ShutterStock.com A royalty free image subscription & stock photography portal.
Description
Shutterstock is a microstock photography website which maintains a library of royalty-free stock images available by subscription. Visitors can browse the entire image library for free, and can license and download images online through a variety of subscription offers.
Shutterstock adds to its library each day as photographers and illustrators from around the world submit their work. The new photos, vectors, and illustrations undergo a selection process based on quality, aesthetics, artistry, and originality before the accepted images are added to the library.
As of May 2009, Shutterstock had more than 6.9 million royalty-free images available to subscribers, taken by more than 166,000 photographers, illustrators and videographers.
Shutterstock sells stock photos, stock vector graphics made in programs like Adobe Illustrator or Macromedia Freehand, and stock Raster graphics illustrations created in 3d graphics programs or bitmap editors like Adobe Photoshop.
Subscribers may purchase either a 25-A-Day subscription and download up to 25 images per day (750 per month) in monthly increments, or purchase an On Demand subscription and choose a set amount of downloads to be used any time over a year. Subscribers may continue to use the pictures even after their membership has expired. As of May 2009, the fee for a 25-A-Day subscription began at $249 per month.
Contributing photographers must apply before they are eligible to upload their images. The applicants must submit 10 pictures that are screened for quality and suitability. At least 7 pictures must be approved for the contributor account to become active.
Once approved, submitters can begin uploading their work through the website. They supply keywords, categorize the images, and submit them to the "inspection queue," where each and every image is examined to ensure that it meets the standards of quality, usefulness and copyright and trademark laws. Each time an image is downloaded, the photographer receives a flat rate of 25c (with a tiered set of raises as the submitter reaches lifetime earnings of $500, $3,000, and $10,000, respectively). Some photographers earn a significant portion of their income by submitting to Shutterstock; high-earning submitters have reported earnings of around $10,000.00 a month.
In April 2006, Shutterstock began offering royalty-free stock footage on their website. Shutterstock Footage operates similarly to their image library, offering video clips by subscription or on a per-clip basis. Shutterstock footage is available in a variety of formats, including DVCAM, HDCAM and Betacam.
History
Shutterstock was founded in 2003 by Jon Oringer. An enthusiastic photographer in his own right, Oringer uploaded 30,000 of his own stock photos on to a subscription site he called Shutterstock, forming the basis of the company. In January 2005, Oringer was joined by Adam Riggs, who assumed the role of president and CFO of Shutterstock.
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- Shuttterstock Images LLC
- 60 Broad St, 30th Floor
- New York, NY
- United States 10004
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- +1.212.937.3887
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