Post by: helloitsme on February 08, 2019, 21:07
Post by: spike on February 08, 2019, 21:43
Shutterstock was vastly superior a few years ago (months on the x axis), then Fotolia/Adobe caught up and on some months even surpassed SS. Then they traded blows, but SS stayed on top. As for this February, SS earned 20% more, but that means little because shutterstock calculates the withholding tax when payout is due (and it's 30% for my dumb country without a treaty) and fotolia calculates the deduction immediately. So they might have earned the same so far.
I don't care either way because I added around 20k files just to keep my earnings at roughly the same level (with a downward trend) as a few years back
Post by: helloitsme on February 08, 2019, 21:50
Post by: davidbautista on February 08, 2019, 23:05
I wish AS allow that
Post by: wds on February 08, 2019, 23:09
For me it's better SS because I sell mostly editorial
Agreed, hopefully they will soon!
Post by: davidbautista on February 08, 2019, 23:12
I know they are going to allow newsworthy pictures soon(?) but I'm talking more about pictures without releases or with visible trademarks brands and that... (not necessarily newsworthy or photojournalism)For me it's better SS because I sell mostly editorial
Agreed, hopefully they will soon!
Post by: wds on February 09, 2019, 10:41
I know they are going to allow newsworthy pictures soon(?) but I'm talking more about pictures without releases or with visible trademarks brands and that... (not necessarily newsworthy or photojournalism)For me it's better SS because I sell mostly editorial
Agreed, hopefully they will soon!
Well hopefully, they will have the same editorial "standard" as let's say SS.
Post by: Zero Talent on February 09, 2019, 11:30
AdobeStock has improved a lot, indeed! Their raise to $0.38/sub was an important factor, but not the only one.
The only thing I regret is that the raise made my promotion to emerald obsolete, lol! But who cares!
For me too, they are surprisingly ahead of SS this month (even by some margin)
Post by: Graiki on February 09, 2019, 11:51
I sell many videos on SS.
My income on the SS stands at around 1000 and 250 adobe per month.
For example:
Month of February SS video sales till today = 18
Adobe selling videos February = 5
For me, Pond5 has been overtaking Fotolia sales for 2 years in sales every month.
I like Fotolia/Adobe
They have done a very good job with their contributors.
I'm selling some photos there that SS does not sell.
Post by: Pauws99 on February 09, 2019, 13:44
Post by: PixelsAway on February 09, 2019, 19:09
Recent trends vs AS:
SS : AS
1 : 0.89 2017
1 : 1.02 2018
1 : 1.31 2019