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Yuri Arcurs
Freezingpictures
GeoPappas
Smithore
rene
sharpshot
ldambies
epixx
latex
FlemishDreams.
RTimages
Vonkara
helix7
Travelling-light
Mjp
northflyboy
ason
sorsillo
boatman
Alex
Eco
Rozmaryna
Pixelbrat
Read_My_Rights (277)
vphoto
faber (300)
dbvirago
cmcderm1
boryak
HughStoneIan
digiology
moori
pixart
fauxware

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Yuri Arcurs
Freezingpictures
GeoPappas
Smithore (596)
rene
sharpshot
ldambies
epixx
latex
FlemishDreams.
RTimages
Vonkara
helix7
Travelling-light
Mjp
northflyboy
ason
sorsillo (538)
boatman
Alex
Eco
Rozmaryna
Pixelbrat
Read_My_Rights (277)
vphoto
faber (300)
dbvirago
cmcderm1
boryak
HughStoneIan
digiology
moori
pixart
fauxware

Updated: Number of my photos -

Opt out Sub at StockXpert:

Yuri Arcurs
Freezingpictures
GeoPappas
Smithore (596)
rene
sharpshot
ldambies
epixx
latex
FlemishDreams.
RTimages
Vonkara
helix7
Travelling-light
Mjp
northflyboy
ason
sorsillo (538)
boatman
Alex
Eco
Rozmaryna (68)
Pixelbrat
Read_My_Rights (277)
vphoto
faber (300)
dbvirago
cmcderm1
boryak
HughStoneIan
digiology
moori
pixart
fauxware
rosendo  (313)

Added my photos.

Yuri Arcurs
Freezingpictures
GeoPappas
Smithore (596)
rene
sharpshot (2756)
ldambies
epixx
latex
FlemishDreams.
RTimages
Vonkara
helix7
Travelling-light
Mjp
northflyboy
ason
sorsillo (538)
boatman
Alex
Eco
Rozmaryna (68)
Pixelbrat
Read_My_Rights (277)
vphoto
faber (300)
dbvirago
cmcderm1
boryak
HughStoneIan
digiology
moori
pixart
fauxware
rosendo  (313)

Nothing wrong in promoting the agency that gives the best deal to photographers. I do it myself, all the time, and my connection to them is nothing more than my portfolio. One sale at FP gives me 5-10 times as much as one sale at IS or SS. Reason enough for me.

I opt-out as well.


Yuri Arcurs
Freezingpictures
GeoPappas
Smithore (596)
rene
sharpshot (2756)
ldambies
epixx
latex
FlemishDreams.
RTimages
Vonkara
helix7
Travelling-light
Mjp
northflyboy
ason
sorsillo (538)
boatman
Alex
Eco
Rozmaryna (68)
Pixelbrat
Read_My_Rights (277)
vphoto
faber (300)
dbvirago
cmcderm1
boryak
HughStoneIan
digiology
moori
pixart
fauxware
rosendo  (313)
Lukasphoto
aremafoto (2147)
IKOphotos (1842)

opt out, I couldn't downsize my photos at SS, because I' not member there
And for microstockgroup admin, please add featurepics portfolio link form, I realy want make featurepics popular....


Yuri Arcurs
Freezingpictures
GeoPappas
Smithore (596)
rene
sharpshot (2756)
ldambies
epixx
latex
FlemishDreams.
RTimages
Vonkara
helix7
Travelling-light
Mjp
northflyboy
ason
sorsillo (538)
boatman
Alex
Eco
Rozmaryna (68)
Pixelbrat
Read_My_Rights (277)
vphoto
faber (300)
dbvirago
cmcderm1
boryak
HughStoneIan
digiology
moori
pixart
fauxware
rosendo  (313)
Lukasphoto
aremafoto (2147)
IKOphotos (1842)
Kiya
erwinova

I will concur with what was said earlier in the thread.  StockXpert is the one in the cross-hairs only because they were willing to give us an opt-out. But alas I am out too.


Opted out at StockXpert:

Yuri Arcurs
Freezingpictures
GeoPappas
Smithore (596)
rene
sharpshot (2756)
ldambies
epixx
latex
FlemishDreams.
RTimages
Vonkara
helix7
Travelling-light
Mjp
northflyboy
ason
sorsillo (538)
boatman
Alex
Eco
Rozmaryna (68)
Pixelbrat
Read_My_Rights (277)
vphoto
faber (300)
dbvirago
cmcderm1
boryak
HughStoneIan
digiology
moori
pixart
fauxware
rosendo  (313)
Lukasphoto
aremafoto (2147)
IKOphotos (1842)
Kiya
erwinova
Velvia
DanP68

I'm opting in, flame on, but StockXpert has been one of the best agencies to deal with for me, they actually listen to their contributors and have the easiest upload process. If you opt out then you should not contibute to Dreamstime, 123, SV, Crestock (Who pays a measley 25 cents I may add) as a matter of principle if you're so against the subscription model. Opting out will do nothing but drive the subscription customers to a different site, ones that I might add don't give you a choice, and may even pay you LESS (Crestock).

Now if you start a movement against low commission paying sites (ie IStockPhoto, UnLucky Oliver, Crestock) let me know, I'm in.

Yuri,  I believe you're 100% right!  And I wish that all the big players such as Andres, VGStudio, etc... could start doing the same thing!

I'm a modest player compare to you but my strategy since the beginning has been to submit to SS pictures to the minimum size requirement: 2.5 MP, and I still get a pretty decent number of downloads (about 1500/month for a port of 800 images, mostly landscapes).  Why on earth would you want to give a way one of your super high quality image in 39MP for 30 cents?  I think I would just downsize it to 2.5MP and put the 39MP on macrostocks.

I actually upload different size on each site to make sure I optimize the pay based on the site payment structure:
FT:   8MP
StockXpert: 6MP
IS: 5MP
DT: 5MP
123: 5MP
SS: 2.5MP

ALAMY: 16MP

This way the customer will have to pay $$$ to get higher resolution of my pictures.

I too noticed a drop in sales for past 3 months, especially with SS and more recently with StockXpert, and I also agree that subscription model is bad for us.

I hope the big players , Andres, VGStudio, IOFoto don't join this nonsence. If they have a problem with subscriptions then take your photos off all subscription sites that don't offer a choice, if you're so bothered by it. Yeah, let's punish StockXpert for giving us a choice, what a joke.

I don't think anyone is ganging up on StockXpert here. They offer the opt-out, so of course they will be the topic of discussion when participating in subscription sites comes up.

The point of all this, and of opting out, is that we as contributors can't just go along for the ride anymore, letting the microstock companies take us wherever they like. We actually have some concerns about our futures in this business, and want them to listen to what we have to say. This is a way of saying, "Look at how many people opt out of subscriptions when given the choice." It says that if we are forced to participate in subscription sites, that is better than nothing. But given a say in the matter, subscriptions are definitely not cool with us.

I've wondered if StockXpert went into the subscription plan thinking that we would all be ok with it, maybe even be happy about it. This seems like a good way to let any site considering a subscription plan to give it a second thought. Not only will some people be opposed to it, but people like Yuri will opt out or consider pulling out. I really doubt that StockXpert management ever thought their subscription service would end up missing images from the top microstock contributor.