Attention: IS exclusivity is not the same as FT!
FT allows exclusivity by photo, IS only allows contributor exclusivity.
You say you sell other pictures at higher prices. If these are licensed as RF, than IS exclusivity is not for you...

I see one big difference between StockXpert and Fotolia here:
At StockXpert you have to opt in to have your pictures offered on partner sites.
At Fotolia you don't even know where else they are offered... (and that is what I call unprofessional).

It should be:

1 credit = 1$ = 0.71Eur

No. It should be 1 credit = 1 Eur. Like it is.
And then they can convert to $ and Pound at the actual rate once a month or once a week or whatever (doesn't affect me, since I'm registered in FT Germany, but it would be fairer).

Just curious about one thing... Which side everyones water toilet twirls. Clockwise or counter clockwise. Maybe people in other hemisphere see their toilet water twirls the other way... Just did a test and it twirls clockwise

That's a myth.

Quote:

"Draining in bathtubs and toilets

A misconception in popular culture is that water in bathtubs or toilets always drains in one direction in the Northern Hemisphere, and in the other direction in the Southern Hemisphere as a consequence of the Coriolis effect. This idea has been perpetuated by several television programs, including an episode of The Simpsons and one of The X-Files.[19] In addition, several science broadcasts and publications (including at least one college-level physics textbook) have made this incorrect statement.[20]

The Rossby number can also tell us about the bathtub. If the length scale of the tub is about L = 1 m, and the water moves towards the drain at about U = 60 cm/s, then the Rossby number is about 6 000. Thus, the bathtub is, in terms of scales, much like a game of catch, and rotation is unlikely to be important.

Some sources that incorrectly attribute draining direction to the Coriolis force also get the direction wrong. If the Coriolis force were the dominant factor, drain vortices would spin counterclockwise in the northern hemisphere and clockwise in the southern.

In reality the Coriolis effect is a few orders of magnitude smaller than various random influences on drain direction, such as the geometry of the container and the direction in which water was initially added to it. Most toilets flush in only one direction, because the toilet water flows into the bowl at an angle.[21] If water shot into the basin from the opposite direction, the water would spin in the opposite direction.[22]

When the water is being drawn towards the drain, the radius of its rotation around the drain decreases, so its rate of rotation increases from the low background level to a noticeable spin in order to conserve its angular momentum (the same effect as ice skaters bringing their arms in to cause them to spin faster). As shown by Ascher Shapiro in a 1961 educational video (Vorticity, Part 1), this effect can indeed reveal the influence of the Coriolis force on drain direction, but only under carefully controlled laboratory conditions. In a large, circular, symmetrical container (ideally over 1m in diameter and conical), still water (whose motion is so little that over the course of a day, displacements are small compared to the size of the container) escaping through a very small hole, will drain in a cyclonic fashion: counterclockwise in the Northern hemisphere and clockwise in the Southern hemisphere�the same direction as the Earth rotates with respect to the corresponding poles."

taken from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coriolis_effect

of course the rejections have increased.The total number of contributors has increased hence more files to inspect and i would imagine the rejection....not suitable as stock will increase as the library grows.
IMO there is still too many files getting  accepted into the library that are not microstock although technically sound. This is being addressed in the new year with a 3 tier library.

That would make sense, if the rejections were for "not stock". But they are for other reasons...

Maybe I am missing somethin but I don't really understand how you would consider cannabilization.  Firstly, if it is a concern, the only remedy is going exclusive somewhere.  Secondly, it is based on the customers' cost for the image not the contributors' earnings and so out of the contributors' control.  Thirdly, I can't imagine being able to collect any meaningful data on the amount of cannibalization going on.

I used the highest sub rate at SS for comparison simply because it is the highest I could find. Presumably anyone considering selling their images on a subscription basis would think that is an acceptable rate or would not be considering selling on a subscription basis anywhere.

SS's On Demand sales present something of a problem and I didn't consider EL sales on either site  or StockXpert PPD sales either.  However, as I said I was really only trying to find a competitive rate for subscriptions.  A better analysis would certainly include these things but for many - certainly for me - enough information is available to make an opt-in/opt-out decision on StockXpert.

fred

I don't disagree, but if you do not consider cannibalization, where is a point in not opting in?
Then it would be all extra earnings...

So essentially cannibalization (of higher paid earnings either on StockXpert or elsewhere) is the only unkown in the equation.

It seems to me that to answer the question about whether to opt in or out of subs at StockXpert you need to know if the bonus of the high commission on the occasional photos.com/Jupitor sales offsets the low $0.30 subscription commission.

For me it is easy.  I still only get $0.25 per sub at SS so why would I not sell the same pictures at the StockXpert $0.30 sub rate and the possibility (haven't seen any yet) of a few very high commission sales to boost the average.  Currently about 80% of my earnings on StockXpert are from StockXpert PPDs and it is my best site (IS,SS,FT,BigStock,123 are the others) for average earnings per download.

For others you might look at it like this.  If you are selling subs at other sites at a higher rate than StockXpert, then figure what you would make on 1000 sub downloads and see what you need from StockXpert/photos.com/JI subs on StockXpert to get the same per image return.  For instance, if you are getting $0.38 per sub dl on SS then you need to make $80.00 in high commission photos.com/JI sales for ever 1000 downloads to get the same return from StockXpert as you get from SS.

SS      1000 dl @ $0.38 = $380
StockXpert    1000 dl @ $0.30 = $300
                 Difference   = $ 80
If StockXpert high commission sales are greater than the  $80.00  difference then opting in for subs allows a better return than the highest commission at SS. (Disregarding SS On Demand Sales.)

I'm just a newby in this business so maybe I am missing something but it seems clear to me that opting in for subs at StockXpert is nearly always the best course of action.

c  h e e r s
fred

I think you're missing a point.
If the difference of $ 80 has to be "made up" by higher commision sales, that assumes that by offering your files at StockXpert for subscription will cannibalize ALL your subscription sales at SS.

So in your example it would mean:
Currently (opted out at StockXpert) you make 1000 x 0,38 $ at SS = 380 $.
If you opt in, you will make
(1000 - X) x 0,38 $ at SS (X determines the number of sales made on StockXpert instead of on SS)
+
(X + Y) x 0,30 $ at StockXpert (Y is the number of subs you get from StockXpert that are not made by customers switching from SS)

And you have to factor in the amount of "on demand" sales at StockXpert that might be replaced by subs (which is hard to know, especially in advance).

So you have to subtract Z (with Z < Y) x your RPD at StockXpert for on demand downloads.

So actually, trying to attack that problem with mathematics ends up in a number of variables you have no way of knowing...

try this one:
www.deepmeta.com
it helps.

it didn't work yesterday for me, but today everything worked just fine as usual.

... to 1 � per credit (was 0,83 � before).
That is an increase of roughly 20%.
It was about time that there are some good news from FT after the recent changes (subs, ranking...).

Thanks for that nice christmas present 

Don't know about any changes for other currencies though...

Not quite as long, but some pending since Nov 13, over a week now...
I'll just wait a bit longer.

to other religion and some other nationalities, christmas is in february.

other religions? christmas?

I must have missed that lesson back in school   

As I started this thread a short update after one month in:
110 images online (I try to submit batches of 5 to 10 about every other day)
About 100 sales so far.
From an RPI perspective SS instantly moved to the number one position