Author Topic: Who are www.stockphoto.com? (Read 3738 times)

Justanotherphotographer · « **on:** October 26, 2016, 04:17 »

Is this a partner site or something? Looks like a a bit of an IStock clone and ranks very high on google for stock photo searches

ETA, just spotted some of my work on there so I really want to know now! Can't find a link to the contributors portfolio from the image so I am not sure if it is there legitimately or not?

Deyan Georgiev Photography · « **Reply #1 on:** October 26, 2016, 05:28 »

It's Jon who bought the domain for $250 000 and your images are there from Depositphotos i guess.

Justanotherphotographer · « **Reply #2 on:** October 26, 2016, 05:33 »

Thanks. The dp connection explains why it is only very old work of mine on there! Which jon do you mean?

Dodie · « **Reply #3 on:** October 26, 2016, 06:27 »

Quote from: Justanotherphotographer on October 26, 2016, 05:33

Thanks. The dp connection explains why it is only very old work of mine on there! Which jon do you mean?

https://blog.stockphoto.com/how-to-ask-your-wife-for-permission-to-spend-250-000-on-a-domain-name-c27a3c2852e1#.wvszlf1o7

He only bought the domain name not the photos.

Justanotherphotographer · « **Reply #4 on:** October 26, 2016, 06:59 »

Thanks!

Justanotherphotographer · « **Reply #5 on:** October 26, 2016, 07:01 »

Also great to see a stock site owner using quite so much of other people's IP on a blog post. But there you go

lima · « **Reply #6 on:** October 26, 2016, 07:19 »

they have my vectors and photos too

they are parterns from somebody

?

THP Creative · « **Reply #7 on:** October 26, 2016, 13:18 »

I worked with Jon when he first launched the site and for a while after.

But soon sales stopped completely and (other than a few HUGE contributors) he has stopped having direct uploads and is basically just a portal for images from Depositphotos now. so if you have images on DP, they will also be on stockphoto.

Hope that helps.