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lisafx:
I signed into Pixmac today and there was a notice that they are merging with Pond5.  Going forward we will now be receiving 50% royalties at PM, just as at Pond5. 

Unfortunately, I didn't think to do a screenshot of the agreement before reading and signing it.  Can anyone who has not yet signed post the screenshot or the exact wording of the announcement?

This looks like a good thing to me.  I have been wanting to upload to Pond5 for awhile but hadn't found the time.  Pixmac, OTOH, has my entire portfolio.  Hoping this will be mirrored at Pond5.  Not exactly sure how it will work. 

Anybody have more details?

aspp:
Pond5 have bought them.

http://www.itespresso.fr/banque-images-pond5-rachete-concurrent-tcheque-pixmac-62539.html


--- Quote ---La banque d’images collaborative américaine Pond5 a acquis, pour un montant non communiqué, le tchèque PixMac, qui lui aussi permet le stockage et la mise à disposition de photos et d’illustrations, sur le modèle de ce que proposent ses concurrents, comme Fotolia ou Shutterstock.

Lancé en 2008, PixMac propose en 17 langues une plate-forme de ventes et de téléchargement d’images avec un portefeuille de plus de 10 millions de photos et d’illustrations.

Cette acquisition va permettre à Pond5, fondé en 2006 par Tom Bennett, de se renforcer à l’international en s’implantant en Europe.

Cette place de marché de contenus audiovisuels en ligne vient d’ouvrir des bureaux en France et en Allemagne. Le rachat de PixMac, localisé en République Tchèque, va ainsi lui offrir la possibilité de conquérir de nouveaux utilisateurs, mais aussi de proposer des images dotées d’« une identité culturelle différente ».

Actuellement, Pond5 réalise plus de 80% de son chiffre d’affaire aux Etats-Unis.

La banque d’images propose aujourd’hui à la vente des vidéos libres de droit, des photos, de la musique, des illustrations, des effets sonores et même des modèles 3D, en visionnage, en téléchargement et en achat immédiat.

Elle compte 350 000 visiteurs uniques par mois,  260 000 utilisateurs enregistrés, plus de 9 500 contributeurs et a généré en 2012 un chiffre d’affaires de près de 10 millions de dollars.
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zager:
Hi Lisa,

You should get email about the news later today. The new agreement is here:
http://www.pixmac.com/page/contributor-agreement

Vita

Jo Ann Snover:
Odd timing.

A couple of weeks back I had decided to start uploading to Pond5 directly and had them remove my pixmac portfolio (which is only 300 of my images). At the time, Pond5 support said that they couldn't just move the Pixmac files into my Pond5 account - possibly now they can?

I also wonder about balances at Pixmac - I have 49.xx credits at pixmac and sales dried up ages ago. I was hoping to wait until a sale took me over the 50 credit mark, cash out and leave. I'm fed up with all these distributor deals where the buyer's money is spread around so many places that I see less of it. Possibly now this will work out better, although reviews at Pond5 make Veer look speedy, so I may not have much work up for a year or two :)

Jo Ann Snover:
As it turns out, I had made some Pixmac sales via Pond5  at the end of February so my balance was 53.xx and I was able to cash out - after providing two IDs!!

Is this the only site that requires two?? I have a passport and drivers license (both with the ID numbers blacked out) so I provided them, but in what universe is providing a passport not sufficient?

In the Pixmac sales report, there was a note by the new sales (on Feb 28th) saying they were from Pond5. I had a note from Pond5 support on Feb 18th saying they'd removed my Pixmac images, which they appear to have done.

If I continue to have images on Pixmac, that means the sales are at Pixmac prices (cheaper; 1-7 credits, $3.88 to $9.80) versus the $4.80 - $12 prices for the items I uploaded to Pond5 directly?

I wonder if there will be any way to merge things automatically?

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