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« on: April 12, 2017, 13:30 »
Sales so slow I just wonder if it's a reporting issue and hopefully not actually a sales issue.
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« on: April 11, 2017, 00:22 »
I guess the improvements have crashed the system as payments haven't updated for 10 hours!
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« on: April 10, 2017, 00:48 »
Well again today it seems odd. It looks like I got Friday's report on Monday. If not then I just had the best Saturday ever... 5 times or more so that can't be right. Is it just me?
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« on: April 09, 2017, 00:56 »
Anyone else notice odd reporting of sales from Pond5 like a day of missing sales and then a day of sales all grouped together? A couple of poor days then one great one.
I know that there's a couple of days delay (I'm guessing two anyway?). Just seems like it's off and erratic.
So Sundays email should be for Friday's sales. Right?
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« on: April 05, 2017, 13:46 »
Well March on SS wasn't too bad but just the first few days of April look terrible. Mainly video.
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« on: March 19, 2017, 01:35 »
Are you guys actually seeing video sales on 123RF? I'm just starting out so wondering if it's worth it... then I need to consider those tiers.
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« on: March 18, 2017, 00:33 »
Thanks Banana 
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« on: March 17, 2017, 16:12 »
Anyone using Analytics software for their video portfolios? I'm keen to know ROI from shoots for Shutterstock and Pond5. Fotolio, Deposit, iStock and Videoblocks would be a bonus but not essential. I could really use one Thanks in advance.
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« on: March 15, 2017, 16:38 »
Model Releases - I take a photo of them holding their signed Model Release (Head shot and filled in form).
For one it allows me to remember their face against their details and two it's evidence that they are who they said they were.
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« on: March 12, 2017, 15:23 »
Yep, Given up with Pond 5 in the last 3 months. Sales dropped to a fraction of what they once were and getting material accepted reduced. Save your time and go with someone else.
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« on: March 10, 2017, 10:05 »
Payday has passed. It's such a hard hill climb that you'll make a loss before your stamina runs out.
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« on: January 18, 2017, 13:26 »
Not blocked but no thumbnails have shown up all day (UK) so not right either.
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« on: December 16, 2016, 15:35 »
$4800 all agencies combined in one day 
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« on: October 26, 2016, 02:26 »
Oh Spacestock you do make me laugh with your exaggerations lol.... $5000 indeed. No 'silly beans' you should just raise it to $50 or $70 because your work is very nice indeed. Some lovely animations like that command a good price. I actually need some space clips for a Microsoft corporate video I'm producing. I'm off to videohive to look for it first  Thanks for the tip.
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« on: October 24, 2016, 12:30 »
OK, what's the bad news? Sorry but can you point out any bad changes you've spotted?
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« on: October 23, 2016, 04:46 »
Spacestock, What price do you have for your clips on Pond5 out of interest?
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« on: October 21, 2016, 15:29 »
Daryl pretty much summed it up perfectly. Protect the business for the long term. BTW for the first time ever, Pond5 will be my highest earner over SS this month. That's because I raised my prices a few months back from $59 to $79 across the board. I'm selling more clips at a better price. 25% increase in sales.
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« on: October 11, 2016, 11:53 »
Pablito, Yes same strategy and it works. I've increased from $69 to $79 HD and yes $149 for 4K
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« on: October 10, 2016, 12:16 »
Good idea Pablito. Let us know how you get on. There are plenty of people who would love to see this working for you. BTW what price did you begin with? Are we talking $10 or vastly more?
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« on: October 09, 2016, 11:45 »
Let me also try and influence you by saying that some of my individual clips make at least $10K per year. I wish that were true for all of them I won't give out my name so you're going to have to trust me here Another reason that I'll stay anonymous is because I've also been part of the early Getty business (way back) so my experience is good.... very good!
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« on: October 09, 2016, 11:40 »
Yes you WILL make more money. How do I know?
8 years testing the non exclusive market with price and quality. I'm still doing it now. In the last year I've increased my prices by about 10% across all my 60,000 video clips. They now range from $50 to $200.
There are clips in HD from 8 years ago that still sell well. There are 4K clips that sell well too.
I have animated footage (including space and Earth) that continue to sell well for high prices - usually $79 to $100. I also have easy peazy shots of landscape and cities etc. that sell equally well for $50-$69
I try to price my footage evenly across all agencies because I know customers are wise to finding the same material.
Yes $10 is a silly price. $25 is acceptable.
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« on: October 09, 2016, 05:45 »
You just got a bit extreme with your pricing argument. That's OK but again you missed the point of SENSIBLE pricing.
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« on: October 09, 2016, 02:26 »
Keeping to a sensible minimum ($25 seems like an affordable rate) then all the clips from low to high quality stay reasonably buoyant. If you bring the 'bottom feeder' clips down too low ($10 for instance) then the gap from reasonable quality pricing to low is increased.
It drags down all pricing.
After a spell of people dropping prices to compromise, what will be the new low, $5?
What will be the new high, $20?
I think what we all worry about is that race to the bottom. Spacestock, you don't want to protect against that?
I think what might be going on here is that one persons idea of a low fee is another's high. It also depends how much you're earning and which part of the world you're from. $25 to someone might seem like a fortune and to another just pocket change.
There is no obvious $number for lowest priced clips but we've been in this business long enough to know that you are shooting yourself in the wallet by going too low.
I've experimented for 8 years on Pond 5 and my findings tell me it's better to go $25 and not $10. If you just give customers a $25 option then that's what they'll buy. If you give them a $10 option on another site then that's where they'll buy it from. Just remove that $10 option. What are they going to do? Stop buying clips? No... of course not.
Make sense?
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« on: October 07, 2016, 05:13 »
Fair enough and I understand your concern. I was part of the iStock group who were invited into the Vetta photos and video early on. We were sceptical then too. We saw our earnings increase virtually overnight. Vetta pricing was vastly more than we had been paid previously and yet customers were happy to pay. HD clips for $100's not $25.
$25 for a clip of a duck or clouds is good value. $50 for a shot of time lapse traffic is good value. $100 for a shot of a good looking model on a location wearing great clothes, make up artist, art direction prepared 5 days in advance, lighting, camera, travel, expenses, insurance etc...... is * good value.
Now wake up and realise that you are an artist. Behave like an artist and understand that like all artists you can earn good money for your art and still it's GOOD VALUE to corporate producers, web sites, music video editors, etc.
$10 clips will drag us into the dust. Have respect for the artistic community. Respect yourself and stop selling yourself and us short! We are not point and shoot idiots. We are professionals now breathe deep and act like one too.
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« on: October 07, 2016, 04:46 »
Spacestock.... I'm one of the top 5 video selling artists in the world and trust me, you're on the wrong road if you think that stock economics works the way you think it does. Come back here in three months and tell us how unhappy you are with your earnings at P5.
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