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ribtoks:
Hello

A little rant from me for hearing too much about Wirestock: https://xpiksapp.com/blog/never-use-wirestock/

Let me know what are you thoughts! Do you think this is all wrong and actually WS is a good time investment?

cobalt:
If you are a pro stocker and make a fulltime income from it, then it is better to upload to your own ports.

But for stock newbies and everyone struggling with english, this is a very fair offer.

Other agencies take 50% for distribution and don‘t do your keywording for you.

I think they have etsablished a useful service. Nobody is forced to use them.

I see you are from xpics :)

I haven‘t tried your service or stock submitter yet. Maybe I should.

I have 22 files on wirestock and two sales. too little to really have an opinion, but I like their workspace.

Unfortunately they are not connected to stockperformer. So it is better to supply agencies directly.

Justanotherphotographer:
Some really excellent points. I always thought it was a bad idea. More so after the premium upgrade was introduced. Finding out about the absurd tie in time is just the nail in the coffin.

Justanotherphotographer:

--- Quote from: cobalt on June 30, 2022, 15:09 ---If you are a pro stocker and make a fulltime income from it, then it is better to upload to your own ports.

But for stock newbies and everyone struggling with english, this is a very fair offer.

Other agencies take 50% for distribution and don‘t do your keywording for you.

I think they have etsablished a useful service. Nobody is forced to use them.

--- End quote ---
It's an extra fee on top though. The agencies will still be taking the same cuts on top.

cobalt:
For people who can barely speak or write English, the keywording and description service is really worth it. Plus you reach a higher level much earlier together.

I send half my videos to Blackboxglobal and they also take 15%. But I get better results in how the files are ranked and better royalties, especially on SS with their crazy yearly system.

The higher ranking probably comes from being part of a large port with high volume uploads.

So yes, 15% is a cut, but the royalties are higher, at least on a few agencies.

Then there is the question of ranking in search, again not all agencies will prefer files from highly active uploaders, but some do.

It is simple, easy and frees up time to shoot more.

If you are a pro stocker, you don‘t need it, but I know a few people who seem very happy with wirestock, just like I am pleased with BB.

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