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iStock: Stunning Stock Files For Every Project & Budget
When web designers and developers are in need of stunning photos, vector illustrations, videos, there are basically two options. First, grab your (video) camera and try to hunt down some good shots in the dangerous non-digital wilderness. Secondly, make yourself comfortable in your wing chair along with a glass of red wine and browse the huge iStock collection. Well, it’s your choice really!
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iStock Plans
iStock are offering credit packs and subscriptions for every project and budget.
Extra Small Credit Packs – iStock is the only advertiser offering a 1 image purchase, with prices starting at only $12. A 3 credit pack starts at $33. Credits offer flexibility downloading photos, illustrations and vectors and currently the only method to download video clips on iStock.
Monthly Subscription Packs – 1 month of 10 Essential Image downloads per month starts at $40/month, with the premium (signature) range which offers access to all images, starting at $99. Both of these packages come with the option to rollover unused downloads to the following month. Video clips are not available through subscription packages.
Small Credit Packs – 6 credits are $60, and 12 credits are $112. Using the Small Credit Packs is a great way to supplement an Essentials image subscription by purchasing only the credits you need to get that perfect Signature Image, over and above your regular Essentials image download options.
Medium Credit Packs – 24 credits are $220, and 36 credits are $325. It’s up to you how you want to use credits – buy just enough for the images you need or stock up and save on future downloads – the more you buy, the less each image costs. There’s no limit for when you use your credit downloads, and since they won’t expire as long as you sign in to your account at least once a year, they’ll always be there when you need them.
Large Credit Packs – 60 credits are $520 all the way up to 300 credits, which is priced at $2,400. That’s a lot of images! Essential Image purchases start with 1 credit, while Signature Image purchases start with 3 credits. If you’re looking for Video, Essential Video clips start at 6 credits, and Signature Video clips start at 18 credits.
Annual Subscriptions – 1 year of 50 Essential Image downloads per month starts at $90/month. 1 year of Image Subscription downloads (Essential and Signature images) for 50 images downloaded/month starts at $199/month. Similar to the Monthly Subscription Packs, both of these options allow users to rollover unused downloads to the following month. Again, video clips are not available through subscription packages.
The Essential collection provides you with industry standard royalty-free stock images, vectors and illustration whilst the Signature collection comes with handpicked images. These are exclusively available through iStock an die cannot be found anywhere else. Please note that a Signature subscription also gets you access to Essentials files.
In February 2018, iStock has reduced their small credit package prices for customers from within Europe and the United Kingdom. They can purchased a 1 credit pack for €9/£7 and 3 credit packages for €24/£20.
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