Agency Based Discussion > Pond5
One dollar video sales
Noedelhap:
--- Quote from: porpeller on December 11, 2020, 11:51 ---there should be a union
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There is now The Stock Coalition: https://stockcoalition.org/
SpaceStockFootage:
--- Quote from: Asthebelltolls on December 12, 2020, 15:39 ---The "Contributor's Union" would have their own website whereby they submit
exclusively to that site. They manage and adjust operations based on a collective vote.
Maintaining and controlling the site would be derived from "union dues". If say,
you sell an image for $2.00us, $1.00us goes toward union website operations.
Someone would have to be hired to manage the website. Someone with strong
union background skills. Insuring that "scabs" aren't submitting to other sites would
be a major issue. That, and gaining the initial confidence of contributors that more
money can be made by joining the union.
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50% cut to the union?! Surely their first job would then be to increase royalties by more than 100% to offset the cost and make it worthwhile... which would never happen!
Asthebelltolls:
What works? What doesn't work? Dialogue is good while we collectively
anticipate our next $0.10 commission......
Uncle Pete:
--- Quote from: Asthebelltolls on December 12, 2020, 15:39 ---The "Contributor's Union" would have their own website whereby they submit
exclusively to that site. They manage and adjust operations based on a collective vote.
Maintaining and controlling the site would be derived from "union dues". If say,
you sell an image for $2.00us, $1.00us goes toward union website operations.
Someone would have to be hired to manage the website. Someone with strong
union background skills. Insuring that "scabs" aren't submitting to other sites would
be a major issue. That, and gaining the initial confidence of contributors that more
money can be made by joining the union.
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Sounds more like a co-op and sure a artist owned site, demanding exclusive would be interesting. How many people would go exclusive for 50%? (how many people would go exclusive on a small unknown, new site?) But more than that, what would the union dues do to stop the cheap sites like IS giving us 15% or SS giving us 10c sub downloads.
How would that site and union do anything to change the market as it is now? How would that force agencies to pay us better. Especially since the union is exclusive, why would the places care, since they couldn't get images from any union person?
--- Quote from: Noedelhap on December 12, 2020, 17:24 ---
--- Quote from: porpeller on December 11, 2020, 11:51 ---there should be a union
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There is now The Stock Coalition: https://stockcoalition.org/
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How's that going? Has the Stock Coalition been able to accomplish anything. I think there was some kind of deal with Pond5?
alexandersr:
This title make remember me the Dollar Tree Store, in that store all is selling for one dollar! :P
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