That person has 82,000 subscribers, so I can see why they would want to go with the one with 2.8 million just on the numbers.  There's a lot of people wanting to make it big on youtube and it would seem likely that some of them might end up as Pond5 customers.

So how much did they pay?  Probably not a lot and some of those 2.8 million subscribers will check out P5 and use them.  You complain that they don't spend money on marketing, then you complain when they do, so I fully agree with the start of your sentence

The video got a bit tedious but he has 2.8 million followers, so I do see why Pond5 would want to be promoted on that channel.  As usual, KnowYourOnions is using everything he can find to have a go at Pond5.  They have done some things that deserve criticism in the last year but having a go at everything they do is as tedious as the joke in that video.

Funny reading that about the Alamy forum.  Mention you did microstock there a few years ago and you would of got worse abuse than you usually see here.  They still have a few obnoxious morons, one of them has been banned lots of times here but keeps coming back.  I don't mind the banter here most of the time, any internet forum without a lot of moderation is going to have people that make negative comments but you soon see who they are and learn to ignore them.  Sometimes they make a valid point.

Congrats.  Try Alamy.  They sometimes sell for over $1,000 and you get 50% of it.  That makes me WHOOHOO.

I'm no expert but If you are moving to Canada, sticking with NTSC seems sensible.  30fps must be fairly easily convertible to PAL 25fps or we wouldn't have so much bad US tv in the UK
Use higher frame rates if you want slow mo but I think the bitrate is lower, so use 30fps for standard footage.  I use 25fps for anything from the UK but switch to 30fps if it has nothing to do with a PAL region.

24fps give a more cinematic look but maybe not as good for stock?

Once again Videoblocks is proving to be one of the best and most trustworthy, competent and honest of the bunch, takes the time to read the forums and comes in here and gives a good clear answer to our concerns.  Nice to see.

Just like Pond5 were doing a year ago.  Funny how all the sites seem so nice until they reach a certain size and then they all change.  Alamy has been the exception to the rule so far, long may it stay that way.  I hope Videoblocks are different to almost all other sites but I'm not expecting them to be.

That is great news!

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But now someone pointed out that there is a vat problem if you are a European contributor? Is that true?

That the sale is directly between me and the customer, not envato as an agency, and that means I have to check every sale for vat issues.

Anybody here know more about this?

There was some info on the HMRC website that made me think it might be OK but I prefer to be 100% sure when it comes to tax and I would find it hard to support a site that has deliberately made things complicated for contributors.

Stocksy seems to work, that started from nothing.  It did have a lot of funding but there's no reason why a site run by a large group of contributors couldn't get funding.  Warmpicture was doing OK at one time, considering how small it was and how little was spent on it.

If someone hacked your computer and email, maybe they deleted the notification email from SS?  I would change everything from a different computer and make sure the one you are using is safe.

I bailed out twice there. I just don't understand why it's there. Yes, It's easy. That doesn't mean good. when the site was Brand new it was on fire. that lasted about 6 Months.

So you uploaded your portfolio, deleted it, uploaded again and deleted again?  That doesn't make sense to me.  They don't make me a lot of money but sales are regular and the payout threshold is lower than the other sites, so I will stick with them.

I can't remember any site starting down the wrong path and putting it right?  They all seem incapable of reversing bad decisions.  So that makes me think Pond5 are highly unlikely to go back to what made them a great site.  Would be good if they are the exception to the rule.

Alamy are about the only site that seem to have a good relationship with contributors, pay a fair commission and still communicate in this forum.  Such a shame they haven't taken video seriously.  That's one bad decision I feel they made that hurts now because they could be doing well if Pond5 is no longer a great place to sell video.  Lots of us are looking for somewhere else to sell video clips and Alamy would be the obvious choice, if they had the same commitment to video that they do for stills.