iStockphoto - Licences for individual images

Hi

I’m trying to produce a licence for an image for a client, however, istockphoto does not seem to have a place to get receipts for images, just for “top up” payments. The Digital Files tab is empty and there does not seem to be anywhere else they could reside.

I find it hard to believe it doesn’t supply them, given that it’s owned by uber-litigious getty images.

Or maybe it makes a great deal of sense…

Any thoughts?

Cheers

The inability to definitively prove you have a valid licence is certainly a weakness in the iStockPhoto admin system, especially since they were bought out by Getty! :shifty:

Personally I open a new iStockPhoto account for each new client, in their name, and ask them to charge it up with credits themselves. That way at least there is a detailed online record of their paid download images, including licence type, accessible via Accounts>> View Downloads

It seems to be the best proof of purchase that is available at the moment.

Paul

Surely you could provide them with a receipt with the date, your account ID, the image number and a receipt ID (if one was provided). :slight_smile: