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Messages - jjneff
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« on: April 10, 2019, 18:58 »
Yes, that is the big difference, they said they would promote the market more once they cut our rate. That was a full-blown lie! With pond5 they promote all our content we are not punished by not having our work in the membership. I understand the limited membership and for some it has worked well. Pond5 is also going to focus on advertising Exclusive work. If Storyblocks were honest they would have promoted the market a lot more but they chose to be sneaky and try to get artist to move to the membership plan for peanuts where you have zero control on your earnings!
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« on: April 10, 2019, 18:22 »
Well, I won't be supporting that either, I know they have one and have had one but you can opt out of it or not join. What Storyblocks is doing is much more underhanded as they will not limit the # therefor the payout will be a lot less. You have to value your content!
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« on: April 10, 2019, 17:35 »
I did it! and yes it takes a ton of work but for 60% to me it is worth the risk!
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« on: April 10, 2019, 16:26 »
Just FYI I just sent my video to the CEO of Storyblocks via private message on LinkedIn
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« on: April 04, 2019, 17:15 »
Yes, Keep your HD at $79 like other sites and your 4k double that or higher. We don't need to create a race to the bottom ourselves. You need those prices as that is the only place you are selling your clips so don't sell yourself short!
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« on: April 04, 2019, 15:17 »
Trust me when I say the grass is greener outside of Getty!
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« on: April 04, 2019, 10:15 »
There are a lot of ways to do business but if you want to change the industry do not feed the places that do not value your work! Now I don't care from there where or how you decide to run your business that is your business :-) As for me now when I sell an image on Pond5 I can afford TWO bean burritos at Taco Bell once a year :-)
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« on: April 04, 2019, 08:31 »
I am pricing my photos at $10 which is fair and they can buy cheaper at lower Res. I still get 50% which is good for me so to me it is very worth it. Now if a lot of artist did the same then where do you think buyers would go? The whole problem with this is that people don't value their work because it is so easy to take a digital picture. Now getting a model and property release is harder and should be valued more! I am an old pro at this by now and don't have trouble making decisions nor do I have trouble changing my mind if I am not happy!
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« on: April 04, 2019, 06:35 »
For me photo is a very very small% of what I do in stock. I am a video producer. Now for business outside of stock I do a LOT of photography. I am just tired of the penny sales so just using Pond5 to set my prices. Probably will never see a sale agin but I don't really care.
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« on: April 04, 2019, 06:18 »
I just filled it out for you!
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« on: April 03, 2019, 20:20 »
Since trying exclusive with Pond5 I am uploading my images as exclusive there as well now. I spoke to them on the phone about doing the same for photo and promoting it and they were interested. Not a bad option.
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« on: April 03, 2019, 07:51 »
Sorry Dennis, just interesting timing. I agree with it anyways as I would be doing the same pond5 or not.
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« on: April 03, 2019, 05:30 »
I love Adobe and they have been very fair! I want them to succeed and still curate for other artist on BB where there clips are sold on Adobe! I don't have faith in any agency! I am just hoping the exclusive program does well as I feel the market is good for that move.
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« on: April 02, 2019, 20:04 »
I know of one artist who has deleted 4,000 files off of Adobe the past few days and I am sure there are others! They want the clips Exclusive on Pond5 so you have to if you are making them exclusive.
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« on: April 02, 2019, 18:07 »
They are bringing attention to it now because video files are being taken off their site.
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« on: April 02, 2019, 16:45 »
No, I just had to renew it again now it says "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."
Definitely a Pond5 reaction!
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« on: April 02, 2019, 16:01 »
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%!
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« on: March 31, 2019, 08:17 »
Great camera for video, the colors are amazing right out out of camera
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« on: March 28, 2019, 13:22 »
Like I said before you have to have people willing to pull their media from sites and you won't get enough people to even make the big agencies think twice. The best bet is to support sites like Stocky, Pond5 and Adobe!!
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« on: March 28, 2019, 11:45 »
Happy to help with the CSV!!
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« on: March 28, 2019, 10:01 »
I am all for what you say but I have seen this topic posted over 15 years and no one can do anything. Point is we are all in business for ourselves and no one wants to take the time to work this through. You would have to have people commit to pulling their content and enough of them to have an impact, for photos that time has passed and for video we are getting close!
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« on: March 28, 2019, 09:07 »
They sure will and that is why sites like Pond5 has different pricing levels for each clip! I doubt they would need 4k, I am fine with the $30 web pricing they had to help that market. Point is businesses will pay for video, it is part of their advertising cost to do business. I have done over 400 commercials for yelp, Zillow, YP and others. In talking with these owners I know that they will be happy to purchase the clips they need. Most of the time they hire someone to do that and stock is priced within the budget they get.
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« on: March 28, 2019, 08:49 »
OK I am a small and I mean small business, if I need video I pay for it!
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« on: March 28, 2019, 08:21 »
Like many of you I lived through the glory days at iStock/Getty. While I hate the risk for me it is very worth taking. SS/Getty/VideoBlocks are are all going to more and more of just a subscription service for our work. They are basically cutting the artist out of the profit! I see all the time people saying what can we do?? well try going Exclusive with Pond5 where you can set your prices. If we build the best exclusive library there then that is where the buyers will go. Trust me the money is out there and the artist deserves a part of that! Just my opinion. I am keeping a CSV of all my exclusive clips on Pond5 so if I see this is just not working I can upload the clips to other sites quickly. Be smart about this and don't let the big guys own us. 60% is great and a bold move, bold moves are needed at this time in the market.
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