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StockFootageWorld:
Hello Group:

Am strongly considering deactivating downloads for SS, mainly out of principle re: the ultra low rates which are becoming more frequent.  I wonder if any of you could offer educated guesses regarding the positive impact of deactivating my SS portfolio, specifically in the area of non-dilution of my exiting portfolio on other platforms?

That is: how feasible / likely might it be that my other portfolios (Adobe, P5 etc) which contain many of those same clips might benefit from not being sold as lowballs at SS?

Thanks

Uncle Pete:

--- Quote from: StockFootageWorld on August 07, 2020, 07:01 ---Hello Group:

Am strongly considering deactivating downloads for SS, mainly out of principle re: the ultra low rates which are becoming more frequent.  I wonder if any of you could offer educated guesses regarding the positive impact of deactivating my SS portfolio, specifically in the area of non-dilution of my exiting portfolio on other platforms?

That is: how feasible / likely might it be that my other portfolios (Adobe, P5 etc) which contain many of those same clips might benefit from not being sold as lowballs at SS?

Thanks

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No difference, unless you have something that's a one of a kind, you have the only example in existence.

For years I've said, "don't feed the parasite agencies" and people came back with, "I need the money" or "it won't make a difference" well here we are and suddenly June 2020, people are saying don't feed SS and the story has changed to, how much it will make a difference?

The parasite agencies were fed and kept alive by people uploading, while for those agencies the only way of getting a sale was, cut prices, lower our image values. Now the market has been driven into a hole in the ground and someone wants to stop the decline. The last important agency has joined the race to the bottom, and that was Shutterstock.

Aside from the bottom feeders, free sites and thieves, every agency has had cuts and changes, levels eliminated, and more cuts, except Shutterstock Subscription. Now SS is the Devil?

I don't think that anyone who removes their images from SS and adds the smaller sites or concentrates on the alternatives, is going to see a noticeable difference, except losing 100% of their SS income. Of course I might be wrong.

There is the ethical consideration, and personal decision, that some people just won't work for 10 cents, I understand. The higher levels will make more, is a mirage, (or carrot on a stick?) because people on top are still getting 10c downloads. Next someone will reply how IS is better, where we get 4¢ and .0042 or some such number credits. Really, that's better?



Microstock is dead.

oooo:
i dont agree.

something that's a one of a kind you need anyway to get sales and costs covered

as far i can remember:
there are out some services that search and compare all agencies

customers buy what they need - not what is the cheapest

especially for new trends, concepts, news, colors, etc this will work for shure.

Let me leave a short gag:
if today ALL would deactivate the cheapies and only
support realistic prices
ALL would get a MASSIVE!!! raise tomorrow!!

Firn:
It won't make a difference, because the 0.10$, 0.12,$ 0.14$ and so on sales are all from people who have a yearly Shutterstock subscription. If you delete your file from Shutterstock, they will not go to a different agency  and make a second yearly subscription to purchase your file. They will simply buy someone else's photo/video/illustration on Shutterstock, because there are enough to pick from.

Maybe, in the long run, if not enough new good quality content can be found on Shutterstock anymore, some customers might not renew their yearly subscriptions and look into other agencies. But that's just a vague possibility for the future and personally I think it is unlikely.

cascoly:

--- Quote from: Firn on August 10, 2020, 14:54 ---....

Maybe, in the long run, if not enough new good quality content can be found on Shutterstock anymore, some customers might not renew their yearly subscriptions and look into other agencies. But that's just a vague possibility for the future.

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truly vague -- it's unlikely as there's no evidence the good/bad ratio has changed - either in images disabled or new images added

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