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Changes coming to Elements bonus payments
dpimborough:
Had this email today:
"Changes coming to Elements bonus payments
Hi
We’re getting in touch today to let you know about some important upcoming changes to the Elements contributor bonus.
As Envato Elements continues to grow, we believe there is an opportunity to change the way we’ve been sharing bonus payments to authors to more closely reflect the value of content to our subscribers.
At present, all authors with at least one published item currently share equally each month in the available contributor bonus pool, irrespective of how often they upload or how popular their content is with subscribers.
We want to make this fairer so we are moving to a bonus program that introduces proportionality to the calculation of the bonus payment, as well as minimum eligibility criteria, which you can read more about in this help centre article.
Changes will start taking place gradually over the next few months. You can read further details on the changes and join the discussion in our forum post.
Please note: If you can’t access the forum post please fill in this short form and access to the Elements forum will be provided.
Thanks,
The Envato Team
Link to the article giving the contribution levels
https://help.author.envato.com/hc/en-us/articles/360029938391
I knew it wouldn't be long before they started ~ of course its so difficult getting anything accepted these days that I'm sure most contributors will have problems achieving these targets :(
increasingdifficulty:
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Deyan Georgiev Photography:
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--- Quote from: Sammy the Cat on July 01, 2019, 02:55 ---I knew it wouldn't be long before they started ~ of course its so difficult getting anything accepted these days that I'm sure most contributors will have problems achieving these targets :(
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As people have mentioned and also confirmed on that forum, since the bonus will be proportionate to sales in comparison to everyone (Wordpress templates, etc.), someone selling photos is not likely to get much of a bonus anyway (maybe $10?), even if you sell quite a few images.
Wordpress authors will likely get a nice boost up to $1,000 or so.
Probably more fair, but the nice ride for authors in small categories with bonuses larger than actual sales is over.
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Bad news again. Are we (the photographers and videographers) guilty for the fact that in Elements the Wordpress themes are more sellable? No way to compare completely different products and markets! And even more to put them in competition for bonus.
I like the idea, but to be for each media type!!!!!!!!!!!!!
increasingdifficulty:
--- Quote from: Deyan Georgiev on July 01, 2019, 10:00 ---And even more to put them in competition for bonus.
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Well, the customers pay for all of that so it's more fair.
Video and photo contributors will earn less, but it's more fair, even if we don't like it. :)
Sebastian Radu:
Authors must meet the minimum activity requirements for at least one item type to be eligible.
But how can I have activity if the upload process for me, as a photographer, is off ?
:o
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