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Do you like the idea of Photos.com and Jupiter Unlimited subscriptions?

I'm there already. I will just wait to see who will pay me more.

I'm at StockXpert so my files are already at photos.com. Under the current model I would make less on the same images if iStock sold them there. This feels like a decision that most heavily affect exclusives. Photos.com already has micro images on it.

At iStock I have 34 files vs hundreds for an exclusive. At Photos.com I have 500 established files with non-iStock keywording. Exclusives are going into a market where they have less advantages and a lot of competition. StockXpert has 2,615,445 images already online there.             

Yes, this is something to think about.


No offense, but it doesn't look to me like keeping exclusives happy is high on the priority list....

Wherever there is subscription, I dislike it.

Good deducement Mr(s). Watson (lisafx) ! Unless this is yet another smokescreen by the gods to give the impression that the omnipotent is levelling the playing field, this move is a curved ball for IS exclusives.
But as an athiest, I 've never believed gods existed for the good of photo contributors  , at least not in microstock.

I sure hope you are right. If they get rid of the exclusive program, we are all created equal.

In one of the threads on IS they state that non-exclusives will get 20% and exclusives will get 22.5% of the monthly payment as it is used daily. Canister rank will play no part in the payment.

Kelly posted

Minimum payouts: keep in mind these only happen if someone was to use their entire download allotment in a day.

It also varies depending on the package purchased. So the answer to that question is:

3¢, 4¢, 5¢, 6¢, 8¢, 21¢, 39¢, or 72¢ at the 20% payment level.

The sticky Q&A states
As Kelly mentioned, royalties will be calculated and paid monthly. The royalty rate will be 20% for non-exclusives, and 22.5% for exclusives. The royalty paid will be 20% or 22.5% of the value of each download, which in turn is calculated by dividing the monthly value of the subscription by the number of downloads in that subscription that month (much like is currently done on iStock subscriptions, but monthly instead of daily). We’re projecting the average royalty payout to be 30¢ – 55¢—a significant upside to similar competitive subscriptions.

I'll have to go back and look for that update. One of my biggest pet peeves has always been that the only place to get info is some obscure post in the middle of a 27 page thread.

nothing to say at this juncture , really..
but like to put this thread on the top of the page so it doesn't disappear out of site.