Shutterstock contributors
stock photos, video
Shutterstock contributors official live
11 Stock/creative assets · Photo/video · marketplace
Sells or earns: stock photos, video
six levels each for images and video, 15% to 40% by download count; levels reset to 1 every January 1
Payout: per Shutterstock schedule · Eligibility: contributor account · Notes: $1B+ paid since 2003; level thresholds on browser-gated payouts page
Fields
- category
- 11 Stock/creative assets
- subcategory
- Photo/video
- name
- Shutterstock contributors
- url
- https://submit.shutterstock.com/help/en/articles/10594604-how-much-will-i-be-paid-as-a-contributor-to-shutterstock
- type
- marketplace
- what_you_sell_or_earn
- stock photos, video
- economics
- six levels each for images and video, 15% to 40% by download count; levels reset to 1 every January 1
- payout_threshold
- per Shutterstock schedule
- eligibility
- contributor account
- status
- live
- verified_date
- 2026-09-05
- verification
- official
- source_url
- https://submit.shutterstock.com/help/en/articles/10594653-contributor-earnings-structure-faq
- notes
- $1B+ paid since 2003; level thresholds on browser-gated payouts page
Machine-readable: category JSON · record id 11-shutterstock-contributors