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Graphic Leftovers
marish:
I have found this new site about a month ago: newbielink:http://"http://graphicleftovers.com/ref=marish/" [nonactive]
The concept of the site - selling your "leftovers", such as logos, backgrounds, illustrations etc.
I have uploaded some of my microstock works and the were quite successfull there...
One of the most pleasant features - you can set the price yourself and they pay you 52% of the sales
newbielink:http://"http://graphicleftovers.com/selling/ref=marish/" [nonactive]
bittersweet:
Oops. Your referral link is broken.
try this one.
cidepix:
Oh boy! You are gonna lose a lot of customers if people sign up for this one. It appears to be quite low on either alexa or compete.com rankings and for %5 bonus you might lose the small sales you have there!
Enjoy! I don't get why people are so keen to recruit others to make money from the same pool they are in! They haven't currently got enough customers for everybody reading this forum.
Maybe they have a few customers for you. But soon they won't have enough buyers if you keep referring at this speed! :D
You are only helping the site, and not helping yourself at all.
cidepix:
I had a good look at the site and I found some ridiculous things.
I am sure someone from graphicleftovers is reading this post and they may have an explanation for this ridicule!
What they say here: http://graphicleftovers.com/selling/
and what they say here: http://graphicleftovers.com/contributor_agreement/
ARE COMPLETELY DIFFERENT things!
My intention is not to bash you guys, but as you are aware of istock and vectorstock, you are definitely aware of this forum as well. You need to make sure your terms and conditions say the same thing as your promotion page for sellers!
So, we are supposed to set the price? Your contributor agreement does not say so!
What's even worse is your terms and conditions are almost identical to that Australian site that I don't need to mention here as they are not our main subject right now! You changed the commissions bit and a few other things in a good way but didn't change the rest!
If you are going to copy and paste someone elses terms and conditions, then make sure you read them properly. And You don't have marketplaces like they have! At least not yet. Am I mistaken? Different categories does not mean marketplaces.
I know your model, and you seem to be an improved one so congrats on that! I like %52 commission, I also like that we can (supposedly) set our own price! But I definitely don't like the amateur mistakes.
Your first sentence in the agreement says "an contributor"?! It is not a forum post guys, you can't make that mistake. You have a few more mistakes below.
That's definitely not going to get you any contributors, at least not the ones who knows how to read!
Finally, I wish you success, because I like what you say in your offer page! Good luck, but you need corrections!
danoph:
@ cidepix
Your comments about the legal agreements are appreciated. These are good things for us to hear since we are newer and we are going to fix the problem as soon as possible.
As far as the referral program goes, I would have to disagree with you about only helping the site and not yourself. We all know that istock and vectorstock have been around for a long time now, but the approval process, submission process and customer service are lacking. They aren't very focused on making contributors happy; they are focused on making as much money as possible. This is evident by the low commission rates they pay as well as the strict submission process and gradually rising rates for buyers. We added a referral program to help contributors make more money than they already can just selling artwork, and that consequently increases traffic to our site. We have been around for about a year and a half now, so we have a lot more traffic than just one person can bring in using referral links, and I will also say that the compete numbers are grossly understated.
Again, we are no istock or vectorstock. They have been around for years while we just celebrated our year anniversary with a new site launch in March. We want to focus on showcasing great artwork and letting contributors stand out on a different site, being a "big fish in a small pond." Istock gets more than 50,000 submissions a week I'm sure, so how are contributors benefitting from submitting graphics there when they will get lost in the shuffle in a few weeks or a month?
Thanks for the constructive criticism, it helps us build a better website.
And, by the way, marish's referral link: http://graphicleftovers.com/selling/ref=marish/
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