So in the summer, in the midst of Covid, Shutterstock announced a new royalties structure. The response from contributing photographers, artists and videographers was, well to put it lightly, resoundingly poor. Just when freelance creatives, struggling in the midst of the pandemic, could have used some support Shutterstock did the exact opposite, introducing a new payment structure that would in effect slash the earnings of most contributors. #boycottshutterstock started to trend!
In contrast over at Dreamstime contributors have been supported during the Covid pandemic with Dreamtime donating 10% extra royalties to contributors as a COVID-19 Relief Stimulus.
Now that is the way to do it! I know which agency I would prefer to support both as a contributor and as an image buyer.
If you're after an image subscription plan from one of the micro agencies Dreamstime still have their special anniversary plans offer running until the end of the year, definitely worth checking out!
Head over to Dreamstime and use Alexh as your promocode!
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