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« on: March 27, 2014, 19:00 »
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Which Agencies have fair affiliate programs and which are not fair to the photographer. I have been following DepositPhotos latest thing and plan on opting out of their programs, but it got me thinking more about this.

I have only started uploading images the last couple months so this is still new. I have images accepted to BS, CS, P5, 123RF, YM, VR FT and DT so far, and plan on uploading to SS and IS now that I have a good idea on what should be accepted. I have also considered uploading to a few more of the low earners as time allows.

Thanks for your help.


EmberMike

« Reply #1 on: March 27, 2014, 19:17 »
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The only affiliate program I ever really liked was Shutterstock's, but since it was drastically scaled back it's all but worthless now.

So the only programs I support at this point are those that will bring in customers to sites that I hope will succeed. Presently I only support the Stockfresh affiliate program. It's nothing spectacular, but it is simple and straightforward. 10% of any purchase a referred customer makes.


« Reply #2 on: March 27, 2014, 19:46 »
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Like Mike said, there isn't much money in the affiliate programs anymore.

« Reply #3 on: March 27, 2014, 19:49 »
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I think the OP means "partner" programs, not affiliate programs.

« Reply #4 on: March 27, 2014, 21:23 »
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Sorry if I wasn't clear. I meant were one site that a photographer submits to makes sales or uploads on other sites that are not the site were the photo was originally submitted to.

Sorry for the confusion.


EmberMike

« Reply #5 on: March 27, 2014, 22:00 »
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Sorry if I wasn't clear. I meant were one site that a photographer submits to makes sales or uploads on other sites that are not the site were the photo was originally submitted to...

Ah. Got it.

Are there any good partner programs out there? I doubt it. I used to think Thinkstock was decent, but obviously we've seen recently how that can go bad. They're all flawed. Just some less than others. The very nature of these programs is to disconnect from the mothership and get images out to as many other potential buyers as possible. In doing that, things get lost as images get further and further out from the source. At best, it results in accounting errors like Thinkstock. At worst, you get programs like DP where the company doesn't even know who some of the partners are.

« Reply #6 on: March 27, 2014, 22:09 »
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Other than Canstock, it's hard to tell where the sales come from.

« Reply #7 on: March 28, 2014, 06:55 »
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A good deal of information about partner programs can be found here.


 

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