What do photobanks live on?

Question

Photobanks

Do they still have customers and sales are profitable?
It would seem that all the illustrations and photographs are made to order, and the time for stocks is long gone.

Answer 1

who told you such nonsense?
cheaper for 10 bucks to buy at the bank than to order for 300 bucks from the pros, profit 30 times.
yes, those who order pictures for 300 bucks and so on are not customers of the photo bank, but it seems to me that 99 percent of people cannot afford this.

Answer 2

Designers often buy photos there for their designs. There was a customer who needed a fish drawn in some style, they were looking for found a crucian carp on a photobank as the client described, later of course it turned out that crucian carp was not needed, a pike was needed, they also found a pike