So, it was a glitch that enabled more than 100 to be uploaded.  Now we have that settled (as I beleive this was the main issue) we can move on.

My sales are on track this month (after a BEM last month) and $ per DL is slightly up at above $1 per DL.

Who really gives a care what DT does.

It is their business after all.

"Care" and "do any thing about" are different things.  I try to spend time on things I can do anything about.

 As you say it is thier business and as such, they should have just said "we have brought this great phtographer on board which will do great things for the site" (ie. positive spin).

I agree with Pixart and Sharply_done.  I don't mind that a very good contributor receives this type of special treatment.  I wouldn't agree if images were not reviewed, or mediocre images were accepted. If one new member has a solid portfolio and a name in the market, I guess it's normal that he receives this special treatment.

I think the issue is that they said they didn't give special treatment.  If they said they had, I wouldn't be too concerned but they have said they treat all contributors the same.  They obviously have not which means that they have lied to us.

I would be slightly concerned as we started a while ago and helped buildd the site up. Now that it is successful, some bigwig jumps in and they give him special treatment.  I would also be concerned as they have given special treatment to the detriment of other contributors (ie. the long time loyal!).

My opinion - they have lied.  Does it really matter.  I have come to expect it in this industry.  Everything they have done recently is to increase traffic.

Quote from: CJPhoto on April 11, 2007, 01:38

If you have 25000 contributors and they all have $50 (average of 0 and 100) then that is 1,250,000.  Interest a 5%pa is about $50,000.  Even if everyone has $99, that is only $100k so it is not millions per year.

I am afraid your estimation doesn't take into account size of the portfolio, shelf-life, seasonal trends and so on, so I have to tell you they are not accurate. We don't even have 25,000 contributors, but only half of that.
However, if they would be, do you see a problem somewhere?

All I was doing was putting numbers down (someone else said 25,000 submitters so I used this) as some people were talking millions in interest.  I have no problem with you holding the money until people reach payout as there are costs to paying out.  As someone esle pointed out $100 is not that big an amount. 

I dont think size of portfolio has anything to do with it.  A person with 1 photo and a person with 1m photos could both be stuck on $99 until they get one more download.

If a person cant get to $100 to get a payout, I think it is only fair you use the money you earn on interest to market the site better so they do get to payout!

I assume they will be $1 so the commission will be 20c.  THe price can be too low or the processing fees will kill them despite the fact the pictures will be tiny.

of course they tell you in selling school to never sell the features; sell the benefits ...

still trying to find a benefit with this one.

The beneift would be to the buyer.  Question though.  Does this help the buyer or when they type in sky, do they get annoyed that they now have to select "clear sky" or "moody sky"?

ie. are they making the search to complicated for the buyer or do they appreciate the level of detail??

either 5c to 30c per download or 8c to 33c per download.

8c would be nice.  123rf now have a guaranteed 30c and it comes out at 33-35 each month.

I guessed 3c - a 10% raise.
It'd be nice to get 20%, but this seems too high to me.

Not sure if you are aware as you have only started recently but this time last year they gave a rise of 5c from 20c to 25c.  I think before that it had always been 20c.

Does that change your mind?

Following on from this:

http://www.microstockgroup.com/index.php?topic=1546.0

What are everyones guess.

Note:  This is what you expect, not what you want. (ie like gambling against yoru favourite team because you are postive they will lose (that you you at least get some satisfaction from their defeat)).

Hmmm.  Nobody interested in the software comparison?

Regards,
Adelaide

I couldnt see any major difference. they are different but quality seems ok in all. i am not a pixel peeper though.

Thanks guys.  Dispite the much higher cost of living and lots of travel, I still save more in London than I would if I was still in NZ.  Not sure how you could live on minimum wage of �5.25 in London.

Not everything is expensive though.  Cant think of anything of the top of my head but some stuff is cheap.

Interesting article.  Long but interesting.

Still no word on Corbis new offering.  Cant be long before they launch.