[scotrus96]

Less, but still a couple.

[14ktgold]

I am very active on BSP... and doing quite well there.
I wonder if the OD option will end today... the end of the month.

[lilcrazyfuzzy]

[traudl]

I am to lazy to read all previous post.Just to let you know,I just had OD.So,I guess we don't need to worry about that. :-)

[judybj]

I had an on demand for $1.24 Anyone knows what that is?

[sbotas]

I had five or six OD 2,48 $ this month...

Usual I have less...

[nder]

I think you're not getting the point here. The OD subscription could be discontinued, but you may still be getting ODs for awhile. I also had an OD sale yesterday, but that is irrelevant.
The problem is that when you click on any image your only option right now is either a subscription plan or an EL license.

If ODs will be discontinued my sales will drop by more than 20%. Actually my OD sales alone are more than my total sales on any of Shutterstock's competitors.

[mounatinpix]

Quick and Rough Summary

For those who haven't the time to read through the last 9 pages of posts, here's a quick summary as misunderstandings are developing

Shutterstock has stated that it has withdrawn temporarily OD's from a 'small subset' of its clients, as a test. Previous posters suggest that that small subset are the english language SS websites.

One of us called the SS helpline and asked for OD's and was directed to the BSP website.

Several people have requested that our ports be migrated onto BSP.

We are now waiting for SS management to clarify where this is leading, as this is presumably an interim situation, while SS figure out how to integrate BSP and SS business.

[zsooofija]

Thank you, mounatinpix!

[colvil]

Well I for one will be miffed and less supportive of Shutterstock if they do away with On Demand for the sake of, or any effect it may have on BSP. I prefer to condense my Portfolio here at SS so have no intention of going through the lengthy process of submitting it to BS.

Leave OD as it is please :) it is a nice little top up and an incentive to contributers as well as a convenient option to Customers

Sue

[milinz]

[dzain]

I had 3 full OD's yesterday, on a sunday! Losing the OD's will be terrible for my income.

[Photoshow]

For those of us that do not contribute to BigStockPhoto losing the OD's will be a step backwards, especially considering there was no royalty raise this year. OD's make up an easy 15-20% of my monthly earnings here to loose that would be a significant blow.

If they intend to do away with the OD then I hope they plan to migrate our portfolios because there is no way I am going to go through the hassle of uploading it to BSP again.

[mounatinpix]

...and has been mentioned several times already in this thread. There's no garantee that you would pick up your missing 15-20% on BSP either. The customers can easily go elsewhere to get on demand.

And say if SS were to migrate all our ports onto BSP, then the BSP folks would want their ports on SS too. Then there are those with different ports on both. Port updates flying in both directions.

So then we're looking at a homogeneous database, with two GUI's and you're part way to fully integrating the two companies.

Having worked through two major international acquisitions in the past, two things came out clearly. One, that they are always more messy than they first appear, and also that customers as a rule don't like uncertitude and instability.

Someone's got a lot of thinking to do.

[dzain]