If you are interested in 3D photography, you might also be interested in lenticular printing:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lenticular_printing

And here are some examples:

http://www.world3d.com/gallery.html

I'm at 2 weeks and counting now.  StockXpert is also just as tardy! 

I have been waiting for a payout from FT for 13 days myself.

I was hoping that Lisa had somehow magically fixed the backlog, but it doesn't seem so.

I just had my first Premium Subscription sale from FT.

It was an XLarge image (12 MP) for which I received the whole sum of...

drum roll please...

$0.36!

Previous to the new "Premium" Subscription, I normally made $1.92 from that size sale.

What a disappointment!

It seems the issue is that Pixamba is offering ELs for XS, whereas other sites (correct me if I am wrong) only offer ELs in the maximum available size.  I wonder if an XS EL makes sense?  What use would be that?

Most resale items (web templates, magnets, mugs, mouse pads, tshirts, business cards, etc) only require a small image.  They don't require an XXL image.

Quote from: cevapcici on July 07, 2009, 07:47

Also very meaningful that you never reply on the Extended Licenses for just 1.50$, a ridiculous amount when ShutterStock gives 28.0$.

It seems that you just compare apples and oranges, like we already saw right here in this thread when some other guy compared credits prices for credits packages of very different sizes.

I assume that the "some other guy" that you are talking about is me.  If so, then just come out and say so.

And I couldn't compare "apples to apples" because your website is very misleading (as I explained previously in this thread).  There is nothing on the site that states that the prices that you are displaying are for the largest price package.  All your web site states is that an XSmall image is 1 credit or $0.75.

We offer extended licenses at all sizes: XS - XXXL, so you just took our minimal available size XS with EL price, which is 5 credits...

The problem with this reasoning is that the majority of sales are for XSmall and Small images.  This has been confirmed by a lot of contributors as well as the COO of IS (Kelly Thompson).  Mr. Thompson stated (in an article for TechCrunch) "Definitely the print side is declining and we are seeing lots of Web usage".

On top of that, you only need a small image to put on a mug, mousepad, business card, etc., which can then be resold for lots more.

Finally, you still haven't addressed why you feel the need to offer unlimited production runs for a standard license (where almost all other sites require an Extended License).  In my opinion, if an ad gets placed in a top-selling magazine that has millions of readers, then they should be able to pay a little extra for the license.

So in almost every area that you address, it seems that you are just trying to undercut your competitors to get some sales.  Is that your business plan?  Undercut the competition!

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You get 40% of each sale of your image. For instance, if the sale price was 10 credits you get $4 on this sale.

It's not 40%, but 40c per credit.

I don't think that you are correct.

I believe that the royalty is 40% per credit.  As the credit price decreases (depending on the credit package purchased), the royalty decreases as well.  So if a buyer purchases 500 credits, then you will receive $0.30 per credit (since a credit is worth $0.75).

This means that the contributor eats the discount that is given to the buyer.  This is similar to how IS operates.  If you remember, there was a lot of dissent when IS made that change.

davidm:

I. Credit Price Comparison

Our credit price is on par with other microstocks.

Sorry, but that is simply not true.

Out of the Big 6 (see the column to the right of this), ALL of the sites that provide a pay per image option charge $1.00 or more for the smallest size.

IS charges $18 for 12 credits (or $1.50/credit).  So an XSmall image would cost $1.50.

DT charges $6.99 for 5 credits (or $1.40/credit).  So an XSmall image would cost $1.40.

FT charges $10 for 10 credits (or $1.00/credit).  So an XSmall image would cost $1.00.

StockXpert charges $4.99 for 5 credits (or $1.00/credit).  So an XSmall image would cost $1.00.

123RF charges $15 for 15 credits (or $1.00/credit).  So an XSmall image would cost $1.00.

Notice that all of the sites charge $1.00 or more for an XSmall image.

Yet you decided to charge $0.75 for an XSmall image.  Not only did you undercut the competition, but you did it by a whopping 25% or more.

So your credit price isn't "on par with other microstocks" as you stated.

II. Royalty Comparison

Whatever is the credit price for the buyer your contributors commission is still 40% of 1 credit = $1, i.e. $0.40
This is much better than you can get at many micros, so make your own calculations.

Once again, this is simply not true.

Here are the royalty comparisons:

IS: 20% of $1.50 = $0.30
DT: 50% of $1.40 = $0.70 (NOTE: royalty amounts go up if an image has >= 5 sales)
FT: 30% of $1.00 = $0.30 (NOTE: contributors can make 32% or more if they have >= 100 sales)
StockXpert: 50% of $1.00 = $0.50
123RF: 50% of $1.00 = $0.50

Pixamba: 40% of $0.75 = $0.30

If you notice, Pixamba is once again at the bottom of the comparison (along with IS and FT).  It isn't "much better than you can get at many micros" as you stated.

III. Unlimited Runs & Extended Licenses

On top of that, you allow unlimited runs (which almost all other sites require an Extended License for) and you start your Extended Licenses at $3.75 (which is ridiculously low).

Why should we support another stock site that wants to race to the bottom?

Prices at Pixamba seem more to lean towards midstock, just like Zymmetrical. I think sites like that deserve full support. The 0.25$ train has left the station but some trains are known to derail.

Pixamba is leaning towards midstock???  What are you looking at???

Pixamba sells images starting from $0.75.  Almost every other stock site starts selling images at $1.00.  So Pixamba has undercut the other sites by 25%!

Pixamba also allows unlimited runs (which most other sites don't allow) and sells Extended Licenses starting at $3.75 (most other sites charge much much more)!

I'm not sure what you are looking at, but that definitely doesn't resemble midstock to me.

I feel that Pixamba is going in the other direction: nanostock!

Quote from: melastmohican on July 01, 2009, 12:33

I was late for Memorial Day Weekend but I posted photos from grilling after anyway. Now some them have been sold. I guess next long weekend is coming :-)

Did you buy the grill from Costco that had one of my pictures on the box?

I hope that the picture on the box is the same make and model as the grill inside the box.

I just started to experience the same problem.

Quote from: GeoPappas on June 24, 2009, 16:52

If you are a contributor of DT, I believe that you can also use their keywording service.

But then you have to wait a few months before you can see the keywords they used.  I haven't read their terms, so I am not sure you can copy and paste them to other images of a series (if you wait that long).

I thought that they had changed the keywording service to allow the contributor to see the keywords.  I could be wrong, since I have never used the system.  Maybe someone else can add some information to this.

If you are a contributor of DT, I believe that you can also use their keywording service.

BTW, are you planning on shooting on an indoors platform or outdoors platform?