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« on: April 09, 2019, 08:04 »
I really didn't expect this place to be such a hostile environment, there's some toxic people here but i'm glad everyone isn't like this. Thank you to the 1 genuine response iv'e had from this forum.
Tell us who you are and what academic institution you are studying at and you might find us less so but I'm guessing you won't.
The thing is - you have no credibility. A number of people are university educated here, so know that you are full of crap. a) You don't wait 3 weeks before your thesis is due to do a survey. A thesis usually takes 1-2 years, and this is something that would be done at the beginning. Unless this is an undergraduate course, in which case calling it a 'diseration' is not the correct term to describe what you are writing, but rather a paper. b) Your questions are too generic to derive any meaningful data. The only one that appears somewhat detailed (perhaps disguised to hide your true intent) - is - "which stock clip sells the best and go into detail".
852
« on: April 09, 2019, 00:41 »
Anyone know of anything like this?
Yes. If you were *actually* in university, within 2-3 minutes you would have found it, especially if you were in any kind of masters/phD program that required you to do a thesis. So I highly doubt you are. Do a little bit of research, it's quite simple to figure out which clips are the best selling clips.
853
« on: April 09, 2019, 00:26 »
You might have seen my other post (i'm doing my dissertation on stock footage) so i'm currently researching what sells well. Can you link me to your own personal best selling clip please? It would be a massive help! Thank you in advance
What university do you go to, and what is the title/topic of your disertation?
854
« on: April 05, 2019, 10:27 »
For me - $9650/month in royalty sales would be a good wage. Still $3,663 is quite good. I believe after about $3,000/month in sales (at least for north america) - then it starts to become 'livable' if you are living in a small to mid-sized city. Anything above that starts to become fun money 
$3k/month goes long ways in most parts of the world! I'm in Portugal where the minimum wage is relatively low for European standards at $700/month.
$3k/month is a huge salary here. Same goes for microstock hot-spots such as Ukraine and Thailand.
Ah, where I live, $3k usd/month pays the basic bills (living, food, internet, rent - not owning, etc). You need more than that to start to do fun stuff.
855
« on: April 05, 2019, 10:00 »
I'm confused... did you earn $9,650 or $3663?
Your post says $9650, yet - you only list $3663???
My attempt at an April Fools report was perhaps too subtle. It was, of course, $3663. I thought the rest of the post made that clear. Sorry.
Steve
Ah,kk. For me - $9650/month in royalty sales would be a good wage. Still $3,663 is quite good. I believe after about $3,000/month in sales (at least for north america) - then it starts to become 'livable' if you are living in a small to mid-sized city. Anything above that starts to become fun money
Or like myself, have four other sources of income, so I can continue to "make money" on Microstock? 
Cool, what else do you do/what types of income sources? (Me too for that matter - but I think it would be fantastic to make a living from doing this, because it is quite fun!)
856
« on: April 05, 2019, 09:40 »
I'm confused... did you earn $9,650 or $3663?
Your post says $9650, yet - you only list $3663???
My attempt at an April Fools report was perhaps too subtle. It was, of course, $3663. I thought the rest of the post made that clear. Sorry.
Steve
Ah,kk. For me - $9650/month in royalty sales would be a good wage. Still $3,663 is quite good. I believe after about $3,000/month in sales (at least for north america) - then it starts to become 'livable' if you are living in a small to mid-sized city. Anything above that starts to become fun money
857
« on: April 05, 2019, 09:37 »
Yeah, unfortunately - they are allowed to do that...
When amazon first started becoming *really* popular (about 10/15 years ago) - a bunch of "internet marketers" popped up "reselling" books claiming to be a "new publisher"...
So they went to the gutenberg press (holding of public domain works) - downloaded tens of thousands of books, slapped their name on it as a "publisher", made 1-2 "edits" (i.e., commentary/intro etc on the book so they could claim it as a "new" book) - and essentially profited off of thousands and thousands of other people's hard work...
With this kinda logic, I can buy a movie, add some of my own shots and resell it as my own work?
If it is in the public domain, or I believe it is 20 years for expired copyrighted works, then yes. Part of the reasons you have 'oldie' radio stations, because I believe it is after 20 years, then don't have to pay royalties to the artists.
858
« on: April 05, 2019, 08:04 »
Yeah, unfortunately - they are allowed to do that...
When amazon first started becoming *really* popular (about 10/15 years ago) - a bunch of "internet marketers" popped up "reselling" books claiming to be a "new publisher"...
So they went to the gutenberg press (holding of public domain works) - downloaded tens of thousands of books, slapped their name on it as a "publisher", made 1-2 "edits" (i.e., commentary/intro etc on the book so they could claim it as a "new" book) - and essentially profited off of thousands and thousands of other people's hard work...
859
« on: April 05, 2019, 08:00 »
Interesting... I'm not quite what to say of that...
By creating a mural - it is now a 'public' work... Where naturally tourists, etc are going to be taking lots of pictures... So in one way I think it would be fine for a company to have it in the background - because it doesn't seem any different than say taking a picture in front of a house, skyscaper, etc...
But then I can see the artists being upset if they "knew" the company was making lots of money off of their artwork... and the sting, so wanting a slice of that cash... but I am not sure if this is just more or less greed (like "HEY! wait a sec, you mean I can make TONS of cash?!?!?!") Unless they commissioned the work saying "no photos allowed unless you pay me"
I'm not sure what the difference would be between someone say using unique works of architecture in their ads (i.e., eiffel tower, statue of liberty, etc, etc) and a mural... granted, I am not too familiar with this area - so as far as I know - you don't need "permission" (or to pay a fee) to use the statue of liberty/eiffel tower/etc in your ads, so not sure whether the murals have a leg to stand on either...
860
« on: April 03, 2019, 11:09 »
I think I have cracked the code to determine what really is "good news"... (this post is a bit tongue in cheek).
If a site says they have "Good News!", its good news for them, but not for you.
If a site has "Great News!", then it really is good news for you.
Just received a payment notifcation from shutterstock, telling me they had "Great News!". And it really was great, I am going to get paid.  So that really is good news!
Great news!
Your latest payment has been calculated and will be paid out later this month.
Total Payment: ----- (To be paid by 2019-05-15)
Having no information means that bad developments are unlikely, as in I haven't heard from them in a month, but no news is good news . This proverbial phrase may have originated with King James I of England, who allegedly said No news is better than evil news (1616).
Of course agencies have a way of making evil news into Good News. 
I'll buy the great news theory until something happens to change it.
Lol - so its official - when reading an e-mail from an agency - we need to see if they say "GREAT news" or "GOOD news" to determine if it really IS good news for you, the contributor. Here here!
861
« on: April 03, 2019, 10:55 »
I think I have cracked the code to determine what really is "good news"... (this post is a bit tongue in cheek). If a site says they have "Good News!", its good news for them, but not for you. If a site has "Great News!", then it really is good news for you. Just received a payment notifcation from shutterstock, telling me they had "Great News!". And it really was great, I am going to get paid. So that really is good news! Great news!
Your latest payment has been calculated and will be paid out later this month.
Total Payment: ----- (To be paid by 2019-05-15)
862
« on: April 02, 2019, 22:32 »
I'm confused... did you earn $9,650 or $3663?
Your post says $9650, yet - you only list $3663???
863
« on: April 02, 2019, 21:26 »
I can almost guarantee this is a reaction to Pond5. This is actually a positive step if they are noticing Pond5! Now everyone needs to pay 60%!
I'm surprised you have so much faith in one agency. Hopefully your relationship never sours, because otherwise you are s.o.l...
864
« on: March 30, 2019, 10:36 »
Actually - I think the similar images are okay.
Many times people will want that "perfect" pose - and it works much, much better if they have several to chose from.
I have purchased stock, in addition to producing it. Many times - if I see an image/video - I will want that "perfect" pose that fits in with my theme/content. If there are only 1-2 images to chose from, then sometimes I am disappointed. But if the model has 30-40 different poses/hand gestures/etc - then many times I can find that "perfect" image that looks great.
So I think that is fine.
865
« on: March 30, 2019, 09:22 »
Look at my portfolio of 21,000 images! It will help raise my rank in most relevant.
Haha, is that true? If so - I suppose smart too
866
« on: March 30, 2019, 09:21 »
https://www.shutterstock.com/g/Molostock
It is a long time since I came here last time.
My friends, if I have missed anything, please tell me.
Interesting portfolio. Most of the models looked about 26/27, although there were a couple that looked about 21/22. Looks like you have quite a wide variety of poses, of people doing things in a wide variety of situations. Looks like you have a wide selection of photography, so I think you should be doing well/fine for people looking for asian models.
867
« on: March 29, 2019, 07:56 »
I just figured this up the other day for iStock. RPD at 40%:
2008 1.85
2009 2.44
2018 3.59
40% of what for what? You know what they charge? How's your total income on IS since 2008?
My RPD Alamy is $50 only 2 sell a year, the number RPD means nothing.
Volume was much higher before 2012. Competition up, sales down, income down. But I don't feed the parasites or the race to the bottom, might be different for desperate people who put their work anywhere that will take it, probably worse for them. If you feed the bottom agencies you are stealing from your own earnings, forcing prices down.
The OP's question was specifically about RPD.
Realized I should have asked about total sales as well... Curious what the market was like back then.
868
« on: March 28, 2019, 22:19 »
I just figured this up the other day for iStock. RPD at 40%:
2008 1.85
2009 2.44
2018 3.59
Yeah, my rpd is higher now than in 2008/9 (but nowadays I get far fewer dls), but what about e.g. 2012 or 3, my rpd was higher then (I know that's not what the OP asked).
What does RPD mean? Is that 'return per download'?
869
« on: March 27, 2019, 14:59 »
Curious - for anyone that was actually submitting images in 2008/2009...
What was the income like then? I know right now it is often $0.30-$1/image... But what was it like then? Were you getting regular $200 sales/image, so maybe $5k/month in sales? Or..... what?
EDIT: Now that I realized some people are also replying about "RPD" - I am also curious as to sales volume/portfolio sizes. I.e., say you had 1000 images, how much would you have made $$$ wise say in 2005, 2010, 2015, etc? Thanks!
870
« on: March 25, 2019, 22:29 »
Or I could book a flight to the moon and get some unusual location shots that nobody else has. Go out into the wild for a month and wait for some once in a lifetime shot to happen. North Korea would welcome us documenting their troops. I'll just go ask famous celebs for video interviews, until somebody says yes, because they want to be on microstock. This is all so easy, I don't know why more of us haven't thought of that or done them already.
Shhhhhhhhh! Don't repeat it... otherwise EVERYONE may copy that idea!!!!!!!!
871
« on: March 25, 2019, 16:34 »
There are lots of subjects out there where there are no good images or videos and a buyer can't really just use something close.
Can you give an example of something? It would be interesting to see what you have in mind.
a) Close up pictures of mars, Saturn, the sun. Close up view of live satellites orbiting the earth (not computer generated). b) One on one interviews with celebrities, presidents, popes, etc exclusive 'behind-the-scenes/VIP/backstage' content c) Difficult to obtain footage (i.e., North Korean soldiers marching, videos WITH signed releases of people in a live gunfight, genuine gore, car chase aerial view, etc) d) FPV of animals chasing each other, perrigrine falcons chasing prey, etc, etc. Just a few ideas off the top of my head...
872
« on: March 25, 2019, 12:42 »
(One person's good news might be another's horrible news.
So I will enter the fun conversation here)
"Eh..... No membership fees?!"
haha, no, it's COMPLETELY free!
You can upload ALL your work for free, and you can do ALL the keywording for free too! no charge!!! Isn't that "GOOD NEWS"
No !! We should pay for such a wonderful service!
I'd suggest $35 per month
And wait for it...
Just think how we could benefit from the exposure? 
OMFG! <millenial style of speaking> HOW DID YOU KNOW!??!? Yes, think of all the FREE exposure! If you were to use a local newspaper - you'd only get MAYBE on a GOOD day a few thousand... but with THIS site - you can have BILLLLLLLLLLLLLLLIONS and BILLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLIONS of people seeing your work! Think of all the FREE EXPOSURE!!! Think of it! BILLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLIONS of PEOPLE! Where else can YOu say you got BILLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLIONS of potential people looking at your work? What are you waiting for?!?!
873
« on: March 24, 2019, 11:33 »
On the flip side. Putting your work on all the sites makes it a commodity with royalties and pricing likely determined by the worst of the bunch. There is a race to the bottom. I know I buy things at the cheapest places, how many people buy video/photo gear from the local camera store (assuming any are still around) and how many buy it from BH or Amazon? I would rather risk it on a company paying 60%. What would happen to the sites paying less if everyone did the same?
"Yesssssssss... but..." Unlike cameras where you simply type in the model number, it's not "as" easy to find an identical clip on multiple sites. (Yes, you could say search for the title - but not every clip has totally unique titles. So "birds flying video" would probably find 1000's). Also, not everyone shops around. I have purchased images/etc in the past - and when I found a site I liked - I stuck with it. Never occurred to me actually to "shop" around (plus even if I had, it would have been a bit of waste of my time). I know a lot of other people fall into that boat too - not everyone is looking for the "cheapest" (even if it is identical) - simply because they want it "now" and don't want to waste time trying to see if they can find a cheaper one elsewhere, etc... Also - these other sites still price the clips competively (i.e., $79/$199 HD/4K). You aren't seeing "huge" price variances (i.e., $1000 on pond 5, and $50 somewhere else)...
874
« on: March 24, 2019, 09:17 »
While most people seem to agree that non-exclusive account is better, there are a few that believe exclusive with Pond5 would be great. While of course it is your decision what you want to do - the expression "Those that don't learn from history are doomed to repeat it" comes to mind... (immediate example is iStock, but there are many other agencies with their "good news!" e-mail broadcasts)...
Again, if you are thinking "soley" exclusive (i.e., Pond5 is your ONLY agency you have content on)...
a) You are placing a lot of trust in putting your livelihood in someone else's hands. Pond5 has just proven they will break that trust - so - there is nothing to stop them from breaking that trust if you go exclusive. 60% - but - maybe once they start getting sales, they'll get greedy - and you'll get another "good news" e-mail from them, telling you you only get 40%, or maybe 30%, due to hyperbole such as "market conditions" or "competition", etc, etc. So don't trust that you will get 60% forever, or even a long time.
b) Expression "don't put all your eggs in one basket" really holds true. Again - you are trusting that they have *your* best interests at heart, they don't. They have theirs. What happens if the relationship goes sour? Then you are screwed - your *one* income source now doesn't exist. Yes, of course at that point you could then scramble and start uploading to other agencies - but it would most likely be incredibly stressful the 1-2 month time period while you go to establish yourself on other agencies.
c) You are not likely to see the 'huge' boost in sales you are hoping. Educated guess - yes - you probably will see a 50%-100% increase in your sales @ 60% because of some additional marketing in this area, that will probably taper off after 5-6 months to about 20-30%. But - does that additional 20-30% increase justify putting all your eggs in one basket, and the income on other sites you will be foregoing?
Going "exclusive" - you are giving Pond5 the power to decide your income. You are letting THEM decide how successful your portfolio is. Be aware of that.
My educated guess is some contributors that have HUGE portfolios/staff/etc (because they are already making $500k+/year) - will create exclusive portfolios and will benefit from that marketing (the cost for them to 'test' out that sales channel will be small because they benefit from their existing current market position, and the marginal cost for them to create 'exclusive' content at the same time is virtually non existant). They'll just churn out a ton of content in addition to the regular content they produce. So you'll be competing with them.
It's your decision if you go exclusive - but - just be aware - IF you will ONLY be producing content to submit to Pond5:
- You are severely reducing your bargaining power.
- Pond5 has already broken the trust moving comissions from 50% to 40%, nothing to prevent them from changing this "shiny" exclusive % to say 50, 40, etc in the future.
- Overall - you are likely to see less income only having one income source, as opposed to taking the time to submit to multiple agencies.
If you do go exclusive, good luck!
875
« on: March 22, 2019, 18:40 »
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