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Agency Based Discussion => Pond5 => Topic started by: cidepix on September 22, 2011, 08:36

Title: How did I end up on Pond5?
Post by: cidepix on September 22, 2011, 08:36: I have seen this on pond5
http://www.pond5.com/video-sound-effects-music-after-effects-photos-illustrations/1/artist%[email protected] (http://www.pond5.com/video-sound-effects-music-after-effects-photos-illustrations/1/artist%[email protected])

The thing is I never signed up for this site.. It's either they are affiliates of some othes stock site or someone has stolen my username and uploaded my images there!
Title: Re: How did I end up on Pond5?
Post by: sharpshot on September 22, 2011, 08:41: They are a 3rd party for 123rf, so I presume they came from there?
Title: Re: How did I end up on Pond5?
Post by: cidepix on September 22, 2011, 08:43: Quote from: sharpshot on September 22, 2011, 08:41
They are a 3rd party for 123rf, so I presume they came from there?

I don't see why the username doesn't match exactly.. it is like 1@cidepix.. Are they supposed to change usernames if that's the case?
Title: Re: How did I end up on Pond5?
Post by: sharpshot on September 22, 2011, 08:59: Click on any of the photos and you should see your 123rf user name. They might of done this to stop duplicates of names already on Pond5?
Title: Re: How did I end up on Pond5?
Post by: Carl on September 22, 2011, 10:50: I'm a video contributor on P5, and I was excited about their expansion into stills until they told me that they don't accept direct submissions. Rather, they only pick up affiliate material from an already-managed collection, and if I remember correctly, it is indeed RF123.
Title: Re: How did I end up on Pond5?
Post by: rinderart on September 22, 2011, 11:11: Quote from: csproductions on September 22, 2011, 10:50
I'm a video contributor on P5, and I was excited about their expansion into stills until they told me that they don't accept direct submissions. Rather, they only pick up affiliate material from an already-managed collection, and if I remember correctly, it is indeed RF123.

To Bad.
Title: Re: How did I end up on Pond5?
Post by: Sadstock on September 22, 2011, 11:28: 123RF is the only microstock I know that has Pond5 as a partner
http://www.microstockgroup.com/general-stock-discussion/a-list-of-partner-programs/ (http://www.microstockgroup.com/general-stock-discussion/a-list-of-partner-programs/)
Title: Re: How did I end up on Pond5?
Post by: sharpshot on September 22, 2011, 11:51: I'm sure they said their intention is to accept direct image uploads soon. They have used the 123rf collection to give their buyers a good number of images from the start. That seems like a good idea, as long as we can replace our 123rf images with direct uploads when their accepting them.
Title: Re: How did I end up on Pond5?
Post by: cidepix on September 22, 2011, 13:25: well if they are 123rf affiliates, then it's ok..
Title: Re: How did I end up on Pond5?
Post by: Pond5 Crew on September 26, 2011, 12:39: Just to confirm cidepix's assumption. The team at Pond5 is working together with 123RF, but as artists of 123RF, certainly let us know if there are any qualms if any of your content is additionally sold through our site. As some of you already know, we are working to build out our own photo/images collection by welcoming any interested artists to upload to our marketplace. We are currently working on this so we certainly appreciate the patience of those who have been diligently asking questions throughout the past months.

Any other questions/suggestions can be directed to me. Shoot me a personal message, and I will be happy to take the conversation offline. Or email them to our customer service team at [email protected] or tweet us @pond5. Thanks again.