Part of the email also said this

Quote..we have carefully re-analyzed what kind of content is in demand from our users, and currently, there is a greater demand than ever for content shot, drawn and produced by our Contributor Members themselves, rather than content generated by AI. ..

good news

Long review times and rejections. I've never(ever) had a rejection in the last 10 years.

not yet

woah, if i read my dashboard correctly looks like they accepted mine 100%

year end bonus on za way. alhamdulillah.

Last year I got $1400~

This year $14

Alhamdulillah

telling how much you make will motivate thief to keep stealing people works. there is no police on the internet to stop them.

Adobe stock username: blackboxguild contain lot of stolen work, hundred of my work there too, pretty sure not just mine!

Quote from: Noedelhap on March 31, 2021, 13:32
What the heck, did they change the minimum payout to $60? I'd swear it was $30 earlier?

Not sure if they changed it, i didn't pay attention to payout threshold before and my payouts always over $100.

good luck sir

Feel like living in 2012.

Quote from: dragonblade on March 06, 2021, 04:36

Quote from: Open_ on March 02, 2021, 17:29

Same, flat $4.

better than SStock 0.84c/clip

I don't know how anyone could be satisfied with $4 per clip. That's pretty insulting. I was considering submitting some commercial videos of mine to Yay but now I'm glad that I didn't. I think I'll keep my distance from this agency.

So far I have no problem with them.

Just requested my 2nd payout with them. Yayhooo!

Quote from: Andri on March 01, 2021, 12:35
Open_ how much per sale have you got? Because I had there only $4 sales...

Same, flat $4.

better than SStock 0.84c/clip

Requested my first video payout a little surprise though they do bring in some money

crossed finger i'll have consistent monthly payout from them but best of luck to YaY.

8000 at most,

combined all sites

I saw my stuffs too, now it's no more. I did not request DMCA, thank you very much for those that taking action.

my clip priced higher at P5 for buyer that want to appreciate and give more to the artist that create it even though they know they can get cheaper elsewhere. and I do value my work that much, and the risk buyer run away to cheaper option also on me. but 8 years on P5 my income growth despite higher price tag proof that price is not the case.

If I can set price higher at SS i would do, but I can't and SS have their own business model.

Why those idiots at P5 wanna follow SS price setting? 79$ is fair price? why not 34$? why not 400$ a clip?

On my firsthand experience selling my content on various marketplaces with varied price tag, the hysteria about buyer will run to cheaper sites is not 100% true. it's almost a decade now and higher priced marketplaces still not outshines by free/cheaper content marketplaces.

Only my Pond5 sales down from 700$ average to no more than 100$, i feel this is pure sabotage by the agency, not because of competitor, not search engine tweak. those idiots.

every other sites are normal even in this yearly slow season.

My yearly payout until last year, I pull everything out end of 2018.

My portfolio is really a strong portfolio for 8 years!! not anymore since royalty cut and introduction of exclusivity.

I blame that idiot newcomer(not artist) in Pond5. they are bored and wanna feel edgy. sometime i think these agency people as a freeloader that live of of artist hardwork.

Remember in the early time Videoblock with 100% commission the return is high and then by time more and more contributors joining in, $ return starting to decline.

I think same thing will happen with Member Library (revenue pool system). Last year around October they invited the first batch of contributor in the program and these 1st batch enjoying decent return, last month Storyblock started the second batch of inviting more contributor into the program.

Guess what... one of the contributor in the Member Library told me the $ return now goes down by half of what it used to be.

I'm certain people will pull out their port eventually, the concept are not sustainable.

Flat price $21.98

Haha

No

Thank you

Quote from: hafakot on May 04, 2019, 06:28
A 30$ clip earned me today
1.22$ at pond5
How is this possible?

From LLP sale?

I received lowest ever LLP sales $ today, straight away went to my Preferences and option-out Limited License Program.

Prices are higher on p5 now because non exclusives adjust the price to cover up the missing 10%.

well done p5.

and Pond5 making big mistake.

sigh

Up 35% than last year January.

Bailing out from Dreamstime and 123Rf and didn't lose anything, me feel peaceful like a Buddha

I just ended my business with this site after 7 years with them. clean up delete everything.