So, they are not opened to any new SFX submissions but they say that " are many opportunities to provide content that will compliment their existing collection. Among other things, we�re working on a new artists� newsletter where we�ll be communicating needs on a regular basis"... I'm definitely going to Envato with my sounds. And they are "working on a new artist newsletter" Working? You need a team of 20 people and six months timeframe to work on a newsletter to communicate needs? As far as I'm concerned Pond5's only need is a slap in the face. I know it sounds like Im insulted and hurt (and I am to a point) but this is 90% money related! I gave up my exclusivity (again) with Pond5 in mind as a second/first earning agency for my audio library. If they WROTE ANYWHERE on their submission page, first page, newsletter etc, that they are not accepting NEW SOUND FILES OTHER THAN SONGS AND MUSIC my decision regarding non-exclusivity would be different. Like this I'm stranded (I think that the word) to a degree.
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They are still paying out 50%, the fastest way to increase their earnings is to cut royalties.

So I do think fair trade was part of the concept.

Of course the owners make money, why else would they run a business.

They are co-defendants http://www.law360.com/cases/5609a33c257d674b1c000001 can't read without a paid subscription and I'm not going to pay.

Defendant  Pond5 user ckennedy342

Plaintiff  Mr Gordon Hempton http://soundtracker.com/

Another sales report was due just over 2 hours ago and it seems this one hasn't come through either. I and other artists have email support... again.

What makes this personally frustrating is after train wreck start to year sales appeared to be really taking off in the right direction and ATCs ("add to carts" where you can track which clips have been added to customers' cart) over the last 4 days have been best in years. So yes I'm particularly keen to see if these ATCs have converted to sales but of course everything's messed up right now.

I still have faith in the company but these glitches and corresponding lack of communication is frustrating - I hope it gets resolved ASAP, especially with Payday tonight / tomorrow.

Love it! They blame each other depts. Btw, P5 CTO is gone...so how about blaming HR for not replacing him to organize sales report.   

Not good, these are small departments too not departments with hundred people, a "team" there is probably 2-3 people at most and answers should be immediate. Something tells me you are on to something, they are going around in circles blaming each other and occasionally giving the customer/supplier/us the middle finger.

Could not be all attitude directed at us though, could be intense unhappiness within the company, employees may not be happy, not like the new leadership for all we know and it's basically work to rule.  I have seen that before in a workplace, everyone just dumbed down, worked to rule and eventually the company went bankrupt but was bought by different owners.

It's up the spout - no sales have been reported site-wide for 3 days which is very annoying. I and others have badgered support and also posted in the forums, hopefully this gets resolved ASAP since Payday is tomorrow.

Quote from: KnowYourOnions on April 13, 2016, 06:35

CTO and founder no 2 is gone too....WOW!
Anyone left there?

I am fearful that they are following the path of Fotolia and Canva....taking revenge on contributors who question their new model/methods.  Ever since I had an email exchange (stern, factual but clean and legit) with them where I pointed out clear inspection shenanigans on their part, in fact showing them a search term from a set of my submissions, ZERO results come up on P5, so why were my videos in that batch fully rejected when there were no "oversupplied clips?" The response was too bad, all rejected.  I responded back to them in a nice way stating that they are destroying a good model and that the value for P5 was really in good curation, keywords and pricing floors, not destroying a model that is working. Then I linked them to one of the P5 threads here, never heard back from them. But haven't had a sale since, either. That was about 5-6 weeks ago. Coincidence? Maybe, maybe not. I have about 900 clips and 3,000 photos there.

The soundproof production room is probably a dark interior office space with cubicles, which are the "editing bays." The mix of personal and group spaces are the long desks everyone sits at ("personal") and the small conference rooms on the periphery ("group"). The whiteboards and cork walls are most likely in the conference rooms. Pretty standard office stuff. Then they have some TV monitors mounted here and there with a loop of videos running.

It's the copywriter's job to make that sound Fabulous with a capital F. I'll tell you our amazing new cat litter has super effective "odor destroyers" that will transform your life, and the R&D guy will tell you they sprayed the clay with lots of perfume. (True story.)