New Pay As You Go Pricing from DepositPhotos

leaf

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« on: October 13, 2011, 16:27 »

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A press release from DepositPhotos..

Depositphotos Stock Photo Agency Introduces New Pay-As-You-Go Pricing

Pay-as-you-go prices are raised, subscription prices remain the same

Fort Lauderdale, Florida, 13 Oct. 2011 –
Depositphotos, the fastest-growing stock photo agency in the world, introduces a new pricing model.
This scheduled change affects pay-as-you-go pricing, while subscription pricing remains the same. Photographers receive a level rating, based upon their total sales. Image prices, once dependent only on the size of the image, now also increase as the photographer’s level increases. While photographers’ commission rates remain the same, photographers at higher levels will receive increased royalties due to the higher pricing of images at their level.

With the new pay-as-you-go pricing model, Depositphotos expands the list of countries where the pay-by-SMS method works. Panama, Hong Kong and New Zealand have been added to the list; SMS payments in Italy will become available in a few weeks.
The Buyers Menu has received a facelift; the background of opened tabs is shaded, so now it is easier for users to see where they are in the menu structure. Depositphotos also eases the process of purchasing credits and subscriptions; each time a buyer logs in, his welcome screen
offers to make a purchase if needed.

“We introduced this new pricing model to stimulate contributors to upload and sell more
images. In addition, this change is designed to attract those contributors who had previously
dismissed Depositphotos as a low-earning agency,” says Igor Kalyuzhny, Head of Depositphotos’
departments in Eastern and Western Europe.


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luissantos84

« Reply #1 on: October 13, 2011, 16:43 »

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I hate to do this but I would love to hear about the ranking levels at DP

is there an email to ask for special requests??


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lisafx

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« Reply #2 on: October 13, 2011, 17:02 »

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Interesting. Very good news. I am a relative newbie on DP, but nice to know there is some chance of advancement.

Seems likely this is a way to reward higher earners and keep them from running afoul of the new FT "return to white rank" program.


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Anita Potter

« Reply #3 on: October 13, 2011, 17:25 »

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I'll go back up and read Leaf's post in a moment. Here's the ranking levels.

Okay went and read the first post. Sounds good hopefully that will squash FTs plans for return to start (which, eventhough I'm not affected by it, is still just rude).

Have they implemented that plan yet or is it for release at a later date?


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luissantos84

« Reply #4 on: October 13, 2011, 17:27 »

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Quote from: Anita Potter on October 13, 2011, 17:25

I'll go back up and read Leaf's post in a moment. Here's the ranking levels.

LOL I wasn´t talking about that (actually was) but I was thinking about "some" contributors rank


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Anita Potter

« Reply #5 on: October 13, 2011, 17:29 »

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Quote from: luissantos84 on October 13, 2011, 17:27

Quote from: Anita Potter on October 13, 2011, 17:25

I'll go back up and read Leaf's post in a moment. Here's the ranking levels.

LOL I wasn´t talking about that (actually was) but I was thinking about "some" contributors rank

Ah woops my bad Tongue


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« Reply #6 on: October 13, 2011, 17:55 »

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Well I already don't like their math skills.
If I have 467 sales why do I need 237 more to reach the next level (supposedly Bronze is from 501 up)


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sharpshot

« Reply #7 on: October 13, 2011, 18:00 »

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Do they count subs as one download or are they doing that the FT way as well?


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luissantos84

« Reply #8 on: October 13, 2011, 18:06 »

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Quote from: sharpshot on October 13, 2011, 18:00

Do they count subs as one download or are they doing that the FT way as well?

have tried that and nop, it is close to it but it ain´t 4

just found the math: subs / 4 and SMS x2

returned sales count for the total on profile but not for the math


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gwhitton

« Reply #9 on: October 13, 2011, 18:16 »

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While we are on the topic of DepositPhotos pricing, I got this email from them today, about a sale. Since I've only gotten subs up to this point and had very few files with them I haven't had much activity.

So the email starts out:

"DepositPhotos: File Sold by Bonus"

The email looks like regular none sub "M" sized file that sold for $2.00.

What's throwing me here is the word "bonus". Is this a bonus for something or just cute language they are using for a regular download.

Thx


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luissantos84

« Reply #10 on: October 13, 2011, 18:18 »

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Quote from: gwhitton on October 13, 2011, 18:16

While we are on the topic of DepositPhotos pricing, I got this email from them today, about a sale. Since I've only gotten subs up to this point and had very few files with them I haven't had much activity.

So the email starts out:

"DepositPhotos: File Sold by Bonus"

The email looks like regular none sub "M" sized file that sold for $2.00.

What's throwing me here is the word "bonus". Is this a bonus for something or is this just cute language for a regular download.

Thx

bonus is a sale from a promotion


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gwhitton

« Reply #11 on: October 13, 2011, 18:19 »

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Quote from: luissantos84 on October 13, 2011, 18:18

Quote from: gwhitton on October 13, 2011, 18:16

While we are on the topic of DepositPhotos pricing, I got this email from them today, about a sale. Since I've only gotten subs up to this point and had very few files with them I haven't had much activity.

So the email starts out:

"DepositPhotos: File Sold by Bonus"

The email looks like regular none sub "M" sized file that sold for $2.00.

What's throwing me here is the word "bonus". Is this a bonus for something or is this just cute language for a regular download.

Thx

bonus is a sale from a promotion

As in it showed up in a ad of their's and someone downloaded it? Thanks Luis


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« Reply #12 on: October 13, 2011, 18:42 »

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Quote from: luissantos84 on October 13, 2011, 18:06

Quote from: sharpshot on October 13, 2011, 18:00

Do they count subs as one download or are they doing that the FT way as well?

have tried that and nop, it is close to it but it ain´t 4

just found the math: subs / 4 and SMS x2

returned sales count for the total on profile but not for the math

Thanks for figuring that one out.


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luissantos84

« Reply #13 on: October 13, 2011, 18:48 »

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Quote from: gwhitton on October 13, 2011, 18:19

Quote from: luissantos84 on October 13, 2011, 18:18

Quote from: gwhitton on October 13, 2011, 18:16

While we are on the topic of DepositPhotos pricing, I got this email from them today, about a sale. Since I've only gotten subs up to this point and had very few files with them I haven't had much activity.

So the email starts out:

"DepositPhotos: File Sold by Bonus"

The email looks like regular none sub "M" sized file that sold for $2.00.

What's throwing me here is the word "bonus". Is this a bonus for something or is this just cute language for a regular download.

Thx

bonus is a sale from a promotion

As in it showed up in a ad of their's and someone downloaded it? Thanks Luis

no, it is a promotion, like a discount that they gave to "potential/future" buyers