Using Stock Image Companies to sell your photos: I have been told three companies that sell their photos on stock company websites. They are Shutterstock, istock, and Dreamstime. Has...

bobhoco Loc: Oklahoma

I have been told three companies that sell their photos on stock company websites. They are Shutterstock, istock, and Dreamstime. Has anyone used one of these and have you been satisfied. If you know of others please let me know. Thanks for the input.

rgrenaderphoto Loc: Hollywood, CA

Adobe Stock. And, if you use Lightroom, there's an action that will automatically export.

bobhoco Loc: Oklahoma

Thanks and I do use Lightroom.

ggab Loc: ?

bobhoco wrote:

I have been told three companies that sell their photos on stock company websites. They are Shutterstock, istock, and Dreamstime. Has anyone used one of these and have you been satisfied. If you know of others please let me know. Thanks for the input.

From my perspective, there are literally millions and millions of images on these sites. Unless you are a well known photographer, your earning potential is very very, VERY limited.
Not worth the effort IMHO.
I pulled my images.

mlj Loc: Anderson, SC

Deposit Photos

Booker

A person was traveling and spotted a jigsaw puzzle in a store with a friends photo. The photo had been sent to a stock photo company & my friend never received his royalty. They sold his photo behind his back.

Spirit Vision Photography Loc: Behind a Camera.

ggab wrote:

From my perspective, there are literally millions and millions of images on these sites. Unless you are a well known photographer, your earning potential is very very, VERY limited.
Not worth the effort IMHO.
I pulled my images.

Very true. Much better results using Fine Art America, SmugMug or Zenfolio.

SVP