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Pond5 / switch from exclusive to standard account
« on: December 01, 2022, 04:03 »
The sales of my exclusive P5 account are getting worse and worse. I am thinking of switching from exclusive to standard account.

How long do I have to wait before I can upload my media with other agencies?

And if I delete my portfolio at P5, how long do I have to wait until I can upload my media at other agencies?

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The SS contributor app does not show details of sold media for some time now.
Is it the same for you?

edit:
Only sold videos have this problem.
For sold images, all media details is displayed correctly.
Doesn't anyone else have problems?

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General Stock Discussion / Re: This month's sales
« on: November 16, 2022, 14:40 »
november revenues. third best month this year


54
Adobe Stock / Re: AS rejections
« on: November 16, 2022, 04:35 »
Upload with FileZilla.
What do you mean by streams? I don't understand that.

I opened a new AS account two months ago and in the first few days I was able to upload about 500 videos without any problems and very quickly.
But since about four weeks almost no video is accepted from me. Mostly 10/10 media end up in the "data problem" folder. Sometimes only 9/10 and sometimes only 6/10.
I can upload almost no more video.
SS accepts the same videos all. They are technically ok.
Have already written to support twice, but they won't tell me what this "data problem" is : "Unfortunately I cannot provide you with specifics on each rejection."
Can anyone tell me what this means?
With what program do you upload the video and in how many streams? Upload videos in no more than 3 streams.

55
AS suddenly throws all my submitted videos into the "data problems" folder.
And they won't tell me why :
"Unfortunately I cannot provide you with specifics on each rejection."
My account is only two months old, but I'm not new to the microstock business, nor am I new as an AS Contributor. I already had a previous account with AS in 2019 until this year. But I have never had "data issues", at least not in this dimension.

For the first 500 videos submitted, there were no problems. 0 data problems. All of a sudden though, for about 4 weeks now, all my videos have "data problems"
And AS doesn't tell me what that problem is supposed to be.
I can't see any problem.
When I resubmit the same videos, sometimes 1 out of 10 is accepted, sometimes 4 or even 6, but sometimes none.
I am sure that my videos are technically ok. SS has accepted them all. Also my titles and keywords are fine, I always choose them very carefully.

I get completely blocked by AS and they don't tell me why.
What does this mean?
What can I do?


edit:
I had accidentally changed the keyword language and didn't realize it. That was the reason for the rejections.


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Adobe Stock / Re: AS rejections
« on: November 04, 2022, 09:08 »
I opened a new AS account two months ago and in the first few days I was able to upload about 500 videos without any problems and very quickly.
But since about four weeks almost no video is accepted from me. Mostly 10/10 media end up in the "data problem" folder. Sometimes only 9/10 and sometimes only 6/10.
I can upload almost no more video.
SS accepts the same videos all. They are technically ok.
Have already written to support twice, but they won't tell me what this "data problem" is : "Unfortunately I cannot provide you with specifics on each rejection."
Can anyone tell me what this means?


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Pond5 / Re: Pond 5 Sales & Discounting
« on: October 02, 2022, 07:59 »
Subscription prices have probably gone down in september.
P5 exclusive video (subs) RPD : $3.86
P5 non-exclusive video (subs) RPD : $4.61

This is brand new. The subs RPD has never been less than $10 on my non-exclusive account.
And on my exclusive account, the subs RPD has been $15 on average.

I will still watch this this year and if it stays like this, then next year I will delete my P5 subscriptions.

Officially, no such massive price cuts are seen on the P5 site. What's going on there?

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General Stock Discussion / Re: This month's sales
« on: October 01, 2022, 06:34 »
September was also my second best month. SS far ahead with DL's and revenue.
SS Image RPD : $0.83
SS Video RPD : $13.56

My new account with Adobe (1 month old) has a few DL's already too.
AS video RPD : $18.50

Pond5 is extremely bad this month regarding RPD.
P5 Exclusive video RPD : $6.24
P5 non-exclusive video RPD : $4.85
(market place + subscription)

59
Yes you don't need a card. I just transfer out to my bank account like would with PP. $100 probably not worth it. For most agencies (not all, I believe DT doesn't) they take a $3 fee when you receive the money. Typically their rates are 1-2.5% better than Paypal, so I would say 2-300 is where it makes a difference. I save a couple of thousand dollars a year since switching most of my payments over to them.

Sounds good to me. Will try it out and compare with Paypal.

60
My currency is Euro.
Payoneer is still the better solution for payouts over $100 ?

If I receive every month to my Payoneer account, then I don't need to pay non-usage fee, right ?
I don't have to use the Payoneer credit card necessarily, right ?

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Pond5 / Re: Pond 5 Sales & Discounting
« on: September 16, 2022, 07:21 »
I have had 10 4k video sales so far this year with my non-exclusive portfolio.
Only one 4k sale was billed correctly (individual license).
Seven 4k sales were sold at a price of $28 instead of $50 with individual license.
One 4k sale were sold at a price of $14 instead of $50 with LLP license.

And one 4k video was sold with a premium license, for which the customer would normally have had to pay $50 + $299.
P5 sold the video for list price $20. NLR Price : $68. And I got $27,20 instead of $139,60.

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Have you changed the image?

Yes, of course. I used parts of puplic domain images and created videos from them. And only in 5% to 10% of my uploaded media.


63
I recommend not to upload public domain content to the agencies.

https://helpx.adobe.com/stock/contributor/help/submission-guidelines.html
"Prohibited activities:
Submitting public-domain content"


AS has deleted my account because of this.
See my thread in the AS forum.
I used parts of puplic domain images and created videos from them. Only in 5% to 10% of my uploaded media.

64
Adobe Stock / Re: Adobe Stock has locked my account
« on: September 14, 2022, 03:08 »
So. now it's official. My account remains closed.
The reason: I have used some public domain images and created videos from them.
AS says that is against their terms of use.
I'm not even allowed to use my spouse's pictures, only my own.

I have permission to create a new account for uploading my own designs.
And I have already done that.

65
I also applied to SB this year. I was rejected with the reason:
"... but are currently prioritizing content that best meets the needs of our customers."

SB also wrote : "... you are welcome to apply again in the future."
But I don't think I will apply again.

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General Stock Discussion / Re: This month's sales
« on: September 05, 2022, 06:03 »
August was also very good for me.
For SS, it was the best month of the year in terms of downloads and revenue.
SS picture RPD : $1.25
SS video RPD : $17.11

P5 Exclusive video RPD : $9.26
P5 Non-Exclusive video RPD : $11.30
(respectively market place + subscription)

67
Adobe Stock / Re: Adobe Stock has locked my account
« on: August 26, 2022, 05:23 »
Before the last message from AS, there was no message at all for 3 months. I thought they had kicked me out and forgotten about me.
The fact that they have now written a message to me gives me some hope that they are investigating the case.
I don't know what the problem is. AS has not written anything clear.

I don't give details here yet.
I want to wait and see if AS gets back to me.

68
Ok. I was mistaken.

69
The storyblocks monthly subscription 'Unlimited' has become over half cheaper. From 65 to 30.

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Adobe Stock / Re: Adobe Stock has locked my account
« on: August 21, 2022, 03:57 »
A strange one.
Just like a suspected criminal is questioned in crime movies, who is not supposed to recognize from the question what the strategy of the criminal investigators is.

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Adobe Stock / Re: Adobe Stock has locked my account
« on: August 20, 2022, 06:40 »
AS has not forgotten me. They have written to me, but still have not told me what the problem is.
They just wrote a message with a strange question.
No explanation why they closed my account.
I still don't know what happened and that's why I repeatedly asked several questions.

72
My videos wait for 6 days.

73
Received for one of my videos.
First time such a high amount of money.

74
Shutterstock.com / Re: Start again at Shutterstock? Or not
« on: August 14, 2022, 04:04 »
Because I really could do with the money.

If you're all about making money, I'd recommend finding something else where you know you'll get your money.
Microstock is only for hobbyists in my opinion.

I already have a plan B for when microstock is no longer profitable for me.
But so far I'm still having fun and I'm happy with the income, so I'm still with it.

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Shutterstock.com / Re: Start again at Shutterstock? Or not
« on: August 14, 2022, 03:50 »
So now I am considering uploading there again.

Try it. It's not as easy as it was a few weeks ago. And even then it was already difficult.
SS is becoming more and more seemingly picky.
Rejections are within 24 hours, and if your photos are still in the account, then it takes 5 days until they are accepted, and probably only 1 of a series.
Try it and then decide for yourself if it is worth it for you.

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