More changes to our earnings

New For video, if you are enrolled in the Exclusivity Program described below, your share of Net License Revenue will be 40%.

For video, if you are not enrolled in the Exclusivity Program, your share of Net License Revenue will be 30%.

For Music Tracks and Sound Effects, your share of Net License Revenue will be 30%,

For photographs, illustrations, After Effects and other templates, your share of Net License Revenue will be 30%,

For dataset earnings, your share of Net License Revenue will be 20%.

20% of data set is 20% of a penny or two.

Getty images and SS are going to merge. More bad news for content creators. No longer worth putting effort for few cents they are going to pay now.

To Our Customers,

As Getty Images approaches its 30th anniversary, we are excited to share some news with you: Getty Images and Shutterstock announced plans to merge under the corporate name of Getty Images Holdings, Inc.

The merger is subject to the satisfaction of customary closing conditions, including receipt of required regulatory approvals and the approval of Getty Images and Shutterstock stockholders. As a result, the merger is not closed, and each company will continue to operate independently in the interim, and it will be business as usual with respect to your relationship with Getty Images.

Once closed, we expect this merger to allow for simplified access across our combined offerings and increased investment in new content and coverage, in new asset types, in enhanced customer service and support and in new technologies and capabilities. All of this with the aim of providing you with the contents you need in a time and budget efficient manner and absent intellectual property risks.

In this period prior to close, nothing about your business relationship with Getty Images will change and you can continue to rely on the same high‑quality service and partnership you’ve come to expect from Getty Images. We are committed to keeping you informed throughout this process and ensuring a smooth transition. If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to reach out to your usual sales contact.

Thank you for your continued trust and support. We are excited about the opportunities this merger brings to help you succeed and look forward to embarking on this next chapter together.

Warm regards,

Craig Peters
CEO, Getty Images

"...we expect this merger to allow for... increased investment in new content..."

He's a comedian!

Meaning they will be investing in AI for content creation or modifying the existing content uploaded by contributors like us.

It is no longer viable to work with stock music, our work is being predatorily exploited.

Maybe it's worth dropping the exclusivity agreement and expanding our reach to other stock houses.
And in that way gaining additional revenue and making up for the drop in our percentage from 40 to 30%?

pond5 is death!

I would LEAVE the exclusive program immediately and not even give them the time of day, just do it as others have. Despite their constant lies about how being exclusive "only on Pond5" (and every partner they share with) you aren't making more money, real money not "potential revenue".

It's not like Pond5 is a powerhouse that all buyers shop at, then maybe but no, customers shop in different stores, some have accounts with other websites like Adobe, Shutterstock etc and they will make do with what those site have.

The only way exclusive would make sense is if it was financially viable to be on only one website, this is business, if you sold any other product you'd want to be in as many stores as possible unless one store was bring in so much money for you that you didn't need the sales from other stores.