Shutterstock launches a new footage subscription product

[Kate Shutterstock]

Today we launched new footage subscription plans to serve the growing demand of Shutterstock customers who require continuous access to high quality footage for their content needs. You can learn more about these new plans by visiting the pricing page. Earnings from subscription products will be displayed in the “Clip packs” category of your Earnings Summary.   

[Augustin Lazaroiu]

10 hours ago, Kate Shutterstock said:

Today we launched new footage subscription plans to serve the growing demand of Shutterstock customers who require continuous access to high quality footage for their content needs. You can learn more about these new plans by visiting the pricing page. Earnings from subscription products will be displayed in the “Clip packs” category of your Earnings Summary.   

Do we have an opt-out on these INCREDIBLY profitable 3$/clip subs ? Or just stop uploading here and go somewhere else ?

Thanks !

L.E. Since miss Kate is not interested in answering today, here’s the solution:

[Jenny Porteous]

Yes, an opt-out option please.

[Amlan Mathur]

+1 on the opt out option for these packs

[EdgeOfReason]

The Race to the Bottom just got an extreme turbo-boost. Please provide an option to Opt-out.

[CFH DESIGN]

Please can you inform all Contributors how this will affect our sales, especially:-

1) What is the revenue generated from the sale of a clip.

2) How many of our clips will be included in this subscription service (will our entire portfolios be included or just specific clips?)

3) Please indicate if there will be an opt out.

 

[aka.M1ke]

I stopped submitting at other agencies because of these exact low prices you are offering now.

I would like an opt-out option!

[Martha Marks]

We need an opt-out. Now!

[Stockbusters]

I suggest considering the following options that allow to save quality content market:

1. Make it possible for the author to refuse to sell the video by subscription. 

2. Exclude 4K video from the subscription. 

3. Share the part of subscription payments from users to authors

[Dipali S]

How will this change affect the Contributors? Will it effect our per clip earnings?

I would say to let us decide which clip we want to opt in for this subscription program.

 

Thanks!

[geogif]

Does anybody believe, SS is reading this?

[David Moreno Hernandez]

4 hours ago, Kate Shutterstock said:

Today we launched new footage subscription plans to serve the growing demand of Shutterstock customers who require continuous access to high quality footage for their content needs. You can learn more about these new plans by visiting the pricing page. Earnings from subscription products will be displayed in the “Clip packs” category of your Earnings Summary.   

Thanks for letting us know in the forum. I am trying to understand why would SS launch this subscription plan. Before, costumers who required continuous access to footages would have to pay much more for each content depending on the format. Now you are giving away 10 clips each month in any format for 139 €/month. Pardon my expression but I think you might be shooting yourself in the foot. An opt-out option would be nice.

[theendup]

35 minutes ago, Martha Marks said:

We need an opt-out. Now!

+100000000

[Norman Pogson]

Announced to customers first before letting contributors know the financial details, would like an opt out and full disclosure to how the subscription would work for contributors. Contributors continuing to be marginalized (ignored) by agencies.

[MJD Graphics]

New CEO in place. Wondering how long it will be before they do a 'Getty' on all of us.

[Mehdi Kasumov]

1 hour ago, geogif said:

Does anybody believe, SS is reading this?

then who is Kate?

[MJD Graphics]

13 minutes ago, Mehdi Kasumov said:

then who is Kate?

Yes, she is one of the admins on the forum. But the last few months not one admin has responded to any issues posted by contributors meaning they aren't taking any time checking the forum and only posting notifications like this.

[Mehdi Kasumov]

2 minutes ago, MJD Graphics said:

Yes, she is one of the admins on the forum. But the last few months not one admin has responded to any issues posted by contributors meaning they aren't taking any time checking the forum and only posting notifications like this.

I have had issue recently with my images being similar etc, i wrote to the SS, one of the contributors tried to explain situation, then we escalated it to the SS team, maybe this way we can reach them?

[skysense]

5 hours ago, Kate Shutterstock said:

Today we launched new footage subscription plans to serve the growing demand of Shutterstock customers who require continuous access to high quality footage for their content needs. You can learn more about these new plans by visiting the pricing page. Earnings from subscription products will be displayed in the “Clip packs” category of your Earnings Summary.   

Dearest Kate, 

would you be so kind to post an opt-out procedure for this kind of subscriptions? Thank you very much.

[AlphaNature]

Competing with other stocks in dumping, you only promote to an even more accelerated decline in your and our earnings. My offer: you prohibit authors  loading their footages in stocks that sell below your prices.

[CH Digital Media]

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/shutterstock-announces-footage-subscription-increased-110000108.html

[Duncan Andison]

I think an opt out will be required if you are to avoid people turning off their entire footage portfolios. 

[CH Digital Media]

Wasn't the T&C changed a little while ago that said we cannot opt out of these kind of licensing?

[CH Digital Media]

That's it for me at ShutterStock I will be removing my account here very soon.

[Duncan Andison]

19 minutes ago, CH Digital Media said:

Wasn't the T&C changed a little while ago that said we cannot opt out of these kind of licensing?

But you can still turn off all footage if you so wish.