Author Topic: all vectors for 4 credits - for nonexclusivs (Read 3692 times)

redo · « **on:** April 17, 2013, 03:37 »

I got a newsletter from fotolia.
From now on all vectors for nonexclusives cost only 4 credits.
4 x xs-price. But as a nonexclusiv you can't change the xs-price....
So I lost 50% from my vector income.
Great.
Maybe I delete all my vector-files at fotolia ?
I'm really thinking about it.

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15 minutes after I got the newsletter the prices are set down.
Ok. I start to delete my files !
One after another.
I hate fotolia. Really.

Microbius · « **Reply #1 on:** April 17, 2013, 03:52 »

Is that for everyone or just you? I haven't got the email. I can't believe they'd do that!! I got royally screwed when they shifted the goal posts on getting to emerald last time, literally just managed to pass the milestone now, if they pull this just when I feel like I've caught up I think my head may explode!!!!!!!

tiero · « **Reply #2 on:** April 17, 2013, 03:56 »

I got an email too...congratulation fotolia, another step in a wrong direction!

Microbius · « **Reply #3 on:** April 17, 2013, 03:57 »

Just checked some of my work and they have been priced down to 4 credits!!!!!!!! that's half the price of a large jpeg, really insane!!

THP Creative · « **Reply #4 on:** April 17, 2013, 04:05 »

I didn't get that email?

Why on earth are agencies (FT, GR) pricing vectors cheaper than most jpegs?!

Microbius · « **Reply #5 on:** April 17, 2013, 04:10 »

I still don't have the mail, but have realized I can price up my files to 8 credits (Emerald), but I can't just increase the vector price, I have to increase all the jpeg sizes too. So I guess they have just made all my jpegs more expensive for buyers. Seems they really didn't think too much about this before pushing the button.

OM · « **Reply #6 on:** April 17, 2013, 04:44 »

If I read the mail correctly (don't do vectors myself) a vector can be priced at 4X your max. allowed credits price for an XS jpeg file. If you are emerald, can you price an XS jpeg at 3 credits and therefore 12 for a vector?

Microbius · « **Reply #7 on:** April 17, 2013, 04:51 »

2 credits, so 8 creds max. Not as bad as I first thought for me, but awful for anyone that isn't an emerald. Very depressing that they would do this to contributors, most of us didn't even get an email!!

davidgoh · « **Reply #8 on:** April 17, 2013, 05:17 »

Yikes. Not even a week of lead time? :S That's pretty harsh.

redo · « **Reply #9 on:** April 17, 2013, 05:47 »

So. The first 10% of my illustrations are deleted.
I will think about what I will do with the rest.
A RPD at fotolia under shutterstock-RPD is not acceptable for me.

Also I hate these phrases in the newsletter:"We want to harmonise the conditions..."
What a bad joke !!!

Tryingmybest · « **Reply #10 on:** April 17, 2013, 08:35 »

Unlike Yaymicro, they don't give you an easy way to respond or give feedback. FT needs to get their act together. We are not their slaves.

MisterElements · « **Reply #11 on:** April 17, 2013, 09:23 »

They must be just dumb....this hurts them as well. They make less we make less = real dumb FT.....no one wins

I guess we have to see if this leads to a higher volume of sales.

cthoman · « **Reply #12 on:** April 17, 2013, 09:40 »

It's nice of these companies to firmly reinforce the decisions I made to delete my portfolio with them. It's like the gift that keeps on giving.

I will say for FT though, they were very reasonable and helpful to pay out a final balance when I closed my account.

VB inc · « **Reply #13 on:** April 17, 2013, 09:42 »

I think fotolia is making my decision easier not to upload my vectors there.

Ploink · « **Reply #14 on:** April 17, 2013, 09:51 »

Looking forward to the moment they "streamline the standards" for photos - at half the price of an XS, maybe?

asmai · « **Reply #15 on:** April 17, 2013, 09:53 »

This is exactly what you should always expect from FT! They just try everything they could to rip you off.
Deleted 10% of my (selling) port 2 weeks ago, now going to remove at least 20% more till the end of the month.

daveh900 · « **Reply #16 on:** April 23, 2013, 08:29 »

Had a bunch of sales in the past day or two and it appears vectors are now 5 credits.

Microbius · « **Reply #17 on:** April 23, 2013, 08:39 »

Yes and 10 for me. They should be 10 credits for everyone really

Noedelhap · « **Reply #18 on:** April 23, 2013, 17:18 »

I don't get it. It used to be 6 for me, I think? Now it's 5 for a vector. Can anyone shed some light on what the prices were before? Can anyone post the newsletter they received?

If this is true, then to hell with them.

cthoman · « **Reply #19 on:** April 23, 2013, 17:48 »

Quote from: Noedelhap on April 23, 2013, 17:18

I don't get it. It used to be 6 for me, I think? Now it's 5 for a vector. Can anyone shed some light on what the prices were before? Can anyone post the newsletter they received?

If this is true, then to hell with them.

They were all 8 credits back in the day when it was svg format, but I think if you reached a certain level you could double the price to 16. Then, they switched to eps files, and it was 4, 6, or 8 credits (depending on complexity). Although, things were rarely priced at 8. You could sneak svg files in the backdoor still and get them priced at 8. I assume they have closed this loophole with pricing everything at 5 credits now.

madsigncreator · « **Reply #20 on:** August 09, 2013, 15:15 »

This topic needs some update... Did you fellow illustrators check your stats on FL last months? I've checked mine and I am not happy, but Fotolia is:

http://www.microstockgroup.com/illustration-general/fotolia-says-they-are-doing-fine-and-how-about-you-dear-contributors/ [nofollow]

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