Quote from: tab62 on July 24, 2012, 10:13

If I go exclusive to IS will I get 12c instead of 8c on my pics? Not a bad deal! 50% increase in revenue!

It will be much higher, 600% not 50%.  46 cents is the lowest you should get at the lowest level (4 credits)($.46 per credit)(25% lowest royalty level)=46 cents.  Also your RCs will about double so many people would be at a higher level as an exclusive than you would be as an independent. (XS prices go from 1 to 4 when you go exclusive so those would quadruple).

The problem is IS just doesn't sell like it used to.  If I took this month's IS sales as an independent and quadrupled them for the commission increase, the number would still be only one third of my total tally counting all agencies.  

OK, maybe I'll get better exposure as an exclusive?  Double that figure again.  Take this month's IS earnings x 8, and I'm still only at about 70% of my total July earnings as an independent.

IS exclusivity just doesn't make financial sense.

Quote from: tab62 on July 24, 2012, 10:13

If I go exclusive to IS will I get 12c instead of 8c on my pics? Not a bad deal! 50% increase in revenue!

It will be much higher, 600% not 50%.  46 cents is the lowest you should get at the lowest level (4 credits)($.46 per credit)(25% lowest royalty level)=46 cents.  Also your RCs will about double so many people would be at a higher level as an exclusive than you would be as an independent. (XS prices go from 1 to 4 when you go exclusive so those would quadruple).

when you turned out exclusive you got a 600% increase in your iStock earnings? I was thinking the raise should be at the 300%

Quote from: traveler1116 on July 24, 2012, 11:09

Quote from: tab62 on July 24, 2012, 10:13

If I go exclusive to IS will I get 12c instead of 8c on my pics? Not a bad deal! 50% increase in revenue!

It will be much higher, 600% not 50%.  46 cents is the lowest you should get at the lowest level (4 credits)($.46 per credit)(25% lowest royalty level)=46 cents.  Also your RCs will about double so many people would be at a higher level as an exclusive than you would be as an independent. (XS prices go from 1 to 4 when you go exclusive so those would quadruple).

when you turned out exclusive you got a 600% increase in your iStock earnings? I was thinking the raise should be at the 300%

Not even close there wasn't this disparity between exclusive and nonexclusive when I went exclusive.  The only difference then was the royalty %, now that has widened and files cost a lot more for exclusive relative to nonexclusives.  A lot has changed in the last year or two.

Quote from: luissantos84 on July 24, 2012, 11:29

Quote from: traveler1116 on July 24, 2012, 11:09

Quote from: tab62 on July 24, 2012, 10:13

If I go exclusive to IS will I get 12c instead of 8c on my pics? Not a bad deal! 50% increase in revenue!

It will be much higher, 600% not 50%.  46 cents is the lowest you should get at the lowest level (4 credits)($.46 per credit)(25% lowest royalty level)=46 cents.  Also your RCs will about double so many people would be at a higher level as an exclusive than you would be as an independent. (XS prices go from 1 to 4 when you go exclusive so those would quadruple).

when you turned out exclusive you got a 600% increase in your iStock earnings? I was thinking the raise should be at the 300%

Not even close there wasn't this disparity between exclusive and nonexclusive when I went exclusive.  The only difference then was the royalty %, now that has widened and files cost a lot more for exclusive relative to nonexclusives.  A lot has changed in the last year or two.

it does make sense but looking at the latest reports from many indies/exclusives doesn�t look very inspiring, I believe it was a lot easier to predict the potential exclusive income before the summer of 2010, these days is very risky.. that said there are still many exclusives doing well, thinking of the ones that never post on iStock forum or here

My sales at SS are projected to be slightly higher than July 2011. Nothing spectacular but in contrast every other agency I submit to will be down compared to last year.

Quote from: Wim on July 24, 2012, 10:04

From 1 or 2 a month to 1 or 2 a day? that just doesn't sound right mate, this shift is too dramatic.
From 56USD to 840USD worth of EL's in a month?

Sounds right to me.  I had exactly the same experience. 

I long for that experience!

SS sales are not bad but IS is still doing much better before and now. Same port size on both sites

I'm the same - normally 5 or 6 ELs a month and then this month is zero. Some $18 single sales though, but nothing like as good a month as previous ones.

Steve

I'm 3 DLs away from a BDE in total number of sales today. As you can imagine, that puts my outlook on SS in a pretty positive light

Died completely for me. FT is doing much better, and IS even more. Thinking about a stop to uploading on SS.

Indeed

Hopefully their big EL buyers are on summer vacation.  They were selling lots of EL's for me this year but none this month.  No SOD's either, so July has bee drab for me.

Anyone know any more about the sudden drop in Enhanced License Downloads this month (assuming it is still affecting more contributors than me!)?

I plotted out my earnings from Shutterstock over the past 18 months and separated out subscriptions, on demand, EDs and single sales. I have to go back to June 2011 to find a month with zero Enhanced license downloads.



Steve