Quote from: 50% on October 07, 2015, 05:58

Vote against editorial! And with Adobe Stock it would be crazy to offer it!

Er why?

Did you use Adobe stock? Designer implement their pictures directly this would lead to have edititorial pictures in commercial design this would lead to serious legal issues with key customers (ad and design agencies) of Adobe. They would be crazy to offer it now!

your balance on indivual agencies turns green so you know you can cash these out

I see always in new images in vector category, 2 page, same or similar crap pictures accepted? Why?
For example check this portfolio http://www.shutterstock.com/gallery-2940841p22.html?safesearch=1
Scroll in this portfoliop few pages. And many many crap portfolio. The quality of the pictures suppress a lot of waste.
Why? I dont understand

Similar picture is currently title photo of iStock starting page!
http://www.istockphoto.com/

Lol with a name like Rainer123 you can only recommend 123rf. I'm waiting for user  Asterix500 to recommend 500px

Spammers go to hell!!

So increasing your chances to have more sales is a bad idea?

From a buyers side we wan't hazzle free images and don't wanna worry about image rights, you can use editorial images only in very specific circumstances and this differs from country to country thats not hazzle free.
From a contributor side I don't think microstock is the right outlet for editorial images, there are excepctions like simple shots from Logos like Apple, Google, Facebook but in general no, demand is too low for microstock prices and it's also better suited as RM.

Blast from the past! Thanks for sharing!

Don't forget this guy.  He's added even more!
http://www.shutterstock.com/portfolio/search.mhtml?gallery_landing=1&gallery_id=1256674&page=1&safesearch=1&sort_method=newest

That's Oringer's personal portfolio, he has enough money to get stoned every day

I do get 50% too from Stockimo I think it's now 40% for Alamy contributors so still okay. Stockimo has a different look and afaik they advertise differently/separately to buyers, what I heard it's quite successful. Most of my mobile shots are with Eyeem though because I prefer their submission process. I did sell some mobile shots but so far nothing great.

This is not great! Actually this is the most normal thing we are just spoiled by the terrible treatment of other agencies, in comparison to these agencies it looks great but again most normal thing. Anyway thank you Adobe for reasonable fairness!

the D200 is ten years old I wouldn't bother with repairing on such an old digital camera it's truly not worth it.

Quote from: cobalt on June 23, 2015, 10:42

getty is 20% for rf.

you can have the same files on several macro agencies, but you need a distributor to do it for you, I don�t know if single artists can also have their own distribution deal. but the macro agencies all sublicense their content to each other. So you need to talk to several, ask about their contracts and then sign up with the agency that promises you the widest exposure.

Can you say what royalty rate a distribution deal pays?

80% getty 20% distribution agency  normally you get 50% from a distribution agency so it is about 10%, but this is only for Getty with other agencies, distribution agencies get better deals and Getty is not the agency most of the money comes in from my distribution agencies.