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Honestly...Not Interested. I search a lot. what I see is Images that would have been rejected for Lighting On SS in the past and especially Now. I don't get it. And...If there doing that well and folks who are there are doing that well, Then why don't they Look at ports that do very well and invite them?????


Because the whole point of OFFSET was to be different, separate from run of the mill microstock.  If they started promoting the best or better selling microstock portfolios they would lose that flavor.    I have to chuckle when I see comments about somebody target shooting for OFFSET.  They have clearly stated they were looking for existing, working pros ie: assignment type shooters who had great outtakes.  Sound familiar?  To anyone involved in stock since the 70's, as I have been, this will ring true.  That is the very origin of stock photography.  This is how stock agencies in the 70's and early 80's approached photographers.  They sought out existing assignment pros who would be willing to market their outtakes.   This eventually morphed (mid and later 80's) to the image catalog mentality.  Where photographers would actually shoot to get image placements in the stock photo print catalogs of the day. 


Hm! Here's the quote from the offset, contribute page:

If you are sitting on a large archive of images or if you are just starting to build your portfolio, this is a great opportunity to generate revenue from your existing imagery. We work with exceptional artists who are the best in their class in the fields of photography and illustration.

While it's true what you said, it's only one side of the coin. The other side says that they would also work with someone who's just starting out but is very talented and - exceptional. At least that's how I interpreted that bold sentence.

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General - Top Sites / Re: iStock SEO email
« on: March 19, 2015, 17:37 »
nobody believes start-up nonsense about "we're just here to give a fair deal to photographers" any more

Bright, friendly, positive, upbeat, communicative and competent would be a great start  - also flexible and can-do. And a genuine sense that everyone involved has a vested commitment towards making it the best thing ever.

I totally agree with you. Their video guys at their forum are very friendly and fast at providing all kinds of questions though. Now, if the whole iS would be like that, it'd be a different thing. I'm sure we all would be eager to work together if we had an offer.

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General - Stock Video / Re: Video on istock - question
« on: March 03, 2015, 05:24 »
Thanks guys!

I wouldn't be concerned over getty's financial situation. They are one of the biggest stock agencies and their earnings is several times bigger than other competitors. They have images of everyone and are literally everywhere. If could ever fall, the whole market would notice it big time. We're all small fish in a big pond anyway. It's the same as being concerned about the US having the absolute highest debt of all countries.

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General - Stock Video / Re: Video on istock - question
« on: March 02, 2015, 17:32 »
Well, I guess jjneff wouldn't stay exclusive for 8 years if he was unsatisfied, would he? Everyone have ups and downs, projections should be made every 3 months and such.

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General - Stock Video / Re: Video on istock - question
« on: March 02, 2015, 14:23 »
50-70$? That sounds great. Thanks. I do wonder, what's more frequent - getty or istock sales?

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General - Stock Video / Video on istock - question
« on: March 02, 2015, 11:00 »
I want to enter into video production, so I've been thinking about becoming exclusive videographer on istock/getty. Can anyone post here their experiences with video on istock? I'm mostly interested hearing the stories from the people that are currently exclusive videographers on istock.
The other option for me is selling through Shutterstock & Pond5. Thanks.

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