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« on: November 23, 2024, 13:04 »
not a single sale since 8 months...used to sell 15/20 clips per month....
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« on: February 16, 2024, 07:43 »
Hello everybody,
I've been approached by a manager from Freepik Company;
- We found your portfolio and we would like you to become a contributor in Freepik as well. This would be a non-exclusive agreement and we would pay you a fixed price for this content that will be offered for free to our users.
Did this already happened to anyone? What are your thoughts?
they approached me as well...i won't give to them any of my files...i don't want to lose sales on other agencies for few bucks...
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« on: February 08, 2024, 13:12 »
I suggest Adobe also make the price the same for HD and 4K video (for non-subscription sales). This will lead to more 4k sales and creator income.
At the very least, we will see whether the buyer even needs 4K. But the fact that the buyer is bad at buying 4K means that the price for 4K is high for the buyer.
Initially, the price for video was formed on the market; previously there was only HD. The advent of 4K should not lead to higher prices for video.
you must a troll....or you are very bad at make your business....
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« on: November 10, 2023, 12:45 »
if you click on the clip it brings you to istock site.....so those are clips that istock sells through videvo....
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« on: July 20, 2023, 15:03 »
my rpd at adobe is around 8/9$...only video...shutterstock performs better,pond5 even better but less volume...
It's possible that buyers who find your clips on Pond5 then search on Adobe Stock and Shutterstock and buy much cheaper there rather than buying on Pond5. Buyers actually shop around, just like we shop around comparing prices all the time.
that's not my case...it goes this way since i started 12 years ago when subscription model didn't exist for footage...pond5 has always been a good earner for me but it has always had a low volume of sales....
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« on: July 20, 2023, 09:14 »
my rpd at adobe is around 8/9$...only video...shutterstock performs better,pond5 even better but less volume...
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« on: April 07, 2023, 18:01 »
Got my first payment since the currency chnage. Lost 11,58% of my income. Thanks for nothing, Adobe.
They need extra money to feed the deep AI mouth... and build our (no?) future...
Nha, they need extra money to make some CEOs, managers and shareholders even richer. Maximizing profit is really all companies care about. That's what capitalism is about. And that's not even what I am holding against them. After all I am looking to maximize my profit as well (with the only difference that I am not already a millionaire) Just wish they'd find other ways to do this than by taking it away from the very people their business was build on.
the only thing we can do to save some money is not to buy adobe product....
No need since Adobe is giving their products for free to worthy contributors 
most of us have only 1 app for free...for the missing apps there are other solutions...
I guess you have 2: LR and PS, right?
no,i do only video,so i got AE...but you miss the point...i could afford all the apps with no problem but if they want to maximaze their profit on my shoulder i'll do the same...this is business...
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« on: April 07, 2023, 04:08 »
Got my first payment since the currency chnage. Lost 11,58% of my income. Thanks for nothing, Adobe.
They need extra money to feed the deep AI mouth... and build our (no?) future...
Nha, they need extra money to make some CEOs, managers and shareholders even richer. Maximizing profit is really all companies care about. That's what capitalism is about. And that's not even what I am holding against them. After all I am looking to maximize my profit as well (with the only difference that I am not already a millionaire) Just wish they'd find other ways to do this than by taking it away from the very people their business was build on.
the only thing we can do to save some money is not to buy adobe product....
No need since Adobe is giving their products for free to worthy contributors
most of us have only 1 app for free...for the missing apps there are other solutions...
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« on: April 06, 2023, 15:18 »
Got my first payment since the currency chnage. Lost 11,58% of my income. Thanks for nothing, Adobe.
They need extra money to feed the deep AI mouth... and build our (no?) future...
Nha, they need extra money to make some CEOs, managers and shareholders even richer. Maximizing profit is really all companies care about. That's what capitalism is about. And that's not even what I am holding against them. After all I am looking to maximize my profit as well (with the only difference that I am not already a millionaire) Just wish they'd find other ways to do this than by taking it away from the very people their business was build on.
the only thing we can do to save some money is not to buy adobe product....
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« on: March 08, 2023, 14:37 »
So thanks to Adobe  I'm now looking into using Wise to cut down on the USD -> Euro Paypal conversion fees. But from what I understood, if you are located in Europe you need to have a business Wise account to be able to withdraw from Paypal in USD, so you can take advantage of the free PayPal->Wise transfer in USD and a "cheap" conversion from USD to Euro within Wise. And you have to pay 50 Euro to open that business account. Is anyone here who already done that? Is it worth the 50 Euro? Or is it better to use Payoneer with their 2% conversion fee?
i tried wise end even revolut...the problem is that paypal won't let you withdraw usd (i'm italian resident)....i talked to the customer service and they say i can't withdraw usd because italian regulation doesn't allow to withdraw usd from an online service...but if you use xoom which is owned by paypal you are able to withdraw usd if you have an usd debit card or usd bank account..by the way,i don't know if this rule applies to all the countries in europe so you can try to link a revolut standard card to your paypal and try to withdraw from paypal to the card and then exchange in euro inside revolut....paypal is doing its best to block this kind of transfers because this is the only source of income for them the customer service said... it would be nice if agencies allow us to use wise or revolut but i'm afraid they are in business with paypal and payoneer....let me know if have success with revolut...the virtual card i linked is free,no need to have a plastic card
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« on: March 03, 2023, 04:05 »
A quick note to confirm the last few questions...
Due to the current conversion to USD, a withdrawal is temporarily not possible.
As of Friday, March 3, the payout will be possible again.
Future payouts will be processed in US Dollars.
Thank you,
Mat Hayward
thieves.
? Bizare comment... a US company pays you in US $ for you to convert into your own currency at the official exchange rate and you call them thieves?
I appreciate you maybe disappointed that you're no longer get more than the official exchange rate (some of us were getting a lot less than the official rate) but rather than call them thieves (which is inaccurate) maybe a thank you for all those years they paid you more than they had too?
adobe isn"t canadian?? by the way thr point is why they convert euro to 1 dollar credit when an 1euro exchange to 1.06$?
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« on: February 28, 2023, 11:26 »
I tried to setup my Wise account but how do I link my Paypal account (which has USD as primary currency) to my Wise USD account? I can only link a bank using IBAN...But my Wise USD account doesn't have IBAN.
another way around could be send money from paypal using xoom to transfer usd to your wise usd account...it takes some fee that depends on the amount...2000$ 25 fee 1000$ 17,75 fee..from there you can convert usd inside wise...unfortunately paypal doesn't allow to transfer usd to euro account neither link an usd bank account...
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« on: February 27, 2023, 11:30 »
the issue with paypal and payoneer is not the commission they take which is around 3% but the exchange rate much higher than the official one...i found "wise" as an alternative to withdraw to bank account...official exchange rate plus 0,51% commission...it's one more step to be taken between paypal and your bank account but it worth..
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« on: February 26, 2023, 11:22 »
I made between $600 and $20,000 USD on Envato this year (both Envato Market and Envato Elements combined).
what does it mean?? 600 is much lower that 20000....
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« on: February 24, 2023, 12:20 »
dollar exchange never went down to 1 to 1 apart for a couple of month last year
And even THEN I got less than 1 for a $, because PayPal's exchange rate was worse than the official one and they added their exchange fee.
yes,paypal exchange never matches the official one...at the end we lose around 4/5% ...
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« on: February 24, 2023, 10:31 »
From my point of view i see a benefit being paid in USD.
Probably its just my opinion but i think inflation will get worse in Europe next years.
USD will do better. The 3% PayPal currency exchange rate is annoying but maybe it will be better to keep income in USD at PayPal.
Just if you don't need the microstock money every month at your Euro bank account.
i've been paid in dollar since 12 years ago from different agencies an i can tell you that dollar exchange never went down to 1 to 1 apart for a couple of month last year....the average is 1 euro=1,15 dollar and if you add paypal 3% commission you get the math....
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« on: February 23, 2023, 08:25 »
@MatHayward, please let us have an option do withdraw USD to a bank account directly!
If it's too much hustle for small amounts, limit bank withdrawal to 2-5-10k$ or whatever amount you find reasonable.
PayPal is taking too much of a fee for conversion USD to my local currency (and no option to withdraw USD).
I'm losing minimum 60$ to PayPal each month, which is 720$ a year only for currency conversion!
do you know how the bank conversion rate is?? i'm afraid that is pretty close to paypal conversion rate....
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« on: February 22, 2023, 18:24 »
I wonder if it would be possible for Adobe to offer a conversion service to Euros or other currencies. Adobe is a huge company, I am sure they would get much, much better conversion rates than if we as artists all do it ourselves as individuals.
Why leave any bonus from conversion to paypal? Adobe could even take a small cut for themselves if they offer us a better rate. It could be a win win for all involvedjust not for paypal.
And it would be a service other agencies dont bother to offer.
actually adobe earns lot of money from converting 1 euro credit to 1 us credit because in the last several years i can't recall euro to be lower than 1$ aparr for few months...so they don't care if we have to do an extra conversion on paypal or whatever...they all of the sudden have found a way to make money with the least effort on our shoulders...
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« on: February 22, 2023, 14:32 »
another 10% cut for non us contributors...meanwhile we have to buy content in euro in europe....thanks adobe,we'll remember "without you there is no us" when it comes to pay for your softwares...
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« on: January 16, 2023, 12:32 »
Could Mavic 3 be an alternative for both drones? It depends where you want to travel to, but for example here in Europe it just got the C1 certification label and you don't need to keep distance from people any more, which makes flying much simpler. But it still has to be registered..
It's the registration that's causing the issue for my upcoming trip. The Australian Aviation website won't let me register in advance, and also insists that uploaded ID has to be certified by a solicitor before upload or that I get my ID certified on arrival. The Mini is small enough that it doesn't require registration, so makes travelling with a drone much easier, (provided the quality is there).
actually even drones under 250g has to be registred because of the camera....
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« on: January 05, 2023, 17:48 »
buyers looks for a clip that fits their project....forget about codec or price.....do i look for an apple shot in prores if i need an orange??
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« on: December 18, 2022, 06:39 »
@visualab
I havent really uploaded videos to istock in ages, preparing a first batch right now.
I have around 1000 clips on pond5 with a wild mix of content and also a wild mix of prices, including a few mobile phone clips priced really low. But I still had pretty regular sales.
On pond5 there are people with 30 000 clips reporting similar things. Maybe they are streamlining plans with the new owners and halted their marketing efforts for a while.
Most people dont seem to send video to istock, but I know a few people that do and that are satisfied with returns. So will give it a try and in 18 months see where it goes.
Unfortunately istock does not take editorial video, which is usually a good seller for me.
i did try istock as well with few hundreds clips but it's not for me...rpd of 2/3$ is too low in my opinion and i don't want to take the risk of cannibalize my sales on other agencies where they sell for more....
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« on: December 17, 2022, 11:01 »
Very worried about pond5, my sales have dropped a lot since July and if I get a sale it is for tiny amounts.
Will try to upload to my exclusive account as well, so in 2023 I will have 3 video streams, general non exclusive, content for Blackbox and exclusive content for pond5.
be aware that pond5 match the price,so if you sell a video that is available on other agency at lower price pond5 match that price,maybe this could be the reason of your tiny amounts...
not really, i no longer have an account on shutterstock and the other content goes to exclusive places.
most of my videos are on pond5, not officially exclusive, but I am not really bothering to upload elsewhere.
I havent really had significant sales since July. It is very weird.
that's strange,i'm at pond5 since 2012 and my earning is pretty stable..how many clips do you have??do you focus on a niche or shot different kind of subjects??btw i meant that if you have a.video on istock priced at 50 and you sell this video on pond5 they could match istock price...
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« on: December 17, 2022, 03:26 »
Very worried about pond5, my sales have dropped a lot since July and if I get a sale it is for tiny amounts.
Will try to upload to my exclusive account as well, so in 2023 I will have 3 video streams, general non exclusive, content for Blackbox and exclusive content for pond5.
be aware that pond5 match the price,so if you sell a video that is available on other agency at lower price pond5 match that price,maybe this could be the reason of your tiny amounts...
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« on: December 15, 2022, 18:38 »
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....
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