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Goofy:
Anyone having any luck on sales with Stock Fresh? I am ready to pull the plug on them....

disorderly:
Why pull the plug?  You've done the work of uploading and submitting, so why not leave it alone and collect whatever pittance they can produce?

I categorize sites three ways: those that get new work as I produce it, those that get uploads when I get sales but I ignore otherwise, and those where I am actively but slowly removing my content.  That last category is for sites that have abused our relationship: iStock and Fotolia.  StockFresh is in group two with Veer, Yay, SignElements and a few others; they don't produce much, but I'll let them earn what they may.

stock-will-eat-itself:
As nice as the idea is of a fair trade agency they often don't produce the income to cover the costs of uploading.
As the bigger agencies gain more traction they'll produce even less revenue in the future, all of the lower earners on the Poll are wasted energy if you ask me.

EmberMike:

--- Quote from: stock-will-eat-itself on June 25, 2014, 09:50 ---As nice as the idea is of a fair trade agency they often don't produce the income to cover the costs of uploading.
As the bigger agencies gain more traction they'll produce even less revenue in the future, all of the lower earners on the Poll are wasted energy if you ask me.

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I'll never understand this logic. What do you expect? That a company like Stockfresh is going to magically acquire enough images to be competitive and then you'll upload? Images have to come from somewhere, and we have to be willing to assume some of the risk if we want to ever see a fair-trade company succeed.

And how do you think the bigger agencies gain more traction? Because everyone keeps uploading to them, growing the collections and giving them more to work with, more to offer buyers. Small companies don't stand a chance if too many people have your attitude about them.

cthoman:

--- Quote from: EmberMike on June 25, 2014, 10:02 ---I'll never understand this logic. What do you expect? That a company like Stockfresh is going to magically acquire enough images to be competitive and then you'll upload? Images have to come from somewhere, and we have to be willing to assume some of the risk if we want to ever see a fair-trade company succeed.

And how do you think the bigger agencies gain more traction? Because everyone keeps uploading to them, growing the collections and giving them more to work with, more to offer buyers. Small companies don't stand a chance if too many people have your attitude about them.

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Yep, it's not always all about marketing budgets (although that doesn't hurt). Sometimes, it is about contributor support. That said, I did leave Stockfresh a while back. I wasn't crazy about the somewhat low prices. I'm thinking I should probably give them another shot (if they'll take me back). They still offer a better deal than a lot of other places out there.

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