Author Topic: sales getting better? (Read 11831 times)

stokfoto · « **on:** October 21, 2008, 14:47 »

I don't know it could be just a coincidence but lately I am getting more sales on crestock then the usual. A very modest improvement I normally sell just a handful of images a month but this month I started to get occasional sales.(nothing to get too excited about though) I'd stopped uploading there long ago but I am not sure if I should start uploading again.but the 0.25 cut for subs (which is the lowest in the market)is what really puts me off(not to mention the reviews and slow sales)

how about your experience ?

travismanley · « **Reply #1 on:** October 21, 2008, 15:05 »

I came very close to throwing in the towel at Crestock, but my sales are getting better too. I think im going to stick it out now that I hit my first payout and am close to the second

slobelix · « **Reply #2 on:** October 22, 2008, 07:12 »

Who cares about sales rise when they dont pay the money, and are having problems with payments that are months long?

borg · « **Reply #3 on:** October 22, 2008, 08:34 »

They reject 27/28 of my last batch today! All of them are good selling pictures on other agenices...

I am sad,frustrated, mad etc...

khwi · « **Reply #4 on:** October 23, 2008, 01:36 »

Quote from: slobelix on October 22, 2008, 07:12

Who cares about sales rise when they dont pay the money, and are having problems with payments that are months long?

ditto! i;ve requested for payout thru MB for 1.5months, and everytime i write to support,
they never replied! (only once) and i had to write here to get some response. sigh!

josh_crestock · « **Reply #5 on:** October 23, 2008, 02:45 »

Quote from: slobelix on October 22, 2008, 07:12

Who cares about sales rise when they dont pay the money, and are having problems with payments that are months long?

Ok, I kindly ask you to stick to the facts. Crestock is restricted by Moneybookers, temporarily and for whatever reason I don't know. Crestock support has, I imagine, contacted you once about this, informing of the situation and apologizing for any inconvenience. If you have not been contacted by support regarding this, then its a serious matter for discussion that i will need to pick up with my colleagues. Otherwise, please, do not do Crestock the disservice of stating that we do not pay money. Payouts are generally the bottom line for photographers, we respect this and make payouts as quickly as humanly possible. Unfortunately, in some instances, this is reliant on a third party, Moneybookers, and we can only do our best to cooperate with them and resolve the situation.

Meanwhile, you are more than welcome to provide support with paypal or IBAN details for immediate payment.

tubed · « **Reply #6 on:** October 23, 2008, 03:00 »

Can't stand this site.. They are low paying/sales and high rejections (super high rejections) You have better luck getting your images through Getty.. I stopped bothering long ago..

slobelix · « **Reply #7 on:** October 23, 2008, 05:36 »

Josh ive had my payment done once through IBAN and i received HALF of my payment. The rest has been deducted from the sum by, i believe, various banks that money got through. Paypal isnt an option also, i cant withdraw money in bank in my country. The payment has taken so long, ive got response once after several mails and after posting here. And that was 15 days ago. No news since. Im sorry but i dont want to wait another month for something. Please inform us did You collect all the documents that You needed? Were they sent to Moneybookers? Can we as contributors and moneybookers users do anything to speed up this process?
The news about moneybookers installment are months old, how log does it take to solve the problem? Other agencies that had issues solved it in 10-15 day max.
Best regards from Slobodan

peep · « **Reply #8 on:** October 23, 2008, 13:51 »

I must admit my sales are loads better this month than usual. Never have I had so many sales there berore. But they are 100% subs. So I must say I am not too happy about them...

vanias · « **Reply #9 on:** October 25, 2008, 23:23 »

You are very kind Josh, but something is wrong with Crestock! They do not pay and do not answer!
I requested my money by paypal and waiting month and a half!
Please tell me Crestock is not going down!
vanias.

epixx · « **Reply #10 on:** October 26, 2008, 07:40 »

As far as I can see, Crestock is the only agency having problems with Moneybookers at the moment, and this issue is very old now. Add to that the fact that most sales are 25c each. I'm not impressed, to say the least

kosmikkreeper · « **Reply #11 on:** October 26, 2008, 09:43 »

I started uploading there due to Yuri's high praise.... I can unfortunately say that sales are very weak so I stopped uploading there in August. I'll start uploading there again IF things pick up and they change their subs commissions.

null · « **Reply #12 on:** October 26, 2008, 11:43 »

Quote from: vanias on October 25, 2008, 23:23

Please tell me Crestock is not going down!

Crestock is not going down

null · « **Reply #13 on:** October 26, 2008, 11:50 »

Quote from: tubed on October 23, 2008, 03:00

Can't stand this site.. They are low paying/sales and high rejections (super high rejections)

I uploaded 10 shots (7 accepted) somewhere early this year as a test and made a whopping 0.75 dollar on it by 3 sales. Sorry, but selling shots for 0.25 that sell for 10 or 50x that price on other sites is insulting. It's a waste of time, so I canceled my account today.

lobby · « **Reply #14 on:** October 26, 2008, 11:55 »

no sales

sales going down

waste of time....

borg · « **Reply #15 on:** October 26, 2008, 18:52 »

I have 2 sales and 21 photos in portfolio...
For me,that is very good result for such small portfolio (for now) and for such young agency...

anonymous · « **Reply #16 on:** October 26, 2008, 19:06 »

I'll leave my existing shots there...haven't uploaded anything new in 1 year. Until the commision is updated, it will continue to be a drying well...just hope i make payout before they belly-up. They had the right idea but took the the "our turd don't stink" approach and put off alot of photogs.

josh_crestock · « **Reply #17 on:** October 27, 2008, 03:06 »

Quote from: anonymous on October 26, 2008, 19:06

They had the right idea but took the the "our turd don't stink" approach and put off alot of photogs.

Sorry you get this impression, actually we frequently make mistakes. I hope I and the rest of the team will always take a minute to admit a mistake and remain humble.

sgraphics · « **Reply #18 on:** October 27, 2008, 04:43 »

hmmm, I do well with Crestock - every month gets higher and higher. Acceptance rate at about 85%. Quite steady site for me.

Milinz · « **Reply #19 on:** November 27, 2008, 12:03 »

Quote from: sgraphics on October 27, 2008, 04:43

hmmm, I do well with Crestock - every month gets higher and higher. Acceptance rate at about 85%. Quite steady site for me.

Congrats! Are you exclusive there?

I've got deleted all my images there due I requested it after they rejected 5 of my latest uploaded photos with not standing reasons at all.

It is quite crazy to upload there as they ask 'superb' quality images with 'perfect' composition and exceptional 'concept' to get payed undervalued 20-30 cents occasionaly or as it was case with my 31 accepted of 100 uploaded images (I got them all on other agencies accepted) 5 downloads for all time membership which lasted several months... While I have thousands of downloads at other agencies... And really nice payloads of money!

They are simple not worthy any effort until they realize that what they have and what they ask must be payed more to contributors... They are spending contributors money on advertising! What a Rippers!

By uploading there any contributor who is not exclusive kills his own earnings!

I STRONGLY RECOMMEND TO ANY SERIOUS STOCK IMAGING ARTIST TO AVOID CRESTOCK!
They are just one more BLACK HOLE in stock imaging industry!

Kngkyle · « **Reply #20 on:** November 27, 2008, 12:12 »

I've had 203 sales total averaging 48.5 cents per sale. This month the average is 68 cents per download. Considering how easy it is to submit, I still think its worth it.

Milinz · « **Reply #21 on:** November 27, 2008, 12:29 »

Quote from: Kngkyle on November 27, 2008, 12:12

I've had 203 sales total averaging 48.5 cents per sale. This month the average is 68 cents per download. Considering how easy it is to submit, I still think its worth it.

It seems you are one of the ones who has images by their taste ;-)

My images obviously don't fit into that scheme. So, I wouldn't bother anymore with them. I'd rather upload such content to FOTOSEARCH, ALAMY or JUPITERIMAGES (now GETTY) because there that image worths 20% of minimum $50 up to many more! So, it seems you loose loooooots of money...

Oh I forgot... My Monthly average RPI on all agencies is near $2.00... So, under their prices it would be quite a bad bargain to work with Crestock.

josh_crestock · « **Reply #22 on:** November 27, 2008, 16:06 »

Quote from: Milinz on November 27, 2008, 12:03

By uploading there any contributor who is not exclusive kills his own earnings!

I STRONGLY RECOMMEND TO ANY SERIOUS STOCK IMAGING ARTIST TO AVOID CRESTOCK!
They are just one more BLACK HOLE in stock imaging industry!

Wow, the capitals seems to indicate a slight chip on the shoulder. Best of luck anyway.

Quote from: Kngkyle on November 27, 2008, 12:12

I've had 203 sales total averaging 48.5 cents per sale. This month the average is 68 cents per download. Considering how easy it is to submit, I still think its worth it.

There is a definite trend of credit sales increasing much faster than subs. Credit sales are up 250-300% from the start of this quarter. November has by far been our best month ever, which is good news for a traditionally slow period.

skvoor · « **Reply #23 on:** November 27, 2008, 17:02 »

Quote from: josh_crestock on November 27, 2008, 16:06

November has by far been our best month ever, which is good news for a traditionally slow period.

Strange. I had 15 downloads in October but ZERO downloads in November.
Looks like first month without single download since February.

sharpshot · « **Reply #24 on:** November 27, 2008, 18:21 »

Quote from: josh_crestock on November 27, 2008, 16:06

Quote from: Milinz on November 27, 2008, 12:03
By uploading there any contributor who is not exclusive kills his own earnings!

I STRONGLY RECOMMEND TO ANY SERIOUS STOCK IMAGING ARTIST TO AVOID CRESTOCK!
They are just one more BLACK HOLE in stock imaging industry!

Wow, the capitals seems to indicate a slight chip on the shoulder. Best of luck anyway.

Quote from: Kngkyle on November 27, 2008, 12:12
I've had 203 sales total averaging 48.5 cents per sale. This month the average is 68 cents per download. Considering how easy it is to submit, I still think its worth it.

There is a definite trend of credit sales increasing much faster than subs. Credit sales are up 250-300% from the start of this quarter. November has by far been our best month ever, which is good news for a traditionally slow period.

The only reason why I don't upload to crestock anymore is because several other sites are paying me 10 cents or more extra per subs download. If you raised the subs commissions or let us have an opt out, I would start uploading again. Until then, I have lots of other sites to work with.

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Author Topic: sales getting better? (Read 11831 times)

stokfoto

travismanley

slobelix

borg

khwi

josh_crestock

tubed

slobelix

peep

vanias

epixx

kosmikkreeper

null

null

lobby

borg

anonymous

josh_crestock

sgraphics

Milinz

Kngkyle

Milinz

josh_crestock

skvoor

sharpshot

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