Author Topic: 123rf video prices and commissions (Read 6569 times)

MaZvone · « **Reply #25 on:** February 15, 2012, 06:54 »

Will you change comission for videos from 2013 as well as images?

KB · « **Reply #26 on:** February 15, 2012, 23:42 »

Quote from: MaZvone on February 15, 2012, 06:54

Will you change comission for videos from 2013 as well as images?

Answered in the 123RF forum -- yes.

Seems particularly unfair for video-only contributors, since there will be only 10 months of sales by then. And how likely it is that initial sales of new media on any site are going to be robust?

stocker2011 · « **Reply #27 on:** February 16, 2012, 08:29 »

Im going to begin uploading. Is codec PhotoJpeg with 95% compression ok?

holgs · « **Reply #29 on:** February 17, 2012, 05:12 »

Quote from: KB on February 15, 2012, 23:42

Quote from: MaZvone on February 15, 2012, 06:54
Will you change comission for videos from 2013 as well as images?
Answered in the 123RF forum -- yes.

Seems particularly unfair for video-only contributors, since there will be only 10 months of sales by then. And how likely it is that initial sales of new media on any site are going to be robust?

Made the decision not to invest the time to upload footage there much easier. Think I'll concentrate on Pond 5 where I can set my own prices and get 50% instead.

MaZvone · « **Reply #30 on:** February 17, 2012, 11:16 »

I agree

stocker2011 · « **Reply #31 on:** February 28, 2012, 09:47 »

Will 123RF video be going live in March?

theodoros · « **Reply #32 on:** March 01, 2012, 08:59 »

Does anyone know the video specs of 123RF?

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Supported file formats are : .MOV, .WMV, .MP4
Kindly ensure your footages do not exceed 1 minute in duration.

The above doesn't say much. I'm need to know if the accept .mov files with the PNG codec and support for alpha channel.

Also, on the summary info table for each video, there is no information about the original video codec.
Buyers need to know this information.

Cheers.

cascoly · « **Reply #33 on:** March 07, 2012, 12:59 »

Quote from: alex123rf on February 08, 2012, 20:32

Hi we should be going live next week or so. stay tuned...

Alex

that was in feb - after an earlier prediction of early Jan - another month and still no news? when will videos go on sale?

KB · « **Reply #34 on:** March 07, 2012, 13:44 »

Unfortunately, the longer the delay, the less time available to earn the 50% commission level promised that led some to upload in the first place. Not to mention it lessens the time to earn "credits" towards achieving a higher than minimum commission level starting January.

lbarn · « **Reply #35 on:** March 07, 2012, 15:50 »

they currently have a footage tab on their web page, it looks like its live

KB · « **Reply #36 on:** March 07, 2012, 18:04 »

^^ Indeed it is -- thanks! As of when, I wonder?

The first search I tried was Hawaii ... and in the top 12 results were: a time lapse of clouds moving over the Grand Canyon, 3 palm tree videos keyworded with a multitude of countries that have palm trees, Atlantic Ocean Dominican Republic, and a majestically beautiful waterfall in Taiwan. But the other half (6) were all actual scenes taken in Hawaii.

This isn't a knock on 123RF, it's a knock against my fellow contributors who love to spam locations (among other things). (Though the Grand Canyon and Taiwain ones don't appear to be location spamming -- their keywords seem to pertain to different clips.)

Keyword spamming is so prevalent that IMO sites that weigh keywords based on buyer's purchases and clicks will eventually end up with much better search results than those that do not.

lbarn · « **Reply #37 on:** March 07, 2012, 18:07 »

I noticed it either Mon or Tues of this week, it may have been active before that, I don't know.

alex123rf · « **Reply #38 on:** March 07, 2012, 20:35 »

We've gone live on Monday, it's a very soft launch, ie. only several countries have it. Once we iron out the bugs etc. We'll go all out to promote and push footage.

As for the locations and keywording spam, it's a normal occurrence, we can remove keywords from the index at a future date.

Thank you very much,

Alex.

KB · « **Reply #39 on:** March 07, 2012, 22:59 »

Quote from: alex123rf on March 07, 2012, 20:35

We've gone live on Monday, it's a very soft launch, ie. only several countries have it. Once we iron out the bugs etc. We'll go all out to promote and push footage.

Great, glad to hear that. I hope it goes very well.

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As for the locations and keywording spam, it's a normal occurrence, we can remove keywords from the index at a future date.

I wish there was a system by which buyers (or anyone who does a search) could report bad keywords. It doesn't mean the files would have to be changed, but at least that would give a mechanism for someone who is a keywording expert to be alerted to look and decide. OTOH, it could cause more harm than good if there aren't proper resources available (i.e., an available keywording expert).

stocker2011 · « **Reply #40 on:** March 08, 2012, 16:48 »

Nice, post here when you get your 1st sale!

stocker2011 · « **Reply #41 on:** March 10, 2012, 11:47 »

Im pretty new to 123rf and cant figure out where my earnings are, do i have to click on earnings at the bottom for the full report or should it appear as credits on the top bar.

I also cant find stats ie. views nor can i figure out how to manage my videos eg. delete them.