For the past five years, we�ve been hard at work trying to marry the needs of our members and contributors with the Marketplace. Our vision was simple: contributors get 100% of what they earn, and our members get great content at a fair price.

But for our members, this was anything but simple. Understanding what did and didn�t come with their subscription was complicated. It restricted their ability to play freely within projects, and we received overwhelming feedback that the Marketplace wasn�t for them. At the same time, we tried balancing the needs of contributors with price increases and Marketplace visibility improvements.

We knew we could do better.

That�s why Storyblocks is proud to announce the launch of the Member Library Partner Program! It�s easy to understand. It�s unrestrictive. And it�s all in support of the Storyblocks mission: Helping a new generation of independent creatives to create more moving stories. It�s a great way for contributors to reach a new market of storytellers full of YouTube creators, freelance editors, and hobbyists. And it�s an opportunity for our members to tell their stories without a big Hollywood production budget.

What is the Member Library Partner Program? Instead of paying for clips a la carte in the Marketplace, our members pay for a subscription to access content in our Member Library. We then create a Member Library Earnings pool, which we divide among all contributors who participate in the program based on how much of their content is downloaded.

You can learn more about how the Member Library Earnings pool is calculated here.

Over the past eight months, we�ve been piloting the Partner Program and have proven that it can work for everyone: contributors, members and Storyblocks! Contributors on average are making 3x the amount that they ever earned through the Marketplace, and over 90% have chosen to stay in the Pilot Program.

The best part? Anyone can apply to join, there�s no commitment period, and your content remains non-exclusive so you can keep earning everywhere else you distribute content. If you try the Partner Program and aren�t happy with your earnings, you can leave anytime. It�s your content, and you should be able to earn any way you can.

Starting today, our focus will be the Partner Program and we want you to share in its success! To learn more and apply, check out the details on our site.

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They must be kidding...

VERY VERY STUPID if you participate - because not only will you canabalize your own sales - but it will affects your assets on OTHER agencies as THEY go into the race to the bottom... Then it becomes more or less how much can "churn" out - and only portfolios with say 20,000+ clips will really see the sales they want... or EXTREMELY unique and DESIRABLE content (which, is unlikely for most people).

No way I�m taking part in this.
As long as they won�t force me in, I�m keeping my portfolio live at �full� price.


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Oh shall I make a new video on this? I took down the other one as their program keeps changing. This is a race to the bottom and that is why I am going Exclusive with Pond5!  I would like to see some real numbers on this! How much are people really making? anyone care to be honest?  Here It Is https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3Fqmkew9T8&t=25s

... just don`t do it! They are desperate in search for new content...

Oh shall I make a new video on this? I took down the other one as their program keeps changing. This is a race to the bottom and that is why I am going Exclusive with Pond5!  I would like to see some real numbers on this! How much are people really making? anyone care to be honest?

Oh please make a new video.
They used to be good, even with the 50-50 I was ok.  But this is just sad.
9000 clips live. One sale this month.
Happy with SS,P5,Adobestock and the very very surprising Vimeo stock (good solid sales, great team).


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Quote from: trucic on July 09, 2019, 10:30

... just don`t do it! They are desperate in search for new content...

trucic u said u have a small port in their library ...tell us more (how many,how much did they paid u, average per clip...etc)
For example i have a small port on pond5 membership library, 300 clips and they pay me monthly between 75$ and 100 $. Clips that never sold on any agency, and I am happy with those $$ monthly.

I got some few months ago, for a tryout... you consider your return on P5 is generous(compared to SB MS)... few times higher then on SB with similar number of files...

Cobalt
Pond5 membership is different...you pay for a limited number of clips...at storyblocks you pay a monthly fee and you can download the whole library then stop buying stock footage because you have all you need...does it makes sense?? Not to mention all the people that can download your clips crop and color correct and resell it...
Think twice before join it...

Cobalt
Pond5 membership is different...you pay for a limited number of clips...at storyblocks you pay a monthly fee and you can download the whole library then stop buying stock footage because you have all you need...does it makes sense?? Not to mention all the people that can download your clips crop and color correct and resell it...
Think twice before join it...

I have photos on 2020 that changed their model from single image sale to subs pack where how much I earn depends on how much clients used their subscription that month. I don�t think they have an unlimited plan, but they have very generous packages.

So far my average per download has gone up.

The risk of people stealing my files and uploading has been around for 15 years. I had two cases with photos and both got resolved quickly with the agencies. It can always happen.

I think if the artist can �dial in� individual files selectively, then I can see a dynamic marketplace developping.

But to only offer an �all in� plan cannot really work because not all content is produced at the same cost level.

But the video market is not a high volume market. So the old business model in photo stock cannot simply be copied.

Like I said, I doubt they will get lots of high quality content. If it is all or nothing the uploads for good quality will drop.

At 2020 they indeed have an unlimited photos plan that starts at 29 dollars a month (Or 89 dollars for shorter subscription).

On average I make a round 2-4 dollars per photo sale.

And at least so far nobody has downloaded my entire port of 800 files.

They have had the plan for 3 (?) months now.

I get 10 - 20 downloads a month.

I think the biggest downside for 2020 is that you cannot upload your releases and a lot of content is riddled with logos etc...so serious enterprise buyers will probably stay away unless they clean up their collection.

On Videoblocks the content has inspections and many people have excellent content there.

But I really don�t see how people can opt in thousands of files without selective control.

So I don�t think this program will be attractive for the pros.

Just made a video non this subject https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwoU327B927MD49NNf16gxw?view_as=subscriber