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Microstock Photography Forum - General => General Stock Discussion => Topic started by: ianhlnd on March 22, 2008, 10:02
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Hello from beautiful Mazatlan. A nice 86 degrees today, well, and yesterday, and last week etc.
I have a question, I did a google on my handle and came up with a site that has several of my pics, called Crystal graphics. What interested me is that prints are going for $69.
I checked their home, and can't find any info with whom they're affiliated. Does anyone here have any info on this site?
http://www.crystalgraphics.com
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As far as I remember they are a partner site of BigStockPhoto, SY
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You can opt out of partner deals at BigStock if you wish. There was a thread a while back on the BigStock forums about this deal.
They're licensing images for high prices, not selling prints (at least that's what was happening back when this started). The problem I had was that the price difference was so high, for the same images that sold for less via the BigStock site that I felt any buyer who figured out what was going on would feel ripped off.
I found out that this was happening after I got a $7 commission on a sale - I think the image sold for $69 or $99. I still think the whole thing is a really bad idea, but then I opted out, which was good of BigStock to implement for those of us who didn't like the deal.
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Yeah, it's a good thing they let you opt out. I did. I wish all the agencies would let you opt out of certain of their sales channels. Not that I'm thinking of anyone in particular (dtdtdtdtdtdtdtdtdtdtdt.... :))
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Whoa.... there's a lot of my stuff there....... how do we know if it's sells there? 8)=tom
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Most likely it is Bigstock, you'll know if you see a bigger than usual commission.