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Stockfresh to offer unrestricted sub sizes and vectors

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EmberMike:
From an email I just received:


--- Quote ---We would like to notify you that starting November 24 our subscription plans will include all image sizes and vectors.

We believe that in the current market environment where subscriptions without size limits have become the norm, being the only agency with such restrictions has no benefits for contributors any more, in fact — based on a lot of feedback we're receiving — it just drives customers away.
--- End quote ---

I think it's the only move they can make here. I did like not having my stuff in subs at all over there, but it's not helping them compete to limit subscriptions to only certain sizes of photos and no vectors at all.

Just a sign of the times.

Mantis:
Doesn't really affect me when I only make $4 a month there. What I fear is that this is all we will see on Stockfresh now and it being a low tier site, my $4 is sure to go down to 40 cents a month. For me I have to draw the line somewhere. It won't hurt to leave my images up there for a bit to see what happens, but that is probably going to be a deal killer for me. He will probably make a lot more money with a sub program while contributors are bound to get less when their credit sales start to erode.

I do respect Peter for letting contributors know, but I can't see a win-win here with a low tier site.  Maybe I'm blind.

ibogdan:
Definitely not good news...

EmberMike:

It's not good news, but I think it's the only news we can expect to hear out of SF these days. Their limited subscription offering was great for us, but it definitely made it harder for the company to compete with the likes of SS and iStock.

If it wasn't this news, honestly I think the only other news we could realistically expect from SF would be the news that they're closing. Not much else is happening over there lately.

Jo Ann Snover:
My sales there are so sluggish, I'm not sure I care much, but suppose they had made a less expensive subscription for the current limited sizes and a more expensive one with any size or file type? I think there might have been some customers who walked away from iStock because of the massive increase in prices for web size images who might have been receptive to a cheap deal on smaller sizes.

I can't see that this move will make much of a difference in sales volume, but I'll check in after one month and see (I just had a look today so I'd know what to compare it to :))

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