Blog Topic: reviews of microstock agencies

A few years ago Adobe Stock started taking over Shutterstock as a top agency (in terms of contributor earnings), after the latter did its earnings restructuring in 2020. This is also reflected in 2024 survey where Adobe was number 1 agency with 15.4% ...

Shutterstock is a top-tier agency, if we judge by how complicated the royalties structure they have. More seriously though, contributors still rank it in the top-3 of the most popular agencies, as of late 2024. Even though contributor earnings vary ...

Microstock illustrators, graphic designers, and, partially, photographers have one additional way to earn on the same artwork. And this way is called Print-on-Demand (or PoD short). Basically, it lets you create your own designs for stuff like ...

Dreamstime, one of the oldest agencies, is still alive! Perhaps this is one of the quite positive things you could ever say about the agency, given the rise and fall of the likes of EyeEm, Veer, StockPhotoMedia etc. Dreamstime has never been the ...

If you are looking for new ways to increase your stock video income, there are several agencies you might never have heard of. Not all are the same. You might earn a decent amount with just a single video sale. With some others with marketplace ...

Wirestock is an online service that sells works of other contributors using an “umbrella” account on microstocks. They offer certain benefits like automated keywording and content upload in return for a fee from your sales. But the surprising thing ...

YayImages is an alternative to the legacy stock media providers and the new unlimited download providers alike. Founded originally in Norway, this agency dates back to 2008. YayImages has the highest payouts for the hybrid unlimited/pay as you go ...

Alamy is a totally different player in the game of microstock. Not only it is one of the oldest agencies out there, but it still thrives and even makes contributors happy (or at least happier that many others). Alamy has highest contributor payouts ...

Shutterstock is one of the most established and most well-paying microstock agencies out there. It was founded back in 2003 and since then it gained 200 million images and 10 million videos. And, what is more important, millions of paying customers. ...

Pond5 focused on video selling back when everybody else where selling only photos. It started with generous royalties for authors and has collected 25 million video clips since then. In the recent years they also started selling photos, music, 3D ...

The gist of microstock business from creator’s perspective is that you produce some content and sell it with rolayti-free license on various microstocks multiple times. However, there’re also other ways to earn. One of them is Shutterstock Custom - a ...

One of the main advantages of microstock websites is that they offer you an opportunity to earn passive income. And many popular sites offer these opportunities. The only downside of these sites is that they not only have millions of contributors but ...

Adobe Stock is a powerful platform for anyone in the digital visual arts field to reduce work, make some additional income, and increase your exposure in the field. It offers lots of advantages for both users and providers of stock content. History ...

If you’re new to microstock industry or you want to earn more, it’s vital to know what microstocks you can work with. In this blogpost you can find information about best microstocks, how much they pay contributors and what you can sell there as well ...

Have you ever heard of Freepik? Freepik is the world’s top search engine for free vector designs, as well as the largest graphic designers’ community around the globe. It is the ultimate resource for any designer as it opens you to an assortment of ...