Dreamstime annaounce new credit prices for 2010

Dreamstime is now one of the top 800 websites in the world and continues its record growth for all areas: members, buyers and contributors. The +10,000,000 unique visitors monthly, 2,000,000 registered users and +80,000 contributors make Dreamstime truly one of the leaders in stock photography.

The table above shows the new credits going into effect in early January (vs. current ones in light grey). Credits acquired until this update will enjoy the existent pricing.

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Stock Photography Sales Statistic November 2009

This is my stock photography sales statistic for November 2009. You can find a complete list of stock photography agencies that I work with here.



These are for me the best 4 performing stock agencies for November 2009:

1. Shutterstock
2. StockXpert
3. Fotolia
4. Dreamstime

November was a excellent month with an increase of 33% compared to October. It was the best month ever for Shutterstock, YAY Micro, and Clipdealer.

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Stock Photography Sales Statistic October 2009

This is my stock photography sales statistic for October 2009. You can find a complete list of stock photography agencies that I work with at H. Lehnerer Photography.



This are for me the best 4 performing stock agencies for October 2009:

1. Shutterstock
2. Fotolia
3. StockXpert
4. ClipArtOf

October was a very good month with an increase of 3% compared to September. It was the best month ever for Shutterstock, Big Stock Photo, and ClipArtOf.

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Dreamstime Ups Collection of Free Images

Several Thousands Of Free Stock Photos Added In First 24 Hours Of Enhancement

NASHVILLE, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Serban Enache, CEO of Dreamstime, one of the world’s leading digital image stock photography agencies, announced the company’s initiative to up the number of images made available ABSOLUTELY FREE.

In January 2007, Dreamstime made available an assortment of images under its FREE umbrella. The FREE selection—an original and revolutionary sector that has attracted bargain hunters from around the globe—is a successfully proven concept that has secured Dreamstime’s footprint in the industry as one-stop-photo-shop giant.

Dreamstime has nearly doubled the number of images available ABSOLUTELY FREE (increasing its FREE library of images by 10% in the first three hours of the FREE upgrade as effected on October 27th).

While the total number of images in the Dreamstime gallery is fast-approaching 7 million (with the whole gamut of images all being licensed—from the FREE to the economically priced, quality images), the increased offering of the vast and diverse, FREE images (which can be used for any project) elevates the company’s reputation as a principal in the industry.

“We anticipate a significant increase in free images,” Enache said. “…increasing the number of available images from a few thousand upward toward the hundreds of thousands in the near future.”

Improving content daily, one single photographer may add up to ten new images. The FREE section will be updated in real time and imagery licensed under the regular royalty free license (the image may be used for its intended purpose up to 10,000 times). Link: http://www.dreamstime.com/free-photos.

To further entice the photo shopper, Dreamstime has also upgraded the site’s search engine making results infinite. Rather than sorting through the vast array of high quality, reasonably priced treasures (as discovered by Dreamfinder), page after page, real-time results appear as the user scrolls down the page. Extinguishing slow page loads, the new “panoramic” option is one more Dreamstime “convenience.”

“We’ve enjoyed feedback from users telling us they are able to find the image they are looking for within the first three pages of suggestions,” Enache added. “This search engine upgrade will negate ‘next page’ loads which can be burdensome to even the most patient shopper.” Link: http://www.dreamstime.com/best-stock-photos-dynamic.

Dreamstime.com is currently the second leading agency in customer number with over 10 million unique visitors to the site monthly. The acceleration in numbers overall makes it the fastest growing stock agency in the world. In addition to the FREE images available, Dreamstime’s growing gallery is constantly updated with images from the site’s more than 77,000 contributors.

“Dreamstime has reached its peak in the rate of total downloads; a new file is licensed every 2 to 3 seconds. The FREE image offering and search engine enhancement not only make Dreamstime images priceless, but timeless,” Enache summarized.

For more information on Dreamstime, please visit: www.Dreamstime.com.

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Stock Photography Sales Statistic September 2009

This is my stock photography sales statistic for September 2009. You can find a complete list of stock photography agencies that I work with at H. Lehnerer Photography.

This are for me the best 4 performing stock agencies for September 2009:

1. Shutterstock
2. Veer
3. Fotolia
4. Dreamstime

September was a very good month with an increase of 5% compared to August. This is adding up to three month of increase in a row. It was the best month ever for Big Stock Photo, Featurepics, and Veer Marketplace. Veer Marketplace surprised this month with a sale of an Extended License.

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Stock Photography Sales Statistic August 2009

This is my stock photography sales statistic for August 2009. You can find a complete list of stock photography agencies that I work with at H. Lehnerer Photography.
This are for me the best 4 performing stock agencies for August 2009:

1. Shutterstock
2. Fotolia
3. Dreamstime
4. 123RF

August was an excellent month with an 8% increase to Juli and a view surprises. It was the Best Month Ever for DT, 123RF, FotoMind, and PantherMedia. The two new agencies Veer Marketplace and The 3D Studio in my collection performed surprisingly very well.

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Dreamstime announces new promotion tool using Facebook

New Application Allows Dreamstime Users To Network Portfolios And Invite Friends

(CEPIC) - Nashville, Tennessee (USA), 11 AUGUST 2009 - Dreamstime.com, a global photo community and worldwide leader in the stock photography industry, has introduced a new Facebook® application that allows members to connect their portfolios directly to their Facebook accounts. With more than 250 million* active Facebook users, the application creates a new market for Dreamstime members’ sales by making their photography accessible to millions of potential users of the feature.

With a reputation that includes the superlative of “friendliest,” Dreamstime’s initiative and objective has consistently been in support of social networking technologies; several months ago their content was chosen for greeting cards orders on several major social websites. The famous stock agency now has the widest exposure and recognition with a massive diffusion on a variety of Internet planes.

"As technology evolves, Dreamstime remains committed to its community and discovering new avenues for connecting designers with photographers,” Serban Enache, CEO and co-founder of Dreamstime.com said. “Our community is a sophisticated network for photographers who wish to share their work and a ‘go-to’ destination where designers can find the right images easily and at a great cost. Leveraging Facebook Platform’s social utility will connect Dreamstime to a new contributing public."

Through Facebook Platform, real time notifications and updates engage new Dreamstime users and their friends of their activity with the production tool. The application has been designed to connect Dreamstime with its users’ Facebook accounts and share updates in the stream based on his or her latest activity. The integration will help users promote their portfolio more quickly and effectively. The Dreamstime user’s Facebook wall will be updated according activity, access and use on the site. In addition, contributors using Dreamstime through Facebook have the ability to invite their friends and increase their earnings based on referrals.

"Our application enables all of our users to invite their Facebook friends while earning 10% of each and all referees who join Dreamstime. Of course, all links sent are powered via our Referral Program. You don't have to worry about inserting codes or scrutinizing the website for various links, this new application will do it for you," adds Enache.

Integrating with Facebook Connect, the Dreamstime Promotional Tool launched exclusively via Dreamstime’s message board in early August and already has thousands of active users, whose invites average 15 friends per account. To add the Dreamstime Facebook Application, please visit: http://www.dreamstime.com/facebookmain.

Dreamstime is one of the world's top-rated agencies with a community exceeding 1.5 million users and more than 6 million images online, all available in eight different languages. The agency is proud to offer the lowest prices in the industry and also boasts an attractive collection of free images. With over 70,000 contributors, the steadily growing Dreamstime library of images features an impressive assortment of model released lifestyle images in the business and family genres as well as a vast collection of travel, nature, sports, industry, health and wellness photographs in addition to distinctive imagery [sketches, graphic art and backgrounds] in high quality reprint formats.

For more information on Dreamstime, please visit: www.Dreamstime.com.

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Stock Photography Sales Statistic July 2009

This is my stock photography sales statistic for July 2009. You can find a complete list of stock photography agencies that I work with at H. Lehnerer Photography.


This are for me the best 4 preforming stock agencies for July 2009:

1. Shutterstock
2. Fotolia
3. StockXpert
4. Dreamstime, Can Stock Photo

First lets say goodbye to SnapVillage. It was not my best selling stock agency, but it almost was always at least with one sale in my statistic. I like to say thank you and good luck to the team members of SnapVillage. I also wish good luck to Veer Marketplace who bought Snap Village.

July was my best month ever with an increase of 5% to last month and an increase of 480% to last year July.

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Dreamstime announced facebook connect application

Connect your Dreamstime and Facebook accounts easily and rapidly using Dreamstime latest application. It is helping you to promote your Dreamstime portfolio. It updates you Facebook wall with you latest Dreamstime activity.

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Dreamstime.com Challenges Community with New Feature — Stock Rank

New Flash-Interactive Feature Announced Simultaneously with 6 Million Image Benchmark

NASHVILLE, Tenn.-- (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Dreamstime.com, a global photo community and worldwide leader in the stock photography industry, has introduced Stock Rank - a new “photo-review tool” to enable members to test their photo IQ in comparing and ranking images.

The new imaginative flash-interactive tool pairs two images on the screen and challenges the contestant to select the best photo—the photo most worthy of purchase or download—based on concept, subject, aesthetics, lighting, composition, etc. This feature was initially established as a quality assurance system utilized primarily by the agency's editors as part of their training to review the commercial aspects of stock submissions.

“We’re making the feature available to all members. It’s fun and will allow all users to learn to understand the difference between the images, degrees of quality and what actually sells,” said Serban Enache, CEO and co-founder of Dreamstime.com

As the member becomes an active participant, utilizing the feature and making accurate, consecutive selections, he or she will progress in a ranking system. As each member graduates from phase to phase, the images displayed on Stock Rank, and the comparison, will become more difficult validating the member’s ability to detect the most purchase-able image.

The DT players’ "tally" (or ranking) over the course of each phase will be posted on the community page to allow all members to monitor their success rate.

“The ranking system is designed to generate a fun competition within the Dreamstime community while enabling members to seek out that person who has an ‘eye for detail’ as a reliable go-to source for suggestions as to good/better/best photos in our blogs and forums. The participants’ skills summed together represent a grand wealth of knowledge that everyone can benefit from,” added Enache. “While Dreamstime has more than 70,000 photographers, the agency has 1.5 registered users--the majority being buyers. No matter the user (buyer, photographer, blogger or personal-user), every member has a natural eye for and interest in photography.”

For an introduction to the new Stock Rank feature visit: www.dreamstime.com/stock-photography-rank.

The announcement of the new facet coincides with Dreamstime’s celebration of yet another benchmark. As of July 1, 2009, Dreamstime has successfully exceeded the 6 million mark; the contributor who submitted the unprecedented image received a free 120 GB iPod. Simultaneously, after surpassing the 1 million-subscriber mark in late October 2008, Dreamstime now has more than 1.5 million users. A design agency located in Edinburgh, UK signed up to become the milestone member. Dreamstime.com is currently the second leading agency (in customers). The acceleration in numbers overall make it the fastest growing stock agency in the world.

The agency’s photo gallery, which has been built on community participation and communication, features an immeasurable assortment of model released lifestyle images in the business and family genres as well as an extraordinary and vast collection of travel, nature, sports, industry and health/wellness photographs in addition to distinctive illustrations [vectors, graphic art and backgrounds]. Dreamstime’s customer base is comprised of Fortune 500 companies, independent medium to small businesses and a variety of individuals who use the photos for a full range of print and online projects.

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Stock Images Sold Yesterday 4/25

This are some images I sold yesterday with Shutterstock, iStockphoto, or Dreamstime.

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Stock Images Sold Yesterday 4/22

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Stock Images Sold Yesterday 4/18

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Dreamstime Introduces New Flash Browser Feature

Nashville, Tennessee (USA), APRIL, 2009 - Dreamstime.com, one of the world's premier community-based stock photography agencies, is pleased to introduce its newest search engine advancement-the Flash Browser.

To improve the visual experience, Dreamstime has installed a new Flash Browser to illustrate a larger sized and enhanced visual representation of the DreamFinderTM search results. Photo buyers can now experience image previews in a full, crystal clear screen display.

"The Flash Browser is a new part of our search engine dedicated to the volume and variety of designers that frequent the agency database to find inspirational images," said Serban Enache, Dreamstime co-founder and CEO. "From the professional designer to the personal consumer, our goal is to lessen the amount of time spent to discover the exact image each and every buyer is looking for."

Using Flash technology, each and every file returned by the DreamFinderTM search engine can be displayed in a full screen, revealing photos brilliant in color and vector quality at the click of a button. The new Flash Browser button appears in various locations within the site (including the search results page) and has zoom capability. The browser also features lightbox interaction; designers who wish to add an image to their cart, can do so directly from the browser that interacts within the existing section. Users will now have the option to create lightboxes directly from the regular results page or from this new browser application.

While Dreamstime has already launched this new feature on its Web pages, an official, physical presentation and demonstration will take place at the 2009 Picturehouse in Chicago, IL this week.

The enhancement reinforces Dreamstime's overall custom-made search engine--DreamFinder [an unlimited, multi-tiered, in-depth search that is most unique to the stock photography market featuring refined and extended search options as they pertain to keywords, price, content, model released files, resolution, photos/illustrations, color/monochrome, orientation and more]. Designed specifically to pinpoint definitive photos of relevance, Dreamstime's custom search engine has become second-to-none in relevancy.

With nearly 15,000 exquisite, fresh and contemporary images added daily, Dreamstime features a gallery of over 5.5 million images in addition to its private collection of more than 600,000 exclusive photos that cannot be found at any other agency. Now, with its Flash Browser, Dreamstime will capture the attention of photo buyers who have an eye for detail!

For a glimpse of Dreamstime.com distinctive and superlative photos, visit http://www.dreamstime.com/best-stock-photos

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Stock Images Sold Yesterday 4/12

This are some images I sold yesterday with Shutterstock, iStockphoto, or Dreamstime.

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Stock Images Sold Yesterday 4/9

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Stock Images Sold Yesterday 4/6

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Stock Images Sold Yesterday 4/5

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Stock Images Sold Yesterday 4/4

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Stock Images Sold Yesterday 4/3

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