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Dreamstime Reviews Summary

Dreamstime has a rating of 3.7 stars from 1,260 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally satisfied with their purchases. Reviewers satisfied with Dreamstime most frequently mention great selection, high quality and many years. Dreamstime ranks 2nd among Stock Photos sites.

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Virginia
1 review
0 helpful votes
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I'm an exclusive contributor since 7 years, I really think it's valid agency with a huge distribution.

Date of experience: September 6, 2017
Mexico
1 review
0 helpful votes
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So many options
September 5, 2017

Love all the images. Always have a hard time deciding which to choose. Price is very reasonable too.

Date of experience: September 5, 2017
Mexico
1 review
0 helpful votes
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A good microstock agency
September 5, 2017

After 8 years working in Dreamstime I have learned about photography Microstock market.
Good company to work with.
No complaints at all

Date of experience: September 5, 2017
Canada
1 review
3 helpful votes
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No Complaints
September 1, 2017

I am exclusive with Dreamstime as a contributor. I have no complaints whatsoever. Good company to deal with.

Date of experience: September 1, 2017
Poland
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Opinion of DREAMSTIME
August 31, 2017

A very good side. You guys are grea and super. With dreamstime cooperates for several years and i can't say anything bad about this page and its employees.

Date of experience: August 31, 2017
Spain
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Seller for 4 years
August 31, 2017

It is implemented a stupid algorithm, if you upload some images in that month you will have some buyers, if not upload you will have zero buyers.

P.S. And so on... It is known that Romania is at the helm...

Date of experience: August 31, 2017
Romania
2 reviews
1 helpful vote
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I've used Dreamstime for a couple of years. They have decent prices and a great variety of images. I've switched to their subscriptions lately. They're cheaper than credits.

Date of experience: August 30, 2017
District of Columbia
1 review
3 helpful votes
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I purchased a block of $34.99 photos and then they automatically have been taking $25.00/month thru Paypal. Deceptive business practices.

Date of experience: August 29, 2017
Texas
1 review
9 helpful votes
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Thief in the Night
August 17, 2017

Dreamtime Worst company I have ever dealt with literally stealing money from my account by the hour. They took the actual 14.99 which I purchased and proceeded to take another 75.00 dollars in 6 hours based on their automatic annual subscription which I thought was one monthly cancel at anytime. I was able to stop their theft by manipulating my accounts. I have only used their images 1 time and will never use them again. I WARN everyone they are atrocious thieves. Everyone is right they are SCAMMERS!

Date of experience: August 17, 2017
Philippines
1 review
3 helpful votes
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Scam
August 12, 2017

If you want to purchase just one photo they set you up on autorenewal.
They charge by credits.
Misleading.

Date of experience: August 12, 2017
AE
1 review
6 helpful votes
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Scam, stay away!
July 27, 2017

The package I signed up for was AED19 and they charged me AED96! I can not delete my account and no support what so ever. Now I have to change my credit card in order to stop them from charging me again and update my new card with another 100 apps that I'm using! Painless!

Date of experience: July 27, 2017
Texas
1 review
7 helpful votes
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Frauds! Scammers!
July 12, 2017

I thought I was signing up for a monthly membership... only needed one month. I guess I didn't realize this at the time of signing up I was getting a year. Then the next month when I see a $25.00 charge come across my cc. Now they say, I signed up for a full year. I pleaded with customer service... what a joke! Really what ever happened to customer service!
Do not even deal with these people.

Date of experience: July 12, 2017
Texas
1 review
7 helpful votes
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Unethical business
July 6, 2017

I unknowingly signed up for a subscription about 18 months ago when I was updating our company website. I used my boss' credit card so I was unaware of the ongoing charges. We recently conducted an audit and the Dreamstime charges were brought to my attention. We never even used a single photo of theirs and I was told they would only go back 6 months to credit back the charges.
This is a total scam and deceptive. I don't know how they are still in business!

Date of experience: July 6, 2017
Illinois
5 reviews
12 helpful votes
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Buyer beware!
June 27, 2017

I wasn't aware that Dreamstime was charging me fees, until I received an email notification from my PayPal account this morning! I reported it to PayPal and changed my password.

Date of experience: June 27, 2017
GB
1 review
5 helpful votes
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Scammers!
May 23, 2017

I bought a promo package from this scammers and they have charged my account for four consecutive months! |At some point when i called the first; lady was rude to me. The other lady i spoke to few days later told me to scan my bank statements and send to her! She never believed me! These guys are scammers! Run away! Never give you bank details!

Date of experience: May 23, 2017
Rhode Island
1 review
7 helpful votes
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Absolutely horrible experience with this service. Thought I was getting a monthly subscription with a $. 05 first month trial with ability to cancel at any time. LIES! It was actually a yearly subscription that they will not allow me to cancel. I called and spoke with the customer service person and she would not even work out a cancellation fee.
I cannot afford to pay the monthly fee for 9 more months. I will be contacting my credit card company to see if they will help. Stay away from Dreamstime, you can get a better deal and better images at iStockphoto.com

Date of experience: May 17, 2017
NL
1 review
4 helpful votes
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They just suck
May 9, 2017

Price is much too high, and only for the quality of ther photos... You can better look somewere else.

Date of experience: May 9, 2017
Australia
1 review
4 helpful votes
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THIEVES KEEP AWAY
April 29, 2017

I'm off work awaiting surgery and trying to survive on my Wifes pay who rip her off as well. These people should be ashamed of themselves. We couldn't woek for any business who conducts themselves in this manner.
Cancelled my card and now will probably not purchase anything again on the (safe) NET.
OMG had to choose a rating as 0 is not there. So they get a ONE minus ONE.

Date of experience: April 29, 2017
Belgium
1 review
6 helpful votes
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This company has fraudulent technics in the way they sell their pictures. They stole 23 dollars from me in a so called 0,05$ plan for 5 pictures. They send you a fake invoice but not deducted the money... Even the invoice labeling does not reflect what you have signed for. Is this normal?... but use your credit card detail to deducted you a monthly plan. Be aware! I have contacted BBB service and the other services and nothing has been done. I was not reimbursed!
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Date of experience: April 9, 2017
New Jersey
1 review
7 helpful votes
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Crazy Expensive
March 28, 2017

The website pricing is VERY misleading. You'd think if a photo was Extra Small, it would make sense that it would cost 1 'credit'. Then the next size up, "Small" would cost 2 'credits, right? Wrong.
Some of the photos, Extra Small (hence unusable for anything other than a thumbnail), start at 11 credits! That's $11/ for a thumbnail size photo.

Very disappointing. Also, avoid the subscriptions, as they'll bill you for a year at a time, not the appealing monthly payment they indicate.

Date of experience: March 28, 2017

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