9 Technologies that Make Building a Microstock Agency Easier Now than When the Big Guys did it

September 4, 2015 Marco | Editor

By Lee Torrens It’s easy to take for granted what the microstock agencies who are big now did back in the early 2000’s to get to where they are today. Building a microstock agency today is quick, easy and cheap compared to when iStockphoto, Shutterstock and Fotolia did it. 1. Cloud Computing In the early days of microstock, running a high-traffic website meant finding… …read more

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Marco | Editor

Editor and founder of a bunch of stockphoto businesses

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