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Totally agree about the weekly emails. Unless I was using stock photography all the time (in which case I'm less likely to need the free ones) this would be no
by ballpoint 12y ago
Totally agree about the weekly emails. Unless I was using stock photography all the time (in which case I'm less likely to need the free ones) this would be no use. I was searching urgently for a good free stock photo a while ago and these sites just made me screw my face up.
To make matters worse, there doesn't even appear to be any way to get the back-catalogue of most of these sites. Death to Stock gives you a collection of photos when you sign up, but it's just 10 sample images.
Very confusing.
- munrocape 12y agoProbably the avenue for monetization would be access to the back catalogues. Which in turn eliminates the free part of free stock photography. While this may seem ludicrous (eliminating the appeal of your free stock photos over paid ones) this is common practice after a series of emails looking to elaborate on this point with a few of the services.
- ballpoint 12y agoThe whole thing seems a bit flimsy to me though: (1) Don't provide free stock photos at the time that people want them. (2) Later doe provide stock photos at the time that people want them, but no longer for free. (3) Profit!
- herokusaki 12y agoInterestingly, this business model incentivizes subscribing to every such website's mailing list you see on the off chance you might need the photos later.