If you regularly use stock photos, you may already have heard of Fotolia, the online stock photo service that offers extremely affordable photo downloads of professionally shot pics.
And if you haven't heard of them, head on over and check them out.
The photos they offer -- actually, it's photos, vectors and vids, just like sites like Getty and iStockphoto -- are really unbelievably affordable -- from $1 for an extra small to $7 for a mega colossal size. Yep, 7 smackers buys you ad quality files sizes.
But wait, there's more. You can, instead of buying photos individually, buy a monthly subscription program that further reduces the per photo charge.A monthly sub lets you download up to 25 photos a day, or 750 a month. Now that's a bargain!
With over 5 million photos and about 200,000 vectors, it's a bit smaller than the competition, but that won't be for long at these prices.
I love this model because I believe it will truly expand the buying of photos, putting more people on the rights side of copyright law. At a buck, or even 14 cents per, I think people will even be buying the pics for their low circ PowerPoints.
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Don't bother. They require the purchase of credits in minimum blocks of $10, and they steal - or keep- any unused money. So unless you know you will need all 10 credits, go elsewhere. There are plenty of competitors with better photos, easier to navigate sites, who aren't relying on theft to make their business model work.
ReplyDeleteiStock also requires a minimum of 10 credits and they cost $1.50 each. Other sites do too. Shutterstock is a subscription model so you can't buy one picture either. If you don't use your credits for a year, they expire but they warn you and you can request an extension. Calling this theft is way too strong.
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