Author Topic: Do you believe that DT is dying? (Read 75093 times)

hansenn · « **Reply #175 on:** September 04, 2015, 03:30 »

Quote from: marthamarks on September 03, 2015, 17:50

Quote from: wordplanet on September 02, 2015, 22:08
DT has never been consistent for me, but August was my BME there

That was my experience too, and previous months were holding steady. I'm actually happy with DT right now.

strange...
completely opposite here. Pretty steady over the years, but august WME. Less than half my average sales

Mantis · « **Reply #176 on:** September 04, 2015, 03:32 »

Quote from: hansenn on September 04, 2015, 03:30

Quote from: marthamarks on September 03, 2015, 17:50
Quote from: wordplanet on September 02, 2015, 22:08
DT has never been consistent for me, but August was my BME there

That was my experience too, and previous months were holding steady. I'm actually happy with DT right now.

strange...
completely opposite here. Pretty steady over the years, but august WME. Less than half my average sales

Exactly my experience.

Dumc · « **Reply #177 on:** September 04, 2015, 03:47 »

Same here, one of the worst months...

Cesar · « **Reply #178 on:** September 04, 2015, 05:00 »

normal sales on dreamstime ( 14 days very strong then next 14 days little slower )

Phadrea · « **Reply #179 on:** September 09, 2015, 02:08 »

Oh what a surprise. My balance is still exactly the same.

weymouth · « **Reply #180 on:** September 09, 2015, 06:15 »

They are pushing subs, packages, same as SS. Thats why credit sales are scarse. They earn more we earn less.

Mantis · « **Reply #181 on:** September 09, 2015, 07:25 »

Quote from: weymouth on September 09, 2015, 06:15

They are pushing subs, packages, same as SS. Thats why credit sales are scarse. They earn more we earn less.

Right. And I feel it, even more recently. In the last month my "wave" is 1-3 OD then 20-30 subs. My income at this point is 50% to 60% down per month.

Phadrea · « **Reply #182 on:** September 16, 2015, 01:29 »

Wow - $1 earned.

Sebastian Radu · « **Reply #183 on:** September 16, 2015, 01:31 »

Quote from: Herg on September 16, 2015, 01:29

Wow - $1 earned.

You're lucky !
I'm used to get 0.35 $

weymouth · « **Reply #184 on:** September 16, 2015, 03:27 »

Look upon it this way. DT, is the only one of the main four agencies which haven't had a multi million dollar offer. Now either they have had offers but turned them down or they simply haven't, in which case it must be very frustrating for the management.
So what do they do, well instead of making things better for regular contributors, making sure at least most members are kept happy, they do the kardinal mistake of dollar chasing, desperation, pushing subs, packages all the way. What happens? in the end everyone is unhappy, hence threads like these all over the place.
Not too clever an advertisment!

mojaric · « **Reply #185 on:** September 16, 2015, 04:58 »

really bad sales i get 10-15 sales in a month...with 800 pictures

Mantis · « **Reply #186 on:** September 16, 2015, 08:02 »

Quote from: weymouth on September 16, 2015, 03:27

Look upon it this way. DT, is the only one of the main four agencies which haven't had a multi million dollar offer. Now either they have had offers but turned them down or they simply haven't, in which case it must be very frustrating for the management.
So what do they do, well instead of making things better for regular contributors, making sure at least most members are kept happy, they do the kardinal mistake of dollar chasing, desperation, pushing subs, packages all the way. What happens? in the end everyone is unhappy, hence threads like these all over the place.
Not too clever an advertisment!

Agree. I am one person who used to shoot as many images as I can, set up the studio, buy props, shoot, upload. Now, I no longer do that. It is simply not worth my time. I have transitioned more to video and do not support DT at all there, so I am one data point of a contributor who has stopped shooting "concept" images. If I am bored I might shoot for a day in the studio but now it is with my GH4 mostly. I can't imagine that there aren't more contributors who are doing what I am doing or just becoming demotivated to shoot for agency gain at contributor expense.

PixelBytes · « **Reply #187 on:** September 16, 2015, 13:02 »

Quote from: Mantis on September 16, 2015, 08:02

Quote from: weymouth on September 16, 2015, 03:27
Look upon it this way. DT, is the only one of the main four agencies which haven't had a multi million dollar offer. Now either they have had offers but turned them down or they simply haven't, in which case it must be very frustrating for the management.
So what do they do, well instead of making things better for regular contributors, making sure at least most members are kept happy, they do the kardinal mistake of dollar chasing, desperation, pushing subs, packages all the way. What happens? in the end everyone is unhappy, hence threads like these all over the place.
Not too clever an advertisment!

Agree. I am one person who used to shoot as many images as I can, set up the studio, buy props, shoot, upload. Now, I no longer do that. It is simply not worth my time. I have transitioned more to video and do not support DT at all there, so I am one data point of a contributor who has stopped shooting "concept" images. If I am bored I might shoot for a day in the studio but now it is with my GH4 mostly. I can't imagine that there aren't more contributors who are doing what I am doing or just becoming demotivated to shoot for agency gain at contributor expense.

Exact same here. Count me for data point #2.

mcp · « **Reply #188 on:** September 17, 2015, 08:06 »

I've been with DT for 13 months.

I've been with 123RF for 3 months.

Yesterday my total number of downloads on 123RF exceeded my total number of downloads on DT.

Insane!

Mantis · « **Reply #189 on:** September 17, 2015, 08:09 »

This thread is proving to be true. This month (September 17) I am at $25 for the month. I will be lucky to hit $50 when just a few months ago I was in the $175-$200 range. Total disaster there.

SianC · « **Reply #190 on:** September 17, 2015, 10:35 »

I have 1129 images on DT. My last sale there was September 3rd...a sub for .35 cents.

skyfish · « **Reply #191 on:** September 17, 2015, 11:47 »

Not dying, but interface is really a pain. Change from editorial to commercial and "sell the rights" is checked in by default. I don't want this, and i have to spend time to search for these accidents
p.s. just checked - this checkbox is always checked by default. Before i didn't need to verify this, it was always unchecked. They go by FT way, i see. Very bad

mcp · « **Reply #192 on:** September 18, 2015, 04:24 »

Quote from: SianC on September 17, 2015, 10:35

I have 1129 images on DT. My last sale there was September 3rd...a sub for .35 cents.

My port is similar sized - 2 x .35 cents this month - embarassing really!

Nikovsk · « **Reply #193 on:** September 18, 2015, 06:11 »

I reach payout every couple of years there.

skyfish · « **Reply #194 on:** September 30, 2015, 01:16 »

After several days of unchecked "sell the rights" today i see it checked again! DT==FT? It is clear that checkbox cannot check/uncheck on its own. I noticed that this comes not always. Submission of several images can pass normally and then for next i have all boxes checked. DT - i never wanted to sell the rights!

Rainer123 · « **Reply #195 on:** September 30, 2015, 01:46 »

Haven´t sold a picture for 5 weeks - with roundabout 400 in port.

Mantis · « **Reply #196 on:** September 30, 2015, 08:04 »

So my month in September ended at $80, one half of my norm, third straight month. Bummer.

Phadrea · « **Reply #197 on:** November 16, 2015, 02:29 »

Still stone dead. No sales for weeks.

Mantis · « **Reply #198 on:** November 16, 2015, 08:58 »

October: $63

My pattern: $185, $160, $180, $150, $175, $155, $80, $85, $78, $90, $63.

So between $155 and $80 is when I they made a change. At about $78 I emailed them and that's when they told me they made a search change to make it fair for everyone and that they had to distribute the sales more fairly. This is not a case of crowd sourcing per se, it is an intentional change to give others sales who may or may not deserve it, may or may not have put in the blood, sweat & tears to develop a 4,000 asset portfolio, whatever. Bottom line, this is the new norm.

angelawaye · « **Reply #199 on:** November 16, 2015, 09:41 »

DT is really going downhill as well as FT and 123 for me. It is a slow downward pattern. If I upload more it does not matter. I agree with mantis, why spend money on props and time when it doesn't even make a difference. I do not upload to them anymore now.

SS was "the one" for me but since I have signed the contract, I do not upload to them anymore.

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