Archive notice: This article was originally published on February 9, 2010. Links and embedded videos are preserved as part of the historical record.
Almost two million images were downloaded every month. Fotolia was thus able to expand its status as Europe’s leading stock provider further.
Almost 50 percent more buyers, an increase of more than 50 percent in purchased credits and growth of more than 50 percent in credits earned by artists: 2009 was a very successful year for Fotolia and its more than 1.5 million members. Almost two million images were downloaded each month. The more than 200,000 contributors felt the success particularly in their own wallets: the proportion of credits paid out rose by more than 55 percent.
Customers from agencies, advertising companies and, increasingly, newspaper and book publishers benefited from the best price-performance ratio in the stock-photography market and the attractive licensing model with images starting at one euro. The number of API calls, meaning access via companies’ own interfaces to Fotolia, rose by more than 200 percent.
“Fotolia means incredible added value for users: we offer photos, vector files and videos from some of the world’s most talented artists for legal commercial and advertising use,” explains Murat Erimel, Director Marketing and Media Relations GSA at Fotolia. “Previously, designers, marketing professionals and creatives sometimes had to pay more than 500 euros per image. Fotolia offers the same quality with usage rights starting at 1 euro.”
Success in 2009 in figures:
• almost two million image downloads per month
• 47.61 percent more buyers
• 52.96 percent more purchased credits
• 53.92 percent more credits earned by artists
• 56.28 percent more credits paid out
• 203.01 percent more API calls
