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How often do the ratings get posted. I don't remember ever seeing so much red in that right-hand column.
Even more interesting that the ONLY one, of the top 6, green is Fotolia !!How strange is that ! with all that's going on
There hasn't been a company that has not changed their agreement somewhere along the line in Micro ( some several times ) ...
Hi Persue-d, I agree with you on the sales at Fotolia. I have always had good sales there and get responses when I ask questions. I have been as happy with them as any other site, if I am making comparisons. There hasn't been a company that has not changed their agreement somewhere along the line in Micro ( some several times ) but it does appear that most here do not care for Fotolia. As long as they are making me more money than the next agency then it's all good. They are my second leading money maker in Micro. Dreamstime is the one I see having major trouble trying to sell my work.Best,Jonathan
Hey Jonathan, so good to know you take my comments seriously, lol.I think it is good that so many hate XXX and others find them excellent. this way, it ensures we have more choices in the stock business. I'd dread to see a monopoly in any business, and micro stock is the last one I'd wish to have a monolith rise over the rest. although I already feel there is one such monolith who is succeeding in doing such a monopoly, though via devious means.but who am I to tell others who to like or dislike. I am a small fish, and , to quote Flemish, a free poor one, lol.It is never healthy to give any one site the keys to the kingdom. We will be sorry if we did.
Quote from: Persue-d on January 04, 2010, 23:07Hey Jonathan, so good to know you take my comments seriously, lol.I think it is good that so many hate XXX and others find them excellent. this way, it ensures we have more choices in the stock business. I'd dread to see a monopoly in any business, and micro stock is the last one I'd wish to have a monolith rise over the rest. although I already feel there is one such monolith who is succeeding in doing such a monopoly, though via devious means.but who am I to tell others who to like or dislike. I am a small fish, and , to quote Flemish, a free poor one, lol.It is never healthy to give any one site the keys to the kingdom. We will be sorry if we did.Yes, I go to the greasy spoon down the street. They have average coffee, the burgers a kind of good, they charge a little more than most places, and the waitresses are kind of slow with service not that good. But I'd hate to have some good restaurant that works harder and that has earned the business, to be the "monolith" in the neighborhood.Kind of sarcastic, but you are saying, we need to support the small sites with poor sales, low commissions, slow reviews, mixed up search engines and crappy service, because we don't want the ones that work hard to provide a bigger and better product and earning us more money, to beat them?Do you buy inferior products to support companies who make them, just so the big ones won't get your business? Why should we put up with inferior agencies, just to get back at the big ones?I don't get it? Can you explain for me.
Quote from: RacePhoto on January 04, 2010, 23:18Quote from: Persue-d on January 04, 2010, 23:07Hey Jonathan, so good to know you take my comments seriously, lol.I think it is good that so many hate XXX and others find them excellent. this way, it ensures we have more choices in the stock business. I'd dread to see a monopoly in any business, and micro stock is the last one I'd wish to have a monolith rise over the rest. although I already feel there is one such monolith who is succeeding in doing such a monopoly, though via devious means.but who am I to tell others who to like or dislike. I am a small fish, and , to quote Flemish, a free poor one, lol.It is never healthy to give any one site the keys to the kingdom. We will be sorry if we did.Yes, I go to the greasy spoon down the street. They have average coffee, the burgers a kind of good, they charge a little more than most places, and the waitresses are kind of slow with service not that good. But I'd hate to have some good restaurant that works harder and that has earned the business, to be the "monolith" in the neighborhood.Kind of sarcastic, but you are saying, we need to support the small sites with poor sales, low commissions, slow reviews, mixed up search engines and crappy service, because we don't want the ones that work hard to provide a bigger and better product and earning us more money, to beat them?Do you buy inferior products to support companies who make them, just so the big ones won't get your business? Why should we put up with inferior agencies, just to get back at the big ones?I don't get it? Can you explain for me.Race, don't put words in my mouth! and yes, I can explain it for you.When I say monolith, I don't mean to support the hopeless little sites that promises big commissions and sell nothing. I mean just that we don't give one site to control the market that it would be tempted to exploit the contributors. It's what monopoly does in any real world.you're old enough to know that What I mean is it's healthier when we have a variety of top sites that can provide both the buyers and contributor with a choice. Not one giant site that dictates what is micro stock or mid stock or whatever stock.I like to be able to be a contributor to say Alamy, 3 d studio, Dreamstime, StockXpert , Fotolia...etc..and be able to submit different niche or different images to each of them, rather than have all the sites in the Top 5 having reviewers choose the same old same old images as say SS . If so, then what is the point of going with the rest? We may all go to SS and leave it at that.Less work, and if tomorrow, SS decides that you should all give away your images free,well, ok... we give it away free because there is really no other place that will sell our images anyway.Do I make myself clear-er? Good to hear from you , as always, you shoot straight and hard... With ppl like you , we know there will always be someone who is unafraid to speak out.
Getting back to the OP ....I've always wondered how others vote on this poll. Myself, I assign 10 to my #1, 9 to my #2, 8 to my #3, etc.I wish there was a better, more accurate way to reflect reality. But if I assigned by percentages (80% = , IS would get a 3, SS a 2, and everyone else a 1. Obviously that's no good. So how do YOU answer this poll?
Quote from: KB on January 05, 2010, 10:30Getting back to the OP ....I've always wondered how others vote on this poll. Myself, I assign 10 to my #1, 9 to my #2, 8 to my #3, etc.I wish there was a better, more accurate way to reflect reality. But if I assigned by percentages (80% = , IS would get a 3, SS a 2, and everyone else a 1. Obviously that's no good. So how do YOU answer this poll?yes, it's quite true...the yardstick seems pretty relative now that you've pointed it out. i don't give a 10 unless it was an outstanding month (not even bme). bme starts at 9, and all the other agencies fall in line percentage wise. ie 85% of bme is a 8, etc.
Getting back to the OP ....I've always wondered how others vote on this poll. Myself, I assign 10 to my #1, 9 to my #2, 8 to my #3, etc.
Getting back to the OP ....I\'ve always wondered how others vote on this poll. Myself, I assign 10 to my #1, 9 to my #2, 8 to my #3, etc.I wish there was a better, more accurate way to reflect reality. But if I assigned by percentages [80% = 8] IS would get a 3, SS a 2, and everyone else a 1. Obviously that\'s no good. So how do YOU answer this poll?
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