Author Topic: Low pay for videos (Read 642 times)

Faustvasea · « **on:** December 31, 2024, 12:35 »

I was wondering if others who contribute to Getty, are getting low pay for videos as well? I have noticed that a lot of videos are getting sold on iStock, but when I have received the summary for last month, I only earned $20. That's really frustrating. Or maybe is just my portfolio.

odesigns · « **Reply #1 on:** December 31, 2024, 13:33 »

You're not alone. On iStock so far this year (minus December, of course), I've had nearly 4,000 downloads with an average per download commission of between $3 and $4.

I don't see that trend changing in 2025. If anything, it will probably go down. Eventually, I probably won't produce stock much anymore--or at least, at the rate I normally produce. It's just not worth it.

Pond5, on the other hand, still had a more respectable ~$42 per download commission rate, but I get about 80% fewer downloads than iStock.

Faustvasea · « **Reply #2 on:** December 31, 2024, 13:45 »

Quote from: odesigns on December 31, 2024, 13:33

You're not alone. On iStock so far this year (minus December, of course), I've had nearly 4,000 downloads with an average per download commission of between $3 and $4.

I don't see that trend changing in 2025. If anything, it will probably go down. Eventually, I probably won't produce stock much anymore--or at least, at the rate I normally produce. It's just not worth it.

Pond5, on the other hand, still had a more respectable ~$42 per download commission rate, but I get about 80% fewer downloads than iStock.

It’s weird, but on pond5 I had only 2 sales. That’s it. Looks like a dead agency to me. A bit sad that istock pays so little for videos.

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