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Messages - Findura
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« on: February 21, 2024, 13:28 »
I am 100% sure that the videos shown on the Sora pages were NOT created with AI.
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« on: February 19, 2024, 06:38 »
January was very bad. Revenue was only 28% of the revenue in December.
But SS revenue is significantly higher than AS and P5 revenue every month.
February is already looking much better. Got another nice $150-surprise.
I think SS is not dead but very much alive.
P5 is showing signs of dying in my opinion. Had 60% less revenue in 2023 compared to last year.
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« on: January 27, 2024, 11:24 »
63 % Shutterstock : 2.000 videos, 2.000 pictures
21 % Pond5 : 5.400 videos
16 % Adobe Stock : 1.000 videos
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« on: January 23, 2024, 05:57 »
Nothing was stolen here. The images from free websites may be used for books.
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« on: January 16, 2024, 08:15 »
It looks like there are going to be big changes at Pond5.
Would you care to elaborate or just speculation?
These are just my thoughts. I see the facts : 1) SS buys Pond 5 in May 2022. 2) Pond5 sells 60% less for me in 2023. 3) Other contributors have similar experience as me. See here : https://www.microstockgroup.com/pond5/pond5-sales-slump/4) SS has allowed content from P5 Exclusive accounts to be uploaded to SS since September 2023. (The best of P5 is transferred to SS.) So what is the conclusion? Very likely SS has new plans with Pond5 and the change has already started. The sales figures clearly show that.
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« on: January 16, 2024, 07:59 »
Orchidpoet:
I was only at level 3. I'm not sure why I've never had any $0.25 clip-pack sales. Last December, my lowest clip-pack sale was $2.46, while my highest clip-pack sale was $28.96. On average, my clip pack sale was $10.64 last month. I would like to know if others are also experiencing many $0.25 clip pack sales like you do.
I haven't had any clip sales under $1 at SS either. On all levels. I got up to level 4. And the $1 sales are rare. I usually get a bit more for it. The highest sale in December was $98. My December RPD for videos on SS is $10,26.
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« on: January 12, 2024, 05:03 »
You don't know if the sound is lost or if it's in the footage because you can't check it.
It could be that the sound remains in your footage.
I have also uploaded some videos with sound and have noted this in the title.
The customer would probably complain about the purchase if there was no sound. That's why I believe that the agencies don't delete the sound.
But we can't check that.
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« on: January 09, 2024, 07:03 »
Best Agencies for pictures :
Shutterstock
Adobe Stock
iStock
Dreamstime
Alamy
123rf
Best Agencies for videos :
Shutterstock
Adobe Stock
Until a few months ago, I would have added Pond5 to the video list. But not anymore. I had 60% less income in 2023 than in the previous year. It looks like there are going to be big changes at Pond5.
iStock sells a lot of videos for 6 cents. I've read that, but it's not my experience.
I only have portfolios with three agencies: SS, AS and Pond5. And since this year I only upload to SS and AS.
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« on: January 09, 2024, 06:15 »
If I look at mine, "fresh content" and "popular" are identical.
It doesn't seem to affect customer-facing searches, as my popular clips still appear on the first page of a search.
I also noticed the identical sorting of the videos in the portfolio. But it has no effect on my sales, which are very good as usual.
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« on: December 23, 2023, 10:31 »
Now I can no longer select a thumbnail for videos?
At what second is an automatic thumbnail created? It seems like it's at 00:05 in most cases ?
In one of my videos, SS selected the thumbnail at 00:14.
So it is not clear.
edit:
Everything is fine. Only now have I seen that I can switch to the old SS version.
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« on: December 23, 2023, 10:22 »
Pond5 was also very bad for me this year. I only received 43% of the income from the previous year. P5 was also a big disappointment for others. See this thread : https://www.microstockgroup.com/pond5/pond5-sales-slump/With SS I had a profit increase of 16% and with AS even a profit increase of 43%.
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« on: December 15, 2023, 11:41 »
My income in 2023 compared to 2022 :
Adobe Stock : + 43%
Shutterstock : + 16%
Pond5 (1) Exclusiv : - 56%
Pond5 (2) Non-Exclusiv : - 59%
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« on: October 06, 2023, 00:59 »
A very nice day in September.
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« on: August 25, 2023, 10:45 »
At the time, I had only received a detailed explanation from AS after 14 weeks as to why they had blocked my account and that it would remain blocked. And they allowed me to open a new account, which I did immediately after receiving the message. This was my thread: https://www.microstockgroup.com/fotolia-com/adobe-stock-has-locked-my-account/Was a different reason than AI, but it was also a very annoying experience for me, and I also felt it was disproportionate. And because AS did not write a reason, I was partly ridiculed here in the forum and considered untrustworthy. The only thing missing was that someone called me a troll. Unlike me, you, @JustAnImage, fortunately received an explanation immediately. I suspect the following possibility : AS makes you wait a few more weeks and then officially locks your account and allows you to open a new account at the same time. That's how it was with me. Of course, it can also be completely different.
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« on: August 15, 2023, 06:18 »
My earnings in august are quite ok.
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« on: August 01, 2023, 10:47 »
Really? For me, the number of subscription downloads is stable with normal fluctuations.
But the regular downloads have decreased a lot this year.
17
« on: August 01, 2023, 01:01 »
anyone got the Pond 5 subscription sales ?
Yes, I have a few subscription sales every month. Why do you ask?
18
« on: July 25, 2023, 11:55 »
The trend is clear. The income is getting smaller.
I stopped my work as a contributor at the beginning of this year. Now I have a new job.
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« on: July 25, 2023, 11:40 »
I'm not charged any additional fee from Payoneer when receiving payments from Shutterstock. Where did you see this fee?
When I receive payments from SS, no additional fees are charged. But if I receive payments from AS (over $100), then $3.00 fees will be deducted.
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« on: July 23, 2023, 15:36 »
For me, the RPD from AS is fine:
8,14 $ April
10,13 $ May
7,66 $ June
21
« on: July 15, 2023, 12:57 »
My Pond5 revenue is way down as well.
The first 6 months of 2023 brought me only 28% of the P5 total income last year 2022.
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« on: July 15, 2023, 12:33 »
July was not my worst month this year.
May was.
23
« on: June 18, 2023, 06:16 »
Which sites are offering unlimited subscription?
123RF But it is limited to 100 downloads per day. Concerns only photos, illustrations and vectors. For online use only.
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« on: June 04, 2023, 06:53 »
SS revenues are slowly declining.
AS revenues are slowly increasing.
June AS payout will be almost the same as SS payout. This is unprecedented so far.
There used to be months when SS had ten times the revenue of AS, most of the time SS revenue was three times that of AS.
Pond5 gave me a nice surprise in April. My Exclusive account received extra payments :
Partner Earnings and Dataset Earnings.
Strangely, my non-exclusive account did not receive such payments.
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« on: February 15, 2023, 04:03 »
Yes, the new dashboard is bad and ugly, we all agree on that. SS certainly has a reason for that.
Maybe they want to encourage us to give feedback? It worked for me, I gave my feedback for the first time.
But there are also many positive things about SS that are more important than the dasboard design.
The upload is easy. The review times are currently very fast with mostly less than 24h.
The revenues are (for me) many times higher than other agencies.
I believe SS will eventually provide a nice and useful dashboard for contributors again. And until then, there is UBlock.
Also, by default I don't call the dashboard anymore but only the pages 'to submit' and 'reviewed' and 'earnings'.
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