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August 11, 2014 Marco | Editor

By Amos Struck

The ‘Positives’ of Being into Microstock

There has been a certain number of feedbacks recently from microstock contributors complaining that their sales are low or close to nothing at all. Some don’t even get accepted to microstock agencies right away. Photographers have doubts whether they can earn a living out of selling stock pictures or do they just waste their time and resources on shooting images that don’t sell at all.

A poll on MicrostockGroup has been recently opened for contributors to answer the question, “Do you feel there are positives than negatives in this business?” On a happy note, …read more

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Marco | Editor

Editor and founder of a bunch of stockphoto businesses

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