3 February 2010
The demise of stockxpert.com as a going website has been rumored ever since the Getty images takeover of Jupiter Images.
The following notice has been placed on the SXP site: As of February 11, searching and downloading at StockXpert will cease. All SXP members can transfer their remaining credits to iStockphoto. SXP credits will be honored 1 for 1 at iStock.
Obviously Getty wants all microstock buyers to rush over to iStock for their purchases, and they're making it easy with the credit transfer. Unfortunately even with the 1:1 transfer, your credits are worth less at iStock. An large image that would have cost 10 credits at SXP will now cost 15 at IS (or 20 credits for exclusive images). Many buyers just can't afford to spend twice as much on images.
The question I'm getting from several photo buyers is where should I buy images now?
See the full post for a price and content comparison of the main microstock sites.







