Shutterstock On Demand

ShutterStock announced yesterday two new products in their subscription plans. They've called it Shutterstock on Demand and it's basically a credit package that a client can use for a year, instead of having a limit of photos to download per day.

There are two packages, one for small/medium images and other for full size images.

The measure seems to be very welcome by the microstock community and finally puts ShutterStock on par with it's competitors in terms of buying solutions.

The comissions will be higher than the usual subscription sales. As in the normal subscription plan (now called "25 a day") the comission will vary with the submitter's total earnings (lifetime) in Shutterstock. Here's a table with the values:

Small/Medium Package
< $500 in earnings - $0.81
> $500 and < $3000 - $1.07
> $3000 and < $10000 - $1.17
> $10000 - $1.24

Any Size Package
< $500 in earnings - $1.88
> $500 and < $3000 - $2.48
> $3000 and < $10000 - $2.70
> $10000 - $2.85

The referral earnings and cd backup program comissions stay the same, with $0.03 and $0.05 respectively.

Kudos for Shutterstock for allowing these new options to buyers.