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Author Topic: Dilemma - should I drop iStock exclusivity  (Read 10597 times)

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traveler1116

« Reply #25 on: October 27, 2010, 01:36 »
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Any thoughts? Thanks  :)
Shutterstock earns me 6x more than iStock. Imagine you would fall back by 1/2 on iStock, you will still earn (much) more in total. Jump!
Half will be automatic when the new % is started but more will be lost from E+, Vetta, best match placement, less upload slots, etc..  Not saying it's a bad idea to go independent, just that IS income may go down much more than 50% but then again it might not.  Let us know what happens.


« Reply #26 on: October 27, 2010, 04:02 »
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Shutterstock earns me 6x more than iStock. Imagine you would fall back by 1/2 on iStock, you will still earn (much) more in total. Jump!
iStock earns me 2-3x more than Shutterstock: it is difficult to conclude anything based on other's experience  :P
« Last Edit: October 27, 2010, 04:05 by araminta »

« Reply #27 on: October 27, 2010, 13:45 »
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While Istock deserves all the bashings it gets, you may soon find out that other agencies are not all democratic angels of fairness. You may also find that their subscription prices and even normal DL prices hit your bottomline even harder, unless you are able to produce a lot of high quality images in a short time.
« Last Edit: October 27, 2010, 19:25 by Freedom »

« Reply #28 on: October 27, 2010, 14:33 »
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Also keep in mind that you can always go back to being exclusive in the future if being an independent doesn't work for you

I've got my target numbers set and I'm going to be looking closely at them the next 3-6 months.  If at that time I feel my decision to ditch the crown was the wrong one I'll look at the minimum time online agreements with everyone and cease uploading to them in timeline that will allow me to close them at around a 1 year mark and become exclusive again via iStock.   

Granted year long experiment might not be the best thing for my stock income, or it might be the best thing I could have down. Either way I'll know and if I take the crown back I'll at least feel it really is the best thing for me.


 

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