So, I haven't been selling my videos at all on Shutterstock for about 2 years maybe since they started video subs.  I had more than 13,000 videos on Shutterstock.  Due to low sales on Pond5, I decided to give Shutterstock a try again because I can still be Pond5 exclusive getting 60% royalty even if I sell the same video clips on Shutterstock due to the SS takeover of P5.  However, I don't want my 4k clips to be sold for the same cheap price as HD on their video sub plan, so I decided to delete all my 4k clips on Shutterstock.  I deleted about 9,000 4k clips today.  I have nearly 30k clips on Pond5 Exclusive now.  So, for Shutterstock, I only have older clips in HD only.  I'll probably decide if I un-publish my videos again on Shutterstock after several months.  I hope this move will give me a little more income without negatively affecting my Pond5 income.  As for the Adobe Stock, I deleted all my videos last May because of low sales due to video subs.  Now they announced they give 4k for the same price as HD on video sub, I would only upload very limited number of HD clips there because I don't want to lose 60% royalty advantage on Pond5 Exclusive.  I can't let my P5 royalty cut to 2/3 by uploading to Adobe Stock.  It's difficult to navigate this and I don't know the answer honestly but just trying to find the best way to maximize my income.  I hope Shutterstock would promote/advertise Pond5 more.  They'll make more $$ from higher price sales on Pond5 too.  It may become all irrelevant after high quality AI videos, but I'm just trying to survive here.  It's getting more and more difficult.  Majority of top stock video producers have already quit making new videos in the last few years since SS video sub started.

I hope it works out well for you. The stock footage industry is in such a bad state right now (and we can blame SS for that.)

Thanks!!

Quote from: dragonblade on February 18, 2024, 15:45

I hope it works out well for you. The stock footage industry is in such a bad state right now (and we can blame SS for that.)

Thank you very much for sharing this with us.
Thats the best idea you could have had, i did the same thing 5 months ago, and i can already see that it was the right move, i already make more than before, because of the higher price i set, and the commission of 60% on my Pond5 Exclusive account.
Best of luck to you, you want regret it.

Great to hear that!!