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Microstock Photography Forum - General => Site Related => Topic started by: ronyzmbow on February 22, 2011, 00:43

Title: Panther Media experience
Post by: ronyzmbow on February 22, 2011, 00:43

What is your experience with Panther Media regarding sales, ease of use etc.

Title: Re: Panther Media experience
Post by: redwater on February 22, 2011, 20:03

sales not much there since being a member back in 2008. reluctant to grow my portfolio do to cumbersome upload system. but with new new contributor interface they have just launched, maybe i'll take another look.

Title: Re: Panther Media experience
Post by: Team PantherMedia on February 23, 2011, 12:42

Hi,

we have just launched our new contributor portal. Uploading problems are now a thing of the past. Please have a look at htt://contributor.panthermedia.net and info on the new system at http://www.panthermedia.net? (http://www.panthermedia.net?)contributor

Please also see a review about PantherMedia at microstockdiaries: http://www.microstockdiaries.com/panthermedia.html (http://www.microstockdiaries.com/panthermedia.html)

Best regards,

Robert

Title: Re: Panther Media experience
Post by: Snufkin on February 23, 2011, 13:26

It used to be a solid agency. In 2008 I had a small portfolio of selected images there, in a good month they would have an RPI similar to the Big 4.

After they dropped the prices to microstock level and started to actively promote the site among international contributors my sales collapsed.

I don't send them anything now. 9 € commission for a merchandising licence is a joke.

Title: Re: Panther Media experience
Post by: gwhitton on February 24, 2011, 14:02

For the couple hundred images I have uploaded to their site, the sales for me are equivalent for mid-tier players like bigstock, canstock and veer. It mostly seems to be subscription downloads though, which is the disappointing part. But if you get a regular sale its a nice chunk of change.

Unlike Robert, I am not quite sold yet that their uploading is any easier, unless you have batches of the same thing. In comparison to a site like Canstock/123RF there are still way to many form fields you need to mess with to get an image through the process.

Title: Re: Panther Media experience
Post by: melastmohican on February 24, 2011, 14:32

Tried new portal. Just to many things to set for each photo. I hope that if I do editing in groups it can make reasonable defaults for things I am not touching.

Title: Re: Panther Media experience
Post by: mtkang on February 25, 2011, 06:27

i am using google chrome, the new portal seems is not working that well in my browser..

i tried to select the photos..and click edit, it seems there are some kind of non-response..

and i failed to select few images and edit together.