Shutterstock's financial report demonstrates with data that both their revenues and the royalties they pay to photographers and videographers are increasing. This has been happening consistently for years, despite the fact that someone is always claiming microstock is dead.

In the 22nd episode of "Sell Your Photos and Videos Online", Daniele Carrer also talks about:

• Documents proving that royalties for us contributors are increasing
• Why today we can produce twice as much in half the time compared to a year ago
• The alleged crisis at 123RF amid stalled reviews and delayed payments
• What is best to do when a microstock agency doesn't pay
• An interview with a contributor sharing their winning workflows
• Concrete examples of how digital tech cuts costs by 90%
• Alternative ideas to microstock to make a living from online photography
• Limitations on selling AI-generated photos
• Publishing anxiety and bad practices that do more harm than good
• Why it's not worth creating in-camera time-lapses
• Adobe Stock suddenly deleting a contributor's portfolio
• Why complications are opportunities that help scale your business

You can find the podcast transcript along with all the links and resources mentioned on this page:
https://www.microstockguru.com/shutterstock-grows-pays-more

Microstocks still sell stock images and stock footage despite artificial intelligence, because many buyers still prefer them for the speed with which they can obtain content, copyright security, and the high quality of the photos and videos they offer.

In the 21st episode of "Sell Your Photos and Videos Online" Daniele Carrer also discusses:

• How to use BlackBox to bypass copyright issues.

• The integration of artificial intelligence into workflows to scale content production.

• The damage caused by contributors' reluctance to invest small amounts in digital tools.

• A book that can help set up a drone business.

• Why giving away your work in exchange for exposure is a scam.

• The advantages of selling exclusively on Pond5 (Shutterstock is also involved).

• Managing the seasonality of subjects by uploading at the right time.

• Why writing standard operating procedures allows you to optimize work and save time.

• New software to automatically describe stock images and stock footage.

• A testimonial confirming how toxic the photography and video production environment is.

You can find the podcast transcript and all the links and resources mentioned on this page:

https://www.microstockguru.com/artificial-intelligence-is-not-killing-microstock/

The story of a non-professional contributor who started creating stock footage in 2020 and now makes $500 a month on Shutterstock, Adobe Stock, Alamy, and Motion Elements.

In the 20th episode of "Sell Your Photos and Videos Online," Daniele Carrer also discusses:

• pros and cons of monetizing videos on Wirestock.io;
• issues that arise when using third-party services to upload content to microstock platforms;
• why it's not worth redoing titles and keywords for images you've already uploaded;
• how Shutterstock changes licenses from commercial to editorial without warning;
• whether it's worth becoming exclusive on Pond5;
• some ideas for creating content in a European tourist city;
• a business project to make money with a model and studio recruitment service.

You can find the podcast transcript and all the links and resources mentioned on this page:

https://www.microstockguru.com/500-dollars-month-selling-stock-footage/