income generators
so well worth uploading your images to.
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Fotolia also ranks in the top 3 for image content for designers with over 3
million images. It's a pay-per-image concept. And has grown quite fast
due to photographer upload incentives.
Fotolia
brings good income to photographers and is in the top 5 for making money.
Their upload features are very user-friendly.
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With
just over 2 million images, Dreamstime ranks in the top 5. For designers, it has the most generous free image
section on the Web.
It's
also in the top 5 for photographer income. It's a friendly community
and well worth investing the time for extra income.
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StockExpert's
image bank is growing daily and visibility has increased since its acquisition
by JupiterImages.
For photographers,
it's #5 in terms of income and has an easy uploading interface.
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BigStockPhoto
is close on Dreamstime's
heals in terms of available images for purchase so it's a good spot
for designers.
It doesn't
rank it the top 5 income generators for the moment. Sales have increased
in 2006 making it 6th on the list. So if you have time to upload to
more than 5 sites, BigStock
should be next on your list.
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With
over 500 thousand images, 123RF
is carving its place among the microstock leaders on the Web. It offers
both per image and subscription downloads.
It still
has to work on advertizing to draw in more clients. Photographer income
is roughly 30% of Dreamstime
or Fololia.
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Featurepics looks like a promising venue for both photographers and buyers. Photographers
can set their own image prices which give them better control over higher
selling photographs.
Designers
might find some images at a discount compared to other microstock sites
since some contributors might choose to sell some images at a discount.
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Crestock is a promising up and coming agency with a beautiful layout and innovative features that bigger agencies should look at to improve. It's a joy for both designers and photographers.
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With
over 300 000 images, CanStock has been around for a while but has yet to get the visibility it should
for the amount of images available.
Photographers
might get discouraged due to slow sales.
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