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1526
« on: November 21, 2012, 04:39 »
I don't bother keeping track which images get accepted by which site. In the end, it doesn't make a difference. If an image is rejected on one site and accepted on another and I think it is an image that's going to be a big seller I'll see if I can fix the problem, otherwise I'll just continue on with the next image.
I often create folders of 'batches' of images. Once I have a new batch ready (I use batches of 50), I copy those images into an 'upload' folder for each site (so I have 10 copies of the same image on my hard drive - one in each folder for each site). Then after I upload the image, I delete it from the corresponding folder.
1527
« on: November 21, 2012, 04:36 »
Exactly. the best sites are at the top of the poll results. Anything but the top 10 don't generate much for sales, especially if you have a small portfolio. If I were you I'd spend my time figuring out what I needed to do to get accepted at iStock and Shutterstock and perhaps submit to the next 4 sites while I work at it.
1528
« on: November 20, 2012, 08:56 »
I don't know much about this place so I would like to hear how people are doing on Alamy.
not many sales, but some at a very good price, make Alamy worthwhile
Agencieis that are paying 50/50 should get our support as a community!!! It's at least fair so I don't know why people complain so much about an agency like this! Keep in mind if you are non exclusive at iStock then you are earning 15% if you are lucky. If all great artist helped sites that pay 50/50 we would all be in better shape!
50% is good in itself compared to others, but the trend (cutting commissions) is not
furthermore, Alamy is funding medical research, which is commendable; but cutting our percentage to give away to others is not
after all, if they are so confident that they are acting to "grow the business", then they could easily reduce funds to their charity now (they say they give away 89% of profits), in order give away even more lately of course
but how big are the profits. If the company profits are only 2% of gross income.. cutting all their charity which is 89% of profits or 1.78% of their gross wouldn't really add much money to anyone's pockets. What their charity is essentially saying is.. instead of lining the pockets of our investors with giving 100% of the profits to them, we are giving 89% of the profits to charity and only 11% to investors. I like companies like that.
1529
« on: November 20, 2012, 08:25 »
They are very often in the $20-$200 range, sometimes in the $1 range and sometimes in the $300+ range. Here's a collection of my higher RF sales on Alamy over the years.. one reaching $700.
1530
« on: November 20, 2012, 08:15 »
It is depositphotos problem imo.
Too little upload slots at their FTP server to handle all the uploaders.
got it, thanks for the quick reply
1532
« on: November 20, 2012, 08:01 »
Error "160 users (the maximum) are already logged in..."
is this a problem with stock submitter or with depositphotos?
1533
« on: November 20, 2012, 07:26 »
and for the record, here's the email... Dear INSERT-NAME-HERE,
Weve posted some important information on our blog and there is an accompanying video from James West Alamy CEO to explain some changes at Alamy.
In summary;
Your royalty percentage will be decreasing by 10 percentage points in early 2013 for direct and distributor image sales.
The change applies to all images from all our contributors, regardless of which commission structure you are on. For example, Alamy Blue contributors will move from receiving 60% of each sale to receiving 50%. Video royalties will remain unchanged at 50%.
Why are we doing this? Alamy is a profitable business, however we are at a stage in our development where we have reached the limits of our expansion under our current set-up.
Alamy has developed significantly over the past 18 months. We introduced a News Sport and Entertainment division and we are now selling video. Weve started curating the collection for creative picture buyers and continue to bring innovation and high quality service to the editorial market. We have ambitious plans to gain market share from our competitors and grow the business.
Weve increased our sales staff in our core UK and US offices and also in key growth markets such as Germany, India and Australia. Were also simplifying the buying process for our customers by introducing sales focused initiatives such as Alamy iQ.
In early 2013 well unveil our new look website. Alamy is transforming into a Sales and Marketing led business with the ultimate goal of growing sales.
All of this is designed to drive sales and this will be accompanied by further initiatives planned for 2013 to improve the contributor experience.
We understand that reducing your share by ten percentage points cannot be seen as great news in the short term. However, this investment will provide Alamy with the foundation to greatly improve our presence and penetration and so increase sales.
When we made a change like this back in 2008 it was to fund expansion into the US. Weve been true to our word. Our US office sales performance is growing at the rate of 30% year on year. The US is now our largest direct sales operation and we are currently recruiting staff to expand it further. Our experience shows that investing in the right things does pay off.
All contributors will receive a formal notification via email of the changes to the contract.
Thank you for your time.
1534
« on: November 20, 2012, 07:03 »
1:07 - "We have to modify our commission split to bring us in line with the competition"
In other words, everyone else is taking a grotesque amount from the photographer, if we are going to compete, we need to as well.
50% is still good and what I'd call fair but it is still a big disappointment seeing them pressed to do this. Interestingly he corrects the interviewer when she says that alamy is getting 10% more.. he corrects her saying "10 more percentage points".. really Alamy is getting a 25% increase in the share of a sale which is a seriously big amount. All I have to say is hopefully they do something smart with it.
1535
« on: November 20, 2012, 06:59 »
1536
« on: November 20, 2012, 05:30 »
If you are not exclusive then you are free to sell your images on your own site at whatever price point you decide. There is not point in undercutting the agencies though. And, since you posted in the correct area, I'm guessing you've read a bit of the previous threads, but there is a lot of useful information in lots of the threads in this section http://www.microstockgroup.com/selling-direct/
1538
« on: November 20, 2012, 01:43 »
I have a question regarding RM sales:
Is OK to upload on RM sites files that are in sale on RF agencies?
No. You cannot upload an image as both RM and RF. it's either or.
1539
« on: November 20, 2012, 01:38 »
Here are a couple other threads about the subject as well
I had seen those, Leaf, but the newest is one year old and I was looking for more recent feedback.
Araminta, your experience is interesting, very attractive for just 20 images.
Requesting exclusivity is something that doesn't attract me, though. Do they require exclusivity for all images in a series or just the ones they pick?
Ok, glad you saw them. Agreed, it is time for a new thread, just didn't want you to miss the old ones.
1540
« on: November 20, 2012, 01:30 »
Nobody has any idea (including Yuri) who is all being targeted. Perhaps the top 10 sites also sit with a lawsuit regarding these glasses.
1541
« on: November 19, 2012, 17:38 »
I think it would be really interested to see a name attached with a review on Shutterstock. To get to see who the reviewer was. The only site that does this (that I know of) is photodune. kudos to them.
1542
« on: November 19, 2012, 08:43 »
1543
« on: November 19, 2012, 05:33 »
1544
« on: November 18, 2012, 14:42 »
... or could be people signing up to the forum just now and submitting their votes.
1545
« on: November 18, 2012, 14:42 »
just check to see what the email address is. It should be... [email protected] if it is a shutterstock employee.
1546
« on: November 17, 2012, 20:57 »
You nede to let us know what you need the keyword program to do.
I use adobe bridge.
1547
« on: November 16, 2012, 18:26 »
I'm still around and have been around all this time.
I would like to thank everyone who give their honest thoughts about this. even though now I have read from both sides, it doesn't make my decision any easier. but I've decide to go full time and will be approaching microstock on a business level.
thanks again and take care.
congrats, and like others have said. Please check-in again in a year or so.
1548
« on: November 16, 2012, 09:03 »
yep. I was wondering what happened as well. Perhaps someone from Bigstock will chime in???
My last image was transferred on Oct 11.
1549
« on: November 16, 2012, 06:50 »
Thought i'd chime in here again as I've just upgraded to windows 8. So far no issues. It is a bit of a pain having to get used to the start menu being moved to the metro interface but once I get used to it I think it will be just as quick. Overall I'm liking it and it seems pretty identical to windows 7 for most things.
1550
« on: November 16, 2012, 06:47 »
Hi Yuri,
I haven't read all the posts so this may be redundant but their was a french designer furniture company ( Le Corbusier ) last year that won just such a battle and every image with their furniture in it had to be pulled ( Getty is still trying to fight it ). It took our agency a lot of work but that was the final verdict, now their furniture is not in any of our stock agencies. This case sounds very similar and I am afraid might be the catalyst that will cause a great deal of stock imagery to be removed by copy written products. Best of luck I hope this isn't the beginning of the end for stock, please keep us posted. Here is a link to the topic. http://www.bjp-online.com/british-journal-of-photography/news/2140613/getty-images-fights-copyright-infringement-ruling-french-court
Cheers,
Jonathan
P.S. All props should be purchased at Walmart 
I don't think it would be the beginning of the end, but the beginning of companies making products specifically for stock. I can't think of a better advertising source than stock photographers using your glasses, jeans, shirts etc. If a clothing company were to say stock is OK, they could stand to get a lot of advertising out of the deal and we'd save having to remove logos  I'd guess top stock artists would get free clothing / accessories
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