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Big 4 now only 3? Pond5 down drastically after SS Take over

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cboswell:

Pond5 was a standout for me performing well until the take over. Now down over 2/3's.
I designed my whole life around stock. It's beyond discouraging and clearly the bottom has not arrived. Yet one company treats us well. Why don't the rest?

#insanity

cascoly:

--- Quote from: cboswell on June 13, 2022, 19:00 ---
Pond5 was a standout for me performing well until the take over. Now down over 2/3's.
I designed my whole life around stock. It's beyond discouraging and clearly the bottom has not arrived. Yet one company treats us well. Why don't the rest?

#insanity

--- End quote ---

hard to draw any conclusions from 1-2 months - what were you earning before the takeover?

Pacesetter:
Pond5 sales have dropped of a cliff since Shutterstock took over and incidentally had a far higher-than-usual number of video sales on Shutterstock in the first six days of June.

Noedelhap:

--- Quote from: cboswell on June 13, 2022, 19:00 ---
I designed my whole life around stock.

--- End quote ---

That's the thing. You should branch out before it's too late. Microstock is a sinking ship*, so find other ways to monetize your talents.

* Meaning maybe the industry won't disappear, but the average RPI for contributors is already diminishing rapidly.

derby:
It's really impossible to judge effects in few weeks. For me p5 in this month was BME, also with high price sales.
At the contrary, for SS was very bad month
It will take almost one year to really see effects.

In general the earnings are going down for sure, this is a fact, but it's not useful in my opinion to judge results in very short time.

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