Quote from: Goofy on August 03, 2014, 10:10

and I've made a whopping $.35 this month to continue this NIGHTMARE!

if they had accepted similars, it would be 35cts times the number of approved similars
i think dreamstime has gone noddy nod and is no more than a social-media, collecting likes for fb !!!

Are you one of the guys that would do the same tomato from a hundred angles - do you think that a buyer on a site that would accept them all would buy all 100?

 �So what would be the use if you get a number saying "the average Stocksy contributor makes 5% of his total royalties compared to Shutterstock"? It wouldn't say anything because it could be that (like in my case) they have >2.000 images on micrstock and <200 images on Stocksy. Or it could be that they have about even numbers on micro and on Stocksy. Or they could have images on Stocksy only. So what use would it be to compare an image exclusive agency to all those non-exclusive microstock platforms?
 

Actually that would be interesting info..  Using your example numbers, it would mean that images earn about half what they do on SS so something a little better than DT or FT except harder to get approved.
Very similar vibe to what exclusivity at IS had in the past but with a fraction of the revenue?

Quote from: USA27 on August 01, 2014, 13:46

Looks like the credit ranking download is not good business strategies in the long run, is stuck in the months same performance... when I spoke with admin...how to increase sales?...the answer was they don't know what sales (random)... but also told them the reviewers are too picky and increasing the portfolio is a freak problem... in resume...not good air in there.

a long time ago ... well, not so long ago before i fell asleep in dreamstime... i was told eveything affects your ranking; from ratio approval, partaking in their blog, anything including the kitchen sink 

I believe that was an april fools joke some years ago - bet they're sorry they did that  

Why post at the end of a 7 year old thread?

 Those who are opt in on DPC, they say:
 
 we need time to figure out of DPC is hurting our sells on other sites or not.
 
 But they don't have a clue of where the sells come from on their list of sold images, either from Fotolia and DPC.
 
 then they see less ODDs on Shutterstock and say that there is no proof that DPC is responsible for that loss.
 
 then they see a day with more ODD and SOD and post "oh see? see? that'a proof that DPC is not hurting our sells"
 
 How can they possibly guess, if in one day they have 100 subs + 7 ODDs, that in reality they could have 110 subs + 10 ODDs if they weren't on DPC..
 
 I would like them to explain, how possibly can they prove/know for sure, in a year from now, that their sells were/are not being affected by DPC.
 
 Because I must be really dumb, but I can't see a way to realize that.
 

Conversely, how can you prove / know for sure that they are?
As far as I�m concerned the jury is out.  A few cents per sale is across the board not just this one site AND it�s the only place that pays in � which is a 35% bonus at the moment.

Almost more profitable to submit to alamy???

it would probably mean folks paying to have their images there something like faa

Is stocksy a great agency?  Take away the elitist element, is it making more for contributors than those agencies that the rest of the great unwashed contribute to? (no sarcasm here, genuine question)


I see no evidence that the OP is not concerned with a USP - quite reasonable that this might take a bit of thought but a different USP is not the same as no USP.

That's what I'm talking about, while 200 similar images like that go through, my 5 totally unique landscapes from Macedonia or whatever get banned. It's like composition doesn't matter anymore, as long as you have a super fancy camera. That's why I strongly prefer IS atitude over SS when it comes to image acceptance.

The reviewers are not the problem, the competition (other contributors) is and landscape has got to be one of the toughest areas in which to compete.  I do OKish images that don't sell particularly well but hardly ever get a rejection because there is less competition.

nett is a valid spelling in english

The very one

I thought that also but noticed someone with lower sales on DT but 4 times the port shows higher...