07/11/08

Sell your Images - Dreamstime Microstock Agency

About Dreamstime...
Online since 2000 as a Royalty-Free stock photography website, Dreamstime is a distinguished leader in stock photography and a major supplier of high quality digital images at low prices. All stock images available are provided by Dreamstime community's photographers, shot on film or digital and approved by Dreamstime's editors.
Dreamstime provides imagery to an infinite gamut of clients in the creative market from independent customers in the private sector to Fortune 500 companies (including the world's largest advertising agencies, national and international magazines, film and television production companies).
As of December 2007, Dreamstime numbers 500,000 registered members, more than 26,000 contributing photographers and over 2,000,000 images online. With unique visitors exceeding 4,000,000 monthly, the agency occupies the 3rd place in stock photography audience and image licensing worldwide.
Photographer Incentive Programs
  • In The News - a section specifically designed to initiate interest and participation by skilled and talented photographers. Dreamstime seeks out the amateur and semi-pro photographers who wish to elevate their exposure as a photojournalist to introduce their photo stories in In The News. This exclusive section features photos that tell a story or are of news relevancy or interest (surrounding an event; community, national or worldwide; past or present).
  • The Assignment - a motivating initiative established to entice photographers to become involved members. The agency posts a monthly Assignment; a contest in which a current photo assignment is issued to members. The winner of the Assignment receives a prize. Previous awards have included digital cameras, camera backpacks, tripods, photo lenses and more. On Dreamstime see Assignment section.
  • Milestone Prizes - Succeeding any other microstock agency, Dreamstime increased its gallery of photos by 500,000 images in just four short months earlier spring of 2007. Dreamstime reached its goal of 1 Million images in February (2007). To assist in meeting its ambitious target marks, Dreamstime awards a photographer for every Milestone contribution. At every 100,000th interval, the contributor who submits a photo or image at the next 100,000 mark receives a prize. Read more...
  • Blog section where you can find tutorials to improve your pictures...
  • Moderated forum of discussions

If you're a photographer looking to sell your images, visit Sell your images page. The agency reward 50% from each sale you make. All discounts are supported by the agency, the real commissions reaching percentages between 50-70%; on specific occasions they can be as high as 100%.