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Only you know the answer. For me, I know I don't care for others. Why? Because I've learned over the years carrying for others makes you suffer. I wish all contributors keep uploading to SS and I wish all of them eventually get 0.01$ for a photo. Or even less. Maybe some day contributor will need to pay to be on SS? Maybe. Or maybe it'll be free like on Pexels. You can't change the world, you can only change yourself. That's why I deleted all videos and photos. I have something that is worth more then money: self esteem. I will NOT sell a video for 0,50$ with a camera worth 6000$. No way. That's why when Adobe decides to go on the same path as SS I'm out of Adobe. When Pond5 decide the same I'm out. There are other things to do in life than spend 10-15 minutes typing tags for 10 cents. All of you who are still at SS: just stay there, so Oringer will get a few more millions in his pocket with your help and a mindset of a low paying worker.bUt I neEd tO PuT foOd oN tHe TabLe. What you will soon be doing is either selling your gear or changing focus to others things to do if this trend in microstock keeps up. Devaluement of our work means we earn less money, we upgrade less gear, we travel less and we have less motivation. How you people think selling for a few bucks is still better than nothing is beyond me. No self respecting professional would say something so foolish. I wonder what dentists would say if their services were suddenly undercut to a fraction. Well here's a newsflash: they would stop working until they get their money back.
So please - have patience. Take a time out. Think about what you want to produce, what kind of returns you expect and which agencies will be most suited for which type of content.
Don't be fooled...
Quote from: trevlan on July 01, 2020, 09:44Don't be fooled...Joining Microstock (and doing my homework) automatically led me to this place so how come this place isn't flooded with messages from dissatisfied contributors who want to know what is going on or who want to express their feelings or what actions they have taken? Are they afraid? Is it the language barrier? Without this forum I would be running around like a headless chicken, I kid you not! This place has made me aware of many things in Microstock, even outside Microstock!
No contributor can afford a 0,10 payment per image. It's crazy. I can find more money on the street when I go walking.
Over time the real talent on Shutterstock will just stop uploading if they have not disabled their ports already, nobody who is sane is going to continue to work for 10c...
All featured Adobe photographers still have their ports on SS? Today is July 1st not April 1st. Those featured ports are because of recent sales, nothing else. No one has made any deals. stop spreading false rumors and making up stories. Use the truth as your voice. Anybody can boycott or not, that's their choice, stop bullying and attacking them for free choice.10 cents is not fair, not enough for the work, no one should accept that. Not motivated to make or upload anything.Quote from: ravens on July 01, 2020, 10:54No contributor can afford a 0,10 payment per image. It's crazy. I can find more money on the street when I go walking. Staying with SS is crazy.
Quote from: H2O on July 01, 2020, 10:31Over time the real talent on Shutterstock will just stop uploading if they have not disabled their ports already, nobody who is sane is going to continue to work for 10c...Thanks for your input!It's confusing to see those who can afford the loss and take a stand are still up. They might have stopped uploading though.There's Anja K and a few other well known contributors that have taken action but like I said most that I have been following since day one and that have been featured on SS in the past still have their portfolio's up. What message are they giving to SS and other contributors? It's these people that have the power to change the market much faster then we do yet they seem to be ok with selling at 0,10c? Or perhaps they have gotten a deal like Africa Studio?
Quote from: Snow on July 01, 2020, 11:38Quote from: H2O on July 01, 2020, 10:31Over time the real talent on Shutterstock will just stop uploading if they have not disabled their ports already, nobody who is sane is going to continue to work for 10c...Thanks for your input!It's confusing to see those who can afford the loss and take a stand are still up. They might have stopped uploading though.There's Anja K and a few other well known contributors that have taken action but like I said most that I have been following since day one and that have been featured on SS in the past still have their portfolio's up. What message are they giving to SS and other contributors? It's these people that have the power to change the market much faster then we do yet they seem to be ok with selling at 0,10c? Or perhaps they have gotten a deal like Africa Studio?What deal did Africa get?
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