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Messages - thirdbornentertainment
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« on: December 11, 2018, 20:52 »
They "made" a "research" and found that web size videos sell more "without affecting" 4k sells...
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Do you have a link to the article/news? I never heard of this until now
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« on: December 11, 2018, 20:46 »
Just had a sale where I made 13$ which is weird since my clip price is $70. It appears that pond5 has introduced a web tier pricing to help us lose even more money. I'm currently going through and manually changing the cost of web pricing to match my HD prices.
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« on: November 03, 2018, 00:38 »
My sales have been up for the most part with pond5 and SS. Dissolve and Videoblocks have been down
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« on: October 10, 2017, 18:43 »
I just had two back to back. 4K clips too, sold then refunded. Somebody just stole my footage and storyblocks/videoblocks let it happen. Time to close down our accounts over there.
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« on: October 10, 2017, 18:39 »
I just had two 4k sales on videoblocks/storyblocks and the clips were refunded immediately. How is this possible? I'm assuming the person is just buying the clips and getting their money back while keeping the digital downloads. Why are they allowing this crap to happen? So basically we can download content, any content we want and then ask for a refund. Great stuff Video Blocks!
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« on: September 07, 2017, 15:00 »
How do you get 0%? I always have 4.72 taken off. Must be one of the perks of being Canadian.
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« on: September 07, 2017, 14:45 »
I just looked at my sales and saw the tax withheld rate went from $4.72 to $14.15. Anyone know what is up?
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« on: August 10, 2017, 02:24 »
I just had a bunch of clips rejected due to no model releases. It was water-skiing footage of a major event which is similar to a lot of my shoots where it would be considered editorial footage. I talso had a timelapse clip rejected due to no property release, again it should be considered editorial.
Here's the message: " Thanks for your upload but unfortunatelly we cannot take this clips because we no longer accept logos/brands/ads etc on main focus and without property release."
I understand where they are coming from due to the sheer volume of crap footage that people upload but there has to be some give when it comes to quality stuff. If this is the new way it'll mean blurring out every single logo, every face unless you have permission from everyone in it.
Anyone else experienced this yet?
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« on: April 13, 2017, 16:28 »
I don't look at $ per month per clip. Just overall sales. If you factor in all of the garbage clips that don't sell then how's $0.10/clip per month? More/less? Don't know don't care
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« on: April 13, 2017, 16:20 »
Just out of curiosity, how much do you currently make per month per clip at Shutterstock only? Or which site has the best $/clip/month for you? Question aimed at anyone.
Currently an HD sale nets me $17-$23.
That is not what I asked.
I've made 23$/ sale as well. Some months thats it. In two years I've made $1000 with about 400 clips, however I started with nothing so give me another year and I'll tell you my new total.
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« on: April 13, 2017, 16:14 »
I have already seen some $5 sales. Not pleased!
Yes they have that silly lo-res option which makes you peanuts! Why can't they switch to HD and 4k only? Videoblocks is quickly becoming my favorite site because the commission is 90% of the sale.
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« on: April 13, 2017, 16:03 »
We will only be offering this package to large business customers who are guaranteeing bulk purchases of footage. It wont be shown on our public website. With this package, clients will be given the opportunity to download a large volume of footage clips at a negotiated price per clip. As with our other footage products, your earnings under this high-volume footage package will be a percentage of the purchase price of each download, with payouts between $3 and $6 per clip."
Fantastic. This is the same tactic that Getty uses. Only their BEST customers (i.e., those who buy the most files) get the steep discounts, so those who make the bulk of the purchases pay the least.
I so look forward to most of my HD & 4K video sales bringing in between $3 and $6 a clip. Can't wait. 
I will gladly remove my entire catalog if they go this route. This is why nobody uploads to videohive.
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« on: April 13, 2017, 16:02 »
Is there an opt out? These fkrs use the "higher volume" every mf time and only the sheep dont care. Sick of this sh!t.
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I just sent them a message asking to opt out of this bulk sale bs.
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« on: April 13, 2017, 15:59 »
Like fotolia, i uploaded two clips there to test it out and made $3 on a sale! What is that all about? Said it depended on if it was clip packs etc. I've pulled my stuff from that site and won't hesitate with shutterstock if this happens. $3-$6 isn't much, even if I sell 100 clips that devalues my work way too much and is a slap in the face to any serious producer.
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« on: April 13, 2017, 15:11 »
Some good, some bad. The bulk buy option sounds like the kind of garbage fotolia offers with regards to how much we will make.
Email from shutterstock:
"While high resolution footage is increasingly popular with our customers, they often choose entry-level clips because of the lower price. To encourage bulk high resolution downloads, we've narrowed the pricing gap across all our video packs. By raising the price for entry-level clips and lowering the prices for higher resolution packs, we've made this higher-quality content an easier choice for our customers. These pricing changes will vary globally.
We're introducing a new high-volume footage package.
Recently there's been a demand for a large number of downloads from a specific set of customers from large companies. To suit their needs we will soon introduce a high-volume footage package. This package gives your work an opportunity to reach a broader audience that could result in even more downloads.
We will only be offering this package to large business customers who are guaranteeing bulk purchases of footage. It wont be shown on our public website. With this package, clients will be given the opportunity to download a large volume of footage clips at a negotiated price per clip. As with our other footage products, your earnings under this high-volume footage package will be a percentage of the purchase price of each download, with payouts between $3 and $6 per clip."
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« on: February 01, 2017, 02:05 »
I try to put a lot of effort into most of my footage, creating the highest quality possible because any garbage clip ive ever shot never sells. With that said, I found a fella with 39,000+ clips on pond 5 which doesnt impress me from the stuff i've seen. Do you think it's possible to make much money with such a gigantic catalog? https://www.pond5.com/artist/weathernews#1/2063
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« on: January 30, 2017, 16:50 »
Congrats on your sale. If the sale was reversed then your balance should now be - $499.50 and you'll need on of those sales again to get back to 0.
Looks like I'm done with them. What kind of agency pays you out and then returns a clip. Do they really expect I will upload anymore with them? That's some shady sh*t right there.
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« on: January 30, 2017, 04:28 »
Thanks! Was my 3rd ever hyperlapse back in 2014. Found a great line to work with for that building.
It's weird, but does these mean I'll be paying this off every time i make a sale on Motion Elements? I got paid and cashed out, if they think they will be able to take money from me I'll happily close the account and remove all the footage. I'm not too familiar with RM, is that something you would do exclusive?
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« on: January 30, 2017, 03:03 »
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« on: January 30, 2017, 02:04 »
you think im kidding huh? screen cap incoming, but i did notice that december sales report said "reversed" which makes no sense cuz i already cashed out. Is this a joke or something? Far as Im concerned if they paid me I'll never return the money. Waiting to hear back.
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« on: January 30, 2017, 01:40 »
Put two clips (hyperlapse) on there and priced them at 1000 kinda as a joke and two months later sold one. Looks like it's time to upload everything!
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