Agency Based Discussion > VideoBlocks
We need to help videoblocks to grow
Noedelhap:
Although I'm aware that VB could become a potential threat to the market if they change their business model (or the unlimited library starts dominating the marketplace), the 100% commission and regular sales yield a much better return than Pond5 and SS ever will.
VB isn't sacred to me, however. Then again, neither are SS and Pond5. I do believe we should support sites that treat us fairly, because that's the basis of a sustainable market. No one can predict whether VB is a wolf in sheep's clothing, but until that time, I'm willing to give them the benefit of the doubt.
Justanotherphotographer:
They wont change their business model. Their existing model is quite sufficient to put you out of business. They are growing their solely owned content so they can stop having to pay out commissions.
ETA I mean content they pay a one time fee to be able to give away or sell as they see fit. So not actually owned by them necessarily.
Mantis:
--- Quote from: Justanotherphotographer on February 28, 2016, 09:10 ---They wont change their business model. Their existing model is quite sufficient to put you out of business. They are growing their solely owned content so they can stop having to pay out commissions.
ETA I mean content they pay a one time fee to be able to give away or sell as they see fit. So not actually owned by them necessarily.
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I believe this is correct. They promised to NEVER cut the 100% royalty and they can accomplish this by driving customers to their other collection by building it with wholly owned content. That is FARRRRRR more profitable for VB than to have their membership customers have to pay even more for our content. I am at VB but am seeing my sales dwindle. I had my first sale in three months just last week. Before that it was more frequent.
Thus, VB can make the 100% royalty claim because they intend to offer to a scale that will not cost them much once they build their wholly owned collection with such a broad subject matter that the $49 collection is essentially moot except for the very few times VB will have to dull out $49 for the one-offs.
SquirrelPower:
We need to make an all out push now to promote VideoBlocks everywhere, in your social media and everywhere you can to get word out to buyers so they can come to videoblocks. In light of Pond 5 basically out of the picture now and closing the door to new uploads as they've "raised their standards" we need to make Videoblocks number one. It would be nice if they let us set our own prices OR raised their prices to well over $100 and bucked the trend to race to the bottom but their 50% commission is a lot better than the tiny commissions SS pays.
Unless there is another site out there that is better that I don't know about that accepts editorial as well as commercial then I think Videoblocks is the only real game left in town and if so then we need to promote them and get buyers to come to them.
Noedelhap:
--- Quote from: SquirrelPower on May 02, 2016, 06:23 ---We need to make an all out push now to promote VideoBlocks everywhere, in your social media and everywhere you can to get word out to buyers so they can come to videoblocks. In light of Pond 5 basically out of the picture now and closing the door to new uploads as they've "raised their standards" we need to make Videoblocks number one. It would be nice if they let us set our own prices OR raised their prices to well over $100 and bucked the trend to race to the bottom but their 50% commission is a lot better than the tiny commissions SS pays.
Unless there is another site out there that is better that I don't know about that accepts editorial as well as commercial then I think Videoblocks is the only real game left in town and if so then we need to promote them and get buyers to come to them.
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I don't like monopolies, so how about no. VB is doing fine for me, but it's not my job to promote them.
If they'd become market leader, they'd get too much power and that sweet 100% commission might disappear.
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