CanStockPhoto
Industry: Microstock Agency
What are they looking for: Royalty Free Stock Photos, Royalty Free Illustrations, and Royalty Free Footage
Pay: Commission
Alexa rating: 33,919
CanStockPhoto, recently purchased by the tradition stock agency Fotosearch, was the first microstock website I ever submitted to. CanStockPhoto has a quick and easy upload process with ftp access. These guys tend to sell a little of everything, but if you really want to reach payouts quickly then business images are the way to go. Business images obviously do well with every microstock agency, but they seem to sell a little better then everything else on CanStockPhoto in particular. Canstock probably won’t be your best selling agency but with a large enough portfolio, you can cash out at least once a month.
Submitting to CanStockPhoto
Getting in to CanStockPhoto is relatively easy. You need only to sign up and then submit three photos for review. Once those three are accepted you can upload up to twenty more. You won’t be able to upload more until those twenty are reviewed. Review times with CanStockPhoto can vary greatly, I’ve seen them take a few hours to look at my work but I’ve also seen it take as long a couple of weeks.
Cool CanStockPhoto Features
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CanStock has a variety of uploading tools so you can choose whichever one you like best.
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There is a photo/illustration request area in the CanStockPhoto forums. It’s not always that active but it can give you some great ideas for subjects to shoot that you may never have thought of.
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They are now owned by Fotosearch, and in turn Fotosearch is marketing the CanStockPhoto library to their clients. Sales have gone up ever since.
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CanStock has some great sales statistics tools on each member page.
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You can create galleries of similar shots, including shots from other members, boosting your chance of selling those photos.
