Author Topic: My Pond5 Download Trend (Read 7117 times)

stocker2011 · « **Reply #75 on:** February 27, 2025, 14:58 »

We should make an awards ceremony dedicated to our favorite stock agencies.

yuriy · « **Reply #76 on:** March 02, 2025, 17:39 »

Quote from: davedigitalfx on February 27, 2025, 13:47

same sh*t here ... zero downloads in 10 days ... before Shitterstock i was at 350-400usd a month ..
let's thank Shitterstock for the great destructive work done on pond5 ...

what i wonder is where those sales have gone. my hunch is demand for stock video isn't down, it's just the sales volume on pond5 appears almost gone. the only place i sell video reasonably well is adobe even if the revenue is low.

dragonblade · « **Reply #77 on:** March 03, 2025, 01:23 »

Quote from: yuriy on March 02, 2025, 17:39

Quote from: davedigitalfx on February 27, 2025, 13:47
same sh*t here ... zero downloads in 10 days ... before Shitterstock i was at 350-400usd a month ..
let's thank Shitterstock for the great destructive work done on pond5 ...

what i wonder is where those sales have gone. my hunch is demand for stock video isn't down, it's just the sales volume on pond5 appears almost gone. the only place i sell video reasonably well is adobe even if the revenue is low.

If that's the case, I wonder where the editorial video sales have gone.

gnirtS · « **Reply #78 on:** April 08, 2025, 09:40 »

Quote from: SharkShooter80 on January 23, 2025, 16:23

I'm still trying to decide whether the underwater stuff should be commercial or editorial, but I feel like editorial on Shutterstock and the same stuff on Adobe and iStock can be sold as commercial. From what I understand, the commercial stuff on Shutterstock CANNOT be used as editorial, so i'll go both ways on separate platforms.

Underwater of what? If its just fish, reef etc then its RF (commercial). If its got divers in without a release and/or logos on their clothing, equipment etc which you wont get a release for then its editorial.

You get the same money for both but RF has more uses than editorial (it can be used commercially or editorially if the buyer wants).

Mantis · « **Reply #79 on:** April 08, 2025, 15:35 »

P5 non existent for me in 2025 so far.

MPfoto71 · « **Reply #80 on:** April 08, 2025, 17:28 »

Quote from: Mantis on April 08, 2025, 15:35

P5 non existent for me in 2025 so far.

Same here - 2 downloads in 2025 with about 5.000 Videos.
At least for me Pond5 seems to be a dead horse...

Mantis · « **Reply #81 on:** April 09, 2025, 06:11 »

Quote from: JustAnImage on April 08, 2025, 17:28

Quote from: Mantis on April 08, 2025, 15:35
P5 non existent for me in 2025 so far.
Same here - 2 downloads in 2025 with about 5.000 Videos.
At least for me Pond5 seems to be a dead horse...

Same. I have about 1,600 videos and over 3,500 images. The thing is once SS bought them, I stopped getting sales. I was making $1500 a year until only two years ago after the sale.

stocker2011 · « **Reply #82 on:** **Yesterday** at 21:01 »

How is everyone's sales going from P5? I've had a few sales here and there since January but now seems to have dried up completely.

stoker2014 · « **Reply #83 on:** **Today** at 03:08 »

Pond5 has long been only income from training artificial intelligence.

Pacesetter · « **Reply #84 on:** **Today** at 03:48 »

Bro,

I just created an excel line graph that represents every month since I started on Pond5 in Dec 2019. The X-axis is the month and the y-axis is the dollar amount. Hope this helps.

danielvisuals · « **Reply #85 on:** **Today** at 07:38 »

The pond has been a bit dry lately.

According to the poll results and comments on the Pond5 forum, this experience is shared by many.

Evaristo tenscadisto · « **Reply #86 on:** **Today** at 10:59 »

At the end of last year, when Pond5 announced the changes to exclusive rates—from 60% to 40%—and dataset earnings—from 60% to 20%—I estimated here in the forum that the actual loss would be at least 50% of my monthly income.

I was wrong. It’s significantly more—closer to a 63% drop. So for every $1,000 I used to earn in 2024, I now make around $370.
In my case, I’ve already lost thousands in just the first four months.

But this is all a matter of perspective—what’s bad for me may be good for other contributors, and likely is. Otherwise, how can we explain the fact that Pond5 adds half a million new clips every month?
Most of the new contributors seem to come from Eastern Europe, Russia, and Asia—usually from Bangladesh or India—with some portfolios containing over 100,000 clips.

Mantis · « **Reply #87 on:** **Today** at 14:21 »

Quote from: Evaristo tenscadisto on Today at 10:59

At the end of last year, when Pond5 announced the changes to exclusive rates—from 60% to 40%—and dataset earnings—from 60% to 20%—I estimated here in the forum that the actual loss would be at least 50% of my monthly income.

I was wrong. It’s significantly more—closer to a 63% drop. So for every $1,000 I used to earn in 2024, I now make around $370.
In my case, I’ve already lost thousands in just the first four months.

But this is all a matter of perspective—what’s bad for me may be good for other contributors, and likely is. Otherwise, how can we explain the fact that Pond5 adds half a million new clips every month?
Most of the new contributors seem to come from Eastern Europe, Russia, and Asia—usually from Bangladesh or India—with some portfolios containing over 100,000 clips.

I've lost almost 100%. I would get 3-6 DL a month. I just had my second DL of the year last week.

Stockhome Syndrome · « **Reply #88 on:** **Today** at 15:17 »

All of my agencies are trending down, except Adobe that is slightly on an upward path.

alijaber · « **Reply #89 on:** **Today** at 15:48 »

Quote from: Mantis on Today at 14:21

Quote from: Evaristo tenscadisto on Today at 10:59
At the end of last year, when Pond5 announced the changes to exclusive rates—from 60% to 40%—and dataset earnings—from 60% to 20%—I estimated here in the forum that the actual loss would be at least 50% of my monthly income.

I was wrong. It’s significantly more—closer to a 63% drop. So for every $1,000 I used to earn in 2024, I now make around $370.
In my case, I’ve already lost thousands in just the first four months.

But this is all a matter of perspective—what’s bad for me may be good for other contributors, and likely is. Otherwise, how can we explain the fact that Pond5 adds half a million new clips every month?
Most of the new contributors seem to come from Eastern Europe, Russia, and Asia—usually from Bangladesh or India—with some portfolios containing over 100,000 clips.

I've lost almost 100%. I would get 3-6 DL a month. I just had my second DL of the year last week.

I used to get some sales every month, I still got few, but most sales are under 15$, several below 5$, which made Pond5 another low earning agency. For now Storyblocks is, by far, my highest earner, with much less clips than P5 or SS.

danielvisuals · « **Reply #90 on:** **Today** at 17:38 »

Since January, I've had very few sales from the US in SS. Usually, I get a considerable proportion of my sales from the US.

Maybe the decrease in US buyers could explain everyone's experience across most agencies.

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