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One dollar video sales
porpeller:
Recently I got two sales of HD videos, and my commission was $1.06 each. The price listed for the videos on Pond5 is 40€. Shouldn't I get at least 40% commission? How is this fair? I thought Pond5 was embracing fairness toward contributors as its core value in opposition to other agencies like Shutterstock. :(
cathyslife:
If you sell your videos on another site, say Shutterstock, and they are sold at a lower price, P5 sells for that price, no matter what you list them for at P5. If you only sell at P5, then the question might need to be asked from support. They also deeply discount whenever they want.
porpeller:
They are indeed sold on Shutterstock too, but not at a lower price. We are talking about single purchases, not subscriptions
Orchidpoet:
Well, P5 has asked me to agree to giving video clips for free. Even after I said no, they continue to ask me to reconsider, saying they would give away 1-4 clips per artist, and that's minimal in their mind.
If we give away our work for free, we would also lose copyright control over our work. We will no longer be able to tell if it was a copyright infringement or not. Even if an agency sells for $1 or less (that's terrible, too), there are paper trails of transaction and license agreement in place.
The particular clip they want to give away was a time lapse from a very unique location. I have said explicitly that I would not permit any of my work to be given away for free.
porpeller:
--- Quote from: Orchidpoet on December 11, 2020, 09:50 ---Well, P5 has asked me to agree to giving video clips for free. Even after I said no, they continue to ask me to reconsider, saying they would give away 1-4 clips per artist, and that's minimal in their mind.
If we give away our work for free, we would also lose copyright control over our work. We will no longer be able to tell if it was a copyright infringement or not. Even if an agency sells for $1 or less (that's terrible, too), there are paper trails of transaction and license agreement in place.
The particular clip they want to give away was a time lapse from a very unique location. I have said explicitly that I would not permit any of my work to be given away for free.
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It is always sad to see one's profession belittled in this way >:(
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