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When you opt out, your images will be excluded and will not be available for sale via subscriptions. Both high res and low res will be gone.
If a customer has bought subscription he wont even be able to see your images when he is loged in, because you have excluded them. We dont want to confuse the buyers with "you can download this but not this". When the buyer buys a subscription we'll only show the images available on subscription.

The customers can buy your images via creditcard when they are logged out. Just like the way it used to be. Excluding your images from the subscription means that your target customers will mainly be one time customers, dropping in via Google.

You will definitely make a higher revenue on Mostphotos if you are a part of the subscriptions. Because that way you will target two type of customers, singel buyers and regular customers.

/Arian

Personally I think it should be ok to offer a choice of viewing other images not available as subs, if the buyer wishes to see more.

Glad to see an opt-out was given. Thank you.

Hello RacePhoto!
It depends on how many images a photo-buyer will download. Statistics (from other agencies with the same prices) shows that in average photographers will earn 0,3 €/image from a subscription plan.

Darn good if that holds true.

On the other hand, if someone buys the Pro plan and downloads 50 images a day, the photographers will get 13c ( 0.1 €) per download. Medium plan isn't much different at .11 €/image commission or 15 cents.

0,3 €/image is $4.18 which would be very nice. Heck 1 €/image would be better than most micro sites at $1.39 a download.

Something to watch. That and sales. If sales pick up, I'm sure uploads will pick up.

Don't get me wrong. When I first saw this type of plan where downloads and revenue sharing was distributed according to sales, I thought it was interesting. Then there was an uprising and the mob with pitchforks and flares had it struck down, before it ever went into effect on the major site that proposed it. This should be a good review of whether it works in the real world. I can't spend statistics, or hypothetical percentages, only real earnings. 

Old thread!

Time did tell. Unfortunately I didn't know about opt out possibility. Yesterday I sold vector for .11 EUR.

I agree but the min payout is 10EUR

thats right, I love their backup too, I am there since May 11 and have 25 sales for 55EUR, so not bad, actually very nice comparing to a lot of small agencies

I think my average subs commission there is much higher than most sites.  They do things differently but it works for me.  Not a big earning site but I still like them.

Just to revive this thread - is anyone selling ANYTHING here at mostphotos?  I think I have had 8 sales last year (annoyingly just about .80 short of a payout!), but they are just so far and few between, even with subscriptions.

wow sharpshot, I'm glad to hear that for you at least its going ok, especially "lots of referral sales".  So others must be selling alright as well.

I hope 2012 picks up for my portfolio with them