This is not just a small detail.

Why not 35% commission on subscriptions instead of 35 cents? What is the reason contributors should not also get 35% on subscriptions?

Got the email about the new licenses and all.  Question about this part :
"We're also including subscription packages.  The cheaper ones will provide the same OTU licenses we currently provide, though the bigger ones will provide the new RF license.  Royalties for both types of subscriptions are the same 35 cents we're currently paying. "

Why isn't the new RF license paying higher than the OTU?  I don't think people want yet another SS paying pennies for full rights.

I have a similar concern to the one Sean mentioned - RF subscription and micro-RM (your OTU) for the same 35 cents a use.

I'm sure there'll be a "make it up in volume" argument, but that doesn't wash because (a) no one but SS really has the volume and (b) SS pays me 38 cents per RF subscription and I'm not all that thrilled to see someone undercutting that. I know there are other sites that pay 35 cents per subscription (Dreamstime for example) and I'm not happy about that either. So far I haven't been unhappy enough to leave the site, but as their credit sales slim down and subscriptions increase, it makes the site a whole lot less attractive.

I started uploading to Canva because it seemed it was something other than one of the many startups copying one of the existing agencies and thinking they could gain a foothold. I was OK with the 35 cents a sale because of the RM nature of it - one time use and the buyer doesn't get my image (monitoring compliance with mass market rights managed is a non starter).

I hope Canva realizes that introducing subscriptions for RF licenses really changes the game as far as Canva and contributors are concerned. This is not just a small detail.

Quote from: Jo Ann Snover on April 29, 2015, 09:29

This is not just a small detail.

I completely agree. Just waiting for Lee to clarify and explain why they're doing this when they are by all accounts, already successful and gaining every day. Why is this necessary?

Why not 35% commission on subscriptions instead of 35 cents? What is the reason contributors should not also get 35% on subscriptions?

I was able to configure and connect using FTP...
when I connect it says "unsecured ftp connection...

I dont really know much about FTP ...but I was wondering if there is a way to make the FTP connection secure?  Im using cyberduck it has options for SFTP and FTP SSL, but it didn't seem to work for me.

Quote from: Lee@Canva on April 30, 2015, 00:12

...Jo-Ann, you still seem to think we're making rash or uninformed decisions.  All of the contributors I briefed on this change were totally fine with it...

I didn't say anything about rash or uninformed in this post or any other, so I 'm not sure what your message is about i "still seem to think".

I posted my reaction to the e-mail I received. My reaction based on my experiences.

What's actually going on - in my case anyway - is that I feel Canva, as a new agency, is in a phase of its development where contributor input can make a difference.

Later on, it won't matter at all/as much what contributors say. I think your business model has a lot of potential and to the extent I can, I'd like to influence the contributor end of things by giving input while that's still possible.

Once you're big and successful, we can happily ignore each other

I hope Canva realizes that introducing subscriptions for RF licenses really changes the game as far as Canva and contributors are concerned. This is not just a small detail.

Personally I am a little disappointed with the return for subs, but then a again I continue to upload to IStock who dumps my work onto Thinkstock and pays me considerably less, so I can see the reasoning. It is worth noting that a lot of people have seen a drop in the volume of sales even at SS, so compensation at this RPD may not be sustainable for the contributor for too much longer. It would be great to see Canva doing something different, like offering a decent percentage of subs income rather than a flat cent fee as mentioned.

Lee, you've been great on the forum at keeping us all in the loop and responding to concerns. Please don't let this degenerate into an argument when a contributor raises their concerns. Jo Ann has been a long standing champion of contributor rights and is always fair and balanced in her comments. I can't think of anyone else who's done as much reporting and investigating on things that impact the industry, including bloggers that actually make a return for all their hard work. I don't think she deserves to be spoken to in quite such a dismissive way.

Its hard for me to get BMEs as they keep deleting images from my portfolio. It really doesn't sit right with me. They should for the sake of helping them start up grandfather a portfolio. Instead it feeks like thanks for the help but we no longer need you. Anyways, I'll get back under my rock.