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Tuesday, 11 January 2011

Oh dear iStock, what have you done?

The latest stats from a forum poll on iStockphoto make uncomfortable reading. This may not be a representative sample, but it is all we have to go on at the moment. The figures show the winners and losers under the new royalty structure (excepting of course iStock and Getty, who will be the biggest winners here - they will make far more money in 2011 than they did in 2010).

272 Exclusives reporting (4.6% of Exclusives)
Down: 205 (75%)
Same: 50 (19%)
Up: 17 (6%)

5 Black Diamond Contributors reporting
Down: 2 (40%)
Same: 3 (60%)
Up: 0 (0%)

90 Diamond Contributors reporting
Down: 78 (87%)
Same: 11 (12%)
Up: 1 (1%)

75 Gold Contributors reporting
Down: 64 (85%)
Same: 10 (13%)
Up: 1 (2%)

78 Silver Contributors reporting
Down: 53 (68%)
Same: 18 (23%)
Up: 7 (9%)

24 Bronze Contributors reporting
Down: 8 (33%)
Same: 8 (33%)
Up: 8 (33%)
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4 comments:

  1. Dave11 January 2011 at 21:12

    But you're obviously misreading it because most people will be better off ...

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  2. StockCube11 January 2011 at 21:13

    Oh, of course, yeah, Uncle Kelly said so - it must be true.

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  3. Unknown11 January 2011 at 22:30

    Ugh. Well, on the bright side, they're not the only show in town. So at least we can free ourselves to play the field.

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  4. julie deshaies11 March 2011 at 01:15

    I hate the new istock. Since fall 2010 everything is going down for contributor. I'm there since 2004 and I never had so low profit right now. I'm think about taking off my exclusivity to photo. But after the 30 days, where should I go ?

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