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« on: October 11, 2018, 13:20 »
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Onepixel is now open for business! :D


« Reply #1 on: October 11, 2018, 14:37 »
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Just for those who missed the earlier discussion on this "agency"

http://www.microstockgroup.com/microstock-news/onepixel-stock-new-agencyhelp/msg517299/#msg517299

$1 for a full size image. It's even worse than the Dollar Photo Club. Tossers

nobody

« Reply #2 on: October 11, 2018, 15:47 »
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Onepixel is now open for business! :D

did they pay you  8)


dpimborough

« Reply #3 on: October 11, 2018, 16:03 »
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Onepixel is now open for business! :D

Lets hope they go out of business as quickly too  ;D

« Reply #4 on: October 11, 2018, 16:48 »
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Unfortunate that this kind of "bloodsuckers" appear from time to time....

« Reply #5 on: October 11, 2018, 17:35 »
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Why should I contribute to Onepixel ?

More income for Onepixel Contributors
Onepixel only sources content from a much lower number of stock contributors than other platforms, which is why the extra income generated by each Onepixel Contributor will be significantly higher.

Contributors who are approved early receive better indexation and promotion in the collection.

Industry standard commissions - 35%


They are new but they already treat stockers like tools with 0 IQ. They must think they are extremely smart. Tossers indeed...
« Last Edit: October 11, 2018, 17:37 by stockman11 »

Uncle Pete

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« Reply #6 on: October 12, 2018, 10:30 »
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HUH?  :o

Onepixel only sources content from a much lower number of stock contributors than other platforms, which is why the extra income generated by each Onepixel Contributor will be significantly higher.

Because only so many people are desperate enough to take 35c for a download? And I ask myself why would less contributors be significantly higher? The part that would make more income would be more customers, and that's where this will  eventually fail. Less choices for buyers from less contributors means less sales...

Doesn't matter if this is "the next big thing" for some willing victims, I'm not even going to consider them. I continue to stick to my policy. I will not support parasites.  >:(

Chichikov

« Reply #7 on: October 12, 2018, 12:19 »
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Just for those who missed the earlier discussion on this "agency"

http://www.microstockgroup.com/microstock-news/onepixel-stock-new-agencyhelp/msg517299/#msg517299

$1 for a full size image. It's even worse than the Dollar Photo Club. Tossers


I hoped that it was 1 pixel for 1 $

« Reply #8 on: October 12, 2018, 13:40 »
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they are in a desperate need for contents, and has contacted me again.

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I understand your time is precious, and we respect that. We made the upload really easy and fast, in few hours the work will be done.
Weare not offering an upfront payment, but are inviting you to join a very selected collection, where the profits will be shared among few Contributors only.
We are about to launch, it would be great to be able to display also your images. We gathered the very best of the Stock production.

« Reply #9 on: October 12, 2018, 16:15 »
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So they want premium contributors, but instead of premium prices or at least regular ones, they are racing to the bottom. That's double devaluation. Congratulations to their team for such a brilliant idea I guess.

« Reply #10 on: November 07, 2018, 09:11 »
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they are in a desperate need for contents, and has contacted me again.

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I understand your time is precious, and we respect that. We made the upload really easy and fast, in few hours the work will be done.
Weare not offering an upfront payment, but are inviting you to join a very selected collection, where the profits will be shared among few Contributors only.
We are about to launch, it would be great to be able to display also your images. We gathered the very best of the Stock production.
and again, but this time this was Chad "THE CHAD" Bridwell who contacted me.

I asked if he was the one behind the Dollar Photo Club, this was the answer:
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Yes  part of the team is very experienced people in that market. We all have learnt from our mistakes so it can only be better. Best artists are already on Onepixel, you will not regret it if you join.
I still don't understand the difference between Onepixel with 1$ for image and DPC with the same price.


« Reply #11 on: November 07, 2018, 11:06 »
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I am not sure I see what is wrong with this agency. SS pays me 38 cents a sell. This company pays 35 cents a sale. I highly doubt they will sell the numbers of SS but the pay per image is nearly the same. I know SS has extended sales but those have all but gone away for me. Just my thoughts.

« Reply #12 on: November 07, 2018, 11:19 »
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I am not sure I see what is wrong with this agency. SS pays me 38 cents a sell. This company pays 35 cents a sale. I highly doubt they will sell the numbers of SS but the pay per image is nearly the same. I know SS has extended sales but those have all but gone away for me. Just my thoughts.

1. 38 cents is the least you'll ever get paid at Shutterstock. 35 cents is the highest you'll ever get paid at OnePixel.
2. When you have a 38 cents sale at SS, clients have a subscription which leads to more sales for you and other contributors.
3. It's a huge devaluation of stock photos!

In my opinion not a sustainable way to push this industry forward. It ensures that photographers get paid close to nothing for their work, for their crew, models, location, gear, etc.

« Reply #13 on: November 07, 2018, 11:42 »
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Jacoblund you may be correct . I do know when a customer buys your image that customer will never buy that image again , anywhere. I have always wondered and maybe you have numbers on this. How much do people shop around for image prices. I know for myself when I am looking for ideas and inspiration on sites I get very bored and lose interest fast at looking at pages and pages of images. Do buyers do the same, I am guessing they do. We all want instant gratification. That is why Amazon works so well. Find your item and leave, sometimes price high or low is not a factor?

Uncle Pete

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« Reply #14 on: November 07, 2018, 12:00 »
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I still don't understand the difference between Onepixel with 1$ for image and DPC with the same price.

The name!  ;D

« Reply #15 on: November 07, 2018, 12:04 »
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I am not sure I see what is wrong with this agency. SS pays me 38 cents a sell. This company pays 35 cents a sale. I highly doubt they will sell the numbers of SS but the pay per image is nearly the same. I know SS has extended sales but those have all but gone away for me. Just my thoughts.

1. 38 cents is the least you'll ever get paid at Shutterstock. 35 cents is the highest you'll ever get paid at OnePixel.
2. When you have a 38 cents sale at SS, clients have a subscription which leads to more sales for you and other contributors.
3. It's a huge devaluation of stock photos!

In my opinion not a sustainable way to push this industry forward. It ensures that photographers get paid close to nothing for their work, for their crew, models, location, gear, etc.

Not so.
"$26.25 (or 26.25) when their content is licensed for $75 (or for 75) with an Extended License."
That's more than most extended licenses at Shutterstock.

« Reply #16 on: November 07, 2018, 12:08 »
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So they do pay more than 35cents an image. About the same as SS. Thanks,


« Reply #17 on: November 07, 2018, 12:19 »
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So they do pay more than 35cents an image. About the same as SS. Thanks,

It's worse than Dollar Photo Club, they paid $40 for extended licenses.

« Reply #18 on: November 07, 2018, 12:51 »
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They just throw dust in the eyes of contributors with the ELs and actually try to sell $1 On Demand images.
I hope they disappear from the market very soon and lose their investments!

« Reply #19 on: November 07, 2018, 12:57 »
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I am not sure I see what is wrong with this agency. SS pays me 38 cents a sell. This company pays 35 cents a sale. I highly doubt they will sell the numbers of SS but the pay per image is nearly the same. ...

The amount of money you receive is a lousy way to compare two business transactions to see which one is better - it omits a bunch of factors that may make a huge difference to you over time. A money difference.

First, you need to be sure the same rights are being sold for the two compared amounts - more rights should result in higher income for you.

Second, you need to look at the overall deal for the buyer in both cases. If a buyer pays $5 in one case and $499 in the other and you get 38 cents for each, you got a much worse deal in the second example. It's highly likely (and it was this way before microstock) that in a business that charges buyers $499 to license an image that you'll see overall lower numbers of images licensed. The market will be smaller at those high prices.

Third, what volume commitment, if any, comes with a particular price. If two buyers pay $1 to license an image at different agencies, it matters - to contributors - whether their $1 price came with no commitments at all or only as part of a volume deal. If the buyer can just buy a single image for $1 (and you get 38 cents), you're much worse off than if that price only occurs if they commit to buy a true monthly subscription (i.e. a use-it-or-lose-it deal) of 250 images. While it may be someone else's images that get licensed this month, over many months, the fact that the buyer only gets a deal if they're a volume purchaser benefits the contributor community (excluding the spammy, schlocky, repetitive portfolios, but that's OK as they deserve to be ignored).

Fourth, how many different entities are getting a share of the buyer's money - just you and the agency, or you, a distributor or partner, plus the agency. In an era of low price deals, adding in more entities to those taking a share makes it hard for the business to succeed (and if an agency fails, all your work uploading their is wasted even if you get paid before they go belly up). IMO distributor arrangements are almost always lousy deals for the contributor, especially from any smaller/newer agencies

Understanding who benefits and who is shortchanged by the various agency arrangements is important if you plan to build a portfolio and continue to sell it for a few years. Top tip: if an agency email says they have "exciting news", you're about to get hosed :)

« Reply #20 on: November 07, 2018, 13:08 »
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one more "pearl" from them:
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Markets have changed and free sites are getting more and more downloads and are a threat to our business.

We think there is a long tail of customers who are using  free who can be happy to pay for top  images if it is reasonably priced and such people are many . This is who we target . Also we want to keep amount of contributors low in order to increase revenues for each of them . You will always keep your revenue with others, Onepixel will be a new revenue stream .
and for my business the threat is the agencies who are going to sell my work for less then others to customers who want free images, but agree to pay a negligible amount to license top images.
« Last Edit: November 07, 2018, 15:00 by f9photos »

« Reply #21 on: November 08, 2018, 03:48 »
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To me the mechanics are pretty simple.

Let's say you choose to support OnePixel. OnePixel gets more content to sell -> Which can lead to more customers -> Which can lead to a bigger market share.

Now after a while competitors will have to fight back for that market share. So what do they do? They lower their prices. Agencies are not going to take that loss - so they lower contributor commissions.

Who looses? We do.

Only way we win (or at least maintain status quo) is by not allowing price dumping like that by simply not letting them sell our content.

On a side note: Yes 38 cents from a sub sale at Shutterstock might not be much - but more than 60% of our revenue from SS comes from enhanced licenses, on demand, or single sales.

« Reply #22 on: November 08, 2018, 04:22 »
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To me the mechanics are pretty simple.

Let's say you choose to support OnePixel. OnePixel gets more content to sell -> Which can lead to more customers -> Which can lead to a bigger market share.

Now after a while competitors will have to fight back for that market share. So what do they do? They lower their prices. Agencies are not going to take that loss - so they lower contributor commissions.

Who looses? We do.

Only way we win (or at least maintain status quo) is by not allowing price dumping like that by simply not letting them sell our content.

On a side note: Yes 38 cents from a sub sale at Shutterstock might not be much - but more than 60% of our revenue from SS comes from enhanced licenses, on demand, or single sales.

There is more than one market even within agencies, they compete at all levels. The agencies are not the problem, they are not our competitors, contributors are, and there is no getting around the fact that they will hunt out every penny they can until it becomes unsustainable.  If you are a premium supplier it will not affect you, if not you're screwed and you might as well take every penny from anywhere and everywhere.

Justanotherphotographer

« Reply #23 on: November 09, 2018, 07:46 »
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sorry, misread something
« Last Edit: November 09, 2018, 07:53 by Justanotherphotographer »

Justanotherphotographer

« Reply #24 on: November 09, 2018, 07:50 »
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Good things about the site:
The b*lls to use the fact that next to no one has signed up to them as a selling point

Bad things about the site:
Everything else.


 

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