Pond5 metadata rules

From third-party sources Compiled from other people's guides and not yet verified against official documentation — please check the agency's own page before relying on it.

The only agency where you set the price yourself, and no special characters anywhere in the file

keyword

Between 5 and 50 keywords.

title

Maximum 80 characters.

CSV

Required fields are originalfilename, title, keywords, price and datecreated in month/day/year form.
No special characters or quotation marks anywhere in the file.
Download the real CSV template from the Uploads page of your own account, under Apply CSV.
The price is yours to set — no other agency has this field.

editorial

Use Shutterstock's dateline format; the CSV has an editorial column.

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