Author Topic: exclusive with pond5 (Read 5381 times)

stoker2014 · « **Reply #25 on:** November 19, 2024, 07:08 »

Quote from: Mantis on November 19, 2024, 06:18

Quote from: stoker2014 on November 18, 2024, 12:37
Quote from: Mantis on November 18, 2024, 12:11
It's also known that being exclusive does not give you favorable placement in search.
I disagree.

When I asked, that was their answer. It was a brew of angry people in forums when they found out. It's possible they have changed since that time (a few years ago), but if they did they are very quiet about it. If they wanted to attract more exclusives they would make it a point to publicize.

In this case, I at least meant the presence of the "Exclusive Content" section in the search filters. This alone is a favorable placement in search.

PCDMedia · « **Reply #26 on:** November 19, 2024, 11:21 »

Interestingly the current total number of clips at P5 is approx 44.6 mil

Of that 44.6 mil only 4.2 mil are Exclusive as shown by the "All Exclusive" search filter.

Less than 10% Exclusive.

That appears to indicate most contributors consider being non-Exclusive and submitting to more platforms than P5 is a better deal even with lower commission rates and increased effort required to submit content to multiple sites.

It's seems obvious given the not-so-good Exclusive participation that P5 is doing little to promote it - even the 60% commission isn't much incentive.

stoker2014 · « **Reply #27 on:** November 20, 2024, 03:21 »

It seems that the author can have 2 accounts on pond. Or am I wrong. Those who have an exclusive account probably upload only unique videos there. And if you upload a unique video to pond, which is not on other sites for others, this obviously brings income. Pond is currently in decline, after its acquisition by shutterstock. Probably this affected exclusive authors too.
But here, even on the forum, we see exclusive authors who are happy with sales on the pond. Perhaps these authors shoot high-quality videos, and buyers are ready to pay big money for such videos.

cobalt · « **Reply #28 on:** November 20, 2024, 04:56 »

The two account approach with one just for exclusive content is a very good solution IMO.

If p5 just did more active promotion of their exclusive content they could draw in a lot more exclusive files.

stoker2014 · « **Reply #29 on:** November 20, 2024, 05:08 »

In this case, the pond would not have been sold to shutterstock.

Contemporary Dave · « **Reply #30 on:** November 20, 2024, 11:24 »

I went exclusve with P5 3 months ago. Not had a single sale since...

alan b traehern · « **Reply #31 on:** December 09, 2024, 07:53 »

Quote from: blvdone on April 14, 2024, 19:09

I'm all in exclusive with 30k videos on Pond5. I stopped selling on Shutterstock when they started video subs and saw my sales go down drastically. Also deleted all my videos on Adobe Stock last year because 80+% of my video sales became cheap video subs. It's not easy to just be Pond5 exclusive, but you'll get instant 50% raise in royalty from 40% to 60%. That's a good feeling. But also, I think pricing is important to maximize your revenue on Pond5. Customers who come to Pond5 buy clips because they couldn't find them on StoryBlocks, Shutterstock, Adobe Stock and other cheap stock video sites. They don't buy your video because it's cheap. They buy it because they need it that they couldn't find anywhere else. I started this new pricing strategy at the end of March. It's working well since.

https://www.microstockgroup.com/general-stock-video/high-price-strategy-that-seems-to-be-working-on-pond5/msg602210/?topicseen#new

How's the exclusive working out now? I see some complaints from others, but you seem to have a good view of the situation. How was last year since you went Pond5 exclusive?