Saw your post on the other thread and was asking me who would start this. Thanks for starting it

XXXL size... I have a couple who fit this size, but we have to wait for January. Isn't it?

There will be some exclusive contributors wanting their WHOLE portfolio's in the premier collection ! like it's a god given divine right as" we have been here years and made istock alot of money and blah blah blah "

My main concern is finding out how things will get put into the "Value" collection. If I find out my whole porfolio is "value" priced, then that's a large cut in income. If newly uploaded content goes predominantly into the "value" collection, I'd be even more bummed.

I don't see this as good news at all for contributors like me. I think for Sean, Lise, Yuri, et all, it's probably great news. For buyers, seeing a lot of stuff in the value collection is probably great news, but not for contributors whose content is effectively "on sale".

Well, they are talking about 200.000 high priced files in 2009 first quarter. That's about 5% of the collection, and exclusive files are about (I think) 35-45%. I don't think any exclusive will have all of their files there, and, anyway, it has already been suggested that exlusives will have a say in the tagging.

Interesting news ! And more to come. Aparently there will be also an announcement about the best match soon.

I can't remember when a change on istock was good news for anyone but exclusives in the last couple of years.  As an independent I am extremely wary.  

I share JoAnn's concerns about how and what images will be placed in the Value Collection.  For those of us who sell on other sites it would not be good to discover many of our images being relocated to istock's bargain basement.  

OTOH if I can choose which images to submit there, as currently only exclusives can do, I would be perfectly happy to put some of my older or less popular work in on a trial basis.  

I am also wondering how the search engine will be modified to offer selections of all the available imagery.  Will buyers select which collection to search or will they be shown a mixture from all the collections?

Finally, I think the move to raise credit prices along with the regular image prices is not a good idea in the current financial climate.

I will repeat what I said in the istock thread - the Devil's in the details....

Interesting concepts, but more information is required to make a judgement.

The dollar bin gets more expensive, I don't understand that part.  If they are images never sold, it doesn't seem they will succeed at less bargain price.  Possibly the idea is to purge them, not give them a second chance.

And yes, raising prices at the moment should be done in a small step.

Regards,
Adelaide

If they are images never sold, it doesn't seem they will succeed at less bargain price.  Possibly the idea is to purge them, not give them a second chance.

And yes, raising prices at the moment should be done in a small step.

Regards,
Adelaide

Adelaide

I just "contributed" 10 of my most overlooked files (0 DL) but in my humble opinion useful pictures to the dollar bin and within 1 week 3 pictures were DLed 1 time and 1 picture twice. They are all files from my Rebel XT days but completely ignored for 1 year at IS. So essentially I got $1.75 that I would not have gotten before. If IS charges lower prices but still size dependent - I think that is a good idea. I would not contribute my 5D files to the dollar bin.

There will be some exclusive contributors wanting their WHOLE portfolio's in the premier collection ! like it's a god given divine right as" we have been here years and made istock alot of money and blah blah blah "

I got the impression that they will be the more unique images, with higher production costs, etc. I'm sure there will be some egos at work (as always) but I don't think there are any entire portfolios that will be put into this program.

Quote from: Read_My_Rights on December 09, 2008, 15:34

I would not contribute my 5D files to the dollar bin.

According to my understanding of the announcements, istock admins are going to be more actively choosing what files go in. 

I don't think whether images were taken with your rebel or 5D will be a big part of the criteria they use....

I was just stating it from my perspective - not theirs. If they "confiscate" one of my 5D images to the Dollar bin then I shall oblige - maybe

I just "contributed" 10 of my most overlooked files (0 DL) but in my humble opinion useful pictures to the dollar bin and within 1 week 3 pictures were DLed 1 time and 1 picture twice. They are all files from my Rebel XT days but completely ignored for 1 year at IS. So essentially I got $1.75 that I would not have gotten before. If IS charges lower prices but still size dependent - I think that is a good idea. I would not contribute my 5D files to the dollar bin.

That's the point, prices in the former dollar bin will now be priced by size.  Still cheaper than the regular images, but less bargain.  And they plan to go from 5,000 images to 200,000 images in this whatever bin, so it seems selection criteria are going to change.  Possibly the time online without selling will count a lot, even if quality is good.  

Now, what about XXXL images?  They will have a price range of 18-28 credits.  Have criterias been discussed?  Not that I have any in that range, unless they would accept rasters of my vector images.

Regards,
Adelaide

Hi All,

 I just wrote a post here the other day talking about the future of Micro and I mentioned that this could eventually happen just didn't expect it a week latter. Check the history books to see how it went in the past.

Best,
AVAVA

Post:   Food for Thought

 I imagine we will see the price point for Micro continue to increase to offset the slowing in growth. I also see the possibility that Micro might begin to be separated into divisions of pricing and quality very much like Macro RF has done over it's history.
 Lots of changes to come. Make sure you diversify and don't spend money this year unless you make money from it.