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Messages - Mantis
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« on: June 19, 2022, 08:18 »
April $160 and May $80.....I don't think you can compare months as buyers are not looking for the same type or number of images each month
Similar for me but the other way around. It seems that once a year I get double what the other 11 months gets me. I usually get around $240 a month from IS and this period was $460. I expect next month to drop back down.
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« on: June 14, 2022, 14:09 »
Pond5 was a standout for me performing well until the take over. Now down over 2/3's.
I designed my whole life around stock. It's beyond discouraging and clearly the bottom has not arrived. Yet one company treats us well. Why don't the rest?
#insanity
hard to draw any conclusions from 1-2 months - what were you earning before the takeover?
I was making $300-400 a month with multiple sales. Since that announcement I have not had a single sale. Coincidence? Maybe. But if I get skunked this month that would be very unusual for P5.
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« on: June 14, 2022, 14:03 »
And most important of all, its all about giving back to the community!
Really bold comment since we have been the only ones ever giving..well, losing royalties.across the board and now its time to give back? Thank you sir, may I have another.
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« on: June 10, 2022, 07:41 »
Being in the Envanto program, they have become my best earner. Time will tell if the hit is only 10% as they claim. Honestly, I hope it's only 10%, but highly doubt it. Usually means 2-3X of what they claim.
105
« on: June 10, 2022, 07:37 »
I just LOOOOVVVVEEEE these $2.60 video royalties.
106
« on: June 10, 2022, 07:35 »
Let me tell you. if i get a few more 2 dollar video sales i will take my +10000 clips away
Regards
You ARE going to get MORE than a few more crummy sales.
107
« on: June 08, 2022, 09:12 »
It was just a matter of time. Envanto was my last decent earner being in this program. Once again then spin masters have struck.
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« on: June 03, 2022, 15:56 »
Even Pond 5 I am now getting $2 royalties. Rather than offer subscriptions they just "negotiate" a package price and regardless of what you have the clip priced at, forget it. You get what they give, subscription level peanuts through a back door way of screwing contributors once more. This is the new norm now, until it isn't.
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« on: May 28, 2022, 08:19 »
Here's the best way to clean a camera. Works like magic everytime... https://youtu.be/_xj1FlL-iAo
I've found that this technique only works with a steel brush, not a toothbrush. I mean, to really get those baked on sensor spots off, you need to really agitate them. Use stainless though.
Aah so that's the trick to really getting the sensor clean and shiny. I'll give that a go next time. That's what's so great about this forum - quality sound advice we can all rely on.
AMEN to the idea sharing. That's our years of experience talking.
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« on: May 27, 2022, 09:07 »
Here's the best way to clean a camera. Works like magic everytime... https://youtu.be/_xj1FlL-iAo
I've found that this technique only works with a steel brush, not a toothbrush. I mean, to really get those baked on sensor spots off, you need to really agitate them. Use stainless though.
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« on: May 21, 2022, 14:08 »
I have all kinds of images removed and really don't care anymore. Even high selling ones.
112
« on: May 20, 2022, 12:46 »
I'm afraid this is the new norm, ultimately where contributors will be getting 28 cents a video DL like they used to with images at SS. There is no way Adobe will not follow suit with SS on images and even videos, especially if stock assets have their own P&L. This is merely phase one with Adobe. It won't be too long before penny royalties are common.
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« on: May 18, 2022, 19:18 »
Flat as always. Uploading more content really no longer matters.
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« on: May 13, 2022, 08:51 »
It's silly to think that SS acquisition of P5 will not result in royalty reductions on the P5 platform. SS is a publicly traded company and therefore their responsibility is to increase shareholder wealth. They will claw back royalties on P5 just like they did at SS. Just a matter of time, and probably this year. They know that milking contributors further on SS will not get them the level of return they need to drive up share prices. So now, they have a WHOLE NEW SHINY WIDGET with a lot of royalty reduction upside to do that with.
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« on: May 06, 2022, 11:47 »
Looks like they limit you to 250 images unless you pay for the premium Pro membership.
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« on: May 05, 2022, 11:56 »
Is the Pictorem site (https://www.pictorem.com/) worth looking into. Anyone making money there? How does it compare to FineArtAmerica?
The site doesnt show image thumbnails for me. Just the item description.
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« on: May 04, 2022, 18:58 »
Imagine you are CEO of SS starting tomorrow. How would you improve it?
Since their job is to increase shareholder value, whatever they do won't be good for contributors. If anyone thinks a new superhero CEO will swoop in and save contributor bacon, welcome to fantasy land.
118
« on: May 03, 2022, 21:17 »
What will happen next is they will hire a new swamp creature who comes up with a mind blowing, brilliant idea. Cutting royalties in half.
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« on: April 23, 2022, 12:40 »
Love or hate them, just this week we managed to get some exclusive inside-info from their Product Manager via an interview:
https://brutallyhonestmicrostock.com/2022/04/18/interview-with-esmeralda-banos-product-manager-at-freepik/
Alex & Elijah
Alex, why do you look into the cheapest of the cheap? Why aren't you investigating premium and boutique agencies that are actually respectable and that actually sell image licenses instead of using images to make money from advertising?
The only useful information about "freepik" and all those similar scumbags is "Stay Away". (And I'm giving it for free)
Hi, I'm both a contributor and journalist. As a contributor, hell yea I'm upset about this growing trend of agencies pushing contributors towards giving away images for free. Together with the loosening of licensing standards and of course lower prices.
As a journalist, my aim is to be unbiased and ask the right probing questions to the right people, which includes those on the inside of agencies which promote such practices. I don't pick favorites and if I can I'll interview decision-makers within all the agencies, including Unsplash of which I'm looking to send an invite out (whether they will accept is another question). The ultimate aim is for the "Market-Wizards" interview section of the blog to be even more of a premium source of exclusive information from those on the inside of the industry.
As for interviews of those within "premium and boutique agencies", so far I've interviewed:
- Peter Chigmaroff, Director at OverFlightStock Niche Aerial Photography/Footage Agency;
- Mat Hayward, Adobe Stock Artist Evangelist;
- Luke Nester, Account Manager at Robert Harding;
- Nash Mascaro, Sales Director at Arcangel Images - no interview but plenty of insight at various blog posts.
The above decision-makers work within agencies that encourage a fair return to contributors.
As for Freepiks (which has a regular microstock licensing program), as Elijah has posted, he's indicating positive early results and will publish a full review soon on the blog.
Alex
Really? Didn't Adobe just go subscription for video? And Shutterstock not that long ago? There are plenty of people now getting $3 to $6 for an HD vid now (sometimes pennies), when the standard across most agencies WAS $28. How in the heck is that looking out for contributors? It is looking to generate more revenue for the agencies but the caveat is that contributors net less. Yes, they lie and say you will make it up in volume. BS and you know it. If these agencies looked out for contributors they would revenue share with those packages with which the total downloads weren't used. They happen to hang on to that chunk. Freepik? Trying to be objective? How? You as a "journalist" should reflect on their history of what they are, not hang your hat on what someone says they will be in the future. There's plenty of evidence out there. Go find it.
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« on: April 17, 2022, 16:49 »
Im over this - just deleted all my images (10k+) and told them to close my account. They have become less and less relevant - Not even making payout last month for the first time in over 10 years.
Did you let them know why? I just emailed them asking for an explanation.
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« on: April 17, 2022, 09:08 »
This is getting ridiculous. Every time I make 3-4 sales, 3-4 refunds are issues for older sales. This just started for me in April. Something doesn't smell right.
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« on: April 05, 2022, 20:41 »
Another scum bag agency.
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« on: April 01, 2022, 18:28 »
On February 14, I received an email confirming that my account would be deleted within the next 45 days.
I can no longer log in. I have not received my money either. Also a message about the completed deletion of my account has not been received.
I would first go into image manager and delete the images. I am not sure what their policy is on whether you can delete only a certain amount of images but if you go to the image manager and select all from a batch, then click on "OPTIONAL" as opposed to "MANDATORY" there is a delete icon on the lower right. So that would verify image deletion without closing your account.
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« on: April 01, 2022, 09:25 »
Its April by Alamy standards and I opted out of everything except regular sales. Just got 29 dls of anout 3 pennies per image net. Screw that. Now to monitor if I still get this crappy sales.
That's my point. People may be flogging their computers, opting out and clicking with smiles and anticipation because they stopped the foul smelling sales. It's possible, in July we'll see no change.
Just in time for the cut from 40% to 20% and Alamy could see a mass exodus. What do they care? They have millions of images, all kinds of similar. They can pay us chicken feed and rake in the money, because everyone won't quit. This is how Microstock has evolved.
The agencies paid fairly enough for people to work hard at building. They promoted and encouraged referrals. They filled the collections to million of images, in excess. And now, they have all they need, plus the reserves, and I don't mean all of this is just Alamy but the entire industry, so they don't care if the inventory drops in half. They still have all they need. None of them care or need the artists to upload much new... they have an overstock inventory of images.
Exactly. The other agencies see what SS did and there will be other agencies that will continue further down this pathway. On Pond5 I am seeing more and more $2-3 net on videos.
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« on: March 31, 2022, 21:30 »
Its April by Alamy standards and I opted out of everything except regular sales. Just got 29 dls of anout 3 pennies per image net. Screw that. Now to monitor if I still get this crappy sales.
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