Quote from: Irina Anosova on January 24, 2017, 06:42

Quote from: Brightontl on January 24, 2017, 04:39

I only do video, no still images, and I am trying to understand how the ranking in FT/Adobe works.
I understand that to get to silver 1000 sales of video clips are needed, and I believe that the same quantity is needed for still image. Is that correct?
If that is the case it would be quite illogical, since selling the first 1,000 video files may take several years, while with still images is only a matter of weeks.
Same thing about the weekly and all time rankings: are the sales of video clips considered like sales of stills? In other words if someone sells 10 video clips in a week he would get the same position as someone who sells 10 still images? Again, it would be really illogical

I think any kind of stock site ranking, likes, comments, hearts, thumbs is a sort of distracting marketing trash, especially when this doesn't increase your commission or increases it by 2%. The only real ranking is the amount of $$ earned.

I have checked with Fotolia CS and they told me there is no difference in ranking between Photos and videos. I also sell only videos. I did not bother to start arguing with them, they are a bunch of people with no real clue sometimes...
very annoying indeed.

Thanks for your reply.
So it is as I thought: a download of a video file is considered like as still image, which is bizarre.
BTW, as Irina said, it is not a big problem

I do video only, been doing it for less than two years.
Until December I had constant increase in sales, almost every month BME, especially strong on SS.
January was my first really bad month, with SS practically frozen. Only FT performing very well.
February seems to have started very well though.

Otherwise I have practically given up on Pond 5: I was doing decently until the membership plan started last May. After that 0 sales and practically zero views with a portfolio 3 times bigger now. The artists participating to the membership have been pushed up in the search and my files have become totally invisible. Also most sales have migrated to the membership area where clips can be had for peanuts

Hi everybody.
I'm taking stock videos exclusive for Istock since 2014. At this moment i have over 900 videos on this agency. I started this job exclusive and i continued exclusive until yesterday. In last one year sales going really bad. I thought this reason push me to  working as a non-exclusive contributor.
In first step i will send videos to Shutterstock, Pond5 and Videoblocks. But i'm not sure this decision is right or not? On last one year my istock sales down to 4/10 of my avarage sales at 2015. What are you thinking guys?

Not easy to give you advice not knowing how much you are earning and not seeing your portfolio.
Things are not easy in footage since Pond 5 introduced their membership plan. Artists who are not part of this plan have practically been cut out because the participating ones have been pushed up in the search engine. As a result, if you are not a part of it, you are very unlikely to get many sales there.
This Pond 5 MP is a sort of all-you-can-eat buffet were video files are given away for next to nothing, so all the customers of P5 are gradually moving there and sales are quickly drying.
In my opinion sales at other agencies are starting to feel the pressure from this unprecedented price dumping and I believe they will start lowering prices to face this competition. Basically video clips at single digit price will become the norm, thanks to Pond 5 membership plan

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Anybody else think this is a sign that 123 may be going under?
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I hope not, but certainly it is not a good sign

I only do video, no still images, and I am trying to understand how the ranking in FT/Adobe works.
I understand that to get to silver 1000 sales of video clips are needed, and I believe that the same quantity is needed for still image. Is that correct?
If that is the case it would be quite illogical, since selling the first 1,000 video files may take several years, while with still images is only a matter of weeks.
Same thing about the weekly and all time rankings: are the sales of video clips considered like sales of stills? In other words if someone sells 10 video clips in a week he would get the same position as someone who sells 10 still images? Again, it would be really illogical

I wanted to confirm that 4K was meant to be the same price as HD. I thought that was pretty clear, obviously not.

You better hurry up.
Soon 4k will be half price than HD

I am interested too.
Anybody?

I will not load to Getty/iStock because it is them who are driving down prices especially in the 4k market.

I hate to contradict you, but it is not them driving the video price down and not even Envato.
Have you heard of an agency with a membership plan that gives away excellent clips (with a choice of 200.000) for next to nothing, without paying any royalties on them?

By the way I am glad I never decided to upload any footage at this lousy istock

I have 500 video clips waiting for review!

I use yahoo too and I am not receiving anymore sale email notifications.
But, wait a minute, I am not receiving anymore sales either, so maybe that is why...

Do you mean $1,000 per month or per year?

123RF hardly review or sell any videos. That's not the place to put your videos.

Do you mean they are more interested in still images and don't care much about video?

I have about 400 video clip waiting for review at 123RF, uploaded probably in two and a half months.
My question is: do I get a prize when I reach 1,000?