Author Topic: "Start a 5-day Free Trial" (Read 6961 times)

amabu · « **on:** September 14, 2013, 02:47 »

5 downloads a day for 0€

So Bigstock is giving away our images for free - even if you opted out of the "free image of the week".
Does anyone know anything about that? Was there a newsletter? Will we get paid for those free downloads?

roede-orm · « **Reply #1 on:** September 14, 2013, 03:21 »

I have just seen it. Unbelievable

sharpshot · « **Reply #2 on:** September 14, 2013, 03:36 »

We have been paid for free downloads with several other sites before. I presume they will be paying us but they should of informed us and now they need to confirm what's going on. I have no idea why sites do things like this without telling us?

gbalex · « **Reply #3 on:** September 14, 2013, 03:50 »

They have no problem devaluing our assets.

Looks like they are also taking steps to port BS images to agencies, large corporations, media and retail stores via skyword. I expect to seem them push more downloads to BS in lieu of SS.

A few of the large companies skyword serves IBM, GMC, CoxMedia, United Way, Market Watch, TransUnion, Stack, Auto Trader, Etc.

http://www.skyword.com/skyword-press-release/skyword-taps-bigstock-image-database/

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The collaboration with Bigstock further strengthens Skyword’s content offerings for increasing a brand’s presence on search and social media. Skyword works with big brands, agencies and media companies to streamline and automate the critical steps in the content creation process. Leveraging Skyword’s award-winning Content Marketing and Publishing Solutions,

http://www.skyword.com/#fancyboxID-1

morning.light · « **Reply #4 on:** September 14, 2013, 05:18 »

So it wasn't enough that they made me only 6 dollars in a whole year. Now they're giving my images for free too?

luissantos84 · « **Reply #5 on:** September 14, 2013, 10:06 »

don't see that promotion here but I see the following

amabu · « **Reply #6 on:** September 14, 2013, 10:43 »

that is what I see:

gbalex · « **Reply #7 on:** September 14, 2013, 10:53 »

Quote from: luissantos84 on September 14, 2013, 10:06

don't see that promotion here but I see the following

Check their twitter feed, they are offering 5 free images for 7 days or 35 free images.

John W. · « **Reply #8 on:** September 14, 2013, 11:03 »

As I don't save cookies on my computer I've seen this free message at BS at least for 2 weeks now.

Jo Ann Snover · « **Reply #9 on:** September 14, 2013, 13:00 »

Quote from: gbalex on September 14, 2013, 03:50

...Looks like they are also taking steps to port BS images to agencies, large corporations, media and retail stores via skyword. I expect to seem them push more downloads to BS in lieu of SS.

A few of the large companies skyword serves IBM, GMC, CoxMedia, United Way, Market Watch, TransUnion, Stack, Auto Trader, Etc....

And no word of this great new deal to contributors? I'm no longer at BigStock (I left in March because they wouldn't let me opt out of subscriptions - I'm not part of the bridge to BigStock which would have at least let me have the 38 cents I have on SS) but I think some sort of notification (a) that contributors would earn royalties on the freebie intro program and (b) about the skyword program and how the earnings from that would be paid and at what rate is the least an agency should be doing.

They act like they own our content, but they don't.

gbalex · « **Reply #10 on:** September 14, 2013, 13:28 »

Quote from: jsnover on September 14, 2013, 13:00

Quote from: gbalex on September 14, 2013, 03:50
...Looks like they are also taking steps to port BS images to agencies, large corporations, media and retail stores via skyword. I expect to seem them push more downloads to BS in lieu of SS.

A few of the large companies skyword serves IBM, GMC, CoxMedia, United Way, Market Watch, TransUnion, Stack, Auto Trader, Etc....

And no word of this great new deal to contributors? I'm no longer at BigStock (I left in March because they wouldn't let me opt out of subscriptions - I'm not part of the bridge to BigStock which would have at least let me have the 38 cents I have on SS) but I think some sort of notification (a) that contributors would earn royalties on the freebie intro program and (b) about the skyword program and how the earnings from that would be paid and at what rate is the least an agency should be doing.

They act like they own our content, but they don't.

I completely agree, why help support the downward spiral. I strongly suspect that the .38 royalty at BS will be fleeting once they start getting a large volume of enterprise business downloads. I don't think there is any way they can make a profit paying .38 to contributors combined with the ultra low prices they are charging buyers.

I think we will see SS porting most of their large business acquisitions over to BS so that they can pay us far less in royalties; without having to endure the stigma of reducing rates at SS.

They do not make these announcements because they know it is a bad deal for contributors.

http://online.wsj.com/article/PR-CO-20130517-907312.html

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-08-02/cox-said-to-discuss-merger-with-malone-backed-charter.html

shudderstok · « **Reply #11 on:** September 14, 2013, 18:15 »

and once again yet another microstock site continues the race to the bottom and the further accepted devaluation of images.
FB advertisers get free images from SS. free images from BS, free image of the week at IS etc etc.
buyers have now been accustomed to free or sub pricing and now accept free or almost free as norm.
when does this stop?

Tawng · « **Reply #12 on:** September 17, 2013, 03:15 »

I asked them.
They replied: "Please do not worry. Our contributors will always receive the regular subscription royalty rate for free trials."
Just a bit annoying that I had to ask.

Mantis · « **Reply #13 on:** September 17, 2013, 07:53 »

Quote from: Tawng on September 17, 2013, 03:15

I asked them.
They replied: "Please do not worry. Our contributors will always receive the regular subscription royalty rate for free trials."
Just a bit annoying that I had to ask.

And more annoying that it is subscription rates. Grow a sack, BS....give contributors $2 bucks a DL.

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