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« Reply #725 on: March 11, 2014, 02:27 »
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The government can step in to protect us all from theft. This should of course include protecting artist from corporate theft.

But it is simple: if there is no money in image production, the number of people who do it will drop.

High quality image production. And even with an iphone the high quality comes from producers with experience.

Or do you seriously believe people will take on additional jobs to pay for stock production?


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« Reply #726 on: March 11, 2014, 02:33 »
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and frankly speaking the agencies - none of them - give one flying fck about us, we are beyond expendable at this point in the game. all the agencies could be paying us a lot more, but they don't, and  they won't. just the way things turned out man.

YES, but i think you missed the latest developments in the e-commerce industry, even for giants like Amazon it's getting tougher to sell their sh-it online no matter all their discounts and free shipping promotions.

it's 2014, everyone and their dog is into e-commerce now and by domino effect the costs to acquire a customer have skyrocketed to the point that sooner or later it will be cheaper to buy or sell offline !

and if you think we're being ripped off take a look at how cheap some physical products are sold in bulk on Alibaba and what about the slave wages offered on oDesk and Elance ?

agencies like Alamy can offer us 50% of a sale but what's the point if they can't make enough sales since they don't spend much on marketing and advertising ?

SS is selling like hotcakes but they invest probably up to 50% of their earnings in advertising leaving little space for our fees and their running costs and their profits.


« Reply #727 on: March 11, 2014, 05:31 »
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I just realised today that when you open the Photos.com  website (http://www.photos.com) you can see this:

"Welcome to Photos.com by Getty Images

Coming soon, we will offer our world-renowned imagery as framed art ready to hang on your walls. Sign up to be among the first to know when we launch the site.

Looking for royalty-free subscriptions or image packs? Please visit Thinkstock. Looking for access to other digital images? Please visit Getty Images."




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« Reply #728 on: March 11, 2014, 06:16 »
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I just realised today that when you open the Photos.com website you can see this: http://www.photos.com/comingsoon:
Looking for royalty-free subscriptions or image packs? Please visit Thinkstock.
Looking for access to other digital images? Please visit Getty Images."

And where is the invitation to visit iStock???

« Reply #729 on: March 11, 2014, 07:32 »
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« Reply #730 on: March 11, 2014, 07:49 »
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I love that the only audience question included in the video is about non-commercial use...and...cut! No more questions. That's a wrap, folks.

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« Reply #731 on: March 11, 2014, 07:52 »
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I just realised today that when you open the Photos.com website you can see this: http://www.photos.com/comingsoon:
Looking for royalty-free subscriptions or image packs? Please visit Thinkstock.
Looking for access to other digital images? Please visit Getty Images."

And where is the invitation to visit iStock???


A guess: all subs will be offered through Thinkstock and all non-subs through Getty. Once all images are absorbed into Getty, they'll be available for embedding.

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« Reply #732 on: March 11, 2014, 07:55 »
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I just realised today that when you open the Photos.com website you can see this: http://www.photos.com/comingsoon:
Looking for royalty-free subscriptions or image packs? Please visit Thinkstock.
Looking for access to other digital images? Please visit Getty Images."

And where is the invitation to visit iStock???


A guess: all subs will be offered through Thinkstock and all non-subs through Getty. Once all images are absorbed into Getty, they'll be available for embedding.

Caught between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea.

« Reply #733 on: March 11, 2014, 08:06 »
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I am ingesting Getty SXSW video's and these people could care less about the artist! They only praise themselves as if they created the images. I have yet to hear a word about how they treat those photographers who create the content they rave about. I have heard several mentions on this new "Viewer" but no word on how to protect the copyright or how they will make money from it. Not impressed

stock-will-eat-itself

« Reply #734 on: March 11, 2014, 08:35 »
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The more I think about it, the more I think this is about reducing Getty's advertising costs and possibly monetizing its embed platform, a shrewd move by them.

They appear to be in the process of consolidating and trimming waste, iS and Thinkstock merger is probably on the cards next and I'd be surprised to see the exclusivity program still in operation in the next couple of years, too much average work at too high a price.

Getty won't wait around to react thats for sure.

« Reply #735 on: March 11, 2014, 08:48 »
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Looks like Getty are still doing everything to kill iStock.
They forgot they bought it 8 years ago.

P.S. Thanks tickstock, 8 years ago.
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« Reply #736 on: March 11, 2014, 08:51 »
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« Reply #737 on: March 11, 2014, 08:57 »
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We refer to those good old days because istock was run by Bruce and the original istock founders and NOT Getty.

After Bruce left, istock went down the drain. And so did our income and Shutterstock, obviously worked very hard, but wasn't given much resitence from Getty, where they?

 When istock had the management that started it, it was market leader. When the founders left, it started to die.

Happens to many businesses. People buy a company, but don't bother understanding why it worked the way it did.

But of course you know that...don't you? Or you would if you were there as an istock exclusive from 2008 until today...

ShadySue

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« Reply #738 on: March 11, 2014, 08:57 »
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And what's the saying?  If I had .0001 cent per time someone said Getty was going to kill off iStock I would be rich by now?  Something like that.
And you'd end up having to pay it back.

« Reply #739 on: March 11, 2014, 09:02 »
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« Reply #740 on: March 11, 2014, 09:08 »
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But of course you know that...don't you? Or you would if you were there as an istock exclusive from 2008 until today...
I've been there since before 2008 and last year was my best year, personally I'm not nostalgic for 2008 or Bruce.

With a new iStock sub. model there is a good chance everyone will be nostalgic for 2013. Even if it was not his best year.

« Reply #741 on: March 11, 2014, 09:11 »
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« Reply #742 on: March 11, 2014, 09:12 »
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I am glad to hear it is working well for you. You obviously know how to work with Getty's system.


« Reply #743 on: March 11, 2014, 09:14 »
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« Last Edit: May 11, 2014, 23:15 by tickstock »

stock-will-eat-itself

« Reply #744 on: March 11, 2014, 09:15 »
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We refer to those good old days because istock was run by Bruce and the original istock founders and NOT Getty.

My monthly income went from $2000 per month to over $5000 per month after Getty bought iStock and raised the prices. Those were the good old days in my book, saturation with no quality control is the real issue.

iS could still be a good earner if they weren't hell bent on accepting every cr%ppy photo that was ever taken.

« Reply #745 on: March 11, 2014, 09:35 »
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I am glad to hear it is working well for you. You obviously know how to work with Getty's system.
It's the same everywhere, work hard, that's it.

Well, then what is going wrong with the people that are working hard and seeing their income fall? One contributor reported recently adding 5000 new files and falling sales.

It was a good portfolio too.

What would you recommend?

I mean, that is the main reason people are giving up their exclusivity. No sales inspite of new uploads. Not even views on their new work.

How are you combating the lack of views? Do you promote you work heavily yourself, your own blog or something?
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« Reply #746 on: March 11, 2014, 10:03 »
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« Reply #747 on: March 11, 2014, 10:09 »
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member skynesher in the february sales thread.

black diamond


http://www.istockphoto.com/forum_messages.php?threadid=359552&messageid=6992002

How to deal with falling sales is a serious problem. So if you say you just upload and get good results, a full time income and you can pay for production, I am genuinly interested in what you do differently.

everyone I know is having a problem and people are approaching it in many different ways.

Uploading directly to getty instead of istock, sending rm to other macro houses, doing video etc...

Or they go partially indie, especially with video. I earned a lot more money fast with video when I dropped my video exclusivity. Within just 6 months I was already earning more than as an istock video exclusive.

Completly different situation to photos of course. Pond5 is the market leader for video.

So going indie with video is simple. You can also then start adding editorial video, but I didn't even do that.

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« Reply #748 on: March 11, 2014, 10:19 »
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Uncle Pete

« Reply #749 on: March 11, 2014, 10:38 »
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It should be HAS KILLED iStock, not going to kill.

And what's the saying?  If I had .0001 cent per time someone said Getty was going to kill off iStock I would be rich by now?  Something like that.


 

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