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It wouldn't be too surprising if they got rid of them. It didn't seem like it was a very good money making idea for DT because buyers could easily download their full quota. Maybe, it was just a short time thing to entice new buyers? I don't know. Just speculating.

Glad to hear it.  I never thought that they were a good idea.

I'm not a fan of subscriptions (and that was one of the factors in steering me to IS exclusivity way back when), but DT has done something quite interesting with subscriptions that I'm warming to now that I've been back there a few months.

I think the big thing is that there is something in it for the contributor to look forward to, as long as there's a mix of credit sales in there. For me that's been the case. When a file sells, even a 35 cent subscription, that boosts my take on future sales so that when someone buys a maximum size credit sale my take goes up. From level 3, my subscription commission goes up as well. So for each subs sale I feel much more positive than I do at other sites. SS does have a ramped commission structure but (a) the steps are quite far apart and (b) after $10K there isn't anything in it beyond the sales themselves.

Confirmed on the DT boards: http://www.dreamstime.com/thread_29332

Agree.

I do applaud them, though, for trying to think of new ways to encourage buyers, and then discontinuing when it isn't making money for anybody.

This change will probably hurt my sales on DT, which have already been on a downward trend for a while.

The reason is that I do vectors mostly, and the prices of vectors are so high on DT that virtually no one buys the eps files there as PPDs. I can only sell them as subs or as JPGs. If DT cut their vector prices in half, I think my revenue there would increase. As it is, reduced numbers of subs sales will probably hurt me there