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« on: February 11, 2009, 17:50 »
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halloo everyone

i really need to know dreamstime pricing policy !! how do my image costs 0.35$ for one sale? despite their pricing list says :Extra Small size(480 pixels)1 credit ~
as low as $0.83 per image for level 1 .. plz explain?

thnx & best rgrds
karim farah


« Reply #1 on: February 11, 2009, 18:04 »
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Subscription pays 35c.  In your earnings report, you can see what type of sale was that (credit vs subs, size)

Regards,
Adelaide
« Last Edit: February 11, 2009, 18:16 by madelaide »

« Reply #2 on: February 11, 2009, 18:21 »
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thnx for ur quick reply...
 
is it an advantage for me or disadvantage to have such subscription sales ??

thnx in advance
karim farah

« Reply #3 on: February 11, 2009, 18:24 »
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Some people like them, so don't.  In DT the advantage is that your image can be raised more quickly to the next level, therefore paying you more in a credit sale.

But if I had a choice, I would opt out from subs everywhere.  Unfortunately, this is not a choice in DT.

Regards,
Adelaide

DanP68

« Reply #4 on: February 12, 2009, 04:05 »
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Within a year of solid uploading, you should be averaging about $1.05-$1.35 per sale at Dreamstime once you factor in high level credit sales and subs.  It averages out pretty well.

More advanced contributors have an even higher commission per sale.

« Reply #5 on: February 12, 2009, 07:03 »
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Within a year of solid uploading, you should be averaging about $1.05-$1.35 per sale at Dreamstime once you factor in high level credit sales and subs.  It averages out pretty well.

More advanced contributors have an even higher commission per sale.

I have to disagree with you on that.  According to my stats the highest i ever reached after almost 4 years is 1.13 average.  I've had an average of more than 1 only twice in this period. This month is already down to 0,83 average, due to too much sub sales and level one images on lowest resolution.  I noticed that once an image reaches a higher level per picture sales become rare and those are downloaded most under subscription.

Patrick H.

« Reply #6 on: February 12, 2009, 07:25 »
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I have to disagree with you on that.  According to my stats the highest i ever reached after almost 4 years is 1.13 average.  I've had an average of more than 1 only twice in this period. This month is already down to 0,83 average, due to too much sub sales and level one images on lowest resolution.  I noticed that once an image reaches a higher level per picture sales become rare and those are downloaded most under subscription.

No, I'd agree with Dan __ my average sale price is continuing to rise as more images reach the higher levels. Here's the last year;

March 2008 412 $414.55 $1.01
April 2008 373 $356.76 $0.96
May 2008 345 $352.95 $1.02
June 2008 369 $334.62 $0.91
July 2008 378 $363.11 $0.96
August 2008 349 $386.44 $1.11
September 2008 338 $409.64 $1.21
October 2008 382 $469.62 $1.23
November 2008 333 $401.41 $1.21
December 2008 254 $286.57 $1.13
January 2009 306 $392.68 $1.28
February 2009 157 $203.69 $1.30

« Reply #7 on: February 12, 2009, 08:47 »
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Sub count toward your image levels. Downloads count toward your exposure. Sales average at DT are the highest of all the agencies that is submit to.

I get sub sales on higher level images and I get many downloads with larger size.

It is a win win!!!


DanP68

« Reply #8 on: February 12, 2009, 21:52 »
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Absolutely.  Here are the commissions for an image of mine which recently hit Level 3:

$2.92
$3.13
$0.35
$1.91
$2.92

Average commission  $2.24

Here's another:

$1.80
$2.76
$2.90
$1.80
$0.30
$0.42
$0.42
$4.80
$1.80
$0.42

Average commission $1.74

Both of these images were shot with an 8.1 mp Canon EOS (30D, 1DMkIIn).  So they do not benefit from the very large size sales.  Can't wait to get a couple of my 5D shots to Level 3!   8)


 

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