Author Topic: Would you sell your images for a dollar if you'd get 70 cents? (poll) (Read 9169 times)

File Sold · « **on:** June 07, 2014, 15:43 »

Just wondering if a dollarphotoclub or some other one-dollar-flat-rate would give contributors 70%, would you opt in?

I get around $0.70 - $0.80 per download (last 50,000 dls from various microstock sites).

heywoody · « **Reply #1 on:** June 07, 2014, 16:01 »

I'd take 1c per download if I got enough of them

cthoman · « **Reply #2 on:** June 07, 2014, 16:08 »

It would be better than some other models, but it wouldn't be ideal. I know I try to look at price and royalties when deciding which agencies I do business with and how I do business with them.

Mantis · « **Reply #3 on:** June 07, 2014, 16:12 »

Quote from: File Sold on June 07, 2014, 15:43

Just wondering if a dollarphotoclub or some other one-dollar-flat-rate would give contributors 70%, would you opt in?

I get around $0.70 - $0.80 per download (last 50,000 dls from various microstock sites).

If it were just a site offering $1 sales and nothing else, no. All a site like that would do is erode other better paying sites buyer base. That's why DPC engineered in a scheme (and it's only a facade) to have extended licensing, which we all know didn't work well at FT in the first place. I see a dedicated $1 site a poison to the entire micro stock industry. FT is a poison. I am glad, more than anyone knows, to be out of DPC and now FT (-2,800 from the crooks there). And as for a different $1 agency, it would only be for me if there were other more lucrative licensing options like Shutterstock offers and a minimum package such as a 50 or 100 pack, not pay go for $1.

Goofy · « **Reply #4 on:** June 07, 2014, 16:46 »

Quote from: heywoody on June 07, 2014, 16:01

I'd take 1c per download if I got enough of them

Hope you have a LOT of SALES to make a living at that rate

pancaketom · « **Reply #5 on:** June 07, 2014, 16:56 »

Yes, but I wouldn't send them all my files and they wouldn't be more than 5 MP or so.

cobalt · « **Reply #6 on:** June 07, 2014, 17:08 »

old files, small files, files that have never sold...why not.

Good content? No.

Jo Ann Snover · « **Reply #7 on:** June 07, 2014, 18:30 »

Can't answer the question as posed.

Without a volume commitment - more than the paltry $10/month for 10 images that the DPC is offering - I wouldn't be happy with full size images or vectors going for $1 even if I received 70 cents.

Even with a volume commitment that was high enough, I'd need to know something about the agency and how they did business. Something like the ShotShop/Deposit Photos scam where ShotShop had a "subscription" but charged ppd prices to the buyer wouldn't be OK. It's about fairness of the deal as well as about the $$

If there were a subscription deal where there was some country-club like membership fee of $12,000 a year - of which I saw zero - and then images at $1 of which I saw 70 cents, I'd say no because someone else would be enriching themselves not out of the hard work of running a successful agency, out of treating me like an idiot they could rob blind.

If someone else could take my portfolio and make more per month - on a long term sustainable basis - than Shutterstock currently does, I'd probably be all for it. I'm very flexible on the business model as long as it's fair and the monthly return is competitive.

BaldricksTrousers · « **Reply #8 on:** June 08, 2014, 01:33 »

Quote from: Jo Ann Snover on June 07, 2014, 18:30

Can't answer the question as posed.
If there were a subscription deal where there was some country-club like membership fee of $12,000 a year - of which I saw zero - and then images at $1 of which I saw 70 cents, I'd say no ....

Strewth, Jo Ann, do you have to give the agencies ideas they haven't thought of yet?

Beppe Grillo · « **Reply #9 on:** June 08, 2014, 01:45 »

"Would you sell your images for a dollar if you'd get 70 cents?"

No, I would sell my images for $1 only if I would get $1.20

ferdinand · « **Reply #10 on:** June 08, 2014, 03:47 »

.... at least 2$

ShadySue · « **Reply #11 on:** June 08, 2014, 04:51 »

Only to registered charities; but as that would be impossible to police at that price point, my answer is No.

MxR · « **Reply #12 on:** June 08, 2014, 06:39 »

If your are in Istock, you are receiving 0,75$ for a 5 dollars sale... YEAH I AM STUPID, I AM IN IStock!!

dpimborough · « **Reply #13 on:** June 08, 2014, 07:18 »

Is that all a photo is worth?

I think mine and other photographers photos are worth a lot more than $1.00

Shelma1 · « **Reply #14 on:** June 08, 2014, 10:22 »

What a sad poll.

Goofy · « **Reply #15 on:** June 08, 2014, 10:28 »

Quote from: Shelma1 on June 08, 2014, 10:22

What a sad poll.

Yes, but unfortunately it is a reality with a lot of these 'Wonderful' companies. $:-\$

Goofy · « **Reply #16 on:** June 08, 2014, 10:30 »

sure I would sell an image for a dollar- as long as I got to use my cell phone - no special lighting and everything I shoot gets accepted. Like a burger and fries on my plate. Plus no model or property releases whatsoever. All editorial as well.

robhainer · « **Reply #17 on:** June 08, 2014, 10:35 »

Shutterstock earnings average out to 63 cents, so I'm already doing it. As long as the same volume was there.

ShadySue · « **Reply #18 on:** June 08, 2014, 11:06 »

Quote from: Shelma1 on June 08, 2014, 10:22

What a sad poll.

The results should give the companies much cause for rejoicing.

PixelBytes · « **Reply #19 on:** June 08, 2014, 17:23 »

Quote from: ShadySue on June 08, 2014, 11:06

Quote from: Shelma1 on June 08, 2014, 10:22
What a sad poll.
The results should give the companies much cause for rejoicing.

I don't see how. Are the sites going to be rejoicing at the thought of giving 70 % royalties? Doubt it.

ShadySue · « **Reply #20 on:** June 08, 2014, 17:40 »

Quote from: PixelBytes on June 08, 2014, 17:23

Quote from: ShadySue on June 08, 2014, 11:06
Quote from: Shelma1 on June 08, 2014, 10:22
What a sad poll.
The results should give the companies much cause for rejoicing.

I don't see how. Are the sites going to be rejoicing at the thought of giving 70 % royalties? Doubt it.

They know a lower threshold of a significant proportion of respondents (which is a miniscule sample, of course).
From that, it's just tweaking the lines.

cthoman · « **Reply #21 on:** June 08, 2014, 17:57 »

Quote from: ShadySue on June 08, 2014, 17:40

They know a lower threshold of a significant proportion of respondents (which is a miniscule sample, of course).
From that, it's just tweaking the lines.

Just charge $2 and give the contributor $.70... Wait? Isn't there a company that already does that?

shudderstok · « **Reply #22 on:** June 08, 2014, 19:36 »

interesting poll... the results suggest a majority would not sell their photos for such a shameful amount or royalty, but this forum suggests that a majority support sites that give them less. just sayin.

Goofy · « **Reply #23 on:** June 08, 2014, 20:47 »

I would sell my mother down the river for $.70

Just kidding mom! Now get in the boat- trust me I will take good care of you...

YadaYadaYada · « **Reply #24 on:** June 08, 2014, 21:48 »

Quote from: shudderstok on June 08, 2014, 19:36

interesting poll... the results suggest a majority would not sell their photos for such a shameful amount or royalty, but this forum suggests that a majority support sites that give them less. just sayin.

No the poll says it's a poll, not what people will really do. Look at DPC how many times the complaining and boycott threatening, yelling about unfair and then some of the loudest came here and say, but I can't afford to lose the income. Actions speak louder then polls. The majority will sell their photos for a shameful amount, or less and get robbed by agencies and keep sending in more photos.

The other part is % where 20% of a big number from SS is much more,month after month, then 70% of $1 from a site that sells $2 a month. Real income is much bigger then percentages. No poll for that royalty.

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Author Topic: Would you sell your images for a dollar if you'd get 70 cents? (poll) (Read 9169 times)

File Sold

heywoody

cthoman

Mantis

Goofy

pancaketom

cobalt

Jo Ann Snover

BaldricksTrousers

Beppe Grillo

ferdinand

ShadySue

MxR

dpimborough

Shelma1

Goofy

Goofy

robhainer

ShadySue

PixelBytes

ShadySue

cthoman

shudderstok

Goofy

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