Sherry P.

I've been a Viewbug member for many years and purchased the Pro+ subscription back when it was the highest level of pay categories. Now there are different levels and Pro+ is the lowest paid category. Viewbug promises a lot of exposure that never seems to happen. I was drawn to Viewbug because of all the contests and challenges. I've entered hundreds of contests and challenges, yet often times there is little to no evidence that a judge (or maybe anyone) ever even saw my photos. Never won anything, but tbh I really don't care about that. Most of the times, the winning image is stellar and way better than mine. In the early days, one could earn points for participating--load a photo, give an award to another photographer's image, vote on contest entries, enter a contest, etc. The more you participated, the more points you earned. Nothing really happened with those points though. It didn't earn you anything. Now you can earn coins for the first award you make or first photo you upload or first contest you enter, etc. You can actually exchange your coins for some decent prizes. I used coins to buy Microsoft Office for my new laptop. Unfortunately, I feel that was a bit of a scam because I was never able to get my license code to work, even when Viewbug gave me another code after I complained. I ended up having to purchase Microsoft Office anyway. I basically think this entire website is just for whoever created it to make money from member fees. There is really absolutely NOTHING you get in return for your money or your time. There are better places to share photos and receive real feedback. I have now cancelled my paid membership and vow never again to get duped by this kind of thing.