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My favorite line in the whole slippery solution was this, None of this is comfort to the 24% of Exclusives who will see a rate decrease or to any of the non-Exclusives who are, quite frankly, bearing the brunt of these changes.I just don't like the idea that taking from the poor to pay the rich, to adjust the "unsustainable" payouts based on increased canister levels, which they promised people to entice them into becoming exclusives.Leave the non-exclusives alone, because they didn't cause the problem and they aren't part of the problem at an already low 20%
Hey, but we wouldn't want someone of such importance to have to rough it out while under such unsustainable financial strain and have to suffer the indigity of economy class, would we?http://twitter.com/kkthompson"Thank you travel gods for last minute upgrades to business class on oversees flights. Go #aircanada 9:05 PM Sep 25th via Twitter for iPhone "Sheer arrogance, IMO.
Quote from: Pixel-Pizzazz on September 30, 2010, 08:51Hey, but we wouldn't want someone of such importance to have to rough it out while under such unsustainable financial strain and have to suffer the indigity of economy class, would we?http://twitter.com/kkthompson"Thank you travel gods for last minute upgrades to business class on oversees flights. Go #aircanada 9:05 PM Sep 25th via Twitter for iPhone "Sheer arrogance, IMO.Next he'll be tweeting about saving a few million on his new $10million condo. LOL
Yes, I can't understand why they're so inflexible about the 20% 'across the board' thing. If Getty artists have been happy with that to date, it has to be because the sale price was large enough to make a 20% commission a sustainable means of making a living.Why can't they see that 20% (let alone 15%) of the pittance that is a micropayment is UNsustainable for the artist who is selling so cheaply? Sustainability is a two-way street. Their position is too fixed on this, and I feel they should flex their fixed model to suit the micropayment portion of their industry. Sometimes a company has to step back and question whether 'doing it because it's always been done this way' is actually a realistic and sensible thing.
Quote from: caspixel on September 30, 2010, 08:59Quote from: Pixel-Pizzazz on September 30, 2010, 08:51Hey, but we wouldn't want someone of such importance to have to rough it out while under such unsustainable financial strain and have to suffer the indigity of economy class, would we?http://twitter.com/kkthompson"Thank you travel gods for last minute upgrades to business class on oversees flights. Go #aircanada 9:05 PM Sep 25th via Twitter for iPhone "Sheer arrogance, IMO.Next he'll be tweeting about saving a few million on his new $10million condo. LOLJust to be clear, the well-publicised $10M flat belongs to Jonathan Klein, Getty CEO not Kelly Thomson.http://www.observer.com/people/jonathan-d.-klein
I agree but they know that most people will buckle and will put up with below 20%. That's why I no longer see a future for me in microstock, when all the other sites follow istock and cut commissions, it just wont be worth doing anymore.
This is what I don't understand. A 15-20% commission on a $2 sale is unsustainable for the contributor. There is no money in it unless a particular file sells in the thousands. Lets face it, those types of winners are very few and far between.Why has no one instituted a sliding commission system.Say something like this:$2 sale 40% commission$10 sale 35% commission$20 sale 30% commissionetc, etc.
I don't get this. If you guys see that so clearly now, why didn't you see it years ago, and simply skip microstock?
Quote from: molka on October 08, 2010, 08:42I don't get this. If you guys see that so clearly now, why didn't you see it years ago, and simply skip microstock?Welcome back, Macrosaur.
Quote from: FD-regular on October 08, 2010, 08:49Welcome back, Macrosaur. Hi microsour. Nice to see you. 8 )
Welcome back, Macrosaur.
Quote from: molka on October 08, 2010, 09:05Quote from: FD-regular on October 08, 2010, 08:49Welcome back, Macrosaur. Hi microsour. Nice to see you. 8 )That was just a little bit too fast Hippie, for credible deniability. Bingo, I assume.
I'm not a fan of any stock, I'm a fan of photography.