Shutterstock!!!!!! What did you do???? And why did you do it???? I think I known what the answer is. Greed. Pure greed. Lowered our licenses to 10 cents a photo. You have become the iStock of the micro stock world. Shutterstock, I will no longer upload any photos or any footage. I will go exclusively with Adobe Stock and Pond5. I will be disabling my portfolio as soon as I can on Shutterstock. $0.10 a photo download is insulting. Apparently I made it to level 3 today where I get 25% of the download which works out to about $0.12 a photo download. Considering I was making $0.36 a download before this hair brained scheme, this new scheme is a kick in the ass.
For any new contributor, do not even upload to Shutterstock. It is not worth it. Even living in a third world country, $0.10 a photo download is an insult. Hardware, software, travel, editing, time. Not worth the measly and paltry $0.10 a photo download. I haven’t sold any footage yet under this new payment scheme and I hope I don’t. All contributors should disable their portfolios immediately to send Shutterstock a message.
