Author Topic: Adobe Free video nomination (Read 2084 times)

stockart · « **Reply #25 on:** October 12, 2024, 14:09 »

Quote from: f8 on October 12, 2024, 13:00

Quote from: everest on October 11, 2024, 17:16
2400 selected I will not accept a single one.
Not fair to have the same videos for sale on other sites and here for free.

Hear hear! $8 is a complete kick in the noids and so disrespectful. I am surprised there are contributors desperate enough to sell out for a pitiful $8. I am worth more than that and so is my content.

Exactly, everyone should imagen what would happen if we all disagree to that, they would have no files to give away for free, its like the president declares war, but no citizen is participating, that war will never happen. Remember your content is free for one entire year, not like a special black friday deal or somthing like that. I get the marketing idea, but its not really working anyway, because most people needing stock content know exactly what they need, so this can be a total waste of time for many customers by trying to search the free library but not finding what they actually need, and than go back to the main library and start the search at zero again. But for thieves this will not matter, they will take what ever they can especially if its free, because than they dont even risk a single cent if they cant sell it themself, a zero investment, with the possibility of making a decent amount over time. A very sad way of going through life, but some people just dont care. I hope that at least the one creating the content should care, and treats his work with selfrespect, because at the end of the day, if you dont respect yourself, nobody ever will.

stoker2014 · « **Reply #26 on:** October 12, 2024, 14:47 »

Stockers, don't be greedy! $8 is a normal price, because not one video will be bought, but many videos.

cidepix · « **Reply #27 on:** October 12, 2024, 15:07 »

Quote from: stoker2014 on October 11, 2024, 09:41

What is the benefit for Adobe from such promotions? I see my benefit, Adobe will pay me $8 for 1 video. And who will pay Adobe if it does not take money from buyers?

Adobe chose several thousand videos from me, I agreed to all of them!

Who? These videos will be included as free assets in the creative cloud subscription and you know creative cloud subscription is not free. Your free videos will get hundreds, if not thousands of downloads.

You are only paid a fraction of the value they get out of your images or videos.

That being said, I see nothing wrong with nominating all your files for this promotion.

cobalt · « **Reply #28 on:** October 12, 2024, 15:09 »

Sometimes I wonder why some people even upload files to Adobe. Video sales start at 2.80. Or istock/getty where sales can be a few cents...

Why don't you just keep files exclusive elsewhere and prices at 1000 dollars?

Seems like the only truly fair price, right?

The rest of us are happy to offer different types of content at different price points and are also happy to use weaker files for marketing to lead eyeballs to our ports.

It is a big business world, you can all find your personal way of doing things.

DanielVisuals · « **Reply #29 on:** October 12, 2024, 16:50 »

I completely agree with you, Cobalt! Adobe is a great agency to work with, and I will do my best to benefit from it.

I have been uploading to Artlist for eight months now. I always watch for anyone who uploads my footage to other agencies. It has happened twice, and the accounts involved were quickly closed and never uploaded again. This situation hasn't been a dealbreaker for me, considering the potential earnings from that agency.

stoker2014 · « **Reply #30 on:** October 13, 2024, 02:57 »

Quote from: DanielVisuals on October 12, 2024, 16:50

I completely agree with you, Cobalt! Adobe is a great agency to work with, and I will do my best to benefit from it.

I have been uploading to Artlist for eight months now. I always watch for anyone who uploads my footage to other agencies. It has happened twice, and the accounts involved were quickly closed and never uploaded again. This situation hasn't been a dealbreaker for me, considering the potential earnings from that agency.

Artlist, storyblocks and Adobe, where do you earn more?

stoker2014 · « **Reply #31 on:** October 13, 2024, 02:59 »

Quote from: cidepix on October 12, 2024, 15:07

Quote from: stoker2014 on October 11, 2024, 09:41
What is the benefit for Adobe from such promotions? I see my benefit, Adobe will pay me $8 for 1 video. And who will pay Adobe if it does not take money from buyers?

Adobe chose several thousand videos from me, I agreed to all of them!

Who? These videos will be included as free assets in the creative cloud subscription and you know creative cloud subscription is not free. Your free videos will get hundreds, if not thousands of downloads.

You are only paid a fraction of the value they get out of your images or videos.

That being said, I see nothing wrong with nominating all your files for this promotion.

I'm not greedy. I'm happy with everything. I also upload my videos to subscription stocks. People upload my videos almost for free every day. I haven't noticed any sales drop on other non-subscription stocks.

SpaceStockFootage · « **Reply #32 on:** October 13, 2024, 03:15 »

Nobody pays Adobe... it's a marketing cost just like a free trial or an introductory offer. They're hoping that people will like the free stuff and then pay for, or subscribe to, the non-free stuff. Im sure it's hard to quantify exactly if it's covering the costs for them, but they've been doing it for a while now, so they must feel it's worth it.

Noedelhap · « **Reply #33 on:** October 13, 2024, 09:10 »

I only nominate assets that haven't sold once in 5 years...the duds in my portfolio. With AI coming, I consider my future in microstock non-existent anyway. 10 years from now, maybe even sooner, business models will have drastically changed, excluding most artists. Maybe AI content farms will take over the market.

yuriy · « **Reply #34 on:** October 13, 2024, 11:39 »

Quote from: Noedelhap on October 13, 2024, 09:10

I only nominate assets that haven't sold once in 5 years...the duds in my portfolio. With AI coming, I consider my future in microstock non-existent anyway. 10 years from now, maybe even sooner, business models will have drastically changed, excluding most artists. Maybe AI content farms will take over the market.

strongly agree. i have 800 "nominated" and exactly 2 of those have ever sold on adobe. i doubt they will accept much if any of the remaining 798 but if they do it's highly probably that the $8 is $8 more than i would get if they didn't offer the free collection option. renting unsold videos for $8/year is really not a bad deal considering one or two sales during that time @ $2.80 wouldn't match $8 anyway. i've heard many times here and elsewhere that the best days of microstock are way in the past. most folks seem to suggest it was around 2016 to 2019 or so. not having a time machine i'm inclined to collect whatever change is left before we stop earning altogether.