How do I transfer my account from a business to a personal account?
There are two permissible ways to change a contributor account from a company account to a personal account.
The easiest and preferred way is to send us a resolution signed by all shareholders and directors (if your business is a corporation), by all members and /or managers (if your business is an LLC) or by all partners (if you are a partnership) with the resolution transferring all rights of the content to you.
Alternatively, you can provide us with an email confirming a complete and final disabling of the account, so that we can assist you in closing down the company account and opening a new account in your own name. Please note that all download history and earnings levels of the account will be removed and that you will have to re-upload all of your content to the new account where it will be subjected to the review process again with the possibility of rejections.
All requests are reviewed and processed on a case-by-case basis. If approved you will be required to complete a new Form W-9 or a Form W-8 (depending on the country you live in), and you will have to execute an Assignment and Assumption Agreement, which we will provide at that time.
Please Contact Us before proceeding with any account changes so we can provide additional instructions and so we can guide you through the process.
How do I transfer my account from a personal to a business account?
In order to transfer your account from a personal account to a business account, you will need to provide us with the full legal business name that payments will be made to. We will also need to know your relationship to the business entity.
If there is approved content in your portfolio, the business entity will be required to assume all of your obligations and your various agreements with Shutterstock, and you will have to execute an Assignment and Assumption Agreement (transfer of copyright agreement), which we will provide at that time.
All requests are reviewed and processed on a case-by-case basis. If approved you will be required to complete a new Form W-9 or a Form W-8 (depending on your country of residence).
Finally, the business entity will be required to assume all of your obligations and your various agreements with Bigstock, and you may have to execute an Assignment and Assumption Agreement, which we will provide at that time. Please Contact Us so we can provide additional instructions and so we can guide you through the process.
How do I transfer my account to another person?
If you wish to change the name in the Pay To field to that of a different person, we want to emphasize that the name in this field does not just refer to the person who receives payments, but also the one who owns the account and rights to all the content in the account. Changing this field, therefore, means a transfer of the ownership and all rights of your content on Bigstock and a loss of access privileges to the account. Please keep this in mind as you proceed.
In order to change ownership of a contributor account, please contact us with the full name of the new owner and the reason for the ownership change.
If there is approved content in your portfolio, the new account holder will be required to assume all of your obligations and your various agreements with Shutterstock, and you will have to execute an Assignment and Assumption Agreement (transfer of copyright agreement), which we will provide at that time.
All requests are reviewed and processed on a case-by-case basis. If approved, the new account holder will be required to complete a new Tax Profile as well as a new Form W-9 or a Form W-8 (depending on the country of residence).