Author Topic: 500px--Any Sales? Should I renew my membership? (Read 8907 times)

oscarcwilliams · « **on:** November 29, 2017, 08:51 »

500px--Any Sales? Should I renew my membership?

Dragomir Nikolov · « **Reply #1 on:** November 29, 2017, 08:57 »

Nope!

Zero Talent · « **Reply #2 on:** November 29, 2017, 10:29 »

What is the membership good for and what is its relation to sales?

stockastic · « **Reply #3 on:** November 29, 2017, 10:38 »

The last time I read anything about 500px was when they hired a former IStock exec to show them how to slash the promised payments to photographers and replace their current business model with... well, we never found out. I closed my account.

Anything new since then?

StanRohrer · « **Reply #4 on:** November 29, 2017, 11:41 »

Former iStock admin Kelly Thompson, with his now infamous “Money will not make you happy,” quote, appears to still be working at 500Pix.

derek · « **Reply #5 on:** November 29, 2017, 12:08 »

Yeah its like Scott got fired from SS after that giant beef in their forum and lo and behold what happens? FT picks him up and he shows them every trick in the book on how to make it misserable for contributors!!
Blimey what a joke!

Kelly thompson? I thought he was working at the north-Pole!

Brightontl · « **Reply #6 on:** November 29, 2017, 13:08 »

Quote from: derek on November 29, 2017, 12:08

Kelly thompson? I thought he was working at the north-Pole!

As a pole dancer :-)

Jo Ann Snover · « **Reply #7 on:** November 29, 2017, 13:35 »

When they cut the royalty rate I pulled my files from marketplace (left them on 500px in case things changed - they haven't). When my free awesome membership (for participating a survey on watermarking) was up I just let it be the freebie as I didn't see any value in the memberships.

I wouldn't pay them anything unless you really like having a portfolio there (unless you've had tons of contacts via their directory listing, I wouldn't value that at all).

I know some people don't think alexa rankings have any value, but those for 500px have been down this year and those for marketplace have plummeted - for example last August, marketplace global/us was 34,148 / 47,659 and this month it's 161,234 / 181,179. By comparison SS is 292 / 381

Mantis · « **Reply #8 on:** November 29, 2017, 14:13 »

Quote from: Jo Ann Snover on November 29, 2017, 13:35

When they cut the royalty rate I pulled my files from marketplace (left them on 500px in case things changed - they haven't). When my free awesome membership (for participating a survey on watermarking) was up I just let it be the freebie as I didn't see any value in the memberships.

I wouldn't pay them anything unless you really like having a portfolio there (unless you've had tons of contacts via their directory listing, I would value that at all).

I know some people don't think alexa rankings have any value, but those for 500px have been down this year and those for marketplace have plummeted - for example last August, marketplace global/us was 34,148 / 47,659 and this month it's 161,234 / 181,179. By comparison SS is 292 / 381

Well. Money won’t make 500px happy.

dpimborough · « **Reply #9 on:** November 29, 2017, 14:31 »

Just don't throw pearls before swine

JimP · « **Reply #10 on:** November 30, 2017, 09:06 »

Quote from: derek on November 29, 2017, 12:08

Yeah its like Scott got fired from SS after that giant beef in their forum and lo and behold what happens? FT picks him up and he shows them every trick in the book on how to make it misserable for contributors!!
Blimey what a joke!

Kelly thompson? I thought he was working at the north-Pole!

Scott didn't get fired he quit to go join Adobe. Six months no compete clause in the SS contract. You need to stop making up hateful lies and passing them off as facts. https://www.linkedin.com/in/scottbraut/ Ask Laurin he knows why Scott quit, because Scott didn't like the way we were being treated. You are attacking someone who's on our side.

I know where Kelly can stick that pole!

Zero Talent · « **Reply #11 on:** November 30, 2017, 09:29 »

Quote from: Jo Ann Snover on November 29, 2017, 13:35

I know some people don't think alexa rankings have any value, but those for 500px have been down this year and those for marketplace have plummeted - for example last August, marketplace global/us was 34,148 / 47,659 and this month it's 161,234 / 181,179. By comparison SS is 292 / 381

I have the feeling that now, they rely on distributors much more than on sales coming from their own marketplace. After long dry periods, comes a flood of delayed distributors sales.

samards · « **Reply #12 on:** December 07, 2017, 05:48 »

I did try one year with awesome account or something similar, and realized that you get only view at your statistics - who liked your photos and frequency of views and comments, etc - something that I even don't want to see. You also get web site, but you get it also with your adobe subscription.

Everything else you get with free account, so it was easy decision for me, to step out. Selling photos does not depend on type of account.

Anyway, a few weeks ago I got one sale and earned something like 45 cents, so I immediately opted out of partner sales, and I will remove my photos from marketplace as well and keep low resolution files only, just I'm too lazy to even look there.

rinderart · « **Reply #13 on:** December 07, 2017, 17:25 »

500 looks great and Pretty. some great Players there also. wish SS looked that good But ain't never gonna happen with the database they have and the Lowrent Backend.. 500 looks Like a gallery and SS looks Like Walmart. or Costco compared. Looks very High end But...I suppose its really Not.Im not a fan of any Pay to Play scenario.

Zero Talent · « **Reply #14 on:** December 08, 2017, 19:32 »

Quote from: rinderart on December 07, 2017, 17:25

500 looks great and Pretty. some great Players there also. wish SS looked that good But ain't never gonna happen with the database they have and the Lowrent Backend.. 500 looks Like a gallery and SS looks Like Walmart. or Costco compared. Looks very High end But...I suppose its really Not.Im not a fan of any Pay to Play scenario.

Right, but you don't have to pay to play.

NeonRobot · « **Reply #15 on:** December 10, 2017, 09:32 »

Quote from: Dragomir Nikolov on November 29, 2017, 08:57

Nope!

Absolutely precise answer!
After 2 years of being there i've earned ~110$ [250$ in total but - 140$ for awesome subscription].
Almost 8000 images and ~2.5 million of views. Pretty useless in terms of money earning.

Zero Talent · « **Reply #16 on:** December 10, 2017, 10:40 »

Quote from: spacedrone808 on December 10, 2017, 09:32

Quote from: Dragomir Nikolov on November 29, 2017, 08:57
Nope!

Absolutely precise answer!
After 2 years of being there i've earned ~110$ [250$ in total but - 140$ for awesome subscription].
Almost 8000 images and ~2.5 million of views. Pretty useless in terms of money earning.

Mid range 4 digits dollars since August 2015, with a free account and only mid range 3 digits photos (~30% curated into their Prime collection).
My mid range million views don't matter, since my upper 3 digits range followers are not there to buy from me.
And I don't participate in those time wasting I-like-yours-so-you-like-mine games.

NeonRobot · « **Reply #17 on:** December 25, 2017, 08:26 »

do the math:
http://www.microstockgroup.com/new-sites-general/mega-sales-on-500px!!!!/msg503329/#msg503329

Zero Talent · « **Reply #18 on:** December 25, 2017, 10:58 »

Quote from: spacedrone808 on December 25, 2017, 08:26

do the math:
http://www.microstockgroup.com/new-sites-general/mega-sales-on-500px!!!!/msg503329/#msg503329

Yes, let's do it!

It looks to me that only that day, I earned more than you in 2 (two) years, with a port ~20 (twenty) times smaller than yours.

Big time to do your own math or rather some serious soul searching

rinderart · « **Reply #19 on:** December 27, 2017, 13:19 »

Your the Man Mr Talent. happy new year.

Zero Talent · « **Reply #20 on:** December 28, 2017, 12:25 »

Quote from: rinderart on December 27, 2017, 13:19

Your the Man Mr Talent. happy new year.

I'm no Talent, my friend. I might only have some ideas about what customers need.
On the other hand, you my friend, you sweat talent through all your pores, even on a cold winter night!

Happy New Year to you too!

hansenn · « **Reply #21 on:** December 30, 2017, 05:53 »

400 px online
$78 earnings

good I noticed this post. Made me check my earnings and they were still pending for payout because of that W8BEN form.

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Author Topic: 500px--Any Sales? Should I renew my membership? (Read 8907 times)

oscarcwilliams

Dragomir Nikolov

Zero Talent

stockastic

StanRohrer

derek

Brightontl

Jo Ann Snover

Mantis

dpimborough

JimP

Zero Talent

samards

rinderart

Zero Talent

NeonRobot

Zero Talent

NeonRobot

Zero Talent

rinderart

Zero Talent

hansenn

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