iStock
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iStock is an online royalty free, international microstock photography provider based in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Key facts
- Company.name
- iStock by Getty Images
- Company.former_name
- iStockphoto (until 2013)
- Company.type
- Subsidiary
- Company.genre
- Microstock photography
- Company.foundation
- (as iStockphoto)
- Company.founder
- Bruce Livingstone
- Company.location_city
- Calgary, Alberta
- Company.location_country
- Canada
- Company.parent
- Getty Images
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Wikidata facts
- Official website
- www.istockphoto.com
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- inception
- 2000-01-01
- search formatter URL
- www.istockphoto.com/photos/$1?phrase=$1
- Commons category
- IStock
- login URL
- www.istockphoto.com/sign-in
- social media followers
- 133098
- registration page URL
- www.istockphoto.com/join
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- phone number
- +66 2460 9151
- FAQ URL
- www.istockphoto.com/de/faq
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iStock is an online royalty free, international microstock photography provider based in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
== History == The company was founded by Bruce Livingstone in May 2000, as iStockphoto, a free stock imagery website supported by Livingstone's web development firm, Evolvs Media. iStock pioneered the crowd-sourced stock industry and became the original source for user-generated stock photos, vectors and illustrations, and video clips. It began charging money in 2001 and quickly became profitable.