Corbis Launches New Subscription Service
Corbis Launches An ‘On Demand’
PRESS RELEASE
Corbis Images (www.corbisimages.com), a leading visual media provider for the creative community, today announced a new Royalty Free (RF) subscription service to allow customers to easily access and purchase more than one million RF images. The service, called âOnDemand: Royalty Freeâ will be available to all customers to help solve their creative storytelling needs.
The new, flexible Corbis OnDemand: Royalty Free subscription service means customers can enter into an agreement based on the number of monthly downloads they require, desired length of contract and whether web resolution or both web and high-resolution images are purchased. Following confirmation of their subscription, customers will be able to access and purchase images from across the RF range, including premium content and Fancy, a versatile and highly art-directed collection.
“Creative professionals typically spend a significant amount of time finding and purchasing the right image, tying up vital resources in the process,â said John Cosley, Vice President of Marketing for Corbis. âOur new subscription service now means creatives can quickly access and download from a large collection of quality images through Corbisâ OnDemand: Royalty Free. With our flexible terms and ability to change packages at any time, we are providing options to fit any budget or customer need.â
Subscribers to Corbisâ OnDemand: Royalty Free service will receive renewal notices and assistance managing their download activity through the new, user-friendly online order history page. Meanwhile, image licenses last one-year from the download date.
Most pathetic announcement. Pricing is horrible, but also when I want to buy, I told to call their sales people. No Purchase on Internet. I thought they were becoming an internet company.
Corbis Subsrciption announcement compared to Shutterstock (a growing profitable company while )
Pricing – Poor
Product, Content – Very Limited
Terms of purchase – limited terms. Not Royalty Freee
Purachasing method – Very Very Poor. No Internet purchase – in todays world we have to call a sales agent or send e-mail. How old IT is in Bill Gates Company