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davidarts · Joined: 12 Jul 2008 Posts: 790 Location: Italy

Hi guys,

It's a new cool features!
I've got the first "Single & Other Downloads" for 4,5$.

Very interesting!!

What about you?

DAvid

baz777 · Joined: 03 Dec 2008 Posts: 3441 Location: No idea, I'm old!

None yet for me

Life isn't fair, no one loves me!!!!!!!

chevsy · Joined: 19 Feb 2010 Posts: 39 Location: Bedfordshire , UK

Wow Awesome David thanks for heads up! :) Will cross my fingers and hope for some of these in the future.

toots7777 · Posted: Fri Sep 30, 2011 8:10 am

Nice one David, but how did the sale calculate to $4.50? I'm confused now.

I thought the single image was priced at $19 a download, and then you got a percentage equivalent to your ranking, like 20% 25% etc.

$4.50 doesn't equate to either 20% or 25% of $19.

Anyway, still better than a regular or an OD.

morphart · Joined: 27 Feb 2009 Posts: 19

4.50$ is definitely interesting :) It thought our royalty would have been cheaper than that... but if they really go for 19$ per image then great news for us.

Let's hope this product finds a market for it, but so far Shutterstock is still leading the market...

Good news it seems! :)

apotterdd · Posted: Fri Sep 30, 2011 11:23 am

evaners · Posted: Fri Sep 30, 2011 11:32 am

Congrats David!

I haven't gotten one yet, either. Heck, today I'm having trouble just getting regular DLs.

theohrm · Joined: 16 Aug 2009 Posts: 457 Location: Ireland

Oh, I want me one of those. Or several.

akaiser · Joined: 09 Feb 2008 Posts: 2379 Location: Munich

Two of them here - one yesterday and another one today. I have no idea how provisions are being calculated, either. The first one made $5.70, the second one $5.10. *?*
Maybe one of them was a raster or such, you can't see *which* particular image was bought using the new feature, yet. I love it, noneoftheless, esp. because FT is strengthening their subscription model at the moment, which means a significant cut of earnings for most of their contributors.

akaiser · Joined: 09 Feb 2008 Posts: 2379 Location: Munich

Closing in on a really *great* new BME here, btw. :)

apotterdd · Posted: Fri Sep 30, 2011 11:35 pm

Anja ya have to scroll aaaaaaaall the way down to the bottom of the stats page to see which ones under the date that you got them on. Being at the bottom of that page is not a good convenience for it.

I haven't got one yet so I can't tell what would cause all the fluctuations in pricing going on. Some get it at the percentage it's supposed to be and other are just slightly less. Can't figure out why.

akaiser · Joined: 09 Feb 2008 Posts: 2379 Location: Munich

Ah, ok, found it down there. Thanks, Anita!! :)
Both were vectors, so, still wondering what made the difference ... Need to read the announcement again, I guess. :)

apotterdd · Posted: Sat Oct 01, 2011 12:45 am

That's what I'm not getting is that they're supposed to be a percentage based on your all time earnings. I'm wondering if it's a size thing but if your's were both vectors then what could it be that's making it less?

davidarts · Joined: 12 Jul 2008 Posts: 790 Location: Italy

I've got only one Single sales at the moment at it was a vector..
Anja did you find out why 5,70 and then 5,10? I'm curious! :-D

However if an image cost 19$... maybe it's more convenient the classic OD for 39$ ..you have 5 images hires instead of one...however if this model are goingo to sell like OD it could increase a lot our revenue...let's see!

toots: The percentage table said that earning is calculated on the 20,25 or 30% based on lifetime earnings... but We don't know how many prices options there are for every images... maybe low res cost less, hires more and vector even more. This could explane the difference between 4,50 and 5,70$...

However September was my ALL time BME here and also with the sum of every microstock agencies!! :-D I'm happy!

bigldesign · Joined: 09 Jan 2007 Posts: 297

Yay. Got my first one - $5.10. And 5 ODs today. Life is good at SS.