When purchasing a photo or illustration from a stock photo site, you’ll encounter various payment options.

If you frequently require a substantial number of high-quality licensed photos or vector images, purchasing a subscription is your best option.

In early April, Dreamstime‘s administration alerted users to be cautious of emails purportedly from the agency, requesting account details or prompting recipients to click on links to verify their information on the website.

In 2009, Shutterstock was the first stock photo bank to begin acting as a tax agent, followed by other major stock banks like Fotolia, Dreamstime, and Depositphotos by the end of the year. How did this manifest? These popular stock photo banks started withholding taxes from image sales.

As you’ve likely seen in previous articles or learned from your experience with stock photo agencies, the primary method for withdrawing earnings from top microstock contributor sites in the CIS and other developing countries has always been – and still is – Moneybookers (now Skrill).

At a certain point in their work with microstock agencies, every contributor faces the question: “How can I withdraw earnings from microstock agencies?” This is a very reasonable question, especially for contributors from the CIS. Most microstock agencies offer options for transferring earned money to accounts in payment systems like PayPal and Moneybookers.