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Agency Based Discussion => iStockPhoto.com => Topic started by: Shelma1 on May 09, 2016, 07:07
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Forgive me if this has been covered before...$40 for 10 images, with a subscription that can be rolled over if unused? So $4 per image. Was this the deal contributors complained about, so iS decided to give us our percentage royalty rather than a subscription royalty? I can't remember.
Also, at the bottom of the page it says buyers will lose the right to roll images over if they don't auto-renew their subscription. So iS keeps the $40/month whether people buy anything or not? In that scenario iS gets $40, we get nothing, buyer gets nothing.
http://www.istockphoto.com/plans-and-pricing (http://www.istockphoto.com/plans-and-pricing)
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Forgive me if this has been covered before...$40 for 10 images, with a subscription that can be rolled over if unused? So $4 per image. Was this the deal contributors complained about, so iS decided to give us our percentage royalty rather than a subscription royalty? I can't remember.
Also, at the bottom of the page it says buyers will lose the right to roll images over if they don't auto-renew their subscription. So iS keeps the $40/month whether people buy anything or not? In that scenario iS gets $40, we get nothing, buyer gets nothing.
[url]http://www.istockphoto.com/plans-and-pricing[/url] ([url]http://www.istockphoto.com/plans-and-pricing[/url])
Yes, that was announced in October: http://www.microstockgroup.com/istockphoto-com/stockgetty-offering-higher-commissions-on-new-sub-packs/ (http://www.microstockgroup.com/istockphoto-com/stockgetty-offering-higher-commissions-on-new-sub-packs/)
And yes, when subscription customers don't use their download, the agency gets to keep the money and no contributor is being paid. It's the same as everywhere.