There are not many occasions when one will find oneself seeking an image of a cat in smart clothes with money and red caviar on a white background. But there may well be one occasion when one will find oneself seeking an image of a cat in smart clothes with money and red caviar on a white background. This being the Internet, actually, there will probably be two or three.

Digital Photography Market Set To Reach $82.5 Billion By 2016
OfficialWire (press release)
Even fewer would have predicted the rise of the microstock photography market and the proliferation and growth in Internet photo sharing sites. While the impact on the photo processing market could have been predicted, many were surprised by how ...

123RF Announces Partnership With Zcool in China
Houston Chronicle
The microstock business in China is rapidly expanding, making this partnership a good opportunity for us to introduce our Royalty-Free microstock content to the Chinese market.” says Stephanie Sitt, CEO of 123RF. “With Zcool's experience and strong ...

Licensing Images In Today's Market
Black Star Rising
In addition there are four microstock sites – iStockphoto.com, Shutterstock.com, Dreamstime.com and Fotolia.com – that you may want to consider. Most of these major RM and RF marketers not only accept images from individual photographers but also from ...

Eyeidea Expands Stock Video Distribution, Leaves iStockphoto Exclusivity Program
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
"There has been a lot of debate with the agencies in the microstock industry about royalties. We all have to make tough decisions and do what we feel is right for ourselves. The agencies have to make their decisions and we, the contributors, ...

Sheepshead Bites
Morning Mug: Closer Than You Think
Sheepshead Bites

Depositphotos' Image Library Hits 5 Million Images
SYS-CON Media (press release) (blog)
This milestone underscores its steady growth and commitment to be a huge player in the microstock industry. Depositphotos' collection of premium, royalty-free images typically grows over 90000 images each week. This rapid, steady growth ensures that ...

PantherMedia Stockagency: Re-Launch with 13 million royalty free images, fresh ...
SYS-CON Media (press release) (blog)
Munich, 21st November 2011 – The microstock agency PantherMedia unveils its new platform with more than 13 million images and a completely new face. All new images can be purchased on invoice, per credits or within a subscription. ...

The November Pixmac Design Challenge on Graphics.com
Graphics.com
Launched in September 2008, Pixmac is a leading microstock photography website offering millions of images at budget prices. Photos are priced from $1, including the ability to source, download and buy an image in less than 3 minutes, ...

Fotolia Tries to Go Beyond the Obvious
RICG
The Globe and Mail reports that was the challenge Fotolia.com, a microstock photo agency, was coping with - all of the other companies in its industry were saying the same thing, highlighting the same benefits. So instead of just publishing a few ...