Hi gang

I'm looking for a PhotoShelter equivalent kinda thing, but for video sales instead (or both video and stills). I basically need a platform where I can upload my own videoclips, and set my own price for those clips. What's out there, worth getting into?

Thanks for your help :-)

Brian

How can it be dead? There are over 322 million files online. 4 million more than just a few days ago.

Does all this blackout thing help at all? WHO is it that keeps uploading, and WHY do they do it? I'm getting so frustrated here. I don't see Shutterstock losing anything at the moment. The amount of files should be decreasing instead of increasing........

In the light of recent events that Shutterstock pulled on us, maybe our reaction are being heard by SS?!?

https://www.facebook.com/pg/Shutterstock/posts/

To whom it may concern:

You can opt out on sale of your entire video library. Read this article. Maybe a strong signal to send to Shutterstock if everybody did it? :-)

https://www.shutterstock.com/contributorsupport/articles/en_US/kbat02/000006563?q=opting+out+of+sales&l=en_US&fs=Search&pn=1

Thanks for your help Sue. I'll try and see what happens :-)

Yes, I see all that. I go to royalties.... For a short split of a second, I see the Royalties box on top of the Summary and the Export box, then it dissappears.....

Hey gang

Haven't been on Getty for ages, and have just returned to check my sales (if any). But I can't get to my royalties. I see two boxes when I go to "Royalties" - Summary and Export. Briefly there is another box called Royalties when I refresh the site, but it disappears after a split second.

Nowhere can I find a royalty statement, or see how many downloads there's been. Can't export any files either. And can't seem to find any contact form to Getty.

Anybody having the same trouble? What has happened while I was away?

Thanks

Brian

Hey guys

I dropped Alamy about three years ago, after I've been on the platform for maybe 2-3 years - without any sales. I remember the upload process and all the keywording etc to be such a hassle, that I just gave up on it.

I'm now doing a little research to see what other photographers do with their stock portfolio, and how they "make things happen". Many are talking about Alamy as a good source of income.

Has the upload process changed at Alamy, are you guys selling anything, is it worth it to create a new profile and try again? Please let me have your input.

Thanks

Brian

Anyone knows what's going on? Just saw it now. My port is down from 300-something to 3.... :-/

Hi

Sorry if I sound like a n00b, but what is Fotosearch, and who are they connected to? I see lots of my pictures there, and I haven't placed them there!

Brian

Quote from: brianholm on January 23, 2013, 10:01

Just got 85 pictures rejected some minutes ago....

That was one h*lluva backup they cleared.

Yeah....... Looks like IS is digging their own grave. Well, I can't be bothered with them anymore. Next question is just where to move to and support? I've just been accepted on Graphicleftovers, and also started uploading to MostPhotos..... Any other sites recommended? I'm already on SS, FT, DT, Deposit, 123, CS, BS, Veer, Cre, Feature, Stockfresh, Clipdealer, Sign, scanstock and stockami.

Hi guys

Seems to be a lot going on with Istock these days!

Do you know of a site called http://www.freedigitalphotos.net/ - it's based in UK. They are also giving away free photos, but in smaller, almost useless sizes and quality. Then the bigger, better and more useful versions of the same pictures are being sold at a pretty good price. This is all something that you as a contributor knows, when you sign up. These are the terms that you sign up to. I have had lots of downloads of my pictures, and a fair amount of sale, where my commission ranges from $ 2,25 - 7,50 per file.

Their philosophy is that if people really want free pictures, nothing can prevent them to find it online. That's why they're giving customers access to photos in almost useless quality, and sell the bigger files at a little higher price.

What's your view on this kind of business plan?

Another thing: Do you know the Colourbox.com site? It's based in Denmark, with offices in Finland and New York. I guess they will be happy to take over Istock's contributors and customers :-) I'm having fair sales there, and uploading is pretty easy. They're covering Scandinavia, Germany, UK and other parts of Europe as it is now, and they're supplying MetroXpress in Scandinavia with photos. They're not even between the Low Earners in the microstock poll, but I think they could be worth trying out for some of you.

Best regards

Brian