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Agency Based Discussion => iStockPhoto.com => Topic started by: txking on August 21, 2019, 11:36

Title: Video royalty's are worse then images
Post by: txking on August 21, 2019, 11:36: I'm not sure I understand this. Thought video was supposed to pay not only a higher percentage, but also that video clips paid higher in general as well.

so far in 15 sold clips my average royalty per sale is 16.7 cents. Of those 15 clips, 10 of them have sold for .005 cents per clip.

Less then half a cent for a video clip? WHAT?!?!?!
Title: Re: Video royalty's are worse then images
Post by: Visualab on August 21, 2019, 12:00: the only question is...why do you submit to istock???i left them 6 years ago without regret....
Title: Re: Video royalty's are worse then images
Post by: wollwerth on August 21, 2019, 12:15: Quote from: Visualab on August 21, 2019, 12:00
the only question is...why do you submit to istock???i left them 6 years ago without regret....
Ditto to that one. Why would you upload videos to Istock?
Title: Re: Video royalty's are worse then images
Post by: everest on August 21, 2019, 12:35: I'm not sure I understand this. Why do people send footage to Istock if those clips are sold for cents when you can sell those at the price point you think is fair at other sites. It is just beyond me.......
Title: Re: Video royalty's are worse then images
Post by: jjneff on August 21, 2019, 12:35: Stopped uploading there years ago
Title: Re: Video royalty's are worse then images
Post by: SpaceStockFootage on August 21, 2019, 13:34: $2.50 for 15 sales?! Scary stuff!
Title: Re: Video royalty's are worse then images
Post by: Brightontl on August 21, 2019, 14:05: Why on earth anyone with some sort of mind sanity should even remotely consider uploading footage to istink?
Let them die by a slow a painful death
Title: Re: Video royalty's are worse then images
Post by: Visualab on August 21, 2019, 14:52: Quote from: Brightontl on August 21, 2019, 14:05
to istink?

you made me laugh... :D :D
Title: Re: Video royalty's are worse then images
Post by: Video-StockOrg on August 21, 2019, 15:53: isuck
Title: Re: Video royalty's are worse then images
Post by: noodle on August 21, 2019, 20:29: IStuck
Title: Re: Video royalty's are worse then images
Post by: txking on August 22, 2019, 20:08: Quote from: everest on August 21, 2019, 12:35
I'm not sure I understand this. Why do people send footage to Istock if those clips are sold for cents when you can sell those at the price point you think is fair at other sites. It is just beyond me.......

Because I didn't think they would sell video far below what the photo sales are making. I could see a couple here and there, but this so far is the average for me and I'm not sure if this is normal or just my luck.

I know with the images this happens and I get afew random sub single cent sales. For the most part though the sales are enough to make it worthwhile that I don't fret about the low ball figures.

overall Istock is still my second top earner right behind shutterstock. so I don't want to discount them all together. Just hoping this might be a weird moment due to a small portfolio
Title: Re: Video royalty's are worse then images
Post by: trjiii1 on August 23, 2019, 15:08: My last month with them I had istock sell 6 clips and I ended up with around 1.30. That was it for me I removed my portfolio and have been very happy I did. There comes a point where the blatant disregard for contributors is just too much to support.
Title: Re: Video royalty's are worse then images
Post by: gillian vann on August 26, 2019, 20:43: I've had the same experience with Getty recently (I left istock years ago) so i will no longer be giving them video