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Is istock exclusive contributor worth it?
[email protected]:
I don't know why, my adobe income is very poor. I already have more than 10,000 pictures on adobe, and only more than 100 dollars a month, I am so depressed!
--- Quote from: pics2 on August 30, 2020, 12:36 ---I'm on the fence also. Adobe is not enough to compensate for SS loses. Other agencies are not even worth mentioning. So, it comes down to decision Adobe vs Istock exclusive. It doesn't look like a hard decision at this moment and in this environment.
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Firn:
--- Quote from: pics2 on August 30, 2020, 12:36 --- So, it comes down to decision Adobe vs Istock exclusive.
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Adobe does not offer any exclusive programm and going exclusive on one agency without any benefit does not seem ike a smart idea.
pics2:
--- Quote from: Firn on August 30, 2020, 13:04 ---
--- Quote from: pics2 on August 30, 2020, 12:36 --- So, it comes down to decision Adobe vs Istock exclusive.
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Adobe does not offer any exclusive programm and going exclusive on one agency without any benefit does not seem ike a smart idea.
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I know, that's why I said that it is not hard decision. Adobe, on its own, without exclusivity, can't compete with Getty/Istock. It comes down to Adobe, because other agencies are poor performers and SS did what it did.
pics2:
--- Quote from: [email protected] on August 30, 2020, 13:00 ---I don't know why, my adobe income is very poor. I already have more than 10,000 pictures on adobe, and only more than 100 dollars a month, I am so depressed!
--- Quote from: pics2 on August 30, 2020, 12:36 ---I'm on the fence also. Adobe is not enough to compensate for SS loses. Other agencies are not even worth mentioning. So, it comes down to decision Adobe vs Istock exclusive. It doesn't look like a hard decision at this moment and in this environment.
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If it will make things any easier for you - I'm depressed, too :)
ShadySue:
--- Quote from: pics2 on August 30, 2020, 13:46 ---
--- Quote from: [email protected] on August 30, 2020, 13:00 ---I don't know why, my adobe income is very poor. I already have more than 10,000 pictures on adobe, and only more than 100 dollars a month, I am so depressed!
--- Quote from: pics2 on August 30, 2020, 12:36 ---I'm on the fence also. Adobe is not enough to compensate for SS loses. Other agencies are not even worth mentioning. So, it comes down to decision Adobe vs Istock exclusive. It doesn't look like a hard decision at this moment and in this environment.
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If it will make things any easier for you - I'm depressed, too :)
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As I said above, "I'm exclusive and I'm earning less than 25% of what I earned in e.g. 2011-12, when my port was about 30% of its current size", so I'm not exactly jumping with joy.
The situation is imponderable, it's impossible to make any sort of informed decision, as any agency/distributor can make changes at any time, very occasionally for the better, usually for the worse.
Even as exclusives, we are really at the mercy of the search algorithm. I've had best sellers (by my standards) drop to almost zero overnight, and it's usually because of a change in algorithm (e.g. going from the first two lines for a keyword to below the tenth page). There is absolutely nothing we can do about that.
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