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Pond 5 Sales Dropped Off
liveoutloud:
Hi All. I have been a Pond5 contributor since 2012. While I do not have a ton of clips up there (300 or so), I have some unique clips. 2017 I averaged over $400/month (with less footage up there). 2018 much more volatile with best month being $621 and worst being $235.
2019 however peaked in February and has been dropping like a rock ever since with last month sales being $70.
Has anyone else experienced drop off? Did they change their algorithm or something?
BigBubba:
50% down in earnings since February, I’m not exclusive and I think they made (justified) adjustments to give more exposure to exclusive clips. Hurts my pocket deeply but I saw it coming with the exclusivity thing.
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Daryl Ray:
Check the Pond5 forums. They were/are conducting a test. This test puts a $50 price cap on some searches, and a $80 on others. So if you have clips priced above those price points, Pond5 have intentionally been excluding your clips from the search results. If they can't be be found, they cannot possibly have a chance to sell. Then some staff rep had the nerve to make a post in that thread saying that the test results were positive, which of course means positive for Pond5's bottom line. That excludes everyone he was directly talking to in the forums, who unanimously expressed disappointment and frustration at what's clearly a factor in widely experienced sales drops. This is how disconnected they have become from their former identity of being the most contributor-friendly stock site. Those days seem to be officially over.
He added that they can't be bothered to inform us when they run these asinine tests. Be prepared for a lot more of this non-sense.
BigBubba:
The 50-80 cap...for HD?
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Visualab:
This is due to subscription plans on other agencies guyd..be aware that supporting those subscription plan agencies you will lose sales elsewhere..
Btw it's only a test that will end soon,but artists are wsrned that they can't sell the same clips for peanuts on subscription and sell it elsewhere at normal price with no consequences..
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