Author Topic: The doom of the industry and Shutterstock is delayed (Read 20755 times)

YadaYadaYada · « **Reply #50 on:** November 14, 2015, 08:05 »

Quote from: hofhoek on November 14, 2015, 03:04

I had two sales of 0,08 (!) each yesterday! It's starting to look like Istock at SS. Sorry. This should have been posted in another thread.

It was by many people. http://www.microstockgroup.com/shutterstock-com/shutterstock-$0-08-downloads-in-single-other/

Found this today.

It seems IPO data backs up this claim, and even Reuters says "the party is winding down." If nothing else, crazy valuations seem to be on the way out: of the 12 US tech companies that went public this year, 42% of them priced shares at or below their private market value. This is up from 24% of the 29 that went public in 2014.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/10/16/us-ipo-valuations-idUSKCN0SA09S20151016?feedType=RSS&feedName=businessNews

I know it says silicon valley but tech is tech. We'll see.

Like every year, Microstock seems to be sorting out and there will be changes. Adobe may have put a brake on the runaway success of SS but it hasn't stopped the growth. This is good news for us, not just for stock holders. We are tied to the company success. If revenue and growth slows, our share of the earnings will drop more than it has.

etudiante_rapide · « **Reply #51 on:** November 14, 2015, 09:12 »

Quote from: YadaYadaYada on November 14, 2015, 08:05

... This is good news for us, not just for stock holders. We are tied to the company success. If revenue and growth slows, our share of the earnings will drop more than it has.

i am like you keeping my head up above water to be optimistic, YYY...
but sharing the revenue and growth will only ripple down to us if the company cares for us.
they can still continue to grow keeping all to themselves. eg. the large preview to attract
more buyers (or traffic), yet putting the contributors work open to theft .

PixelBytes · « **Reply #52 on:** November 14, 2015, 17:53 »

Quote from: etudiante_rapide on November 14, 2015, 09:12

Quote from: YadaYadaYada on November 14, 2015, 08:05
... This is good news for us, not just for stock holders. We are tied to the company success. If revenue and growth slows, our share of the earnings will drop more than it has.

i am like you keeping my head up above water to be optimistic, YYY...
but sharing the revenue and growth will only ripple down to us if the company cares for us.
they can still continue to grow keeping all to themselves. eg. the large preview to attract
more buyers (or traffic), yet putting the contributors work open to theft .

Agree. The wealth is not being shared. Nov has always been #1 or #2 month of the year and this Nov is on track to be the lowest Nov since my first year, and comparable to a very poor summer month.

etudiante_rapide · « **Reply #53 on:** November 14, 2015, 20:39 »

Quote from: PixelBytes on November 14, 2015, 17:53

Quote from: etudiante_rapide on November 14, 2015, 09:12
Quote from: YadaYadaYada on November 14, 2015, 08:05
... This is good news for us, not just for stock holders. We are tied to the company success. If revenue and growth slows, our share of the earnings will drop more than it has.

i am like you keeping my head up above water to be optimistic, YYY...
but sharing the revenue and growth will only ripple down to us if the company cares for us.
they can still continue to grow keeping all to themselves. eg. the large preview to attract
more buyers (or traffic), yet putting the contributors work open to theft .

Agree. The wealth is not being shared. Nov has always been #1 or #2 month of the year and this Nov is on track to be the lowest Nov since my first year, and comparable to a very poor summer month.

same here. as i said before, most months are lowest historically. but luckily for me, each time at the end of the month i got lucky with one good client (angel???) who rescued my month from being wme
and it turns out to be best match bme . still, i don't consider that as a bme since as stockastic (i think it was him) said, "if you remove that single sale(s), the numbers are not that good".

YadaYadaYada · « **Reply #54 on:** November 14, 2015, 21:26 »

Quote from: etudiante_rapide on November 14, 2015, 20:39

Quote from: PixelBytes on November 14, 2015, 17:53
Quote from: etudiante_rapide on November 14, 2015, 09:12
Quote from: YadaYadaYada on November 14, 2015, 08:05
... This is good news for us, not just for stock holders. We are tied to the company success. If revenue and growth slows, our share of the earnings will drop more than it has.

i am like you keeping my head up above water to be optimistic, YYY...
but sharing the revenue and growth will only ripple down to us if the company cares for us.
they can still continue to grow keeping all to themselves. eg. the large preview to attract
more buyers (or traffic), yet putting the contributors work open to theft .

Agree. The wealth is not being shared. Nov has always been #1 or #2 month of the year and this Nov is on track to be the lowest Nov since my first year, and comparable to a very poor summer month.

same here. as i said before, most months are lowest historically. but luckily for me, each time at the end of the month i got lucky with one good client (angel???) who rescued my month from being wme
and it turns out to be best match bme . still, i don't consider that as a bme since as stockastic (i think it was him) said, "if you remove that single sale(s), the numbers are not that good".

Agree wealth is not being shared. What I mean is, people cheering for the stock drop and SS losing market share or sales, are cheering against their own best interest. As the company goes, so do we. Why should I be happy that my best earning site has lost profits? We make those profits too.

I can bleat we need a raise all day long. All agencies just treat us like potatoes. If we actually had any power, or could exert pressure on them, we could demand a raise. Where's that power if people are happy making 13% on IS, less on others and we know that dollar pay is best on SS at 22%?

Rinderart · « **Reply #55 on:** November 15, 2015, 00:26 »

600,000 images added this week.

Dumc · « **Reply #56 on:** November 15, 2015, 08:40 »

In a few years shutterstock will move to low-earners because our photos will be so dilluted, we'll be happy if we reach payout once a year.

etudiante_rapide · « **Reply #57 on:** November 15, 2015, 12:09 »

Quote from: YadaYadaYada on November 14, 2015, 21:26

Agree wealth is not being shared. What I mean is, people cheering for the stock drop and SS losing market share or sales, are cheering against their own best interest. As the company goes, so do we. Why should I be happy that my best earning site has lost profits? We make those profits too.

I can bleat we need a raise all day long. All agencies just treat us like potatoes. If we actually had any power, or could exert pressure on them, we could demand a raise. Where's that power if people are happy making 13% on IS, less on others and we know that dollar pay is best on SS at 22%?

i am sure those cheering for ss drop don't belong there. so it is in their interest that ss fails.
like that commentor who tells me to delete my portfolio if i really wish to boycott ss for their super large preview.
is she serious? you get angry with your family and you leave home, does she? LMAO

we will still get the money, although the new works will not. my comparision year to year sub sales will drop, but once again, as i told pixelbytes, my single sales save the month for me each month.

we won't lose money in this way. we will only lose money that our new works will suffer.
the old existing sellers will continue to sell. i do not see someone coming in to steal my sellers
because they are not the type of pictures you want on your blog or you think will make you money
because they are the sort of images business client buys.

but yes, new images will suffer because they are the most exposed. so i stop uploading
..actually have not uploaded since the mass rejection furor started. but i am only saying
boycott in support of the other ppl here.

as you say, if we have power , well, only ppl power can remove the wall.
maybe we call roger waters to do another brick benefit for microstock contributors