About microstock

Vetta Collection - premium collection within Istockphoto library (the name means “peak” in Italian). 

Tineye.com - is a reverse image search engine developed and offered by Idée, Inc., a company based in Toronto, Canada.

iStockalypse - an official multi-day iStockphoto event. Artists and photographers from the international iStock community come together to collaborate, share knowledge, and exchange tricks of the stock photography trade.

Iconography - refers to a collection of various icons and badges used at Istockphoto. These icons are usually shown next to contributors name.

Ranking - ranking used by Fotolia to distinguish contributors by their overall sales.  It also determines the royalty percentage payable to photographers and starting from Emerald level, image prices.

Canister Levels - ranking used by Istockphoto to distinguish contributors by their overall sales. See the table below for current (Dec 2009) ranking

FAQ - sections at microstocks sites to answer Frequently Asked Questions. Here are the links to FAQ at most popular microstocks:

Dollar Bin - collection within Istockphoto library, which was originally created to promote slow-moving images. They were all priced at $1 (hence the name).

Delayed earnings - term used by Shuttestock to describe earnings from high-risk activities, such as referrals.

Creative Network - feature at Istockphoto within member profiles, which allows members to add fellow contributors to their Creative Network.