This will be a fun video to make for my channel. Please don't fall for their Partner Program! Just move on from this site and do everything to not promote it. Really sad I wasted 100's of hours of my time with them that I will never get back! A LOSER move for sure. Don't look back and promote those sites that pay, I know it is tempting to try the Partner Program but that is a dead end! There in no financial gain for that program in the long run don't fall for it!

New Video on the subject https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3Fqmkew9T8

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Sorry but this is needed again! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZyeQmy3BV70

I was never asked and would have said NO like I have with all the others who have asked.

Hint, model and property released commercial content is where it is at!

Many of you know my history as I have been in this business for over 14 years. It is time to get smart! Oh I am so tired of hearing the dooms day it's no use.....blah blah blah Getty images makes deals with Canva, Animoto...... and the list goes on you would be amazed at how may places they are scrambling to sign up to their Premium Access! So like sheep to the slaughter you keep submitting your content to them and then complain?? I was Exclusive with Getty for 8 years, it was all great in the beginning but they kept making side deals with my content where I got paid nothing while they get an access fee from these companies every month and that fee is not small! Now you get your 0.025 cents and should be happy right? Nothing stays the same so I had to drop my exclusive status and scramble like mad to spread out my content to other sites and it worked well for me but trust me it was a ton of work. Now I have decided to go with Pond5 Exclusive and yes in a few years they could pull the same crazy stunt and I will have to scramble again, at least this time I have a better plan to speed things up! Markets change and time doesn't sit still but I am still living my dream and loving life. Now on video subs. keep in mind people don't post stock video clips on social media for fun! advertisers use stock but the general person will not, these companies are just using your content as a commodity to make themselves richer! It is our choice to allow that or not! I feel 60% is a very fair commission for my clips and will ride that train with joy as long as I can. Do what works for you I always say but stop the dooms day whaling and do something about it.

Funny Pond5 is more then double on my income vs SS this year!

No name producer. Hey Bill did you see film hero? .. I sure did... go ahead and get the 6 month sub at $179.00 and download all the clips he has... sure thing boss we gotta love guys like him who doesn't know the value of their work! Hey boss we don't need all those...take them anyway who knows what we will need in the future and be sure to cancel the subscription when you are done! We can check back in a few years to see if we want to do this again.

If you want to make your own site then do so! at least charge $49.00 per clip which for your quality will still bring you a lot more money then your sub. program! Also most buyers need more options so the subscription will not have a lot of value in a couple of months.

The answer. Use Pond5 Exclusive, market your work like you own the site! be creative produce new and better content and refuse to give it away. Buyers will come for quality work. I sell high priced work everyday!

You have to have some trust somewhere in this industry. I see Pond5 as the best option now for video.

Oh good another site I can make a youtube video on to warn artist to stay away! This is total crap and I would advise you not post here! We have no interest or desire to promote your business.

Yes, that is the big difference, they said they would promote the market more once they cut our rate. That was a full-blown lie! With pond5 they promote all our content we are not punished by not having our work in the membership. I understand the limited membership and for some it has worked well. Pond5 is also going to focus on advertising Exclusive work. If Storyblocks were honest they would have promoted the market a lot more but they chose to be sneaky and try to get artist to move to the membership plan for peanuts where you have zero control on your earnings!