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jbarber873

« Reply #25 on: December 07, 2010, 17:01 »

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Quote from: sharpshot on December 07, 2010, 16:35

I asked for FTP access to istock and was sent the details but there is a silly procedure, not just uploading like all the other sites I use and lots of problems that are always being mentioned in the forum. I decided it wasn't worth the effort, then they cut my commission to 15% from January, so I will be deleting my clips on 1.1.2011.

Istocks upload process is so awkward it's painful. Very important details are missing from the instructions. It takes forever for review, and then rejections are arbitrary and without consistency. With the cut in commissions, it's hard to justify uploading. The only thing is, they do sell pretty well, and if they ever get around to properly managing the video part of the site, they could open up a whole new market. For that reason, I will stick with them a while longer, but boy is it painful. They really are such hateful people.


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Will

« Reply #26 on: December 07, 2010, 17:23 »

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If you are just beginning to submit video clips I suggest that it might be wise to favor the sites that let you set your own pricing or at least pay a good royalty percentage.
Pond5 and Revostock are both good sellers. SS is OK and sells regularly but is a lower royalty. CC and CD have good royalty rates but so far slow sales. At 15% Istock is an insult and I won't submit to them for that reason and hope others might want to help protect the integrity of the market and do the same.


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EditableClips

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« Reply #27 on: December 16, 2011, 15:37 »

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My personal toplist is:
1) shutterstock - for the simplest uploading and stable sales
2) pond5 - for 50% for seller, good interface and as a buyer also I like mov preview for download (great for placeholders in my project) - other sites offers just flv file which I have to convert to mov if I want to use it in my AE project
3) istock - was my number 1 in sales up to the begining of this year but I hate their uploading system, keywording, categories and property release (I sell only motion graphics). Now, sales collapsed and I stopped my upload
4) getty images - I like their prices for customers :-) I don't know who pays so much for files they can buy for 50$ at other sites
4) www.editableclips.com - motion graphics only - interesting place :-)


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rinderart

« Reply #28 on: December 28, 2011, 17:44 »

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Quote from: sharpshot on November 17, 2010, 10:07

^^^You might not like it but other people do. And there's more markets than just the web. Video for stock is alive and kicking.

Totally agree. Biggest Mistake I've made in this business was not getting in when I should have.


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WaterView

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« Reply #29 on: December 28, 2011, 22:21 »

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Can only speculate how good 123RF will be for footage sales but, if I based it on how well they sell pictures then it looks encouraging. Commissions look good too.

123RF began accepting videos / footage in December but they have not started making them available to buyers yet. I've read on this site it may be mid January or so before that starts. http://www.microstockgroup.com/123royaltyfree-com/123rf-video-prices-and-commissions/

Uploading the small amount of videos I have has been flawless and easy so far.


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Zerkalo

« Reply #30 on: April 27, 2012, 03:25 »

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Just a quick update for IS. The inspection time for exclusives is under 3 days at the moment on iStock. This is a huge improvement compared with last year. I think it has improved for the non-exclusives as well.


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sharpshot

« Reply #31 on: April 27, 2012, 03:41 »

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^^^Perhaps because we don't bother uploading anymore

I just couldn't do it for 15% commission with sales lower than Pond5.


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Zerkalo

« Reply #32 on: April 27, 2012, 08:47 »

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Maybe you're right. In that case thank you


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MaZvone

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« Reply #33 on: April 28, 2012, 00:17 »

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I have very good sales on Istock, but on Pond5 sales are zero.
For the non-exclusives review time is 7-14 days, that is huge improvement !


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cobalt

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« Reply #34 on: April 28, 2012, 03:03 »

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I am trying to upload a file to shutter stock with cyberduck, but the file never shows up in the system. If -i hit refresh on cyberduck after a few minutes, the file has disappeared.

What am I doing wrong?

Or is it a bug?


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cascoly

« Reply #35 on: April 28, 2012, 13:24 »

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anyone have footage sales to report from 123?


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BlackJack

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« Reply #36 on: April 29, 2012, 02:35 »

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I uploaded 65 videos at 123rf to test the water. So far I got 2 nice sales in early april. After that I uploaded another 50 videos because it could be worth it but after several weeks they are still in the review queue.


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cobalt

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« Reply #37 on: April 29, 2012, 11:41 »

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Just wanted to add: apprently Shutterstock has a bug, the ftp upload is broken for many.
Hope they fix it soon.


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holgs

« Reply #38 on: May 11, 2012, 01:29 »

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Quote from: cobalt on April 29, 2012, 11:41

Just wanted to add: apprently Shutterstock has a bug, the ftp upload is broken for many.
Hope they fix it soon.

FTP works fine with Cyberduck, but not with Filezilla.


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cobalt

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« Reply #39 on: May 11, 2012, 01:35 »

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I know, they fixed it quite fast.

Happy Uploading!


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iStock	66.7
Fotolia	34.9
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123RF	16.3
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Bigstockphoto	9.5
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