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?
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