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701
« on: April 06, 2019, 14:51 »
Shutterstock doesn't have a clue what they're doing. And that whole marketing department should be fired for using the words 'exciting news' and 'easier than ever' when it is in fact the opposite. Idiocracy at work here.
702
« on: April 03, 2019, 07:47 »
62 Managing Your Work. You may remove any of your Work from the Website at any time, provided, however, that you do not remove more than 100 items of Work or 10% of your Work, whichever is greater, in any 90-day period without 90 days' prior written notice to Adobe. We may remove Work or terminate your account at our sole discretion without prior notice. This reads to me like: 'if you break the rule and remove too much of your work at once, we will punish you by removing ALL your work and close your account!' Isn't that helping the contributor in a way? 
703
« on: March 25, 2019, 18:03 »
Just so you guys know, just raise your prices to offset your revenue loss. I upped mine by 20% and almost immediately received a sale (prior to the commission cut, so hey, that's a bonus).
704
« on: March 24, 2019, 04:58 »
I am thrilled with this offer! I remember the days I was iStock Exclusive and loved it. I am so happy to have a place that pays fair for my hard work! I will be focusing my full energy on my new exclusive content now!
Jeff, respectfully, why don't you pause being thrilled long enough to realize you're actually being suckered? The key points are that exclusivity at 60% will never earn as much as using multiple sites, so it's an overall loss for you, but more importantly THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH A 20% CUT IN ARTIST PROFIT SHARE. If exclusivity holds value for Pond5, they could have simply announced a 60/40 deal for exclusive contributors - period. Few would take such a deal, but fine. Instead they used it as a smokescreen to cut all non-exclusive content rates from 50% to 40% - including yours - and you're whistling about how thrilled you are. Do you not realize you're making things actively worse by encouraging them as they take more money from us?
Any time a stock footage company decides it wants more profit and the way to get it is to grab it from the artists, it's wrong and needs to be pushed back against. If they want more profit they can look to other areas of their business model, but to think they can just take from our pockets is bs.
We pushed back against Storyblocks with good success because people spoke up. I hope people will do it again by emailing Pond5 at [email protected] and cc CEO Jason Teichman at [email protected]. I've also started a petition here, please sign and share it: https://www.change.org/p/jason-teichman-pond5-don-t-cut-the-already-low-compensation-for-stock-artists
"Storyblocks.com is a great stock footage and image site that has a 50/50 deal with artists." Errrr...Storyblocks cut our commission as well (by 50%!), yet you actively promote them in your petition? Why? It makes me not want to sign your petition, even though I agree with the rest.
705
« on: March 22, 2019, 05:16 »
I think they have heard that loud and clear so I am waiting to see how it shakes down. If they do nothing then bad news! I do feel they have been a good agency to work with so I am trying to think positive here.
Positive thinking is one thing, but I prefer facts and figures to make my business decisions  You've been on the phone with them, did they say anything about the huge risks for us in terms of revenue loss?
706
« on: March 22, 2019, 05:12 »
I think they have heard that loud and clear so I am waiting to see how it shakes down. If they do nothing then bad news! I do feel they have been a good agency to work with so I am trying to think positive here.
But what about the simple math here? Do you see it such that dropping out of all other agencies and going exclusive at P5 will earn you more money?
And as for stills, there are virtually 0 sales at P5. Stills content that sells almost every day and sometimes multiple times per day on other sites has not sold one copy at P5 in over a year.
Stills and audio and templates are still 50/50 split, and not part of the exclusivity program AFAIK.
707
« on: March 21, 2019, 18:54 »
They told me nothing you don't know on the business front. I just know that to succeed as a business you have to offer something others don't not hard to figure out, so I applaud the exclusive approach. I made a lot of money with Getty in the beginning and would still be exclusive if they treated the artist fair. 40% is still fair and hey the choice is always yours to make! I don't judge anyone's reason to do it or not! Always do what works best for yourself!!
I'm also surprised at your positivity. Of course from their business side it's a good move, the backlash anticipated they will still increase their revenue. But have you given them our side of the story? For us it's either take the 20% revenue cut, or join the program and see your revenue more than halved overnight because we have to delete our other portfolios. Honestly, what makes you think that Pond5 will make up for that revenue loss? They'd have to offer double or triple the sales, and that is not going to happen anytime soon.
708
« on: March 21, 2019, 16:08 »
Well, I've increased my prices, I noticed they'd been tinkering with my prices without giving me notice. Never increasing prices, only lowering them. At least I think that's what happened, I saw some weird prices for my content that I had never set myself.
709
« on: March 21, 2019, 15:27 »
Because they pay a higher % and you can set your prices.
Joining their Exclusive Program is a leap in the dark, you'd lose maybe 50% of your revenue overnight (by deleting it from other sites) and there's no promise Pond5 will make up for that loss.
710
« on: March 21, 2019, 15:22 »
Why should it be evenly divided they want exclusive content, nonexclusive content just isn't as valuable.
Which proves my point they're not doing this for contributors, only for their own good. I.e. greed. I couldn't even offset my prices by 20% due to their rule that it should match competitors' prices. "Suck it up or join our program", that is what it boils down to. Why would I reward Pond5 with my exclusive files after a power move like this?
711
« on: March 21, 2019, 14:55 »
The whole Town Hall livestream was a bunch of hypocritical nonsense. It started off great with them claiming they would never want to do a race to the bottom and they give contributors total freedom.
And then monkey came out of the bag, as we all predicted on this forum: a commission cut...unless you join our Exclusivity Program!
Being forced to raise prices or become exclusive, if that's not a total lack of respect towards your contributors, I don't know what it.
If you are licensing content for a lower price and accepting a lower royalty rate at other sites I'm not sure what the complaint is? SS is 30% and Adobe is 35%, last I checked 40% was better. If you value your work lower then why should you expect agencies to value it higher?
Ah, so it's a punishment of sorts? Because I undercut myself at other sites, Pond5 follows that race to the bottom? According to your logic anyways. I thought they didn't want to do a race to the bottom.
But the content I sell on all three sites is priced pretty evenly, so for the buyers there's hardly a difference. Now Pond5 grabs a bigger cut, and for what? To compensate for the expensive Exclusivity or to force me into exclusivity?
Why would you defend their greed?
It's hard to call them greedy when they pay more for nonexclusive work than sites you like (SS, Adobe for example). They still seem to be the least greedy of the bunch don't they?
A race to the bottom involves undercutting the competition, matching pricing and paying a higher royalty rate doesn't seem to me to be part of the race to the bottom, if anything I'd say contributors accepting lower rates and prices are what's driving the race to the bottom.
They paid more than other sites, yes, but will stop doing so. They weren't greedy, but now they are. This isn't anything else than a cash grab, and their livestream didn't give us an explanation, only a unfair comparison to the 60% for exclusive members (which is a smaller percentage of contributors than non-exclusives, so it's not evenly divided).
712
« on: March 21, 2019, 14:45 »
The whole Town Hall livestream was a bunch of hypocritical nonsense. It started off great with them claiming they would never want to do a race to the bottom and they give contributors total freedom.
And then monkey came out of the bag, as we all predicted on this forum: a commission cut...unless you join our Exclusivity Program!
Being forced to raise prices or become exclusive, if that's not a total lack of respect towards your contributors, I don't know what it.
If you are licensing content for a lower price and accepting a lower royalty rate at other sites I'm not sure what the complaint is? SS is 30% and Adobe is 35%, last I checked 40% was better. If you value your work lower then why should you expect agencies to value it higher?
Ah, so it's a punishment of sorts? Because I undercut myself at other sites, Pond5 follows that race to the bottom? According to your logic anyways. I thought they didn't want to do a race to the bottom. But the content I sell on all three sites is priced pretty evenly, so for the buyers there's hardly a difference. Now Pond5 grabs a bigger cut, and for what? To compensate for the expensive Exclusivity or to force me into exclusivity? Why would you defend their greed?
713
« on: March 21, 2019, 14:25 »
PS. the 20% pay cut is just the tip of the iceberg... read the new agreement (sec4.i) and I quote...
"If you do not enroll in the Exclusivity Program, notwithstanding section 3.b. above, you shall not set the price for an item of video Content that is higher than the lowest price for which the same (or substantially the same) Content item is offered by or on any Other Marketplace, and if we discover that the Content item is offered at a lower price by or on any Other Marketplace, we may change the price of your content in our marketplace."
https://www.pond5.com/legal/contributor
And this is absolutely crazy. Dissolve tried the same thing, it didn't do them any good but create distrust. How Pond5 can claim we still have all the freedom after these changes is beyond me. Pretending to "be there all for the artists" while stabbing you in the back with these terrible changes. They didn't want to facilitate a race to the bottom, but they have no trouble lowering my prices to match the lowest priced agency?
714
« on: March 21, 2019, 14:19 »
The whole Town Hall livestream was a bunch of hypocritical nonsense. It started off great with them claiming they would never want to do a race to the bottom and they give contributors total freedom.
And then monkey came out of the bag, as we all predicted on this forum: a commission cut...unless you join their Exclusivity Program!
Being forced to raise prices or become exclusive, if that's not a total lack of respect towards your contributors, I don't know what is.
715
« on: March 18, 2019, 18:20 »
It must be 100% your own creation, so the answer is no.
716
« on: March 18, 2019, 18:19 »
Theoretically, yes. Higher demand means more value.
Not that prices should radically change overnight, that would maybe confuse or turn away customers.
717
« on: March 15, 2019, 12:47 »
No sales after two days, unbelievable! Better close your account then.
718
« on: March 15, 2019, 10:31 »
Changed my password.
719
« on: March 15, 2019, 05:37 »
Dear Artist,
We are making important changes to your Contributor Agreement this month. On Thursday, March 21 at 12:00 pm EST, well be hosting a YouTube Live Town Hall event to walk you through whats changing, explain how it will impact you, and answer your questions live.
The meeting will be hosted by Pond5 CEO Jason Teichman; Scott Koehler, GM, Artists & Content; and Greg Andreacchi, Senior Manager, Artists & Content. Please RSVP below to join us for the discussion. We look forward to seeing everyone soon!
Thanks, seems like I did receive the email, except they didn't mention contrbutor agreement changes in the subject. Just a discreetly titled "Join us in the next Live Artist Town Hall"... I have a bad feeling it's not going to be good news for us. This will not be some minor change. Why else would they plan a live Q&A session with the CEO and two managers from the Artist and Content department? They're probably expecting quite a lot of questions and concerns, so they're doing this session to prevent massive panic and social media backlash.
720
« on: March 14, 2019, 11:28 »
Haven't received the email, could someone copy-paste it?
721
« on: March 14, 2019, 09:56 »
I once turned off the sale notification emails because they were clogging my inbox. Personally I don't need a daily digest either, but it's better than countless separate emails.
I use Stocksubmitter for real-time sale notifications. Alternatively, maybe someone can create a browser widget that pulls the data realtime from the Adobe page, then you wouldn't need emails either.
722
« on: March 13, 2019, 06:01 »
The whole inactive account thing is a cash-grab. What does storage and account management cost these days?
There are better and less pushy ways of stimulating contributors.
That being said, I don't mind posting a product every 15 months to keep my account active, but I also expect some more revenue from Zazzle. Redbubble is performing a lot better in that respect.
723
« on: March 06, 2019, 05:02 »
Adobe Stock also pays in EUR (if you have the right account) which is a bonus compared to USD commissions.
ok, so 1 USD = 1 EUR in AS ?
Well, I created a "European" account with Fotolia some 9 years ago, where 1 credit = 1 EUR. However if you would have made an "American" account, then 1 credit = 1 USD. I don't know if this is still the case if you make a fresh AS account, but getting euros instead of dollars is a bonus.
724
« on: March 04, 2019, 14:28 »
Adobe Stock also pays in EUR (if you have the right account) which is a bonus compared to USD commissions.
725
« on: March 04, 2019, 14:26 »
January and February are my best months to date, so let's see what March brings. Could be a fluctuation.
I don't think the filter side bar is that bad, but the thumbnails are huge, so I can only see 3 rows. Awful design. Isn't there an option to decrease thumnail size and see more images on the page?
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