What is Shutterstock and how does it work?

You will pay each photo between $2.90 and $4.90 depending on the extension you choose. The other small plan is for 50 downloads a month. Priced at $125 monthly and $99 a month with an annual subscription, it’s a great way to get a considerable amount of photos, paying between $1.98 and $2.50 per image.

You will pay each photo between $2.90 and $4.90 depending on the extension you choose. The other small plan is for 50 downloads a month. Priced at $125 monthly and $99 a month with an annual subscription, it’s a great way to get a considerable amount of photos, paying between $1.98 and $2.50 per image.

Shutterstock Photos Are Royalty-Free Although there is a charge for Shutterstock images, once you have purchased them, they become what is known as royalty-free. This means that you are granted copyright to the intellectual property and have the license to use what you buy in multiple ways on multiple applications.

Shutterstock Photos Are Royalty-Free Although there is a charge for Shutterstock images, once you have purchased them, they become what is known as royalty-free. This means that you are granted copyright to the intellectual property and have the license to use what you buy in multiple ways on multiple applications.

As a Shutterstock contributor, you will earn a percentage of the price Shutterstock receives for licensing your content. There are 6 separate earnings levels for images and for videos, ranging from 15% up to 40% . You can graduate through them independently based on your download count in each category.

The Shutterstock collection offers photos, illustrations, vectors, video, and music for download by businesses, marketing agencies, and media organizations . We work closely with over 80,000 contributing artists to license their content—they’re photographers, videographers, and illustrators from around the world.