What Content Does Shutterstock Need?

The Shutterstock team has proposed an interesting way to get an idea of what content is in demand by the stock agency. Often, buyers struggle to find something specific, and that’s when the stock agency’s team steps in. In general, here’s the explanation:

Authors often ask us: what kind of content are we (the stock agency) interested in? To answer this question, we created a special Twitter account. Through it, we share specific requests from buyers (regarding photos, videos, and illustrations) as soon as they come in, and the rest depends only on you.

Hit follow @ShutterstockReq. (Tip: even if you don’t have a Twitter account, you can periodically check updates on this page to find out what content is currently needed by the stock agency).

Here are a couple of points to remember about our search requests:

All materials should be uploaded via submit.shutterstock.com. Please do not attempt to upload them on Twitter;
If we need commercial images featuring people, we write “MR” in the tweet (this is an abbreviation for Model Release);
We use hashtags in tweets to identify the types of specific requests (what exactly is needed: #video, #photos, #illustrations). If you see the hashtag #images used in a tweet, it means we need works of all types (including vectors/illustrations);
Content will be reviewed and approved in the established manner on Shutterstock.

If you have any questions about specific content requests, please feel free to tweet us, or send emails to contentrequest@shutterstock.com.

Thank you for your attention and good luck with your shots!
Best regards, Scott and the team.

What content are buyers looking for on Shutterstock, what is most in demand? To stay updated, you can follow Shutterstock’s Twitter @ShutterstockReq, and then the little birdie will chirp the necessary information 🙂