The News

In 2017 the Download Target system has rewarded Exclusive contributors as we had hoped. Many have achieved higher royalty rates during 2017 and will keep these as their starting rates for 2018, plus many more contributors are moving up than will move down.

Really? Really? But wait, it gets better. All that hard work has paid off for you. Your being rewarded and here comes the love:

We�re now pleased to share the Download Targets for 2018, which will be effective from January 1, 2018. You�ll see that the targets are higher in 2018 by about 10%, which is designed to balance out these customer download trends.

Yes to both. You reached your level or quota for 2017, in thanks for your hard work they're raising that so you won't be able to make as much next year. Which means they will pocket more of your hard earned money.

Well put it this way, we will probably see more exclusives terminating their exclusivity. And Getty will wonder why.

Please explain what this means: "plus many more contributors are moving up than will move down."

Are they changing everyone's royalty rate?

It's the best line they could come up with that looks good, but tells you nowt.  It probably means most people are staying put because despite their efforts they could not meet the target and a few couldn't be bothered anymore and get dropped.  A few more, probably newbies who can up their port numbers relatively easily move up a notch.

Quote from: RAW on December 24, 2017, 11:30

Please explain what this means: "plus many more contributors are moving up than will move down."

Are they changing everyone's royalty rate?

It's the best line they could come up with that looks good, but tells you nowt.  It probably means most people are staying put because despite their efforts they could not meet the target and a few couldn't be bothered anymore and get dropped.  A few more, probably newbies who can up their port numbers relatively easily move up a notch.

WOW - Well they'll be getting twice as much crap from me 

Please explain what this means: "plus many more contributors are moving up than will move down."

At a guess, I would think that lots of people at the very lowest level move up one step, and a much smaller group at the highest levels move down one. In terms of money, Getty pays out a small amount to the lower level contributors and saves a bundle by paying less to the small number of high earners who form the bulk of their business.

Without having any way to check this out (there used to be some when more information was publicly shared), some flavor of the 80/20 rule covers microstock - 80 percent of the sales come from 20 percent of the contributors. So it is highly misleading to focus on the number of people moving up and down versus the $ value of sales carrying a higher or lower royalty rate.

For a long time, the assumption many of us made was that Getty wanted to average a 20% payout in royalties and would fiddle with the various groups and levels to get there.

I would think as big an issue facing those who are exclusive is declining sales, both volume and price (with lots more premium access at low prices) - the royalty rate is only part of the equation.

As the indy contributors leave or stop uploading they need to screw the exclusives that are no longer getting propped up by the screwing of the indies. Gradually everything will go to 20% or less.

There are still exclusives on istock?

I'm on the wrong side of this business. I should start an agency. Then I could pay people pennies to cart wheelbarrows full of cash and dump them in all of my fireplaces to keep my mansion warm.

And yet strangely, very few new stock agencies seem to succeed.

Yes to both. You reached your level or quota for 2017, in thanks for your hard work they're raising that so you won't be able to make as much next year. Which means they will pocket more of your hard earned money.

That is sooo deflating! Wind out is sails!
Some love, I keep seeing more reasons why leaving was a good thing


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

None of this actually bothers me. I was only in it for the lens cap money anyway

I too, have lost far too many lens caps.

With GI and even IS, I am almost sure there are certain people in the Admin purposely working against contributors or some contributors. Whoever can forget that twatt Lobo at IS for example who constantly argued with every contributor under the sun, well that guy is now in the admin of Getty!!  haha! dont say very much for the Getty quality-control of employees does it?