Help - Frequently Asked Questions
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Buyer Questions
General
- What size should I purchase?
- Can I use an image in a newspaper / magazine?
- How long is my download available?
- How can I re-download my file?
- What are credits?
- Can you invoice me or my company, instead of paying by credit card?
- I received a $0.xx fee on my credit card from Can Stock Photo. What is it?
- How can I contact a specific artist to hire them to do custom work for me?
- How can I get a receipt for my purchase?
- Do you provide image editing services?
- My hard drive crashed, can I get my images?
- Do credits expire?
- Will I receive my file as multiple images?
- What does an image/video cost?
- What is your refund policy?
- Why did my subscription automatically renew?
- Why was my purchase declined? My card is active.
- How do I find a specific image?
Licensing
- Can I use an image on my website?
- Are your images royalty free?
- Can I use an image as my logo?
- What is a Physical & Electronic Items for Resale enhanced license?
- Can I use an image in my book?
- Can I use an image on my product?
- Can I use images for advertisements and marketing material?
- Can I use an image on a t-shirt, or other clothing?
- What is your Unlimited Reproductions enhanced license?
- Can I purchase the exclusive rights to an image?
- Can I use an image on a poster or greeting card?
- Can I use your images in a template for resale?
- Can I use an image in my game, application or program?
- Can I use an image in a calendar?
Technical
- Do all images have backgrounds? I want a transparent image.
- Can I add text to an image?
- What is an EPS file?
- Where did my files save to?
- My EPS image will not open in Corel Draw. Why?
- What is a ZIP file? How can I open it?
- Do footage clips contain an alpha channel / transparency?
Contributor Questions
General
- What will I get paid?
- What are your JPG upload specifications?
- What are your vector upload specifications?
- When do I get paid?
- How can I sell my content?
- My files are stuck in pending. Why?
- How do I request a payment?
- What are your footage upload specifications?
- How do you work with Fotosearch?
- How can I close my account?
- Why are my approved files listed as "processing"?
- Why was my sale refunded?
- My FTP uploads are missing. Why?
Approval Criteria
- Why was my image rejected for invalid keywords/title/description?
- My file was accepted at another agency. Why did you reject it?
- Do you accept editorial content?
- I want to dispute a rejection. Can you re-evaluate?
- Do I need a property release?
- Do I need a model release?
- Can I re-submit a file?
- Why was my image rejected for showing "protected material"?
Company Questions
- Do you have a customer service phone number?
- Where are you located?
- How long have you been around?