Co-Founder of iStockphoto Joins Rival Fotolia As North American President

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« Reply #25 on: May 06, 2009, 16:35 »

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Quote from: madelaide on May 06, 2009, 16:25

I hope he steals one idea from IS to FT. Not the CV, but the more decent credits subs plan!

What do you not like about the CV ?


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madelaide

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« Reply #26 on: May 06, 2009, 16:37 »

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Quote from: alias on May 06, 2009, 16:35

What do you not like about the CV ?

It's very time-consuming and many words don't have certain meanings. I sent suggestion about these, with dictionary texts - so I am not "creating" meanings - and I haven't seen any of these suggestions accepted yet.


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leaf

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« Reply #27 on: May 06, 2009, 16:38 »

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Quote from: Freezingpictures on May 06, 2009, 15:44

Funny that that happened after just recently iStock hired one of the guys who ran Fotolia Germany

That's what i was thinking. Everyone is jumping to the other side

Quote from: swimnews on May 06, 2009, 13:43

... iStockphoto and and Fotolia, which were both launched around the same time ...

http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/05/06/co-founder-of-istockphoto-joins-rival-fotolia-as-new-ceo/

Istockphoto was founded in spring 2000
Fotolia was founded in late 2005

I wouldn't exactly call that 'launched around the same time' ... Dreamstime, Shutterstock, Bigstock, Canstock etc... were all well before Fotolia.


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« Reply #28 on: May 06, 2009, 17:44 »

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Quote from: dirkr on May 06, 2009, 16:02

I don't know Patrick Lor (not long enough in this business), so maybe I am missing a point of the positive news here.
But what I read is that the main statement in that press release is that Istock is too expensive (and Mr. Lor is disappointed about that) and that Fotolia is cheaper.
(Not to mention that the numbers quoted show a completely wrong picture).

So we are all happy to have more focus on price war, more emphasis on being the cheapest?

At least that part worries me a bit...

Fotolia's prices are indeed cheaper, but their royalties are significantly higher to non-exclusives - which is most of their contributor base. They start you at 30%, I believe. As an emerald (roughly equivalent to istock's diamond) get 38% plus was able to double my prices.

So ITLR for most people the RPI is higher at Fotolia then IS, even with the lower prices. My RPI on istock is 1.10 and 1.55 on Fotolia. For a Fotolia exclusive the payout starts at 41% for white level and goes up to 61% for diamond level.

And yes, they do have subscriptions, and yes that sucks. But at least I get a guaranteed .35/DL and they count 1/4 toward new levels.


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dirkr

« Reply #29 on: May 07, 2009, 03:04 »

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Quote from: lisafx on May 06, 2009, 17:44

Lisa, I have to agree, the contributors share is better at Fotolia - currently.

I was more concerned with the main message of that statement being who is cheaper. If that is the most important diffentiating factor (or even the only one) I am disappointed.

I would love to see the micros (all of them!!) being able to raise prices. I believe there is room for that and customers wouldn't buy significantly less if prices were doubled or tripled.
Of course that only works if the majority of agencies goes that road. And the big ones are the ones that can lead them there.

But if the big agencies decide to compete on price, that will not happen.

And Fotolia recently has lowered commissions. An aggressive price war to gain market share would just be an "excuse" to do so again.


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« Reply #30 on: May 07, 2009, 03:14 »

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Quote from: dirkr on May 07, 2009, 03:04

I was more concerned with the main message of that statement being who is cheaper.

The whole of the statement and especially the part about Fotolia being cheaper is aimed at any potential buyers who may read it, I don't think there's any hidden agenda to be read into it.

Think logically about how a buyer might read the statement - so a guy moved from one company to another so what, what difference would that make to any buyer out there, however add the little comment about the other place being cheaper and now they have a reason to look.


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dirkr

« Reply #31 on: May 07, 2009, 03:24 »

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Quote from: RT on May 07, 2009, 03:14

Quote from: dirkr on May 07, 2009, 03:04

I was more concerned with the main message of that statement being who is cheaper.

Let's hope you are right. Maybe I am too busy looking for hidden agendas....


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« Reply #32 on: May 07, 2009, 05:13 »

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Quote from: lisafx on May 06, 2009, 17:44

Besides this, FL pays in Euros to me which is a big advantage with the weak dollar.

Still, I consider FL the least trustworthy micro as they make unilateral changes, many of which against the interests and opinion of contributors, and especially do not announce anything, which implies bad faith in their intentions. In the least it's extremely unprofessional and disrespectful for contributors.

I make some money with them (my 3rd micro) but hardly trust them.


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« Reply #33 on: May 07, 2009, 06:45 »

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Actually, to contributors with high ranked status, the ones most liked by the buyers, Fotolia is more expensive than istock.


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« Reply #34 on: May 07, 2009, 10:40 »

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Quote from: alias on May 06, 2009, 16:35

What do you not like about the CV ?

Everything.


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madelaide

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« Reply #35 on: May 07, 2009, 11:09 »

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Quote from: dirkr on May 07, 2009, 03:04

I would love to see the micros (all of them!!) being able to raise prices. I believe there is room for that and customers wouldn't buy significantly less if prices were doubled or tripled.

I agree with that. We see that in DT, a level 3 image still sells.

That's why I don't like subs. I prefer that the buyer, istead of getting 250 images for US$100, buys only 10 for US$10 each - even if they are not mine.


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« Reply #36 on: May 07, 2009, 11:48 »

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Oh me oh mine, the captain has joined another ship. The titanic is sinking ! the titanic is sinking ! Grin


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