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Time to step it up, Envato
EmberMike:
I posted this over at the Envato forums but I think it's worth repeating and discussing here. And I'm posting this in the GR sub-forum here but I think this applies to other Envato marketplaces as well.
I think I’m officially done uploading my work to GraphicRiver. I just can’t do it anymore. I’m getting good results from a similar marketplace where I set my own price and get 70% of each sale without having to be exclusive there. So what’s the incentive when my work gets priced too low at GraphicRiver (often half of what it sells for elsewhere) and I get just 33%?
Let’s go, Envato. The competition is putting you guys to shame. At the very least you need to get the prices up so that we’re getting better royalties on sales. Right now we get hit hard twice with low prices AND low royalty percentages. Right now, when my vectors gets priced at $5, that's the lowest price I get anywhere I currently upload to.
I’m done uploading there until I see some changes.
michaeldb:
--- Quote from: EmberMike on July 19, 2014, 11:54 ---...I’m getting good results from a similar marketplace where I set my own price and get 70% of each sale without having to be exclusive there...
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Care to name names?
EmberMike:
--- Quote from: michaeldb on July 19, 2014, 19:47 ---Care to name names?
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Creative Market. They're new to photos, no idea how that part of the business is going for them and for contributors. But vector stuff seems to do well there. Any vector folks looking to give it a try, however, I'd just suggest you go into it not exactly thinking of it like other microstock places. The stuff that does well is bundled products, sets of stuff, etc. It's different. And you have to approach it differently.
michaeldb:
--- Quote from: EmberMike on July 19, 2014, 20:38 ---
--- Quote from: michaeldb on July 19, 2014, 19:47 ---Care to name names?
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Creative Market. They're new to photos, no idea how that part of the business is going for them and for contributors. But vector stuff seems to do well there. Any vector folks looking to give it a try, however, I'd just suggest you go into it not exactly thinking of it like other microstock places. The stuff that does well is bundled products, sets of stuff, etc. It's different. And you have to approach it differently.
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Thanks. I've actually bought some things there, fonts and PS actions. I wasn't aware that they offered such good terms to sellers. I doubt if I could re-package the kinds of things I do for microstock to sell at Creative Market. Still it's something to keep in mind, as the microstock market dwindles.
BD:
I was looking at Creative Market and recognized a model. I think this person might be using someone else’s photos: https://creativemarket.com/amber.m
The image on Creative Market: https://creativemarket.com/amber.m/51442-Young-woman-pilot
Zoom Team image on Shutterstock: http://www.shutterstock.com/pic-192718232/stock-photo-portrait-of-young-beautiful-woman-pilot-in-front-of-airplane.html?src=OOYGxJ1P2_XyNj6LdwW9ZA-1-43
The woman on Creative Market wrote in her profile that she is located in Berlin, but Zoom Team’s profile on Shutterstock says they are located in Poland. Zoom Team has lots of images, the woman on Creative Market only has a few. I could be wrong, but it seems suspicious.
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