great to see I was opted out of this already.. (in my api, it's already set to "opt out" somehow) but I am very glad it was..

I just don't see how anyone would opt in to this..

that's why it was not advertised, and secretly launched until they got caught by microstockgroup detectives..

We need them!

great to see I was opted out of this already.. (in my api, it's already set to "opt out" somehow) but I am very glad it was..

I just don't see how anyone would opt in to this..

that's why it was not advertised, and secretly launched until they got caught by microstockgroup detectives..

Well, the detectives could have just searched MSG forum...
http://www.microstockgroup.com/yaymicro/yay-newsletter-information-about-new-product/

The good thing is that YAY lets us opt out of individual deals - I wish all other sites made it so easy.  I was already opted out of their deals with Alamy and pond5, and now this one.  Thanks to MSG members for bringing this to our attention.

It isn't that surprising that a small site is trying to carve out a market by whatever means.  The surprising thing is the amount of people that seem to be submitting there.

Agree. But there are still small agencies that pay decent prices. I have in a year for example at Zoonar or Phopress more sales than I ever had at YAY. And Phopress for example not even appeared on the poll results list.

woohoo .. THE END OF MICRO .... ?

it seems the doom & gloom prophecies were right.

most people want to be honest and they don�t want to break any copyright rules

Most naive thing I've ever read.

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I closed my account immediately after I saw this deal! It was the easiest think to do, YAY sells next to nothing!
I don't need more explanation of the obvious! You are talking just for streaming and nothing for the Print Subscription and PRO Subscription!

"Print Subscription - $99

You�re a newspaper, an ad agency, a marketing start-up and you need double-take-great images. Well, luckily for both of us, we can help!

Our print image subscription gives you the high-res files you need for design jobs and print and access to our smaller-sized streaming images. We even give you the original high-res file so you can modify the image without loosing any quality. You can even print it with 300 DPI!

Like our other subscriptions, you get our on-site photo editing software and filters and free photo hosting. All that uploading and downloading are a thing of the past!

Our print subscription is the lowest on the market, just $99 for full access to our images and vector files - and no daily limit on downloads, just a monthly limit of 1000. Need more images? Contact us and we'll help you. Please note that it's not allowed to use this subscription service to build your own image library, but the images you license are yours to use for as long as you want, also on other projects.

As always, all our images have a royalty free license, so it�s legal to use them in ads, logos, web design, books, newspapers, and movies. The images are high-resolution original files, you get the largest version of the image. Image sizes are high resolution, original files.
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PRO Subscription  -  $499

Want to take this to a whole new level? Our Pro subscription offers you the benefits of our print subscription (high-res files, no limits to daily downloads, vector images, on-site photo editing and hosting) with a few extra bells and whistles.

This subscription includes extended licensure - perfect for unlimited runs, product packaging, and resale items. You will get up to 100 extended licenses each month with the Pro subscription. We also give our Pro subscribers prioritized customer service so you�ll never, ever have to wait for answers to your questions."

If somebody downloads the maximum quota, the contributor will get $0,05 for a sale or $2,50 for an EL sale!!!

... And that�s why we�ve created our streaming option - we want to give people an easy to use, affordable priced online image solution. We haven�t looked at other stock image prices when developing our Streaming product, but on other online products such as Spotify, Netflix, Wordpress etc.

We're launching it in January, and this is a brand new site with a new product aimed at online users with our streaming option. ...

And see how well services like Spotify are working from the artists' point of view

http://readwrite.com/2013/12/06/streaming-music-competition-pandora-rdio-spotify#awesm=~oq8kIDygYYUGi6

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Lucky for me, I never got into Yay.  If I had, I'd be getting out so fast that I'd be burning rubber in reverse.

"Streaming", and APIs, are the next step after subscriptions - even less accountablity, even less connection between the sale of an image and the payment of a royalty.   The new TOS will be "we do whatever we want with your images, and pay you whatever we feel like."   And it's not just Yay.

Quote from: Jo Ann Snover on December 16, 2013, 11:14

Quote from: Linda - YayMicro on December 16, 2013, 05:55

... And that�s why we�ve created our streaming option - we want to give people an easy to use, affordable priced online image solution. We haven�t looked at other stock image prices when developing our Streaming product, but on other online products such as Spotify, Netflix, Wordpress etc.

We're launching it in January, and this is a brand new site with a new product aimed at online users with our streaming option. ...

And see how well services like Spotify are working from the artists' point of view

http://readwrite.com/2013/12/06/streaming-music-competition-pandora-rdio-spotify#awesm=~oq8kIDygYYUGi6

Good point. Spotify isn't a good thing to be compared to when you're talking to the people who create the content.

All the more reason it seems like Yay is out of touch and headed in a bad direction.

Actually Yay is completely in touch with the Spotify's of the world. They make their money by devaluing other people's art. I truly believe we are headed toward the lowest point in human history for art creation, as there will soon no longer be incentive for any artist to create anything. At least we can smile when Spotify loses their business model.