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can someone explain: earnings videoblocks and graphicstock?

Started by jar, August 11, 2016, 21:25

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jar

How much do you earn-  percentage or $ for a download at Videblocks / graphicstock?
I do not understand how that is working? Unlimited downloads. What the ... happy day..

lbarn

Video blocks has two portions one a subscription side where they own the rights to the videos and the other where artists can upload their videos and get paid nearly 100% (minus paypal fee) of the 49.00.  When you look at their site both the subscription and the artists videos are shown with an icon depicting which one is which.

I don't know about graphicstock

jar

Quote from: lbarn on August 11, 2016, 23:30
Video blocks has two portions one a subscription side where they own the rights to the videos and the other where artists can upload their videos and get paid nearly 100% (minus paypal fee) of the 49.00.  When you look at their site both the subscription and the artists videos are shown with an icon depicting which one is which.

I don't know about graphicstock
Ah ok, thank you. So videblocks has 115.000 video files. How they get/ won them? Crazy. But good to hear they do not give others files for "free".

lbarn

They contacted video artists early on and offered to buy certain files for their library.  I don't know if they are still using that method, or are making some of their own now?

jar

Quote from: lbarn on August 12, 2016, 04:20
They contacted video artists early on and offered to buy certain files for their library.  I don't know if they are still using that method, or are making some of their own now?
Thank you. Now i get it. First i thought all 2.000.000 files are for "free". Just 115.000. Information in small font size :)

Justanotherphotographer

Graphicstock buys the rights to sell work for a one off fee, much less even than standard EL, and gets to sell your work forever without paying you anything else.