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Agency Based Discussion => Adobe Stock => Topic started by: melastmohican on April 04, 2011, 14:46

Title: Extended RF License for $4.60?
Post by: melastmohican on April 04, 2011, 14:46
How much customer pays for EL? On Shutterstock I receive $28 for EL.
Title: Re: Extended RF License for $4.60?
Post by: lagereek on April 04, 2011, 14:49
Bad shot!!!  not worth any more. ;D
Title: Re: Extended RF License for $4.60?
Post by: leaf on April 04, 2011, 15:01
what do you have your Extende licenses set at on Fotolia?
Title: Re: Extended RF License for $4.60?
Post by: WarrenPrice on April 04, 2011, 15:12
what do you have your Extende licenses set at on Fotolia?

I haven't seen that option.  Don't contributors have to reach a certain level to set any pricing options?
Title: Re: Extended RF License for $4.60?
Post by: Danicek on April 04, 2011, 15:23
^^^ Yes, I believe for white it is 20, for bronze 50 and from Silver up it is 100. Also I believe old files will stay at whatever price you assigned to them when submitted unless you do something about it (like go through them and up the price or ask support).

However it still does not seem to go this low:

http://www.fotolia.com/Info/Contributors (http://www.fotolia.com/Info/Contributors)

Seems to suggest that the lowest one can get is 35% of 20 credits which should be $7. Wait, how about the witholding tax? If the max of 30% is applied on that it means $4.9.
Title: Re: Extended RF License for $4.60?
Post by: melastmohican on April 04, 2011, 15:24
How can I see this?
Title: Re: Extended RF License for $4.60?
Post by: melastmohican on April 04, 2011, 15:28
I guess I am bronze there... so what the heck?
Title: Re: Extended RF License for $4.60?
Post by: Danicek on April 04, 2011, 15:30
If you log in, click on the 'Files' tab and then 'Edit' on any of you images, you can scroll down to see tab with prices and your royalities for all licenses.

I think the page I pointed to above is outdated, the comission is now lower after their latest cut. Obviously they did not yet get to updating that page. So for me it is 23% of my 50 price which means $11.5. If I would leave my older files at 20, it would be exactly $
4.6, so I think that's it.
Title: Re: Extended RF License for $4.60?
Post by: Danicek on April 04, 2011, 15:31
I guess I am bronze there... so what the heck?

Yes, in that case that's exactly it. Your older files still have the 20 credit price tag (you did not have option to assign any other tag when you were submitting them as white and they do not go to higher price with your level).

23% * 20 = $4.6
Title: Re: Extended RF License for $4.60?
Post by: melastmohican on April 04, 2011, 15:38
Is there a way to see and edit extended prices for my files?
Title: Re: Extended RF License for $4.60?
Post by: Danicek on April 04, 2011, 15:41
Is there a way to see and edit extended prices for my files?

Yes, I described it above. You go to your files, click the edit button on the far right next to you small image thumb, then scroll down to the tab with prices. In there you can change the X price to 50 and save the change.
Title: Re: Extended RF License for $4.60?
Post by: melastmohican on April 04, 2011, 15:46
Is there a way to see and edit extended prices for my files?

Yes, I described it above. You go to your files, click the edit button on the far right next to you small image thumb, then scroll down to the tab with prices. In there you can change the X price to 50 and save the change.

I did it for this file but do I have to do it for each one separately?
Title: Re: Extended RF License for $4.60?
Post by: Danicek on April 04, 2011, 15:49
Yes, you have to do it file by file. Or you can try to contact support and ask them to do it for you for all your files at once.
Title: Re: Extended RF License for $4.60?
Post by: melastmohican on April 04, 2011, 15:51
I just opened another ticket for that.

On a side note, even $11 seems to be pretty low in comparison to other sites.
Title: Re: Extended RF License for $4.60?
Post by: Pixart on April 04, 2011, 16:50
... $11 seems to be pretty low in comparison to other sites.

Did you forget for a moment that you are speaking about Fotolia?
Title: Re: Extended RF License for $4.60?
Post by: Microstock Posts on April 05, 2011, 08:48
... $11 seems to be pretty low in comparison to other sites.

Did you forget for a moment that you are speaking about Fotolia?

Lol!
Title: Re: Extended RF License for $4.60?
Post by: Slovenian on June 30, 2011, 17:07
I just went thorugh my stats, since I started to UL again this month, I didn't ever bother before, since the sales were so pathetic, and saw I got 4$ for an EL?!? Who are they kidding? How's that even possible? Now that's what I call destroying the business.

And they don't even have to buy the file, like on IS, where you buy the file and the EL along with it. That way I'd at least make over 5$, lol.

I think this MS industry really needs a new licencing type and no EL should be below 100$ and restrictions (print runs etc) should be tightened, meaning they should buy ELs for lower print runs, I'd say anything above 10k (newspapers are lowering print runs all the time anyway). I feel cheated at IS when I get a 18$ EL, but 4$ really is beyond absurd.
Title: Re: Extended RF License for $4.60?
Post by: Mantis on June 30, 2011, 20:09
You will die soon from the blood * ways over there.  I piss my pants every time I see my sales go down by 20 a month, then 30, then 50, then 80. Are you getting drowsy yet?