Blog Topic: microstock guides

In the previous blogpost about AI keywording services, there was one service, which we did not discuss. An elephant in the room, one might say. Using AI (ChatGPT/Claude) directly. Or, even better, building a whole “AI keywording service” yourself. It ...

The largest complaint of microstock contributors, after falling earnings, is the tediousness of filling in the metadata: Title, Description, and Keywords. Everybody wants to do only the fun part - the shooting, but everything else - editing, ...

As stock photographers, we are always looking for extra ways to monetize our images and one potential avenue is to sell them as “Fine Art” prints on Print on Demand sites. Of course, not all types of stock imagery suits being hung on a wall in ...

Curious about the use of generative AI in the microstock industry? In this blogpost, we’ll take a look at the relationship between this cutting-edge technology, agencies, and contributors. If you think that artists eventually will be replaced, you ...

Keywording is essential for maximizing sales and exposure on microstock websites. It helps stock photography websites categorize and organize your images, making it easier for potential buyers to find and purchase them. Even with the raise of AI, ...

Video content popularity in the microstocks is on the rise. From commercials to Instagram ads, there’s no shortage to demand from customers. However, there are not so many videos uploaded to microstocks as there are photos and illustrations. In this ...

In May 2022, I was super excited to finally get my hands on a DJI Mavic 2S drone. Six months on, according to the DJI app, I’ve recorded over 35 hours of flight-time having captured hours of footage and hundreds of stills. Naturally, since the “early ...

In order for customers to buy your photos, vectors or videos on microstocks, they need to find it first. That’s why agencies require you to describe what you’re selling, using Title, Description and Keywords. Despite how uninteresting, boring and ...

Microstock videos bring more profit than photos or illustrations to it’s creators per file. In fact, the author of this blogpost earned as much as $603.3 once from a single video shot handheld with a mobile! However, there are not so many videos ...

Technology is developing at an astonishing pace these days. Boston Dynamics have their humanoid robots playing parkour. Elon Musk develops a human-to-computer interface that will connect our brains to the digital space. Crazy (and exciting) times we ...

It is quite easy to start selling your photos on Shutterstock. In fact, the whole procedure might take you only few minutes if you know what to do. Here are the steps: Register as a contributor Add metadata to your photo Upload your photo to ...

Do you have any creative skills but think you’re not good enough at your craft to earn money from it? You might be wrong about that. If you can make graphics on your computer, take an interesting photo, or shoot a quick video, you might be able to ...

What is the vector file format Vector images are a bunch of mathematical equations describing how to generate images. Instead of pixels, they contain curves and paths that allow to get a crisp sharp images upon scaling to any size. This is an ...

What is FTP FTP (File Transfer Protocol) is one of the ways to communicate over the Internet. It was invented in the 80s and heavily used for fileshares in the early 00s. In fact there’re many fileshares that use FTP right now: website hostings and ...

How to start selling your video on Shutterstock There are only few things you need to do in order to start selling your videos on Shutterstock: Register as a contributor Add metadata to your video Upload your video to Shutterstock Submit your video ...