Andrew F. Kazmierski Posted May 28, 2020 Share Posted May 28, 2020 (edited) I think this would be a great solution,(Do Not Reset in January for Long Time Members) long time members should not be knocked down like this, this takes the heart out of wanting to upload to Shutterstock! I have been consistently uploaded since 2006, very proud of my portfolio of well over 4000 images, and over 40,000 downloads, it is unconscionable that Shutterstock would do this to a loyal contributor, this is worse than we are treated by politicians. Edited May 28, 2020 by Andrew F. Kazmierski 7 Link to post Share on other sites
arcticphotoworks Posted May 28, 2020 Share Posted May 28, 2020 4 minutes ago, LongJon said: No video will be loser... they make all of this mostly to cut video royalty. Therefor I will pull my video portfolio from SS. I have allready done that earlier on other sites when they screwed up the video commission's. The first sale I get on my photo portfolio, if it is 10 cents, I will pull my photo portfolio too. It's just not worth it. Other sites gives 50%, and for me SS is not one of my 2 top earning sites. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Oliver Denker Posted May 28, 2020 Share Posted May 28, 2020 2 hours ago, AnastasiaOsipova said: still require "source image" when you load a frankly decorative, cartoon image. I was rejected for missing the source file. It just doesn't EXIST))) Welcome to the club. Link to post Share on other sites
LongJon Posted May 28, 2020 Share Posted May 28, 2020 7 minutes ago, RnDmS said: No Many of us did the math. The majority of sales is subscriptions, and majority of subscriptions sales is the bigger packs. Almost all these sales will be much lower from 38 cent, most 10 cent or near. Its a 70% cut on earning. That is the real and sad math. You dont know the % of pack in sorry accordino to adobe sales who use this scheme i got 6 sale from big pack and 4 sales from small pack every ten sale ... if this is ratio i will have much more money than now you forget u get 1,73 dollar for 10 pack... it must ne seen durino a month what is % of packs sub sold. Right now you dont know. So u did y make any MAry. With just 2 sale of Niger pack every ten u get more money than Gavino Fiat 0,38 cent Link to post Share on other sites
John D. SL Posted May 28, 2020 Share Posted May 28, 2020 When YOU think that YOU can have it all... 10 Link to post Share on other sites
Oleksii Arseniuk Posted May 28, 2020 Share Posted May 28, 2020 1 hour ago, DrObjektiff said: https://domainnamewire.com/tag/boycott-shutterstock/ it's been 6 years Smaaaaart Link to post Share on other sites
Cottin Lucille Posted May 28, 2020 Share Posted May 28, 2020 Hello Everybody! I just found out about this, and I don't understand anything... (I'm french, so maybe informations are not well translated?) Shutterstock staff says that changes will be about 'how much you get paid when customers license your work'. What does it mean?! Is it what we get when we sell a pic in subscription mode? What about the other ways to sell a pic? I'm lost ha ha Link to post Share on other sites
Berni Posted May 28, 2020 Share Posted May 28, 2020 Hi, I got a email and it said As of now you’re in Level 4, which earns 30% per license. See the table below for more information about each level and how they are structured. Image Levels Total licenses for the year Pay rate Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4 Level 5 Level 6 <= 100 101 - 250 251 - 500 501 - 2,500 2,501 - 25,000 > 25,000 15% 20% 25% 30% 35% 40% Starting on June 1st, 2020, your earnings for each license will be based on your Video Level. As of now you’re in Level 1, which earns 15% per license. See the table below for more information about each level and how they are structured. Video Levels Correction: Total licenses for the year Pay rate Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4 Level 5 Level 6 <= 10 11 - 50 51 - 250 251 - 5,000 5,001 - 25,000 > 25,000 15% 20% 25% 30% 35% 40% I dont know why are you calculating my income on video level, because i have no videos. Regards Miljenko Link to post Share on other sites
Nicholas Courtney Posted May 28, 2020 Share Posted May 28, 2020 Then they have the balls to post this today https://www.shutterstock.com/blog/cinema-verite-filmmaking 2 Link to post Share on other sites
Oleksii Arseniuk Posted May 28, 2020 Share Posted May 28, 2020 6 minutes ago, Cottin Lucille said: Hello Everybody! I just found out about this, and I don't understand anything... (I'm french, so maybe informations are not well translated?) Shutterstock staff says that changes will be about 'how much you get paid when customers license your work'. What does it mean?! Is it what we get when we sell a pic in subscription mode? What about the other ways to sell a pic? I'm lost ha ha The royalty you'll get will depends of the customer's subscription plan Link to post Share on other sites
Cottin Lucille Posted May 28, 2020 Share Posted May 28, 2020 1 minute ago, Oleksii Arseniuk said: The royalty you'll get will depends of the customer's subscription plan OK thanks you! It's sucks... I sold a lot of pics on demands (I work more in editorial mode than in creative mode). I stop to send new pictures, keep my pics of Retromobile for me haha and wait to see what's happened in June... The deadlines for theses changes are very short. They should've talk about their project with photographers instead of this situation. 2 Link to post Share on other sites
paramouse Posted May 28, 2020 Share Posted May 28, 2020 17 minutes ago, Nicholas Courtney said: Then they have the balls to post this today https://www.shutterstock.com/blog/cinema-verite-filmmaking Ahaha, if you calculate price of all gear used and see new profit system there are thoughts like SHUTTERSTOCK ARE YOU INSANE? 1 Link to post Share on other sites
daveflores83 Posted May 28, 2020 Share Posted May 28, 2020 Add me to the boycott list. 2 Link to post Share on other sites
Fredrik Bourdette Posted May 28, 2020 Share Posted May 28, 2020 5 hours ago, KoshelevaJenya said: Well, great! Now you not only erase angry reviews of your policy on Instagram (Twice! Oh my god, twice!),you also hired people to plus your app in AppStore and PlayMarket! How much do you pay them for this? $ 0.5? or definitely not less than 0.1 $ ? If you take a look at some of the names there, are they bying reviews from India? 8 Link to post Share on other sites
Keith Tarrier Posted May 28, 2020 Share Posted May 28, 2020 2 hours ago, YaromirM said: This new plan is bullshit and we all know it. It's just design to make SS more profitable to impress stockholders and boost bonuses for CEO, COO, CFO and other officers. Nothing more. Typical corporate greed. There is a little chance this plan will be abolished, however if we can't overturned maybe we should pressure SS to make one change to it... instead of resetting every 1st of January, which is beyond ridicules, what about measure sales for last 12 months every month.? This is the only fair way. So if your sales for last 12 months are below 100 you continue to make 10C per image but if your images sale well you keep your level. You can go down, you can go up but this way people who are really great producers can still be compensated in a fair way. On top of that it may discourage garbage uploaders who right now dominate here.... Overall SS should have the same financial goal achieved or maybe outcome will be even better. Quality of the content may improve this way dramatically No.. don't bend over for to make that change.... that is what they would want at the very least. 2 Link to post Share on other sites
paramouse Posted May 28, 2020 Share Posted May 28, 2020 1 minute ago, Fredrik Bourdette said: If you take a look at some of the names there, are they bying reviews from India? Should we to boycott Shutterstock apps in AppStore and Play Market? Who agree? 3 Link to post Share on other sites
Oleksii Arseniuk Posted May 28, 2020 Share Posted May 28, 2020 17 minutes ago, Cottin Lucille said: The deadlines for theses changes are very short. They should've talk about their project with photographers instead of this situation. Unfortunately they've never did. Always notifying us few days before the new "update" Link to post Share on other sites
Charlotte Erpenbeck Posted May 28, 2020 Share Posted May 28, 2020 Last year I was considering starting uploading again after being on hiatus for some time. Now I'm glad I didn't. Definitely NO new pictures by me on this site! It's not worth the effort any longer. And if this change shows that my portfolio is earning definitely less than last year, I'm culling it. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Maxal Tamor Posted May 28, 2020 Share Posted May 28, 2020 I have juste received an email from another agency. I think that I cannot tell which one here, but the beginning of the mail says:"Hello ,It's worth talking about the changes going on in the industryShutterstock announced in a post on its contributor forum that it’s putting a new earnings structure in place starting June 1, 2020.Under the new structure, contributors will get compensated via a percentage of the sales price based on the ‘level’ their photo or videos are rated.People are angry and rightfully so. Some calling this the "nail in the coffin" with their earnings being cut by 50%. See one user's comment:" (Then follow a screenshot of a post from an user of this forum) I think somehow some agencies are going to find a way to make it to their advantage. Let's see… 3 Link to post Share on other sites
B. Melo Posted May 28, 2020 Share Posted May 28, 2020 Since shutterstock is a pubIic traded company, I wonder what could be done if thousands of shutterstock contributors got together and bought shutterstock shares. Perhaps then we could influence company policy and stop the race to the bottom. It’s impressive how people who actually produce anything just get poorer by the day and parasites who live off their creativity keep getting fatter and fatter. And still we call this a “partnership”. 7 Link to post Share on other sites
Keith Tarrier Posted May 28, 2020 Share Posted May 28, 2020 6 minutes ago, paramouse said: Should we to boycott Shutterstock apps in AppStore and Play Market? Who agree? People are already doing that... lots of pissed off contributors are writing negative reviews. Shutterstoci is now hiring paid reviews from India or that area to write positive reviews. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Keith Tarrier Posted May 28, 2020 Share Posted May 28, 2020 3 minutes ago, B. Melo said: Since shutterstock is a pubIic traded company, I wonder what could be done if thousands of shutterstock contributors got together and bought shutterstock shares. Perhaps then we could influence company policy and stop the race to the bottom. It’s impressive how people who actually produce anything just get poorer by the day and parasites who live off their creativity keep getting fatter and fatter. And still we call this a “partnership”. I have been watching SS shares since they listed... and as there are so many... how many contributors have enough combined income to buy at least 100 million dollars in value to get their ideas heard? Their shares are pretty bad... but if you bought them, then complained about this... shares price would fall... you would have then lost your money. Link to post Share on other sites
NAS CREATIVES Posted May 28, 2020 Share Posted May 28, 2020 11 minutes ago, Fredrik Bourdette said: If you take a look at some of the names there, are they bying reviews from India? seriously , its insane ! i wonder what is the next step .... boycott them hard... 2 Link to post Share on other sites
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