The speculation as to the future of Hungary-born microstock StockXpert is over: it will cease to operate as of next Thursday.
Getty Images acquired majority interest in the site as part of the Jupiterimages acquisition and recently resolved remaining ties with original owner HAAP Media. The closing of the company was announced via email, which advised members that their remaining StockXpert credits will be honored at Getty’s flagship microstock iStockphoto for the next six months (credits need to be transferred by logging into StockXpert and following instructions).
StockXpert, once considered a top-six microstock, is no longer accepting members or selling credits. It will take down searching and downloading functions on Feb .11. Interestingly, its last owner is not done with microstock or crowdsourcing: WebMediaBrands, the current incarnation of Jupitermedia, has recently launched StockLogos.com.