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But then all those sub sales count just the same as a regular sale for the purpose of sort order placement (at least as far as we know).

   I didn't know you could opt out exclusive images. Following Karimala's point about making those files that sell well at FT only as the exclusive files, and then taking them out of subs, would maybe be a good way to go. I don't know about sort order- that's too much granularity for me

Yes I agree. What's with all of these Stockholm Syndrome - Patty-Hearst-type exclusives?  Actually sticking up for, and protecting your captor can not be healthy.  Yes, I see, it is my own fault my husband hits me, give me a break, as stated above being loyal didn't help anyone from getting screwed (with the exception of a few at the very top).  You can't seriously blame the photographers for these sites lowering commissions when exclusives are seeing cuts too.  Do you really think when sites have millions of images there is anyway for a particular agency to have unique images! There are so many photographers all clamoring to take photos of the same things, it makes good business sense to focus your energy on proven sellers Unless you are a small niche site with less than 100,000 images you are not going to have unique content ever.  I would go exclusive if any site offered better pay than I get by being with ten sites its very simple to run the numbers not an emotional decision purely numbers I do what makes me the most money. No agency has stepped up to the plate yet with a high enough percent to actually come out better by going exclusive.

Can't speak for every buyer but as a typical Freelance Designer I couldn't care less if I paid $1 or $50. It would probably cost me $50 in time just to look elsewhere - if I find the right image I just buy it regardless of where or how much it cost (within reason). The only factor which would make me think twice is if I required a whole bunch of images - that rarely happens though!

Bin there tried that! After 3 weeks of cancelled subs and virtually no sales, I returned to the fold. Don't have a lot of images there but I do have a couple of good sellers (both in subs as DL's). The DL's seemed to drop off sharply too. Subs may only count as one quarter download for canister level but I think they count one for one in sort order placement.

From Fotolia for contributors:

"Visibility
By following the rules above, you will achieve a better visibility. But there are further tips to increase your visibility:

1. By allowing the sales in subscription you will improve the ratio sold/views for each one of your contents. When a subscription customer wants to buy your image and you don’t allow the sale in subscription, your content will be marked at 0 sold for 1 view. The ratio sold/view is an important criteria within our search engine. Images that are sold each time they are viewed receive a better visibility in the results page."

Didn't Fotolia and Dreamstime put the price of credits up at the same time as each commission cut? I would think (possibly in error) that would invalidate the arguments of all they can do is compete on is price?

I'm not sure of the answer to that question.  It's been a while since the price structure changed at FT.  I know very little about Dreamstime or their price structure.  I do know that the prices at FT for exclusives were lowered in December in order to maintain a competitive edge against the competition.  Non-exclusives were already at a minimum for the same reason as far as I know.

Mat

how is that possible? what do you mena by triple?

beside the royalties cut I got US account and I am european.. another 25% taken!

you aren´t alone..  

I have mine set to 30 and have like 7 or 8 in almost two years

You are only getting a 16% commission?  I don't see where even the lowest rank, non-exclusive photographers receive that low a payout.  You are bronze so you should have received 23%.  I would call support and ask why that is because it doesn't sound right. 

I receive $54 on my $100 EL sales fyi and it doesn't deviate so maybe there is a glitch with your account. 

Mat 

US$8 for a 50 credit sale is not speculation.

right

If you are a non-exclusive Bronze ranked photographer dealing in American Dollars and you sell an EL for 50 credits you should receive $11.50. 

What am I missing here?

if it is a US sale..

and then there the US account I have instead of european, another ridiculous and lot of advantageous to FT.. (can´t understand why they cannot change it without getting a new account, absurd..)