DT have given us a payrise.  5c more on sub sales bringing them up to 35c and
quote by serban
' The credit packages will increase royalties much more, with as high as 50-75% in average.'
Great news.  DT are fast becoming my favourite stock site to work with

great!

...could this possibly be a proactive approach by DT to "nudge" contributors into jumping ship at FT? In effect saying that if you stay at FT, your sub sales there will be subverting your DT profits even more...who's that on the grassy knoll? 

At least it's a move in the right direction

They've also changed their photo levels by introducing a lower level 2.

Level 1  0-4 dls
Level 2  5-19
Level 3  20-49
Level 4  50-99
Level 5  over 99

In the middle of July.

I think its great, but I do have one concern: Subscription will become more attractive for the buyer as with Stockxpert (BTW now its StockXpert's turn to increase subs commission ). However I am happy that DT gives us a raise in Subscription, without themselves increasing the price for the buyers.

I don't think so as they said a couple of months ago that we could expect a good raise.

...could this possibly be a proactive approach by DT to "nudge" contributors into jumping ship at FT? In effect saying that if you stay at FT, your sub sales there will be subverting your DT profits even more...who's that on the grassy knoll? 

Good news!

Very welcome from a very well run site!

this looks great.  Will be fun to see how this plays out in the monthly averages and the the RPI people are posting.  Since they are also introducing a new level, all images will with any sales at all will not only get the raise, but a boost in 1 level raiting - which will also boost their sales.... so a very nice plan in many ways.

I have said it before but i will say it again.  I really like the individual level system for images on dreamstime.  It allows high commisions as a result of individual succesful images instead of overall photographer success.

I have said it before but i will say it again.  I really like the individual level system for images on dreamstime.  It allows high commisions as a result of individual succesful images instead of overall photographer success.

Yep, I agree.  I like DT a lot, and my sales keeps going up with them.

"So does it mean that a 1 credit sale won't be US$0.50 anymore, but 50% of the credit price charged to the buyer?
"

that is my understanding. I don't know what the actual costs per credit are, but they would have to be quite a bit under a dollar to really make this new system result in a drop in income I think.

Now if only the DT tap would run continuously instead of off and on every few days.

...could this possibly be a proactive approach by DT to "nudge" contributors into jumping ship at FT? In effect saying that if you stay at FT, your sub sales there will be subverting your DT profits even more...who's that on the grassy knoll? 

I don't think so.  Achilles quietly announced a raise was forthcoming on the DT message boards a few months ago, long before the FT announcement.

Besides, they are smart enough to know that most independents aren't going to give up FT just because DT pays them more.  The only way I would make that decision is if I went exclusive with DT, and I don't get a high enough volume of sales there to make such a move.  I've always had DT exclusivity in the back of my mind as a long term option.  If volume rises sufficiently, I will be happy to work with them exclusively.

It's quite a lot to digest, but one key thing I noticed was that we'll be seeing variable credit prices and thus variable commission amounts (same percentage as before). Once we see what all the discounts are, we can then see what our actual raise is in $$.

"So does it mean that a 1 credit sale won't be US$0.50 anymore, but 50% of the credit price charged to the buyer?
"

that is my understanding. I don't know what the actual costs per credit are, but they would have to be quite a bit under a dollar to really make this new system result in a drop in income I think.

Now if only the DT tap would run continuously instead of off and on every few days.

Found an example here:
http://blog.dreamstime.com/2007/10/02/real-dreamstime-royalties_art24631

A credit can cost 0.76$, so we will make only 0.38 per credit (0.5$ now). And this is if the buyer bought 100 credit package. Higher packages probably exist where a credit costs even less

Edit: The prices here look a bit better, the lowest price per credit is 0,8325 or 0,41625 for us.

Quote from: anonymous on June 17, 2008, 10:01

...could this possibly be a proactive approach by DT to "nudge" contributors into jumping ship at FT? In effect saying that if you stay at FT, your sub sales there will be subverting your DT profits even more...who's that on the grassy knoll? 

the cynic in me thought the timing convenient too
(but that AIN'T a complaint!!!)

I assure you, I'm not complaining! DT is quickly becoming my reliable and steady workhorse. And with "voluntary" increases, they're quickly becoming a fave in general. As a designer, I'm using them about 50% of the time for purchasing images (no subscription tho  )

I had a $0.21 sale yesterday. I don't think I have ever seen anything that low a DT before.

06/17/2008 ($0.21)

It was probably XS so I am not complaining.

Quote from: clearviewstock on June 18, 2008, 05:14

Quote from: anonymous on June 17, 2008, 10:01

...could this possibly be a proactive approach by DT to "nudge" contributors into jumping ship at FT? In effect saying that if you stay at FT, your sub sales there will be subverting your DT profits even more...who's that on the grassy knoll? 

the cynic in me thought the timing convenient too
(but that AIN'T a complaint!!!)

I assure you, I'm not complaining! DT is quickly becoming my reliable and steady workhorse. And with "voluntary" increases, they're quickly becoming a fave in general. As a designer, I'm using them about 50% of the time for purchasing images (no subscription tho  )

sorry I didn't mean to imply that you were complaining. I probably should have said that the timing was ironic but I'm happy to get a payrise at any time

Phil

Remember however that now only XS will cost 1 credit, and that's for a level 1 image.  Chances are the average credit/dld willl be much higher, which is great.  But again, on the other hand, will make images cost more, what increases the attractivity of subs packages (which will remain the same, except for our share of it).

Yeah I know. The raise is a good thing, just not as good as they are saying. Some buyers will leave since prices will be quite a lot higher now, others will switch to subs. Both ain't good for us. But with the raise we should still see an increase in our earnings. I think

Interesting perspective.  Do you know why your department was told to use Dreamstime over iStock?

DanP68 - essentially the never ending price rises at istock combined with a real rise in the quality of the other sites - if the images available at dreamstime had not been as good as they have gotten over the past year, we would likely have had to suck up the increases at istock - but we felt that we had other options and Dreamstime was the best of the lot ... their customer service is also, hands down, the best - they treat us with respect as cutomers/buyers.

what??? just got one $.21 sale too forLARGE size!!!
What does it mean "partners" sales? Can I opt out these "partners"??

21 cents is a partner subscription sale. You can opt out, but for all partnership sales - credit and subscription.