190 Microstock Library Links
- Gimmestock. Credit-purchase site. Images priced at $1, of which the
photographer gets $0.50. http://www.gimmestock.com - Shuttermap. Credit-purchase site. Variable pricing based on resolution. 25%
commission paid to the photographer. http://www.shuttermap.com - Can Stock Photo. Canadian-based credit purchase and subscription site.
http://www.canstockphoto.com - Lucky Oliver. California-based “token” (credit) purchase site with a funky
Web design. Basic royalty of 30%. http://www.luckyoliver.com - Albumo. New minimalist site. 50% plus commission. http://www.albumo
.com - ScandinavianStockPhoto. Norwegian-based credit-purchase site, with
Euro 1 commission per download. http://www.scanstockphoto.com - Galastock. Registration for new photographers is closed, and my security
program advised me to leave, so I did. http://www.galastock.com - Geckostock. Reasonably smart-looking UK-based site. Credit based; each
credit £0.50, single use only. 50% commission for standard licenses, 60% for
extended licenses. http://www.geckostock.co.uk - Moodboard. Separate searches for “Premium” royalty-free and “Quality”
microstock. UK-based site owned by Mike Watson Images Limited. Launched
July 2007. Looks to be an attempt to move microstock “upmarket.” Prices start
at £8, so maybe it’s not a microstock after all. http://www.moodboard.com - Cadmium. Another UK-based site. http://www.cadmium.co.uk
- Featurepics. Single sale site with a generous 70% commission for photog-
raphers. Based in Fremont, California, USA. Sells images on both royalty free
and rights managed terms, but the pricing is microstock based, even for rights
managed images. http://www.featurepics.com - FotoMind. New credit purchase and subscription sale site. Various packages
available. FotoMind is part of Firestorm srl, a Romanian software development
company, and is based in Romania. It launched in August 2007. http://www
.fotomind.com - Image Vortex. Single sale site. Prices set by photographers, from $20 to
$300, so its borderline whether you regard this as a microstock site or not.
Owned by Image Vortex LLC of Bradenton, Florida. 70% commission for photog-
raphers. http://www.imagevortex.com - thephotostorage. New credit purchase site. http://www.thephotostorage
.com - MicroStockPhoto. It’s all in the name. Fairly new single sale (credit
package) site. Now run by Norwegian IT company ViaStep. 35% commission
payable to the photographer. http://www.microstockphoto.com - USPhotostock. Credit purchase site. Commissions from 40%–50%. http://
http://www.usphotostock.com