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« on: March 05, 2008, 19:11 »
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Starting next week, a new XS size will be added and prices will be adjusted upward:

XS (new) >> 1 credit
S 1 credit >> 2 credits
M 2 credits >> 3 credits
L 3 credits >> 5 credits
XL 5 credits >> 10 credits
XXL 10 credits >> 15 credits

Here is the original forum thread:

http://www.stockxpert.com/forum.phtml?f=showtopic&n=11322


vonkara

« Reply #1 on: March 05, 2008, 21:01 »
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Very nice a 100% on XL. StockXpert is a place I like more and more :) If SS was able to follow a bit it would be great, but for now their price increase rumors look shamefull. I say rumors but I don't remember if it was official?

« Reply #2 on: March 05, 2008, 22:15 »
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Excellent!

DanP68

« Reply #3 on: March 05, 2008, 23:22 »
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Wonderful news!  Thank you Geopappas.

« Reply #4 on: March 06, 2008, 00:52 »
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This is good news and hats off to StockXpert. I love the ease of uploading there and higher commissions is definitely something to look forward to.

Shutterstock really needs to follow suit now or it will find some of the better photographers having a mass exodus. Yuri made a pretty strong comment in the forums there and I hope they take note.

Added: Yes, let hope subscription commissions raise to 45c to 50c per download. Else I will opt out
« Last Edit: March 06, 2008, 02:42 by phildate »

« Reply #5 on: March 06, 2008, 01:14 »
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I see nothing about subscription in there. If subscription does not change in price, this will result in more customers going the subscription way and us getting more 0.3 per download.

DanP68

« Reply #6 on: March 06, 2008, 01:32 »
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The Shutterstock decision will likely influence what StockXpert and everyone else does with subscription prices.  I could live with subscription prices at credit dominant sites if they went up to 40c-45c.

« Reply #7 on: March 06, 2008, 03:19 »
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Yeah, StockXpert and 123 are waiting to see what Shutterstock do.

But whatever happens, the gap between credit pricing and subscription rewards is widening rapidly and there is a swell of photographers reacting against the idea of subscriptions per se.

What's annoying is the way that Dreamstime and StockXpert lured photographers with the promise of 50% commissions then hit those same contributors with subscriptions once their libraries had reached 1 million.  This appears to have created a bad reaction and generated rather a scathing view of those agencies.

DT and StockXpert both have the potential to be excellent agencies, but the RISK is that they alienate the contributors who provide the products they need to sell.

While we all wait to see what happens with subscription commissions at SS in May, the gap between credit pricing and subscriptions at StockXpert will be too wide for customers to ignore.

« Reply #8 on: March 06, 2008, 03:41 »
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StockXpert have a subscription opt out, so I have no bad feelings about them.

« Reply #9 on: March 06, 2008, 03:48 »
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Opt-out appears to have been disabled.

« Reply #10 on: March 06, 2008, 10:50 »
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Hatman, are you looking at #6 on the my account page? 

I had decided to opt "in" for the month of March to see how it affects things... I enabled it at month end.  Now I'm checking and it's still actually disabled, and I can't change it. 

Glitch? 

« Reply #11 on: March 06, 2008, 12:12 »
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It is a glitch, they are working on it.

« Reply #12 on: March 06, 2008, 12:24 »
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deleted.

« Reply #13 on: March 06, 2008, 13:26 »
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So glad I opted out of subscription sales. Since I opted out I am uploading my maximum size images. Just today had my first XXL sale with an earning of $5.00. To earn that much with subscriptions I would have needed 16 downloads.

« Reply #14 on: March 06, 2008, 13:32 »
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Why can't they exclude the largest sizes from the subscriptions? It would make a lot of people happier.

vonkara

« Reply #15 on: March 06, 2008, 13:39 »
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Why can't they exclude the largest sizes from the subscriptions? It would make a lot of people happier.
I agree that would be making me opting-in, but I still want more than .25 or .30

.45 or .50 will be OK for me but I don't know if it's mathematically sensible.

« Reply #16 on: March 06, 2008, 13:49 »
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So glad I opted out of subscription sales. Since I opted out I am uploading my maximum size images. Just today had my first XXL sale with an earning of $5.00. To earn that much with subscriptions I would have needed 16 downloads.


I think that says it all, Eco.  I really really wish Dreamstime offered an opt-out option.

« Reply #17 on: March 06, 2008, 14:20 »
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Now FT really lag behind with their XXL and XXXL prices.....

« Reply #18 on: March 06, 2008, 14:56 »
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Subscriptions at StockXpert and DT are a double edged sword - on the one hand you get an increasing number of sales that pay only 30c thus diluting earnings, but on the other hand if you opt out those sales are lost and that has an effect on the popularity ranking.

The clear answer is to exclude the larger sizes from subscription, but that will never happen unless Shutterstock makes the first move.

StockXpert seemed to be doing so well but the whole tone of the place has changed since subscriptions were introduced.

« Reply #19 on: March 06, 2008, 15:46 »
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I agree Hatman.  I have never thought of downsizing photos for StockXpert, but I am troubled by the effect opting out has on overall popularity of photos.

Eco's portfolio is a good example of how this can only hurt these agency - either by contributors downsizing photos or simply abandoning the agency that offers highrez subs.   I would expect that many people seek out Eco's work because of it's uniqueness and quality.  Wouldn't the smallish sizes drive experienced buyers to Istock, where they know they can purchase his full rez files?  It sounds like before you opted out, you downsized, is that right Eco? 

I have downsized for SS the past few months, but will this hurt me long-term?  I really think that within a couple years they will have to offer single photo sales to keep their market share.

« Reply #20 on: March 06, 2008, 16:24 »
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That is right Pixart. I did downsize my images, but not always to the extreme of say 4 MP. Previously, I limited my image sizes to a maximum of 8 MP, but now I upload the maximum size up to 16.7 MP.

« Reply #21 on: March 22, 2008, 14:27 »
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what price increase? anyone seen a sale at the higher prices? Its two weeks since the announcement  ???

« Reply #22 on: March 22, 2008, 15:40 »
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Me too did not see any price increase so far..wonder what is happening  ???

vonkara

« Reply #23 on: March 22, 2008, 16:06 »
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StockXpert taked all the increase :P It was written in small in the announcement

« Reply #24 on: March 22, 2008, 16:30 »
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Should be there very soon look at the bottom of this discussion thread:
http://www.stockxpert.com/forum.phtml?f=showtopic&n=11322

L


 

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