Just received the email. Not sure what to think about it. On one hand, I'm glad that there are efforts to stop uncontrollable influx of new low-quality content. On the other hand, Envato has fallen from 7% of my income in 2012 to mere 2% this year. Am I really going to invest time into curating the portfolio at Envato myself? Probably not.That has always been their game. Wanting the best with bells and whistles then giving it away for pennies. Why I stopped working with them.
And also... they only want to keep high-quality content and they are going to sell it through cheap subscriptions. How genious. Keep the best, sell it cheap, and even let contributors themselves do the curating work under the threat of closing their account. I don't like :(
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they have locked down submissions for everyone and are going to remove portfolios. only high quality content will be allowed. they will stop reviewing and give approved authors control over content and pricing. this project will take 12 months to complete,That's quite an intriguing thing to do the day after they accepted me as a contributor. Sounds like they are best forgotten.
ow and they will start offering subscriptions for buyers
I haven't taken a lot of notice of what's going in on this site, only to go in and get a pay out from time to time. I have just been and had a look and of about 140$ earnt in the last 30 days about 40$ was deducted in tax and 77$ deducted in fees leaving me with 23$ !! I'm sure it didn't used to be like that. Has something changed. I think I used to average about 70$ a month before not 23 !!They decided to make our lives complicated by declaring themselves as a market place, rather than the agency they really are. There are possible tax complications and I decided it really wasn't worth selling through them when they did that.
After getting rid of a lot of contributors by making the tax situation unclear, this will probably get rid of a lot of buyers. Just look how badly GLStockImages did when they stopped new submissions.
Thanks, that's crazy getting just 23$ from 140$ !!!!!I haven't taken a lot of notice of what's going in on this site, only to go in and get a pay out from time to time. I have just been and had a look and of about 140$ earnt in the last 30 days about 40$ was deducted in tax and 77$ deducted in fees leaving me with 23$ !! I'm sure it didn't used to be like that. Has something changed. I think I used to average about 70$ a month before not 23 !!They decided to make our lives complicated by declaring themselves as a market place, rather than the agency they really are. There are possible tax complications and I decided it really wasn't worth selling through them when they did that.
I haven't taken a lot of notice of what's going in on this site, only to go in and get a pay out from time to time. I have just been and had a look and of about 140$ earnt in the last 30 days about 40$ was deducted in tax and 77$ deducted in fees leaving me with 23$ !! I'm sure it didn't used to be like that. Has something changed. I think I used to average about 70$ a month before not 23 !!
That makes sense thanks. I'll go and see if I can find out how to do it.I haven't taken a lot of notice of what's going in on this site, only to go in and get a pay out from time to time. I have just been and had a look and of about 140$ earnt in the last 30 days about 40$ was deducted in tax and 77$ deducted in fees leaving me with 23$ !! I'm sure it didn't used to be like that. Has something changed. I think I used to average about 70$ a month before not 23 !!
It's because you haven't filled out the tax forms. Same forms you have to fill out at Shutterstock, Dreamstime etc.
They are withholding 30% US tax and if you are non-exclusive your normal rate would be 36%.
The big problem here is that they probably withheld 30% tax from 80% of the sale price (BEFORE author fees) which of course is what everyone is pissed off at.
Simple solution is to fill out the tax forms and hope you're from a 0% tax treaty country.
Are sales there really worth the effort of sorting it out?
Hey All,
Thanks for taking the time to comment. I just wanted to let you know that we're reading all your comments. We're responding to questions and thoughts from our official post (https://forums.envato.com/t/adjusting-our-focus-a-new-approach-for-photos-at-envato/ (https://forums.envato.com/t/adjusting-our-focus-a-new-approach-for-photos-at-envato/)). We'd love to have your input into the discussion there and we'll do our best to answer any questions you might have.
Thanks,
James.
Hey All,Why not here?
Thanks for taking the time to comment. I just wanted to let you know that we're reading all your comments. We're responding to questions and thoughts from our official post (https://forums.envato.com/t/adjusting-our-focus-a-new-approach-for-photos-at-envato/ (https://forums.envato.com/t/adjusting-our-focus-a-new-approach-for-photos-at-envato/)). We'd love to have your input into the discussion there and we'll do our best to answer any questions you might have.
Thanks,
James.
Hey All,
Thanks for taking the time to comment. I just wanted to let you know that we're reading all your comments. We're responding to questions and thoughts ....
Couple of bits...It seems to be going down very well with customers............... :o
https://forums.envato.com/t/switch-to-single-resolution-for-photos/74586
https://forums.envato.com/t/envato-elements-update-future-plans/72682
Couple of bits...It seems to be going down very well with customers............... :o
https://forums.envato.com/t/switch-to-single-resolution-for-photos/74586
https://forums.envato.com/t/envato-elements-update-future-plans/72682
No they don't have to pay more they can go somewhere else which they probably willCouple of bits...It seems to be going down very well with customers............... :o
https://forums.envato.com/t/switch-to-single-resolution-for-photos/74586
https://forums.envato.com/t/envato-elements-update-future-plans/72682
well, they have to pay more instead of less, good for us but of course a buyer is going to moan. we should tell the buyer to consider the photographer as well. or are we now backing the buyer in saying that our images are not worth more than 1 dollar, *
Serious question:
Why do I get $4 sales on files that cost $5, $2.4 sales on files that cost $3, etc... And that's before you deduct your shady fees and taxes..
they have locked down submissions for everyone and are going to remove portfolios. only high quality content will be allowed. they will stop reviewing and give approved authors control over content and pricing. this project will take 12 months to complete,
I have just uploaded 47 images on Photodune (by ftp and then on the site) without any problem