I thought this whole subscription business with footage has come to an end after they introduced the new pricing/commission changes?

Got a 3.3 credit footage sale just now and a friend of mine a 1.25 credit HD1080 sale  

Thanks for the tip. Much appreciated!

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Got a 3.3 credit footage sale just now and a friend of mine a 1.25 credit HD1080 sale

Ohhhh please unchek subscription sale immediately, you're going to kill pond5 !!!!

I am non-exclusivity seller, how i can opt-out from subscription sales?
 

You can not opt out for photos...

Sometime last year as an FT exclusive, I opted out of sub sales for a month as a test. Soon cured me of that aberrant mindset. Virtually no sales at all. Prior to my 'experiment' I had been getting both DL's and subs sales. Can seriously damage your placement in the pecking order too for the longer term.

Hi! I recently had sale of my footage via subscription , i received .1.8 from m download , i always had opted out subscription on footage. After i saw this sale i went to menu to check if its opted out but the option disappeared , i messaged fotolia and they replayed :
On July 8 we sent out a notification informing contributors that, while Video files are not included in our standard subscription plans, videos can from now on be made available for download in corporate subscriptions for high volume customers.

here the text of the notification that was sent out:


Fotolia - Some news about our video offer


Dear video contributors,
Because of a strong demand for videos from high-volume customers, we are going to offer some video subscriptions on a case-by-case basis for such customers. Payout will be 35% with minimum prices of �37.50 for HD 1080 and �18.75 for M size.
We will remove the current ability to download M videos at the cost of 5 downloads on our regular monthly subscriptions. Of course, customers with existing subscription plans will continue to have access to videos until these plans expire, but in time these downloads will disappear.
We are certain that these changes will help increase sales and commissions, both in quantity and value.

Please let me know if you have any questions.

Kind regards,

Fotolia Team U.K.



This is just ridiculous , i think

Yes and thats the problem and where is bloody opt out button i just noticed another 2 sales for the same 1.8 for m size footage, noone else experienced the same?

and today another sale for m footage 1.55
and i got reply :
Hi

This type of sale won't happend a lot since we don't allow video download in online subscription anymore. Only the existing plans have this ability, new ones cannot download videos.

Kind regards,

Please send an email to me directly:  [email protected] with your Fotolia login name.  I'll take a look at your account and see what's going on.

-Mat

I had one of those too. I immediately stopped uploading footage there. I may reuptake if nobody else reports any of those sales anymore for at least 6 month. Do not play with our trust. Any clip not uploaded is a lost chance of revenue for fotolia.

Just got one M size sub for $2.1. I have always been opted out of subscription, and that is the only reason why i still leave some of my footage there. So the bug still there or ...? If i get a few more of this i will just close my account.

It simply raises cautionary flags. Matt said, "We have experienced a temporary bug allowing some holders of old monthly subscriptions to download videos from opted out contributors. That is now fixed." Well apparently not.  This is just a red flag to me and I would take this as a stamp of how FOTOLIA regularly operates and a measure of the stability of their system. In my opinion closing your account is the way to go if you can afford it.

@ MatHayward: People continue to report sub sales for footage.

So, did you not tell the truth when claiming it is a bug?
Where is the opt-out checkbox?
Or you have a permanent bug? (then you should pay the contributors the difference between a regular footage sale and the price they received)

What is going on?

Tror, are you someone I have been in contact with?  As far as I know the issue has been resolved.  For those that had issues that have written to me directly I have gotten further assurances their accounts are not allowing video subscriptions any more.  I have not been made aware of any further issues. 

There is no longer an opt out button because regular subscription plans no longer allow for video downloads.  The only exception are subscriptions grandfathered in prior to the change. 

I'm sorry but I am not sure who you are so feel free to email me directly if you are still seeing subscription video sales after having been opted out of selling them in the past.  Be sure to include your login name or account number.

My email address is:  [email protected]

Thanks,

Mat

Hi Mat,

Thanks for your prompt reply. No, we haven`t been in contact - i am asking because today another thread popped up about the same issue. I have halted all video uploads for now until the weather is clear again :-)

Maybe you should represent fotolia "officially" here on the board - some positive communication surely would help the image of fotolia on the board these days ;-)