Your results appear to be normal.  Welcome to stock photography 2019. 

Blackbox has a feature that allows contributors to split or assign royalty percentages among multiple parties on a per shot basis.  An interesting concept for productions involving (short term) photo/film making teams.  Will that be possible at Wirestock? 

Also, the FAQ says Wirestock will add video.. (and become a competitor to Blackbox).  Other than having photos, what will make Wirestock better than Blackbox for video contributors?

My Alamy sales almost disappeared and I decided to make a search for my images.
I found my whole older portfolio duplicated from Panthermedia.
Why they even accept duplicates when they are already online uploaded by the original contributor.
I don't upload to Panthermedia for last few years, but now I will close my account.

I removed my material from Panthermedia (three years ago) to escape their partner program.  They do not offer an opt out.  I expect better from Alamy though...  Makes me wonder where else they are sourcing material. 

I saw one of my exclusive clips on Adobestock. How is this exclusive at all? SMH

Did you opt into the Pond5 Partner program?

Quote from: KuriousKat on May 09, 2019, 12:55

Shutterstock have a habit of telling the customers what is going on and forgetting to tell the contributors:

https://www.shutterstock.com/blog/canvas-art-gallery-shutterstock-api?utm_content=post_1_en_The~Canvas~Art~Gallery~Integrates~Shutterstock~API~to~Diversify~Quality~Prints&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=platform_us_partnership_2019_04&utm_source=facebook&utm_term=1_1_facebook_1

Wonder how much the contributor gets when one of their shots is used for a 70x100cm wall print?

Looks like my whole port is there.... 

Quote from: Pauws99 on April 27, 2019, 07:30

Quote from: noodle on April 26, 2019, 06:39

I would be interested to know what happens if you ever get the chance to pursue someone via lawyer for misuse/thief of images.

I don�t hear of too many successful pursuits in this area, which is why I think that many contributers are resigned to stay with micros like SS even though they have a could care less attitude.

Respect for taking a bold move like this, and wishing you success.

I wouldn't be at all surprised if any successful action would include a non-disclosure agreement unfortunately. Personally I wouldn't allow them in any circumstances.

What SS don't want is the extent of thievery being disclosed in the public sphere as has been done. Although it's understandable that they wish to product their interests, it shows their lack of transparency and conservatism.

With the above in mind, I've made a proposal to them to help wack those moles and keep it out of record, even going as far as signing a NDA. Waiting for an answer but have no expectations. This would, in my opinion, be a fair compromise and help to achieve some of the aims set out in the original wackamole thread.

Rather than worrying about thievery being disclosed... they should content match their existing online content and close out the thieves. 
 

Quote from: jonbull on April 22, 2019, 10:57

Quote from: Sean Locke Photography on April 22, 2019, 09:46

Everything is bad.  AS is half what it was last month, Canva, 10% of highs, Pond, one sale so far.

canta is finished. worst than can stock. what getty touch become crap i already wrote and is so true. since mid december i have only 0,35 cent sale. unbelievable.

Getty owns Canva?

Getty made a deal to supply Canva with photos... which is cutting into Canva contributor sales. 

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

Shutterstock outperforms Pond5 for me.  So... Going exclusive does not make financial sense for my portfolio.   

Re: Vimeo pricing, our list (non-member) prices are $79 for HD and $199 for 4K for non-exclusive footage, and $299 HD, $499 4K for exclusive footage. Paid Vimeo members get a discount of 20%.

Dozens of my videos are showing on Vimeo via Pond 5 despite my opt out of the Pond 5 Global Partner Program.  Please explain the details of the deal with Pond 5. 

I read about Vimeo stock and was then surprised to find my files from blackbox and pond5 there. Not everything, looks like they take a selection.

But from what I read at the moment I cannot join as an individual artist.

If both have the same contract, then my income from BB should be higher than pond5. However..unless I buy my own files I will never know

For a new place it is a good way to source content. They don't have to deal with masses of contributors and just pick and chose what they like.

I just found a few dozen of my videos at Vimeo via Pond 5.... Surprising because I am opted out of the Pond 5 partner program (and all video partner programs).  They are also showing my real name, not my company / contributor name.  Anyone else "surprised" to be selling there?

There is room for a Stocksy style coop for the common folk.  Stocksy has done a great job of creating an artsy boutique agency... a larger big tent coop could also succeed. 

Symbiostock failed because it did not unite everyone around a simple effective search engine and user interface.  A uniformed landing page with clear licensing terms would do better than a collection of different looking semi-connected portfolio templates.   

That sucks.  I see my best sellers there.