Category : iStockPhoto Tips

Anonymous and Nobody

Using “nobody” and “anonymous” as keywords at iStockphoto.

Calculating Price Paid Per Credit

Many times on iStockphoto, a contributor will be concerned that the royalty paid out for a certain size download is incorrect. Since IS sells credits anywhere from $.50 – $1.50, there is a wide range of amounts that could be paid out for any size purchase. You can use the calculator below to see if your royalty payment falls in, or close to, the range mentioned above.

Send an iStockphoto Holiday E-card on Facebook

Just in time for the holidays, iStockphoto unveiled their new Facebook E-card application last week. From the announcement thread in the forums: Now Facebook followers can use a selection of images, video and audio to send each other eCards for all kinds of occasions. The app is free and unlimited in use.

Prices Inch Up at iStockphoto

Some credit costs per image appear to have slightly increased overnight at iStockphoto.com. Some photo collections and a video collection were affected. In addition, a few prices went down. See the new prices in blue text, below.

Do A Quick iStockphoto Search

As I wrote the other day, I’ve just moved my site and blog to my seanlockephotography.com domain.  Of course, I’ll spend a while tweaking and adding things, so I wanted to introduce something I created this week.  The iStockSearcher widget.

iStock’s New Referral Program

Learn about the new iStock referral system and what the referral code does.

New Greasemonkey Lightbox Script

Buyers, there’s a new Greasemonkey script in town, and this one is right up your alley when it comes to ease of use of iStockphoto’s lightbox functionality.

Don’t Forget the “Seasonal Search”

A quick look at the iStockphoto seasonal search page.

Where Are Those Display Options?

How to set your display options on iStockphoto.

Designers, watch your sizes!

Avoiding hosting images at prohibit sizes.

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