The message below was displayed today in the Shutterstock Forum:
Dear Shutterstock Submitters,
We wanted to let you know that we will be shutting down Photosights as of November 11, 2007. While we aim to offer as many options to our users as possible, our great strength is the subscription model. We have decided that we can serve our customers best by devoting all our resources to continuously improving and enhancing the subscription service at Shutterstock.
At 6pm on November 11, all traffic will be redirected to Shutterstock. Sometime after that date, the Photosights column in your stats page will be removed as well. All earnings will be paid out as usual.
We thank you for your understanding as we work through this transition. Please contact support@shutterstock.com with any questions or concerns.
Regards, Jon Oringer
Founder & CEO
Shutterstock
Bearing in mind that I had only one per photo sale in my whole time at Shutterstock I can’t say that I am surprised… 123rf seems to be the only site that manages to do subscription and credit (per photo) sales well. SY
