Taking a Stab at Some Stock Photo Sites with iSyndica
I came across a link yesterday that referenced a particular photographer’s workflow for stock photography. What I found particularly interesting in the list was the distribution of the photograph to several stock photography websites with a single upload to iSyndica. This makes it particularly easy to get your potential stock photographs to several sites with a single upload.
So, determined to give it a hot, last night I registered with the iSyndica service (free plan) and then I signed up for 14 of the sites to which it distributes. The ones that I selected were:
- BigStockPhoto
- CanStockPhoto
- Crestock
- Fotolia
- Fotomind
- MostPhotos
- MyStock
- Pixmac
- YayMicro
- 123RF
- Dreamstime
- FeaturePics
- StockXPert
- Zymmetrical
The requirements for joining each of these sites were a bit different. Out of all of these websites, CanStockPhoto and StockXPert were the only two that required applications that needed to be reviewed and a few others had me take little quizzes in order to be approved.
I have already received some feedback from a couple of the websites but once I hear from all of them, I will report back with an update.
Hi Paul, maybe you are talking about my microstock workflow post. Just in case, for your readers,
http://www.mystockphoto.org/microstock-workflow/
iSyndica is really speeding up the process. They are going to add VeerMarketplace too. Let us know.
Cheers,
roberto
Best of luck to you Paul. I havent tried iSyndica so I would be interested in hearing more about your experience with it.
Yes Roberto. That is the post that I was referring to. I will update the entry.
Thanks Paul, appreciated!
Have you considered applying to iStock photo or possible some of the heavy hitters?
I have. I wanted to take a shot with some of the smaller guys first to get some feedback and learn the process a bit. I will step it up once I think I am ready.
Congratulations on your submissions, I’d be very interested to hear your experiences. Good luck!
Thank you Lindsey. I will be posting an update once I hear back from the final three sites that I submitted to.
Hi Paul,
Thanks for sharing this info. I’ve only done a couple of stock agencies myself, so far, and with very limited success. My problem is “making” photos, rather than just “taking” photos. Something to really work on.
Peace, Judi