Author Topic: How much royalty per clip you get at iStock if anybody still selling there? (Read 4957 times)

helloitsme · « **on:** February 26, 2017, 08:38 »

My understanding is that you only make $12 or less for a 1080HD clip non exclusive sale. Do they sell in huge volume to compensate low royalty?

Mantis · « **Reply #1 on:** February 26, 2017, 13:28 »

$12 is very rare. Try $6-$7 each and there is not much volume. I no longer upload my video there.

Pauws99 · « **Reply #2 on:** February 26, 2017, 14:08 »

I doubt anyone really knows at the moment ;-)

Stockmaan · « **Reply #3 on:** February 26, 2017, 14:13 »

I never uploaded any footage there. I stopped uploading images there, six months no new photos and still counting.

helloitsme · « **Reply #4 on:** February 26, 2017, 18:45 »

OK, thanks everybody for info. I think it's not worth uploading videos there. It's weird that GettyImage site sells (many crappy looking) HD videos for a few thousand dollars, but iStock sells many much better looking videos for cheap.

Harvepino · « **Reply #5 on:** February 26, 2017, 23:48 »

I uploaded large batch of some early aerial videos about a year ago to give it a try. According to information iStock they sent out that time, the videos were supposed to be mirrored to Getty's site. No, they were not.

In fact, I can see now very similar aerial videos from the same location on Getty. They are $800 per piece. I sell a couple of them every month on iStock and I get between $6-$9.

Sad story

BTW... how does one get their videos to Getty's website? And is really someone buying them for such ridiculous prices?

stockmn · « **Reply #6 on:** February 27, 2017, 00:56 »

Quote from: Harvepino on February 26, 2017, 23:48

BTW... how does one get their videos to Getty's website? And is really someone buying them for such ridiculous prices?

It's not a ridiculous price and yes people do buy them for that price and much higher. The ridiculous prices are the one's getty licenses through the premium access program.