Author Topic: is 123rf a worthy-to-upload stock agence? (Read 13386 times)

whatwolf · « **on:** October 09, 2014, 00:22 »

is 123rf a worthy-to-upload stock agence?

CaptainYoung · « **Reply #1 on:** October 09, 2014, 05:10 »

Shi'de!

Benozaur · « **Reply #2 on:** October 09, 2014, 05:22 »

Not in my opinion.
I only do footage so can only speak for the video side.
They also issued a refund to a customer 3 months after a sale. Crappy royalties too.
I just don't like these people but thats just me...

Justanotherphotographer · « **Reply #3 on:** October 09, 2014, 06:11 »

Not one of the worst. Their Royalty system at least has obtainable higher levels. Certainly more worthy than FL, DP or IS as far as I'm concerned.

Ariene · « **Reply #4 on:** October 09, 2014, 06:25 »

No, it's not. But it used to be some time ago. Old good days gone.

disorderly · « **Reply #5 on:** October 09, 2014, 07:34 »

For me it's been very good. 123rf has been my #2 seller for the past two years, and well ahead of #3.

Mantis · « **Reply #6 on:** October 09, 2014, 07:45 »

Quote from: Justanotherphotographer on October 09, 2014, 06:11

Not one of the worst. Their Royalty system at least has obtainable higher levels. Certainly more worthy than FL, DP or IS as far as I'm concerned.

This is a very good summary. The only way I have been able to increase revenue is through video. Otherwise I have made $75 a month for 7 years no matter how many images I have. And what is very interesting to me is that my top sellers on SS and IS aren't the top sellers on 123. But they are fairly consistent.

Anja02 · « **Reply #7 on:** October 09, 2014, 23:26 »

All of a sudden since the IS changes came in, my 123RF DLs have increased considerably - now they are on par with DT and FT.

sgoodwin4813 · « **Reply #8 on:** October 10, 2014, 00:15 »

They start off paying 22 cents for subs sales - I would not bother. They used to be good before putting in the RC system but now they are not worth bothering about until you have a very large portfolio - they should not be supported when paying so low. If you go up a couple of levels then they are OK but not at the beginning.

Nic99 · « **Reply #9 on:** October 10, 2014, 02:02 »

Yes, sales are picking up, pay out every month. Lots of credit sales.

Gel-O Shooter · « **Reply #10 on:** October 10, 2014, 11:40 »

One of my best selling photos across all agencies just sold for 14 cents (and it wasn't even a sub sale). This is why 123 doesn't get my "good stuff" anymore.

jefftakespics2 · « **Reply #11 on:** October 10, 2014, 12:08 »

I tried but the sales were to meagre for me to continue the effort. I'm happy others have had more success.

oboy · « **Reply #12 on:** October 10, 2014, 12:44 »

I like 123RF. 123RF is for me most of the time better then FT, DT, and BS.

Dragomir Nikolov · « **Reply #13 on:** October 10, 2014, 15:59 »

No, waste of time. Dont waste your time with 123rf!

dpimborough · « **Reply #14 on:** October 10, 2014, 16:37 »

Quote from: disorderly on October 09, 2014, 07:34

For me it's been very good. 123rf has been my #2 seller for the past two years, and well ahead of #3.

That's because you have lots of naked ladies in your port

PixelBytes · « **Reply #15 on:** October 10, 2014, 16:42 »

Quote from: Teddy the Cat on October 10, 2014, 16:37

Quote from: disorderly on October 09, 2014, 07:34
For me it's been very good. 123rf has been my #2 seller for the past two years, and well ahead of #3.

That's because you have lots of naked ladies in your port

I got no naked ladies and I do okay there. I have some naked dogs tho. Maybe that's the reason?

Cesar · « **Reply #16 on:** October 10, 2014, 17:17 »

on 123rf you have limited enterprise licence, you got 2,3$ for extended licence. thats a big shame. subs are paid very low, on demand also.

iam reading article , coffee in new york could be 10$, we get 2.3$ for extended licence, what a disaster. and nobody complain..... second disaster

gcrook · « **Reply #17 on:** October 10, 2014, 18:17 »

How about video footage?What are the royalties for hd and 4k does anyone have personal experience with sales and commission at 123rf?
I have subscribed but i've been postponing to upload there.

Mantis · « **Reply #18 on:** October 10, 2014, 19:10 »

Quote from: gcrook on October 10, 2014, 18:17

How about video footage?What are the royalties for hd and 4k does anyone have personal experience with sales and commission at 123rf?
I have subscribed but i've been postponing to upload there.

the few i have gotten have been in the $20 range.....low $20's.

gcrook · « **Reply #19 on:** October 10, 2014, 20:09 »

Quote from: Mantis on October 10, 2014, 19:10

Quote from: gcrook on October 10, 2014, 18:17
How about video footage?What are the royalties for hd and 4k does anyone have personal experience with sales and commission at 123rf?
I have subscribed but i've been postponing to upload there.

the few i have gotten have been in the $20 range.....low $20's.

That doesn't seem so bad.These are SS level commissions.May i ask mantis how do sales there fare to other agencies? (dont know if you upload to p5 or ss or any others)

stocked · « **Reply #20 on:** October 11, 2014, 03:29 »

In general sales are okay but not great (it's about 10-20% of SS for me), unfortunately some of their pricing strategy is undercutting the market which is very disturbing! But at least they are open about it and don't play dirty tricks like Deposhit and Fotolia does all the time. I do hold back some of my bestsellers on other sites back so they can't undercut it.

Mellimage · « **Reply #21 on:** October 11, 2014, 04:07 »

No, they aren't worth uploading - at least in my book.

They were consistently the agency with the lowest RPI and lowest RPD, have an intransparent credit system - where credit values in Dollars can be very low - I received an Extended license sale where the license must have been sold for 27USD - I received about 9. When I deleted a file I found the file still in the system a year later - even though it was gone from my portfolio (and I had alerted them to the problem and asked them to remove the file earlier as well). This eroded my trust in the agency, I left.

borg · « **Reply #22 on:** October 11, 2014, 07:53 »

123RF becomes one of my three the best agencies lately, so I recommend them for sure...

whatwolf · « **Reply #23 on:** October 13, 2014, 02:18 »

here is my stock-sum-sheet(whatever it is called)

Justanotherphotographer · « **Reply #24 on:** October 13, 2014, 04:50 »

Quote from: whatwolf on October 13, 2014, 02:18

here is my stock-sum-sheet(whatever it is called)

Thanks for posting that, what is the third on the list in Chinese please?

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Author Topic: is 123rf a worthy-to-upload stock agence? (Read 13386 times)

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