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« on: August 26, 2015, 14:39 »
While i understand that most people in this business are pragmatists -and understandably so- and they look at it strictly from a financial point of view there is a huge issue in this that i for example can not ignore.
Tell me sincerely that since 2-3 weeks ago people in this forum aren't afraid to post at the videoblocks thread in fear that dissolve may be monitoring,which is not unrealistic for them to be doing given the circumstances.
That pisses me the most,the boogeyman over my head indirectly censoring me in a way.
I have noticed of many people whose prices have recently slashed to 49 and the list is propably growing.
P.S Did anyone receive the weekly report from ds regarding port traffic?is it me or this thing makes little sense?
Weekly traffic report is nice to see but archaic. It would be just as easy to copy an email to the contributor every time a sale is made. They could put something catchy like You've Made a Sale in the subject line. Then reference to the clip and the amount sold for. How many clips are in bins etc. is not that useful. I'm still hanging on at $79 so I'm still hanging on.
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« on: August 21, 2015, 08:38 »
Craig says in the video on his latest blog post that they were also hit by a Google penalty. Does anyone know why? Can't find more info about it.
And this is a reason to not pay on a regular basis?
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« on: August 20, 2015, 08:36 »
I asked a while ago, no videos. They would need to make changes to make it attractive.
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« on: August 19, 2015, 19:10 »
iWho
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« on: August 18, 2015, 20:49 »
Reality TV where stock photographers are forced to live on their stock only income.
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« on: August 18, 2015, 18:30 »
Give me a G, Give me an R, Give me an E, Give me an E, Give me a D.
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« on: August 18, 2015, 09:08 »
I can't imagine watching 90 minutes of interviews of stock shooters with their little sales graphs and favourite lenses.
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« on: August 15, 2015, 10:44 »
Hi everyone,
I just found this forum and wanted to share something as I am extremely frustrated and angry about non-payments too. I'm currently owed thousands of dollars and my emails are not being responded to after a month of trying to get an update on payments. Because of the large amount owed to me I'll be taking legal action soon because I'm tired of this mess.
For US authors I wanted to share this info:
https://www.sba.gov/blogs/getting-stiffed-what-can-you-do
I see that some of you would rather wash your hands of Revo and move on, not pursuing the money owed you. I totally understand. The article does bring up a (sort of) benefit when it comes to tax time- treat the amount owed to you as a 'bad business debt' so at least you can write off the amount on your taxes.
Thanks and I hope you all have a good day!
I can't tell you what to do but I can tell you what's happening. Every time one of your clips sells, RS takes the your money and does something with it. Apparently, the legal problems they've had have been cleared up a LONG time ago. SO where' your money? It's used to pay for dinners, and rent/mortgage and cars and everyday living expenses of the owners. The day to day business expenses are taken care of with the percentage they normally keep. Before I quite, all I asked Craig was to promise me he'd make regular payments to me and I would have no problem staying on -- he closed my account instead. I guess you can say he's honest.
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« on: August 13, 2015, 18:01 »
Mine are already at $49 as of yesterday.
At 35% thats all they get.
On a site like Dissolve's it further penalizes those contributors who haven't placed their clips with a lower priced site. If I'm a good boy, my clips will remain for sale at $80 right next to the clips selling for $49 ?? That sure makes me feel special. Every time they make a move it looks worse. Whack-a-Mole strategy.
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« on: August 09, 2015, 09:20 »
If they offer a normal contract, a normal delete button on every file and a minimum of 30% for indie and more for exclusive content, I am sure more people would be ready to try dissolve.
And stop screwing around with their pricing model. Have some confidence in the product they are selling and show that confidence to buyers and contributors.
When I joined Dissolve, the other agencies I'm with didn't step forward and wag their finger at me threateningly, saying that if THOSE guys start selling for less so will we. The more I think about this the more disgusted I get.
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« on: August 06, 2015, 18:39 »
I'll never understand why they make outlandish estimates then cry about it when they can't achieve them.
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« on: August 03, 2015, 16:35 »
Yes. Something about files coming through a partner I think, but the original artist apparently didnt know. They said later they were testing price points and their test showed that customers didnt mind paying higher prices.
There is a thread about it somewhere.
Well I can say that customers don't mind paying $79
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« on: August 03, 2015, 08:38 »
^^ is the contract secret? Surely not.
I see that there is quite a lot of easily-available info about unfair contracts in British Columbia; not so much for Alberta, but those directly affected might like to check this out more closely.
Well I never signed it, so uploading is of no consequence to me. Here you go. It's too big to attach here, so here is a link to Google Drive.
https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B5XjPpZC_ujSfm5NSXZUWGJNakE4TzlUbWFKUXd0UVZNbEVacmszdU4zSVlaMzNPMWFZU1k&usp=sharing
Thanks. As I read through it the terms are certainly in DISSOLVES favor. Tickstock is right, it was my choice to upload there and I certainly have buyers remorse now.
Sure that's true, but as the old saying goes, Dissolve has positioned itself within the pack, where the view never changes. Lead dogs they ain't.
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« on: August 02, 2015, 10:03 »
"Who we are Dissolve was founded by image-industry veterans including founders of iStockphoto and Veer, and executives from Getty Images, Corbis, and Fotolia. Dissolve's headquarters are in Calgary, Canada, with staff in Los Angeles, New York City, and Vancouver." Has no one in that wealth of experience noticed the need for good relationships?  ??
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« on: August 02, 2015, 09:42 »
Growth requires new material and lots of it. Lots of new material is contingent on a good relationship with those that produce the material. Even if my clips stay at $79 I see the potential for constant irritating changes like I experienced with FT and iS and I don't want anymore or that. Being locked into a 5 year deal means the agency needs to show exemplary character towards its contractors and not throw out crap like this do deal with right off the bat because they can. The TOS is useless when buyers ask why they can find much fresher material elsewhere and those buyers won't mind paying the higher rates. My trust in them is gone as it's gone in RevoStock.
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« on: August 01, 2015, 12:46 »
So lets imagine this for example.
Let's suppose that Aaron or any dissolve representative came out 2 days ago speaking like a person and not like a robot from the 90's and announced the following (which belongs in the sphere of imagination,but just for the sake of argument)
Dear dissolve contributors,lovers,brothers,lurkers,and casual bystanders.We have realized that we have to compete in price because..yada yada,corporate greed 101...yada yada...marketing 101 etc,that we need to price hd at 59usd for all non-exclusive portfolios because of all the aforementioned yada's.But at the same time we will raise hd commission at 40% so that our beloved contributors will earn the same royalties as before.
We will also run bulk discounts shutterstock style whenever necessary (big clients,corporations etc) but we will maintain the 40% commission for you like pond5 does in discounts (and ss doesn't).
We will also implement a true contributor console where you can not only do whatever everyone else is also capable of doing in most of the other agencies but send us feedback on uploads and help us communicate so that we can fix curation and other mistakes fast and efficiently etc etc.
Would it be so difficult for them to go that route?
Would it be cost prohibitive?
Would they lose contributors?
Would they grow as an agency?
Would they set a paradigm that would make people forget about all the others and focus on them?
Would it.......(fill in the blanks)
Then why?
Because the "markets" i guess.
Well, there you go.
Nicely said
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« on: August 01, 2015, 12:44 »
They're obviously obsessed with their own self importance. Telling us to contact them whenever we make a price change elsewhere. The sheer arrogance is astounding.
I guess the question then is, if I decide to increase the asking price at P5 to something like $150 or $ 350 for a series of clips, will Dissolve follow? It has to work both ways.
No, they will only price match to the lower amount.
Which would of course give them an edge for the price sensitive shopper. FWIW, there are several clips I have on both P5 and SS and the ones on P5 are priced somewhat higher, $100 to $150 range and they sell on P5.
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« on: August 01, 2015, 11:25 »
They're obviously obsessed with their own self importance. Telling us to contact them whenever we make a price change elsewhere. The sheer arrogance is astounding.
I guess the question then is, if I decide to increase the asking price at P5 to something like $150 or $ 350 for a series of clips, will Dissolve follow? It has to work both ways.
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« on: August 01, 2015, 08:26 »
Pond5 and Shutterstock are the biggest sellers for most producers because they don't (or very rarely) screw over the people who feed them content. You can see sites like iStock going downhill because of crap like this that they've pulled. Is THAT REALLY the model Dissolve wants to follow?
I think the folks at Dissolve need to read this, print it out, paste it on the foreheads of every owner and employee at their office, have someone scribble it on the urinal walls, print it on the office coffee mugs. Really, no one, except maybe someone's sister-in-law is going to go exclusive with a startup that flinches.
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« on: July 31, 2015, 22:50 »
I have about 25% of my port there, and haven't had a single sale since January 2014. I haven't bothered uploading there this year at all, but I see no reason (yet) to go and delete what I have uploaded.
Ditto.
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« on: July 31, 2015, 22:48 »
I'm not sure why individual pricing set by the contributor isn't allowed.
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« on: July 31, 2015, 15:50 »
What really makes me angry is I actually make an effort NOT to sell on ripoff agencies. I quite iStock when they lowered their prices. I deleted everything off of FT because of ridiculously low prices. I maintain my prices at $75 or higher for everything I have on P5 and now my only low ball site, WHO IS RUINING IT FOR ME, is Dissolve.
Sorry guys, but in my world, Dissolve is now the problem, not someone else. YOU folks are messing things up. The YOU being dissolve.
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« on: July 30, 2015, 20:01 »
Aaron, are saying that if our content is NOT placed on lower priced sites you will keep the pricing at the current $79? Is this done based on the contributor?
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« on: July 29, 2015, 18:14 »
Thanks for your comments, we're listening. This is competitive pricing based on marketplace observations. As much investment and effort we put into creating a premium product and experience through our marketing, branding, and customer service, as we all know price comparison shopping is part of e-commerce.
Then allow contributors to close their accounts and don't hold them hostage with your 5-year lock in. That's simply unfair to keep lowering prices and paying lower commissions. Give us that much...an opportunity to close our accounts.
I agree, I feel taken. Why $49, why not get ahead of the pack and make it $4.90 or $0.49
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« on: July 29, 2015, 16:35 »
I like Dissolve. I haven't been there long but I see-saw (hahaha get the pun) good potential. I wrote a note to Char saying that moving prices down on what's nothing but a knee jerk reaction should not be touted as something to be proud of. And as someone here pointed out, is anything but consistent.
Trust me, it is far better to lose a few sales than to become yet another despised agency. I'm only one little guy looking for an honest place to sell my stuff but I won't do it if there is nothing in it for me. 49 bucks sucks. I might get a t-shirt.
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