Pull my photos out of there (about 400) at the beginning of the year...
1 SALE IN ALMOST A YEAR!!!...

I've had a really good run at Cutcaster, but only with exclusive images and all were editorial only.  I really should be offering more support for John.  I haven't uploaded in quite awhile but certainly won't be pulling the portfolio.

If it makes any difference to anyone ... I think we have noted from the very beginning that John's is a unique site and the most logical approach to "pricing your own" is offering them exclusively.

Or, price them in the same range as Big Four Credit Sales.

Quote from: WarrenPrice on June 25, 2010, 21:45
I've had a really good run at Cutcaster, but only with exclusive images and all were editorial only.  I really should be offering more support for John.  I haven't uploaded in quite awhile but certainly won't be pulling the portfolio.

If it makes any difference to anyone ... I think we have noted from the very beginning that John's is a unique site and the most logical approach to "pricing your own" is offering them exclusively.

Or, price them in the same range as Big Four Credit Sales.

How about automatic price setting algorithm? I got impression it should set most optimal price.

^^^ That was the intention, I suppose.  Does it seem to work for you?

I prefer the "no less than" choice.

Ok, it's not happening yet.  But I see no reason not to leave my images there, and will probably resume uploading. 

I recently closed my account at Fotolia because I basically didn't trust them - their goofy non-responses to questions, and growing ring of shadowy "partner" sites gave me a bad feeling. 

None of that is going on at CutCaster.  The more images John has,  the more he'll be able to attract new customers.   Pricing, search functionality, etc. can all be changed, new approaches can be tried, as long as he has enough content to work with. 

I can start to foresee microstock changing for the better (from my point of view).  I think some of the really big producers will start putting up their own sites and selling direct - pulling their portfolios from the microstocks.   If that starts happening, today's 'big' microstocks won't have such an overwhelming advantages over sites like CutCaster.  Arcurs is great at what he does, but he doesn't do what I do.  My small group of oddball object shots makes a decent number of sales, but not enough to be worthwhile at 25 cents per download.  What might work better for me is to get away from sites where pricing is structured for high-volume images and has no flexibility.   

Is there a way to change  the pricing in bulk for images you already have on sale?

Quote from: shiyali on June 27, 2010, 04:27
Is there a way to change  the pricing in bulk for images you already have on sale?

You need to contact John...

Quote from: shiyali on June 27, 2010, 04:27
Is there a way to change  the pricing in bulk for images you already have on sale?

Apparently not, and we really need a way to do that.

Updated your prices so they reflect what you want.

Thanks for your support. We need your images guys so we can compete and hopefully make changes for the betterment of everyone who is not happy with 25c downloads from subscription sites. I know I need more buyers and that is GOAL NUMBER ONE but I need more new content so I have unique stuff to show the buyers that we have and also satisfy what our buyers are asking for in the ProjectRequest section where they request unique content they can not find.

Thanks for your support and know that we are working our butts off to make improvements and also get more buyers.  If you have ideas for how we can get more buyers or can help us get more buyers I would love to hear your thoughts. You can email me or post here if you have something helpful.

John

i submitted to cut early on, and after LO it was about the most frie3ndly site around with good suppoty, but after a year w just 1 sale it's realy KIA if not DOA. i stopped upl'ing long ago.  too bad, but i dont have the time

steve

I just had one extended license sale on Cutcaster! I have to say I was surprised as i didn't have any sales in a long time. I guess I am finally getting my first payout, too. I really hope things change for the better there. I appreciate the great support John has provided.

Quote from: goldenangel on August 18, 2010, 21:00
I just had one extended license sale on Cutcaster! I have to say I was surprised as i didn't have any sales in a long time. I guess I am finally getting my first payout, too. I really hope things change for the better there. I appreciate the great support John has provided.

Hurray for your EL!

I am a little perturbed at my latest experience with Cutcaster. I asked that my photos be removed back in May and John handled that promptly. He removed my photos and closed my account. Last week I came across some of my pictures on ImageTrail. I have opted out of all partner programs (months ago) so I couldn't figure out why there were there. When I followed my image link, they trailed back to four pages of my images that were up on Cutcaster! My account was back open and there were images there! Images and my account that I verified had previously been deleted. No sales.

Yeah, I know, everybody makes mistakes blah, blah blah. I'm sorry, I feel the same way about this as I felt about the Thinkstock debacle, which was when I had been opted out of partner programs on IS for months and yet my images showed up on Thinkstock. I think you might as well consider me invisible and run your SUV right over me fifty times, because I think it shows a supreme lack of respect for other peoples property. Of ALL the things that should be done professionally and correct, it's the handling of contributors property.

But none of this really matters because nothing is going to change at any of the sites. In fact, I think it's getting worse.

CClapper,

I understand your frustration but I have to say we handled your issue immediately (within 2 mins of getting your email), your images were deleted immediately once you asked me and wished you well. I just re-read our emails to make sure.

Secondly, Imagetrail indexes Cutcaster content and tries to make money on affiliate fees and is their own company. ImageTrail has no subdistribution deal with us, nor does any other 3rd party company for that matter. I like to control our contributors assets and only want sales transactions made through Cutcaster for reporting reasons. They are not a part of Cutcaster like Thinkstock and iStock are to Getty and I don't really know how their technology or crawling works. I don't have a ton of control over what Image Trails' web crawlers index and how the company updates their database to purge older records.

All I can say is I am sorry you feel so jaded about the industry and I have learned from this experience that even if you try to do the right thing, technology and web crawlers can come back and bite you sometimes.