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--- Quote from: Atomazul on August 22, 2019, 22:14 ---Any clue to how to get some more detailed information?

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I'm feeling at peace with the world today so I'll just go ahead and give the details to you. :)

They have a fixed fee of $4, and if you are non-exclusive, 55% will be deducted after that fee.

That means that the maximum cut is just under 45%, getting closer with higher prices. If you choose $49, you will get 41.3%. If you choose $99, you will get 43.2%. If you go for the minimum price of $5, things start getting a lot worse, leaving you with just below 9%.

If you go exclusive, the maximum cut is just under 87.5%. I don't think any other site beats that. I have an exclusive elite account with decent prices, and I get around 80%.

People talking down AJ are quite frankly just people who are disappointed they didn't become millionaires... The sales volume of AJ is many times higher than Pond5, we're talking 1,000s of %. Of course, the competition is ENORMOUS, and it's very hard to be seen. Tracks are lost in the search, and people cheat, upload duplicates, come up with ridiculous titles, buy their own tracks, etc.

That is something you have to live with.

Make great music, promote it OUTSIDE AJ, price it right ($5 will make you very, very little money...), and I believe the earnings potential is hard to beat by any other site where anyone can join.

It absolutely used to be MUCH easier, but it's 2019, and it's crowded everywhere. You just have to be 10 times as good as before, and get the SEO, promotion, and pricing 100% perfect.

Atomazul:
Thank you for that, much appreciated. Weird they don't make it super clear since it really isn't that bad of a deal. But it also doesn't sound like they're starving for new contributors either, so maybe that's not unintentional. Will give her a chance and see how she goes.

Any other companies out there offering anything close to 50% for audio? Several posters on the Pond5 forums have mentioned their existence, but didn't drop any names. What I have compiled so far is:

Pond5: 35%
Shutterstock: Buyouts only
Audioblocks: Buyouts only
Audiojungle: 9%-40+% non-exclusive, up to 87.5% exclusive
Dreamstime: 25%-45% non-exclusive, up to 60% exclusive

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