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3.7

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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

I spent a considerable amount of time working on an illustration project and received nothing in return, while my work remained on the platform. The image review process is unfair and completely lac... See more

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

Scopio give me experience to make high quantity of illustration. they shared to us tips how to make illustration files in large amount (500+ illustration per month). It's an opportunity for me to do t... See more

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Scopio has transformed my photography hobby into a lucrative venture! The app’s simple interface makes it a breeze to upload my best shots, and the earning potential is impressive. Now, every click is... See more

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Scopio is a good site to find general photos for everyday use. Blog or social posts can easily be found on their platform. If you require high quality for special items such as promos or ads you ma... See more

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Scopio is a global platform for visual artists.Photographers, illustrators, graphic designers, video editors, and 3D artists use Scopio to upload their work, earn money, and find gig and project opportunities. More than 45,000 artists from 190 countries use the platform, with over 3 million visual assets selling.People use Scopio to showcase their images, get visibility, and turn their creative work into income. Artists can upload their work in minutes and be considered for short-term or ongoing projects through the Scopio app.Our mission is to make creative systems easier and more open, so people — and the next generation — can build income from their talent without barriers, no matter where they live. We believe creative work should be shared, not left sitting on hard drives. Describe your company Scopio is a global platform for visual artists. Photographers, illustrators, graphic designers, video editors, and 3D artists use Scopio to upload their work, earn money, and find gig and project opportunities. More than 45,000 artists from 190 countries use the platform, with over 3 million visual assets selling. People use Scopio to showcase their images, get visibility, and turn their creative work into income. Artists can upload their work in minutes and be considered for short-term or ongoing projects through the Scopio app. Our mission is to make creative systems easier and more open, so people — and the next generation — can build income from their talent without barriers, no matter where they live. We believe creative work should be shared, not left sitting on hard drives. About Scopio (Content preview) Scopio connects visual artists with real opportunities around the world. We support anyone with talent around the world, and help their work reach companies and organizations through licensing, gigs, and creative projects. Join for free, you get paid when your work is sold, or when you are hired for a gig. We support the next generation of visual talent by breaking barriers and making it simple. Our mission is to help visual artists turn their skills into sustainable careers, wherever they are in the world. We believe by seeing more of the world, it becomes a better place. Based in USA with a global team.


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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

I have excellent relations with the…

I have excellent relations with the company; with their new discord channel, they resolve my concerns quickly and on time, and my images are sold to other partners, so my earnings increase every month.

May 18, 2022
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

I made the mistake of purchasing a…

I made the mistake of purchasing a LIFETIME one fee membership to this company back in 2019. Then two years later out of the blue they started charging my card each month! I have been unable to get them to stop billing me through my Visa. Visa tells me to work with the merchant. The Merchant, Scopio fails to credit my account. DO NOT DO BUSINESS WITH these people. They are CROOKS!

May 4, 2022
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

After 2 years of work and thousands of…

After 2 years of work and thousands of pictures uploaded and 1400$ earned my account got locked with no reason and the support doesn't reply back, i have been removed even on discord with their new nft project after one of their members told me that my pictures have been found elsewhere on the internet even though it's stated they don't keep the exclusive licence, he asked me to contact the support by email for further help, it's a great scam .

February 8, 2022
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Rated 2 out of 5 stars

I've been locked out of my account…

I've been locked out of my lifetime account for 18 days, with no help in sight. Password change does nothing. I did get one email back saying they were working on it, but further emails have gone unanswered. Customer service gets Two Thumbs Down from me.

January 28, 2022
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Rated 3 out of 5 stars

This deal seemed too good to be true...

EDIT ---
So I finally got a hold of the CEO, and after she gave me the run-around for about a week, I finally got some answers.
In a nutshell: Standard License is unlimited web use.
Extended License permits up to 100k for print use.

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I bought a 1-year subscription for the standard AND extended license via DealFuel. I've been trying for weeks to get ahold of someone in Customer Service, and all my emails have been ignored. I finally reached someone through Instagram, but they're giving me the runaround.
All I want to know is: what is the print usage for the Extended License? For the Standard License, it's 100,000 usages, but the rep on IG says that's wrong. How's that wrong? It's stated on YOUR license page!
Am I misreading something?

December 11, 2021
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Contributor, run away

Nine months I ask to suppress my images,
nine months I hear "thank you for your patience",
nine months and my images are still on the website.

If your are a contributor, RUN AWAY !

November 8, 2021
Unprompted review
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Reply from Scopio

Dear Contributor, I hope your issue was solved. The app is being released in the next few weeks that makes it so easy to remove images and have more options. We heard our community and added this feature in the app. Right now you can fill out the contact us form and it takes 90 days for take down due to the technical difficulty since Scopio does all the work tagging and publishing them and organizing them, there is that time needed which will be immediate soon. https://scop.io/pages/contact-us

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

After 2 years they start charging me again (solved)

I've bought a "lifetime" subscription 2 years ago. Now they start charging me again. Reading the rest of the reviews here, this platform should best be avoided...

EDIT: The company refunded the charged amount. All good.

October 20, 2021
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Reply from Scopio

Glad we could help, hope you still in enjoy the product!

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Deleting an account is impossible

For 2 months, I'm trying to delete my contributor account because all the pictures I uploaded are still in review, and nothing happens. I'm waiting months... The customer service doesn't answeres my messages. I highly recommend avoiding this platform.

October 18, 2021
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Reply from Scopio

Dear Contributor, I hope your issue was solved. The app is being released in the next few weeks that makes it so easy to remove images and have more options for pending images that haven't been accepted by the content team/engine. We heard our community and added this feature in the app. Right now you can fill out the contact us form and it takes 90 days for take down due to the technical difficulty since Scopio does all the work tagging and publishing them and organizing them, there is that time needed which will be immediate soon. https://scop.io/pages/contact-us

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Scopio's Poor Treatment of its Image Contributors.

As an image contributor expect little help when it comes to payment issues. Scopio have not helped whatsoever in resolving a payment issue on their website which I first contacted them about 3 months ago. Absolutely poor service, and the worst I have ever dealt with across all the platforms I use to sell photos.
*EDIT
Their reply below shows how tough it is to get help. All we want is good communication and help but they're advertising crypto payment instead. I had another pay issue since I wrote this review and contacted them several times and got no response. Nothing to do with Paypal either, it was for sales not reflecting on my payout and I never got paid for it. I enquired about it and got nothing back. Abysmal.

September 14, 2021
Unprompted review
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Reply from Scopio

We added Crypto as a payment option because paypal has been giving a lot of people trouble. Have you tried to add that in your contributor account? It is being used now all over the world and much easier for people.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Really bad platform and support

Really bad platform and support. After seeing the ridiculous% on the sale of many of my photographs, I have been requesting deletion for months, requested not to use and sell my photographs anymore and instead they continue without my permission.
Absolutely not recommended for photographers who want to sell their photographs.

September 5, 2021
Unprompted review
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Reply from Scopio

Our app is being released shortly that makes it so easy to get more opportunities and make more money and list different prices and control your content more. We have done hundreds of thousands in payments to artists. The payments range depending on what we can sell it for and we do our best to leverage each image/story. As you know photography is a difficult leverage so Scopio does hard work in leveraging your story and your individual unique qualities. Most of our artists are under represented which is why we like you to fill that part out in your profile so people can find you better. You can also be hired by your skills you list which can make you hundreds and thousands more. September 2022 there will be an app where opportunities will come in all the time for you to earn on top of the money of the downloads. Also, if you want higher revenues fix up your profile and share your page.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

WORST EXPERIENCE EVER

WORST EXPERIENCE EVER. I got involved in the project in there early days, and made the terrible mistake of uploading many of my high end images to there site. Today they wiped all access I had to my images, removed all my earnings and still have my images uploaded for commercial use. It’s been nearly 3 months since I’ve tried to get ahold of a human besides there “Dana from Scopio” bot. Definitely a scam, would never recommend this to anyone. In fact iv been thinking about getting legal action against them.

August 2, 2021
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

From a contributor perspective

From a contributor perspective. I regret getting involved. Started with them when they were very new. Commissions are extremely low and not worth it for me compared to other agencies. I have been asking for about a year to have my few images removed and they refuse to do it. They instead keep licensing them for cheap. Communication is poor and there is no way for me to close my account on their site. This is one of the poorest run start ups I have seen.

June 23, 2021
Unprompted review
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Reply from Scopio

We focus on authentic and diverse content so it is difficult for us to leverage more "stock looking images" We recommend uploading more authentic people and places for higher revenue.

Our app is being released in the next few weeks that makes it so easy to get more opportunities and make more money and list different prices and control your content more. We have done hundreds of thousands in payments to artists. The payments range depending on what we can sell it for and we do our best to leverage each image/story. As you know photography is a difficult leverage so Scopio does hard work in leveraging your story and your individual unique qualities. Most of our artists are under represented which is why we like you to fill that part out in your profile so people can find you better. You can also be hired by your skills you list which can make you hundreds and thousands more. September 2022 there will be an app where opportunities will come in all the time for you to earn on top of the money of the downloads. Also, if you want higher revenues fix up your profile and share your page.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Free Trial Cancelled, Charged, Scop.io will not Respond

I was offered a free trial by Scop.io. I canceled before the end date but was charged. Worse, Scop.io will not respond. After contacting Scop.io billing 10 times by Email, Instagram, Website Contact Form, and Facebook I received one canned response. Scop.io has no phone number listed either. It is impossible to get in touch with Scop.io billing.

I am really surprised by this type of treatment. I have no other option but to start a dispute through my credit card which is a big hassle and frustrating.

Shame on Scop.io for treating consumers so poorly. I can understand mistakes, system glitches, etc, but refusing to even discuss with a customer, and outright ignoring is a big concern resembling a scam.

Scop.io appears to be an illegitimate company to me. I do not recommend them to anyone. There are many other photo solutions that are very similar with great ratings, reviews, and trust. Don't take the risk with Scop.io.

May 21, 2021
Unprompted review
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Reply from Scopio

We have refunded this customer, and added a cancel and re subscribe feature inside the account instead waiting on customer service.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

A contributor's point of view

From a contributor's point of view it seems promising - but it has a lot of issues.

The review process is far too long (quoted two weeks but it is longer - I've not had any reviews without prompting support).

The number of downloads and views changes weekly not in real time. Earnings is only updated monthly.

Model release information is very hit and miss - doesn't seem to work at all for minors.

The captions and keywords are not read from the exif information in the file. Instead the site tries to identify what's in the image itself!. Unsurprisingly it's mostly wrong so you have to update the caption and information yourself - this also doesn't change in real time you have to wait days for the information to be updated.

On the plus side sales looks very encouraging although the response from support has been sketchy.

Update: They finally ran the update for paying contributors (in May for images sold in Feb). They've also vastly improved the keywords and captions process. Still very buggy but getting there.

March 29, 2021
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Questionable customer service

Questionable customer service. No replies to e-mails. Scopio just continue sending e-mails on the same topic, disregarding my replies. Any real people working in this company?

March 25, 2021
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Terrible service

Terrible service. No one responds to their live chat, or Facebook messenger. And talking to them via email is like talking to a donut. Not to mention that photo selection is hardly considered good. Better off with 123rf, istock or anything else out there. Scop.io claims they are fully founded by women and they use it as a marketing gimmick, their customer service however is totally a disgrace to that gender.

March 3, 2021
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

I purchased a "Lifetime subscription" but cannot redeem it

Their instructional video shows how to redeem the subscription code and in the real registration form the field where you enter the code is missing. Then I was informed by support there's fine print attached to the purchase that I wasn't aware of (wasn't disclosed at the time of purchase) that it's for new subscribers only. They suggested using a new email address.
Welp, I AM a NEW subscriber and still can't redeem what I paid for. Using ANY email address. I'm done. I just want my money back one way or another at this point.

February 27, 2021
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

I purchased a "Lifetime subscription" but am asked to pay

I purchased a "Lifetime subscription" when this was offered several months ago. This was meant to give me free access to all images in the library. For a while I was able to download images. Then they updated the system to include new features (which weren't included in the Lifetime sub), and now I am asked to pay for every image when I try to download it. I have contacted support three times asking them to fix this, and gotten no response every time. Pretty disappointing.

November 27, 2020
Unprompted review
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