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Veer / Veer pays less than 17% commision!

« on: October 31, 2010, 08:04 »

At Veer an XSmall cost 1,5 euro (with credit card) which at todays exchange rate is 2,08 dollars. The commision you will recieve on such a sale is 0,35 dollars. In other terms:

you get 16,8% commision

The other commisions rates for credit card sales in euro are hardly impressive either:

xs 16,8%
s 26%
m 22%
l 21%
xl 22%
xxl 21%

A month ago Brian O'Shea said:

"A reminder of what Veer offers contributors:
• A simple royalty structure – with the same rates applied to all contributors. We pay any contributor up to 40% on any sale." (http://www.microstockgroup.com/veer-marketplace/end-of-summer-update/)

Since there has been a lot of cheering for Veer lately, I thought I would bring these numbers to your attention.

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Veer / Re: End of Summer Update

« on: October 01, 2010, 15:11 »

"A simple royalty structure – with the same rates applied to all contributors. We pay any contributor up to 40% on any sale. See full details here:http://ideas.veer.com/group/marketplace/discussions/150"

- and as low as 25%...(and even 23% for credit card sales)

I would rather like to know what is the average royalty given by Veer?

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PicNiche Toolbar / Re: Considering a replacement service to iSyndica... need to measure your interest.

« on: September 27, 2010, 13:10 »

I voted yes, but I will not be using your service, if it will be with the pricing structure suggested here. Isyndica was great not only for easy uploading, but also for keeping track of uploads. There need to be a way to keep track of the uploads for me to be interested. Also, I would not be willing to pay 1-2 cent per day per file in storage. If my math is not off, that would cost 3650-7300 USD pr year for a portfolio of 1000 images! 2 cent pr file tranfer is a bit high (isyndica was less than 1 cent as they always had rebates) and 4 is definately too much.

Good luck with the project!

154

Site Related / Improving contributor conditions

« on: June 02, 2010, 14:18 »

Suggestion: Make a forum dedicated to discussions of how we can improve contributor conditions.

Right now these discussions seem to be scattered around the site, and are usually hidden in threads starting with an appropriate bitching about a site. A dedicated forum could hopefully give a more organised discussion and direct more attention to this important subject.

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Adobe Stock / Re: Is FT giving us a very poor deal?

« on: April 08, 2010, 19:06 »

Hi guys!

Maybe I'm gliding slightly of subject, but I couldn't start a new thread, so here we go..

How about this:

We make a list of x things that are completely unacceptable by F (maybe followed by suggestions of how they could improve each of those things).

We announce that due to these things we will suspend uploading from for example mid May to mid June.

We spreed the word wherever possible, and in very good time. We make a running count (people remain anonymous) of how many will participate in the protest – a crowing number in the time up until the protest can maybe motivate some. There could also be a list for them with huge balls that want to have their name public.

Many of us have too much to loose by closing our accounts or even coming public about our views on how they run their business. Big and small players could in this way anonymously protest collectively and largely without consequences.

Depending on how many and how big F victims joins the protest, it can potentially give F a small reminder of who is actually making the products they sell. Maybe it will reach some buyers and new contributors and raise awareness of the unethical behavior of this company.

Its a very loose idea that just came to mind, and I'd be happy if any would follow up constructively on this suggestion.

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General Stock Discussion / Re: thinkstockphotos.com - Getty New Family

« on: March 07, 2010, 17:33 »

Hi all

My first post here...

If you are still considering wether to opt in or out on Thinkstock consider this (if you don't like calculations then skip to the last line):

A buyer wants 7 of your XXXL pictures on iS and nothing more. You are non-exclusive so the buyer needs 7 x 25 = 175 credits. He sees that the cheapest way to get this amount of credit would be to buy the following combination of credit packages: 120 credits for 170 $, 50 credits for 73 $ and 12 credits for 18,25 $. This will give the buyer 182 credits and cost him 261,25. You make 20% x 1,44$/credit (the average credit price for his purchase) x 175 credit = 50,24 $ and Getty makes 261,25 – 50,24 = 211,01$. Weirdly enough this 20 % (actually: 19,2%) commission scenario is what you are hoping for, but it ain't gonna happen! Because, just before he clicks ”buy” he notices the link to Thinkstock and decides to see if your pictures are there - And they are, cause you want those extra nuts don't you?! He buys the subscription plan as he can save 261,25 – 249 = 12,25$ dollars this way. He downloads the 7 pictures he wants and nothing more. You get 7 x 0,25 = 1,75 $ and Getty gets 249 – 1,75 = 247,25 $. Getty makes 247,25 – 211,01 = 36,24 $ MORE than if the pictures had been bought on iS, whereas you get a pay cut from 50,24 to 1,75 $ (3% of your usual pay).

The commission you have received is 1,75 $ / 249 $ = 0,7%

This is an extreme example, but the point is, that there are many reasons for Getty to push the business towards more subscriptions...

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