Quite simply, Pond5 took their (unfair) cut. That's how stock agencies make their money. You have to take this into account when setting your prices on P5.

You're priced quite cheap for footage in my opinion. $50 absolute minimum on P5 and I price my footage on how rare/unique the content is.

Average sale for a video is $53 right now. Exclusive account. Last 5 sales:
53,4
53,4
47,4
96,6
57,4

And here's my last 5 non-exclusive sales. Earnings at far right...

Quote from: Pacesetter on December 13, 2022, 15:09

And here's my last 5 non-exclusive sales. Earnings at far right...

Good ones.
The exclusivity is not compensating the losses incurred from not selling through other platforms.

Yes indeed, totally agree.

I had two videos sell, which I priced at $50 and $179.

4K: Movie Tickets Spin To Stop On Single Ticket   HD   $4.79   GPP   $4.79   $1.92
clock: time moving fast causing spinning hands   HD   $5.99   GPP   $5.99   $2.40

Whatever.

The buyer told you his price, how much he thinks your video is worth. And bought at this price. It is better to set the minimum prices for the video, then there are more chances that they will buy at least for the minimum price. It's rare that anyone can sell a video for their price on a pond.

Quote from: Sean Locke Photography on December 13, 2022, 18:32

I had two videos sell, which I priced at $50 and $179.

4K: Movie Tickets Spin To Stop On Single Ticket   HD   $4.79   GPP   $4.79   $1.92
clock: time moving fast causing spinning hands   HD   $5.99   GPP   $5.99   $2.40

Whatever.

The buyer told you his price, how much he thinks your video is worth. And bought at this price. It is better to set the minimum prices for the video, then there are more chances that they will buy at least for the minimum price. It's rare that anyone can sell a video for their price on a pond.

those sales are gpp sales,a special deal pond5 has with some agencies,it's not the buyers that decides the price....again,you don't understand the logic of buyers...they don't buy a clip because it has a low price they buy a clip because they need it and fits their project regardless the price....i'd understand your logic if we sold bread,fortunately we sell footages and they all differ from composition ,colors,motion,subject and so on....