Author Topic: getting worried! (Read 18249 times)

luissantos84 · « **Reply #50 on:** August 31, 2012, 07:54 »

if it was me I would PM Dan, like I have done back when WP started

djpadavona · « **Reply #51 on:** August 31, 2012, 08:12 »

Quote from: Mopic on August 31, 2012, 07:54

Just out of curiosity ... is this the official way to get accepted ? Posting links in a forum? I find it quite unusual. I would expect a good old e-mail with a link would do the trick.

Almost every contributor currently in Warmpicture emailed me to join.

However it is important to note that I often make it a group decision among myself and a few other contributors. The emailers still remain "anonymous", since I don't feel it is relevant to share someone's message board name. But we all see their port...and some people don't feel comfortable with that.

This thread is gone off topic, and again I am part of the reason.

I do want to point out that there should be no rush to join Warmpicture. We are a Low Earner in every sense of that description. As you would guess, trying to attract attention in a mature marketplace is very difficult.

We do have contributors which get small payouts most months. And we are seeing sales and traffic growth. But the RPI is very, very small. Nobody is "missing out." I can assure you that when our contributors are making returns which are comparable to upper Low Tier (per the poll results to the right), I will announce it proudly. Until then...let me build a buyer base for this pseudo co-op so that people who join can actually have it be worth their effort.

stan · « **Reply #52 on:** August 31, 2012, 08:37 »

Quote from: djpadavona on August 31, 2012, 08:12

I do want to point out that there should be no rush to join Warmpicture. We are a Low Earner in every sense of that description. As you would guess, trying to attract attention in a mature marketplace is very difficult.

We do have contributors which get small payouts most months. And we are seeing sales and traffic growth. But the RPI is very, very small. Nobody is "missing out." I can assure you that when our contributors are making returns which are comparable to upper Low Tier (per the poll results to the right), I will announce it proudly. Until then...let me build a buyer base for this pseudo co-op so that people who join can actually have it be worth their effort.

Wow, this is a very honest response. I didn't sell anything at WP and when I saw so many people recommending it, I just thought to myself, why, it's a waste of time (and some big names didn't sell much as well, 2 digit earnings yearly, as you hinted). But I never posted it publicly, although it is a discussion board. The reason is, of course, that I don't want to interfere with something that might become good over time, prices are high, royalty % is fair...

djpadavona · « **Reply #53 on:** August 31, 2012, 09:19 »

I think we'll make it worthwhile Stan. Remember that we literally started from nothing, no buyer base, no connections. It will take time.

We have one contributor who makes an RPI per month at WP which is just fantastic. She makes more at WP per image than I make at the Mid Tier agencies per image. For her, it is already worthwhile. For the rest of us, we are staying patient and knowing things will get better.

I am going to start a WP thread in the Selling Stock Direct forum a little later. Feel free to join in, and I'll share some more stats.