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You can find dozens of articles praising <a href="https://www.shutterstock.com/" target="_blank">Shutterstock</a> and other stock photo websites like Getty Images or iStock. But the truth is, when you buy a stock photo, a large part of the money goes to the website itself — fees up to 85% aren’t uncommon. It’s hard to tell how much an image creator will get when his image is bought. For example, Shutterstock works with a variable subscription model. The lowest reward you will receive as a beginner is $0.25 every time one of your images is downloaded.