Author Topic: istock worth uploading? (Read 20224 times)

coconut · « **Reply #25 on:** October 26, 2016, 09:45 »

No.

With their new announced price plan. Here are some examples.

If someone gets a yearly plan to get 750 images from the essential collection and buy your image, you earn $0.03.

If someone gets a monthly plan to get 250 images from the essential collection and buy your image, you earn $0.12.

Is it worth?

JPSDK · « **Reply #26 on:** October 26, 2016, 09:46 »

Quote from: YadaYadaYada on October 26, 2016, 09:43

Quote from: sigalavaca on October 26, 2016, 08:47
LoL, the question now is whether to stop uploading or close the port

That's the question I've been asking myself since I got the positive news email last night. Third option is stop uploading, do nothing and take the money. Only send new photos to good sites.

There is a time when a man must do what a man must do, even if it costs money.

Just leave them with a cockroach, like I did.

Justanotherphotographer · « **Reply #27 on:** October 26, 2016, 10:10 »

Quote from: coconut on October 26, 2016, 09:45

No.

With their new announced price plan. Here are some examples.

If someone gets a yearly plan to get 750 images from the essential collection and buy your image, you earn $0.03.

If someone gets a monthly plan to get 250 images from the essential collection and buy your image, you earn $0.12.

Is it worth?

Remember this is not even the worst case scenario. They are going to be discounting on top of this and we have no guarantee of getting anything more than 2c per download. Realistically, going on may years experience working with IStock/ Getty assuming the minimum possible compensation for each download will get you closest to what we will actually be earning after discounts and creative accounting.

coconut · « **Reply #28 on:** October 26, 2016, 10:56 »

Quote from: Justanotherphotographer on October 26, 2016, 10:10

Quote from: coconut on October 26, 2016, 09:45
No.

With their new announced price plan. Here are some examples.

If someone gets a yearly plan to get 750 images from the essential collection and buy your image, you earn $0.03.

If someone gets a monthly plan to get 250 images from the essential collection and buy your image, you earn $0.12.

Is it worth?

Remember this is not even the worst case scenario. They are going to be discounting on top of this and we have no guarantee of getting anything more than 2c per download. Realistically, going on may years experience working with IStock/ Getty assuming the minimum possible compensation for each download will get you closest to what we will actually be earning after discounts and creative accounting.

Correct. Also, there are taxes etc. I think they left that two cents for us to pay the taxes. They love us.

Hildegarde · « **Reply #29 on:** October 26, 2016, 14:34 »

not any more they are not.

cathyslife · « **Reply #30 on:** October 26, 2016, 15:06 »

No.

As soon as Getty bought them, they were no longer worth uploading to...yesterday's announcement is just the last straw in the long list of straws they have laid on contributors, IMHO.