Author Topic: Colourbox?? (Read 6769 times)

Dog-maDe-sign · « **on:** June 12, 2015, 03:04 »

Colourbox appears a professional and well done stock site. Anyone sell vector there? Worth it?

Thanks.
Giorgio

Maximilian · « **Reply #1 on:** June 12, 2015, 03:17 »

Low commsion for each sale (€0.20). No bestseller of mine uploaded there.
Bestseller images only for "fair" agencys. Less sales but easy upload.

Dog-maDe-sign · « **Reply #2 on:** June 12, 2015, 04:14 »

OK, thank you very much for info

hatman12 · « **Reply #3 on:** June 12, 2015, 05:17 »

When I went independent a few months ago I had Colourbox on my list of potential agencies. They looked professional and seemed to be able to demonstrate fast growth. I started to upload there but quickly became disillusioned due to very low sales and commissions. I decided to search the internet to see if I could find some financial information about them, and found their official accounts from 2012/13. Yes, they have grown fast, about doubling from the year before, but their overall gross revenue is very small - somewhere in the region of 4 million Euros (that's for 2012). They have assets of less than 1 million Euros. Although they are well respected, they are very, very small.

On reflection, their commissions payable to suppliers are way too small, at 20% for credit sales and 20 Euro cents for subs. That's actually insultingly small for such a small operation with low sales, and much less than most medium size operations pay (such as 123, Big, DP etc).

Following my research, and the realisation that they have very low sales I stopped uploading and I'll most likely close my account.

They are well respected, honest, professional, and growing fast. But sales are still very low and the low commissions they offer are really quite insulting.

They might of course become much larger in the years ahead, but if they succeed bear in mind they'll have done so by paying amongst the lowest commissions in the business. Not something I want to support.

Dog-maDe-sign · « **Reply #4 on:** June 13, 2015, 04:28 »

Thank you for sharing your depth analysis. I'll have to think about what to do with them.

Quote from: hatman12 on June 12, 2015, 05:17

20% for credit sales and 20 Euro cents for subs.

They are well respected, honest, professional, and growing fast.

somethingpretentious · « **Reply #5 on:** June 13, 2015, 11:45 »

Horrible commissions. Low sales. Bad conditions overall. Most top contributors do no contribute to them and that is for a good reason. It is NOT a well respected agency by most accounts.

sweetgirll · « **Reply #6 on:** June 13, 2015, 12:47 »

How come?
So they are a Denmark company? Does it mean they sell more to the European market?

the website says 20% minimum each sale...
If someone buys one offs such as this, it would be 20% of 12.50 which is the cost of buying a single image...

Now they have subscriptions....and I guess, that's where commissions would turn to cents...like $40 buys you 10 images...while 125 buys you 50 downloads per month, while 188 buys 150....At least they dont' have "unlimited" downloads...but they have a carryover of unused downloads..... is what I see on the page www.colourbox.com/products

So...how can this be as bad as other agencies that also have subs?

Dog-maDe-sign · « **Reply #7 on:** June 14, 2015, 03:48 »

Everything, but where is the royalty plan?

sweetgirll · « **Reply #8 on:** June 14, 2015, 20:55 »

I see a royalty description on the supplier agreement..Look in the paragraph - 2.4 Payments

https://www.colourbox.com/supplieragreement

So, what do you think of their plans?

Quote from: Dog-maDe-sign on June 14, 2015, 03:48

Everything, but where is the royalty plan?

skyfish · « **Reply #9 on:** June 15, 2015, 00:03 »

Saw this link. Will not bother to upload, thank you

Dog-maDe-sign · « **Reply #10 on:** June 15, 2015, 04:53 »

Quote from: sweetgirll on June 14, 2015, 20:55

So, what do you think of their plans?

Quote from: Dog-maDe-sign on June 14, 2015, 03:48
Everything, but where is the royalty plan?

Not too bad... depends of volume and quality of sales, obviously. 1,90 € for a regular DL is more of what I take on Fotolia as bronze contributor.

thank you Monica

Fairplay · « **Reply #11 on:** June 15, 2015, 12:52 »

99% of the sales are 0,20 € = 0,22 $! The amount of sales is about 50 times less than SS!

I support low earners but with at least 40% contributor royalties and much bigger subscription royalties!