Upload guide

Welcome to our upload guide! Looks short, doesn't it? We can assure you that you don't need a 100-page manual to get started with us. This is all you need to know!

1. Preparing files

We strive to offer only the best images to our customers, therefore our standards are very high. Before uploading your work make sure you take the time to do proper post-processing if necessary. Here's the before upload checklist:

2. Uploading and Editing

Just like everything else, we also wanted to make uploading files easy here on Stockfresh. You can either use our simple browser uploader (also capable of selecting multiple files) or the FTP software of your choice, both are very convenient. You can find more information on accessing our FTP server on the Upload page. We enforce a daily upload limit to give everyone chance to submit their images. This limit is only enforced during import, you can have as many files on the FTP as you like.

All files arrive in your FTP folder on our server, including browser uploads. When you are ready, simply click the Import button and your files will appear on your image management page called My images. By default your files end up in folders based on the date they were uploaded, but you can organize them however you like. These folders are only visible to you, and you can get rid of them if you don't need them. When you delete your folders, their contents are moved to the Home folder, which is the root of all folders.

You can add titles, keywords, descriptions, releases to one or more files at the same time by ticking their checkboxes and filling out the Bulk editor form on the left. If you have IPTC metadata embedded in your files, you can skip this part because the site automatically reads it. Model and property releases can also be attached to files with the Bulk editor. You can attach releases to an entire folder on the Releases page. If you have trouble submitting the editor because it follows you, click on the small pin above the box and it will stay in one place. » More info on releases

Once you're done with editing, our administrator team will review the images. You have 72 hours to add all the necessary information and releases, otherwise your files will be rejected. Reviews may take up to 3 days. The search cache is updated once every day at around 4AM CET, so approved files go online the next day. Rejected files can be reviewed again upon request if the problems are fixed. Rejection reasons can be found under the red status indicator corresponding each file. Please e-mail Customer support with review requests.

To maximize your earnings potential, we encourage you to use the Image Series feature of the site. You can link images that belong together (eg. they are from the same shoot) on the My images page and these images will also be displayed on the image preview pages. We strongly recommend using this feature. It's very easy, you just have to tick the images you like, select Link images in the Edit box and click Apply.

For your convenience, we also accept files on DVDs and hard disks in certain cases, but we prefer mass FTP uploads. Please contact us if you have a large number of files with embedded metadata and you want to leave uploading to us. Please note that we can't guarantee that all the files will be added, this depends on many factors including the quality of keywords.

3. Images we're looking for

We are often asked what kind of images we need. It's not really about what we want, it's more important what customers want. As a general rule of thumb you should create images that are in demand and avoid subjects that generate little or no interest. The most popular images are always fresh, stylish, interesting and useful at the same time and they are taken by people who think with the mind of the customer.

Although we want to build a diverse portfolio on Stockfresh, please avoid vacation-like shots, anything life-less and random, very basic studio images and photos of not widely known landmarks and buildings. As for graphics, please do not upload images that require very little effort to create, such as fractals, renderings of default objects in 3D software, simple headlines typed with free fonts and such.

For inspiration you can visit our Most popular images page.

4. Sizing and pricing

Minimum upload resolution: 640x480. Minimum upload file size: Not specified. Maximum upload resolution: Not specified. Maximum upload file size: approx. 25mb.

Photos, rasterized graphics and rasterized versions of vectors will be available for download in the sizes listed in the first table, provided that they reach that particular category in size. Prices are based on these download sizes. Vector prices are the same for all files. Extended licenses are available for all images. Terms of these licenses can be found here.