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Shutterstock has a subscription model where the buyer pays a fee and is allowed to download a number of images per day. That means lots of sales because they want to use up all their daily downloads. They pay you 25c per download until you have $500 in total earnings, then you get 30c per download.
From the site: "Shutterstock is different than other stock models. Buyers subscribe on a monthly basis and can download up to 750 images over the course of 30 days. Your cut? Shutterstock will pay you 25 cents every time one of your images is downloaded. Once you reach $500 in earnings, your commission goes up to 30 cents per download. Our subscription model encourages buyers to download a greater volume of images than they would at most other agencies. "
Commision: $0.25 per sold image (on subscription, more sales). Once you reach lifetime sales of $500 you earn $0.30 per sold image. Enhanced License sells gives you $28. "On Demand" sells give you $0.81 (Medium/Small size) and $1.88 (Any size). After $500 in lifetime sales it changes to $1.07 and $2.48.
Referral Program: Yes, you get $0.03 for each photo your referrered photographer sells. You can also refer photo buyers.
Initial Review Process: Submit 10 photos, and have at least 7 out of 10 accepted. If you fail you have to wait 30 days before trying again.
From the site:
"Sell your stock images and get 50-80% from each sale you make. Join our powerful photo community and reach new stock photography markets."
iStockphoto have a pay per download model. Prices go from $1 to $40 depending on resolution. Commissions start at 20% and go up to 45% as you get more downloads.
From the site: "iStockphoto® is the worlds preeminent collection of member-generated royalty-free images, at the worlds best prices. There are no subscription fees or extra costs. Just the best Stock Photography, Vector illustrations, and Flash files online, at prices for everyone."
From the site:
"Are you a photographer or a digital artist? Join our friendly community and start earning money with your work through Stockxpert right now! Receive 50% of each sale you make!"
From the site:
"We’re a new user-generated microstock site, and we would like you to participate by sending us your digital pictures! "
Commision: $0.30 for subscription downloads (you may opt out from subscriptions). You'll get 30% of the image price for downloads without subscription. You chose the image price yourself ($1, $5, $10, $25 or $50).
Referral Program: No referral program
Initial Review Process: No initial review, users may start uploading at once
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Prices start at $1 for small, $2 for medium and $3 for large. Depending on your rank, you can set a higher price on your work. Commissions are at minimum 30% for non-exclusive and 50% for exclusive photos.
From the site:
"Why sell images on Fotolia?
* Fotolia is Free to Join
* Best Commissions
* Fastest Image Review
* Free Photo Storage
* International Sales
* Bulk Upload Process
* Custom Images Licenses"
STOCKPHOTOMEDIA AB is a Swedish based company, a wide variety of royalty free photographs, images, graphics, etc. of excellent quality from 1 to 5 Euros.
One of the newest stock photography sites on the web. With their main offices located in Toronto, Canada, Thephotostorage is committed, like no one else, to fair business, which means the contributor, not the site, is the one taking home the biggest piece of the prize.
The image prices range from $1 for a small file (800x600px) to $10 for an extra large file (more than 8 mpx). Extended licenses can be bought at 100 credits or 150 credits depending on the intended use. Prints can be bought from 15 credits to 46, depending on the size.
Commision: 50% commission every time one of the contributor's files is sold. Members get paid full download price (100%) for each print it's sold.
Referral Program: Simple and clear, members get paid 10% of every sale or purchase made by the referred member for 1 year.
Initial Review Process: No initial review, users may start uploading at once. Each uploaded file is reviewed to ensure it meets the basic quality standards.
From the site:
"Adjustable image pricing, improved search by category, unique images found nowhere else in the world."
"Mostphotos.com is a international picture agency and photo forum, where photographers and customers can sell, buy and talk about images . Mostphotos.com is called the democratic stock photo site by its members since no one but yourself decides whether the picture is good enough to sell or not. You can sell royalty free pictures at our site, and STILL sell them at other sites at the same time– totally okay with us! We make it possible for everyone that has access to a digital camera to sell their images. That means that we can offer unique images with personality, cultural and geographical variation to customers from all around the world."
Initial Review Process: No initial review, users may start uploading at once
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Commision: $0.50 (per download sales) which is 50% of the image price
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Scandinavian based stock site. Most customers are located in scandinavia or more specifically, Norway. But international contributors are still welcome, and the site is in english.
Commision: €1 per image
Referral Program: No referral program