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« on: September 29, 2010, 13:54 »
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LuckyOliver, Snapvillage, Polylooks etc. etc. What will be the next site that will go under? (Let's limit the options to the sites in the right side of the page -> )

Which is the site you wouldn't put your bets on?


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« Reply #1 on: September 29, 2010, 14:10 »
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Among the top and middle tiers, I don't see any at risk of going under soon (excluding possible acquisitions or inclusions of sites into their parent sites, but I wouldn't consider that actually 'going under', like it or not)

From the low earners on the right, it's easier for me to say which ones will NOT go under:

PantherMedia - because, despite their horrible upload method, they are otherwise acting very professionally;

Pond5 - because, concentrating on video and audio, they have a unique approach;

ScanStockPhoto - because I like them: they always acted very honestly towards contributors, so I am gladly listing them here even if they don't have a referral scheme nor a lot of sales;

The three above are the only one I put some hope into at present. But things are changing so quickly in this crazy microstock industry that I upload a sample of my port to most of the other sites as well just to keep monitoring them.
« Last Edit: September 29, 2010, 14:32 by microstockphoto.co.uk »

« Reply #2 on: September 29, 2010, 14:26 »
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Crestock. 6 months

« Reply #3 on: September 29, 2010, 14:33 »
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Even though Elena seems to be a very nice person, I am afraid that FeaturePics will be the next to fall.

Crestock has already been absorbed into a larger agency, it may just slowly disappear within Masterfile .  . . .
« Last Edit: September 29, 2010, 14:38 by etienjones »

« Reply #4 on: September 29, 2010, 15:48 »
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Interesting that you had Polylooks in your list, perry - they are closing at the end of the year. They sent out an email to contributors today (I'm not a contributor, so I can't post the text).

« Reply #5 on: September 29, 2010, 16:33 »
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Interesting that you had Polylooks in your list, perry - they are closing at the end of the year. They sent out an email to contributors today (I'm not a contributor, so I can't post the text).

Yes... the Polylooks disaster was the thing that made me write my post... :)

« Reply #6 on: September 29, 2010, 16:40 »
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I think the next one might be vivozoom. Never sold anything there and their database is shrinking because many seem to pull their port there (Yuri included, and they advertised big with his name).

« Reply #7 on: September 29, 2010, 16:45 »
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Interesting that you had Polylooks in your list, perry - they are closing at the end of the year. They sent out an email to contributors today (I'm not a contributor, so I can't post the text).

Yes... the Polylooks disaster was the thing that made me write my post... :)

oooops, it didn't sound to me as if you knew already.  :)

« Reply #8 on: September 30, 2010, 00:05 »
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I can see Crestock going under soon also.
I am not too optimistic about Panthermedia, I used to good sales there but no more....
Looks like Veer is doing much better than Snapvillage so far which is a good thing:)

« Reply #9 on: September 30, 2010, 00:22 »
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As much as I'd hate to see it happen cause John is such a nice guy, but perhaps Cutcaster.

« Reply #10 on: September 30, 2010, 00:24 »
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Here in a few years Wal-Mart will get into the microstock game and then all of them will die off.

« Reply #11 on: September 30, 2010, 00:28 »
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Here in a few years Wal-Mart will get into the microstock game and then all of them will die off.


Too funny but probably true.  ;D

« Reply #12 on: September 30, 2010, 00:31 »
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Here in a few years Wal-Mart will get into the microstock game and then all of them will die off.

Walmart? Nah. Maybe Google.

« Reply #13 on: September 30, 2010, 00:40 »
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Here in a few years Wal-Mart will get into the microstock game and then all of them will die off.

Walmart? Nah. Maybe Google.

Google is too busy getting ready to attack Apple and Facebook which I'm really looking forward to so let's not give them any more ideas right now.  ;D

« Reply #14 on: September 30, 2010, 03:32 »
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Even though Elena seems to be a very nice person, I am afraid that FeaturePics will be the next to fall.
FeaturePics seems to be run on a very low budget, so I think it will keep going.  I left my portfolio there and get a few sales, nothing to get excited about but I hope they are making more money than they are spending and will be around for a long time.  I didn't think Lucky Oliver or Zymmetrical would go though, so I have a bad track record :)

« Reply #15 on: September 30, 2010, 06:20 »
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I know that Cresock has been bought, but I still don't see a bright future for them.
And FeaturePics: I'm surprised they're still open for business.
Don't know also how to interpretate last moves by MostPhotos. Maybe financial crisis on the horizon?

« Reply #16 on: September 30, 2010, 06:46 »
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Crestock, hopefully (sorry, I don't like them)
YayMicro, unfortunatelly. I like them but I maybe got 2 sales this year.
FeaturePics, which I don't know how they are still open!


« Reply #17 on: September 30, 2010, 06:51 »
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Here in a few years Wal-Mart will get into the microstock game and then all of them will die off.


Walmart? Nah. Maybe Google.


Google is too busy getting ready to attack Apple and Facebook which I'm really looking forward to so let's not give them any more ideas right now.  ;D


Google pay a 68% revenue share to their publishers:
http://adsense.blogspot.com/2010/05/adsense-revenue-share.html

Any sites paying us anything close to that?

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« Reply #18 on: September 30, 2010, 07:37 »
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I know that Cresock has been bought, but I still don't see a bright future for them.

Crestock, hopefully (sorry, I don't like them)

Crestock improved in public relations and payments after acquisition.

But their random rejections disguised as superior quality are almost as bad as before, and will be their ruin if they don't change. Because contributors are annoyed by too many rejections especially on low earners, and buyers want choice!
« Last Edit: September 30, 2010, 08:02 by microstockphoto.co.uk »

« Reply #19 on: September 30, 2010, 07:52 »
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I don't think Crestock will be the next one. At least if the new owner has some money to spend. They review faster now, and they pay etc.

Strangely I got a few sales at Featurepics this september!

I wonder how some sites like Imagevortex manages to keep their site online. I uploaded a few images there back in 2005, I sold one image in 2006 and after that it has been quiet.

Maybe a site with no traffic don't need that much mainteinance either...

I haven't high expecations on Depositphotos. They paid me $100 to upload images but have made me only $16 in "real" sales. They also are owned by a bigger company that might get bored with the poor sales and stop the whole business.

MostPhotos seems also to be without any sales. I had ONE sale in 2008, nothing after that.

« Reply #20 on: September 30, 2010, 10:03 »
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Don't people care that crestock only pay $0.25 for subs?  The rest doesn't bother me much, I just don't like $0.25 when other sites pay a lot more.

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« Reply #21 on: September 30, 2010, 14:35 »
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Don't people care that crestock only pay $0.25 for subs?  The rest doesn't bother me much, I just don't like $0.25 when other sites pay a lot more.

They're currently 'stealing' about 3 of my sales per month from SS where I would earn $.38 so, yes, I am probably losing about 39 cents each month.
But what if I stop uploading and I lose buyers not finding my pictures there? I could lose a huge $.75  :D
« Last Edit: September 30, 2010, 14:46 by microstockphoto.co.uk »

« Reply #22 on: September 30, 2010, 15:02 »
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They're currently 'stealing' about 3 of my sales per month from SS where I would earn $.38 so, yes, I am probably losing about 39 cents each month.
But what if I stop uploading and I lose buyers not finding my pictures there? I could lose a huge $.75  :D
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But money won't make you happy!  :D

« Reply #23 on: September 30, 2010, 16:27 »
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Don't people care that crestock only pay $0.25 for subs?  The rest doesn't bother me much, I just don't like $0.25 when other sites pay a lot more.

They're currently 'stealing' about 3 of my sales per month from SS where I would earn $.38 so, yes, I am probably losing about 39 cents each month.
But what if I stop uploading and I lose buyers not finding my pictures there? I could lose a huge $.75  :D
That's not the problem.  We lose much more money because the other sites see that people will accept $0.25, so they wont pay more.  Then we end up with thinkstock paying $0.25, I wonder how they came up with that ::)  Shutterstock haven't raised their subs commissions for over 2 years, why would they when people are accepting $0.25?

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« Reply #24 on: September 30, 2010, 17:25 »
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Don't people care that crestock only pay $0.25 for subs?  The rest doesn't bother me much, I just don't like $0.25 when other sites pay a lot more.

They're currently 'stealing' about 3 of my sales per month from SS where I would earn $.38 so, yes, I am probably losing about 39 cents each month.
But what if I stop uploading and I lose buyers not finding my pictures there? I could lose a huge $.75  :D
That's not the problem.  We lose much more money because the other sites see that people will accept $0.25, so they wont pay more.  Then we end up with thinkstock paying $0.25, I wonder how they came up with that ::)  Shutterstock haven't raised their subs commissions for over 2 years, why would they when people are accepting $0.25?
Ok, it makes sense!


 

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