Author Topic: What's the lowest commission you've ever seen? (Read 2270 times)

PowerDroid · « **on:** February 26, 2010, 10:00 »

I just saw a $.15 commission in Dreamstime. Previously I thought the $.18 commissions I see once in a while in iStock were the lowest out there, but this one took the prize. The Dreamstime $.15 was listed as "1 Credit (old)." (I've actually been happy with my Dreamstime sales lately... I have a lot of "green" and "blue" level images now that land some pretty nice commissions... making this $.15 figure all the more shocking when I saw it.)

So is $.15 the lowest commission currently out there? Anyone seen worse?

MicrostockExp · « **Reply #1 on:** February 26, 2010, 10:12 »

$0.19 so far on Istock .... I wrote a blog entries about lows and highs I saw in 2009 on multiple agencies:
http://microstockexperiment.blogspot.com/2009/10/2009-microstock-commissions-lowsand.html

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elvinstar · « **Reply #2 on:** February 26, 2010, 10:20 »

$0.19 on iStock for me, too. I had one yesterday in fact.

ibogdan · « **Reply #3 on:** February 26, 2010, 10:23 »

A friend told me he earned on Pixmac some 0.08$ per sold file.. That's waaay too low.

Vonkara · « **Reply #4 on:** February 26, 2010, 10:31 »

6$ for a extended licence at Fotolia. Too bad I can't remember for the larger size. I think it was something like 1.60$ for XXL or something for the normal licence

Phil · « **Reply #5 on:** February 26, 2010, 15:06 »

Quote from: ibogdan on February 26, 2010, 10:23

A friend told me he earned on Pixmac some 0.08$ per sold file.. That's waaay too low.

I score $0.028 on pixmac and more below the $0.08 but they have changed it now so the lowest is about $0.05 (But I stopped uploading when I saw the $0.028 and waiting for my 12 months to be up to remove account)

luissantos84 · « **Reply #6 on:** February 26, 2010, 15:30 »

Quote from: Phil on February 26, 2010, 15:06

Quote from: ibogdan on February 26, 2010, 10:23
A friend told me he earned on Pixmac some 0.08$ per sold file.. That's waaay too low.

I score $0.028 on pixmac and more below the $0.08 but they have changed it now so the lowest is about $0.05 (But I stopped uploading when I saw the $0.028 and waiting for my 12 months to be up to remove account)

Got a 0.042$ at pixmac, a 0.1Mpix

stockastic · « **Reply #7 on:** February 26, 2010, 15:37 »

Eventually, there will be no monetary commission. Instead we'll receive Fotolia Credits, which have no cash value, but can be accumulated to get cool prizes like maybe a Fotolia tote bag or a Fotolia coffee mug.

luissantos84 · « **Reply #8 on:** February 26, 2010, 15:51 »

Quote from: stockastic on February 26, 2010, 15:37

Eventually, there will be no monetary commission. Instead we'll receive Fotolia Credits, which have no cash value, but can be accumulated to get cool prizes like maybe a Fotolia tote bag or a Fotolia coffee mug.

ahahah like a gas/fuel station!

Vonkara · « **Reply #9 on:** February 26, 2010, 16:15 »

Quote from: stockastic on February 26, 2010, 15:37

Eventually, there will be no monetary commission. Instead we'll receive Fotolia Credits, which have no cash value, but can be accumulated to get cool prizes like maybe a Fotolia tote bag or a Fotolia coffee mug.

Also posters of the best selling stock images like gold fish jumping and random people smiling. And at 1 million credit, some of the top like Yuri will get the Fotolia island. Here is the previews

madelaide · « **Reply #10 on:** February 26, 2010, 17:25 »

25c for a vector or for a XL image. I don't mind the 19c for a XS that much (although it is still very low).

OM · « **Reply #11 on:** February 26, 2010, 20:33 »

Quote from: stockastic on February 26, 2010, 15:37

Eventually, there will be no monetary commission. Instead we'll receive Fotolia Credits, which have no cash value, but can be accumulated to get cool prizes like maybe a Fotolia tote bag or a Fotolia coffee mug.

Perhaps instead of credits they will be called Chad.............."Chad are more commonly seen in mundane, everyday settings. When a hole punch of the functional or decorative type is used, it removes a small amount of paper - a chad. Chad are also common in stores, where holes are punched so that merchandise can be hung on pegs or clips. Chad are also the small strips, pieces of paper or shred waste that remain of the documents fed through a paper shredder.[3] Chad can also be the result of punching holes in any sort of thin material, such as cloth, plastic, or even sheet metal."

Wiki

mantonino · « **Reply #12 on:** February 26, 2010, 21:26 »

My lowest was a single sale for .03

madelaide · « **Reply #13 on:** February 26, 2010, 21:29 »

Quote from: mantonino on February 26, 2010, 21:26

My lowest was a single sale for .03

Wow, were was that?

RacePhoto · « **Reply #14 on:** February 26, 2010, 21:57 »

Quote from: elvinstar on February 26, 2010, 10:20

$0.19 on iStock for me, too. I had one yesterday in fact.

+1 Also .19 on IS, because I don't contribute to the FBN sites.

mwp1969 · « **Reply #15 on:** February 26, 2010, 22:40 »

$ 0.18 for an XS at Fotolia at the first canister level ...

-Mark
http://markwpayne.wordpress.com

FD · « **Reply #16 on:** February 27, 2010, 03:47 »

Quote from: Phil on February 26, 2010, 15:06

(But I stopped uploading when I saw the $0.028 and waiting for my 12 months to be up to remove account)

I told you so.

- That's why I never uploaded there.
On topic: 19 cents on IS.

macrosaur · « **Reply #17 on:** February 27, 2010, 06:42 »

wow.

0.03$ for a photo, it's almost as low as a click on an Adsense banner...

it this becomes the norm soon it will be more profitable to run web sites with images and banners all around.

Phil · « **Reply #18 on:** February 27, 2010, 07:16 »

Quote from: FD-amateur on February 27, 2010, 03:47

Quote from: Phil on February 26, 2010, 15:06
(But I stopped uploading when I saw the $0.028 and waiting for my 12 months to be up to remove account)
I told you so. - That's why I never uploaded there.
On topic: 19 cents on IS.

yes you did

Phil · « **Reply #19 on:** February 27, 2010, 07:16 »

Quote from: macrosaur on February 27, 2010, 06:42

wow.

0.03$ for a photo, it's almost as low as a click on an Adsense banner...

it this becomes the norm soon it will be more profitable to run web sites with images and banners all around.

yep, sadly people are still uploading there

Brandon Seidel · « **Reply #20 on:** February 27, 2010, 18:49 »

Quote from: macrosaur on February 27, 2010, 06:42

wow.

0.03$ for a photo, it's almost as low as a click on an Adsense banner...

it this becomes the norm soon it will be more profitable to run web sites with images and banners all around.

too late, it already is

anonymous · « **Reply #21 on:** February 27, 2010, 19:58 »

$0.14 yesterday @ IS

macrosaur · « **Reply #22 on:** February 27, 2010, 21:03 »

Quote from: Brandon Seidel on February 27, 2010, 18:49

Quote from: macrosaur on February 27, 2010, 06:42
wow.

0.03$ for a photo, it's almost as low as a click on an Adsense banner...

it this becomes the norm soon it will be more profitable to run web sites with images and banners all around.

too late, it already is

never say never ... last click i've got thru Adsense was 0.02$