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Fotolia Guide Index |
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Size and prices |
New lower percentage but increased prices from 1st January 2010 |
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Total number of downloads |
300 x 400 XS |
600 x 800 S |
1.9mp M |
3.7mp L |
7.8mp XL |
15mp XXL |
Sub | extended licence max earnings |
| credit price | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 10 | ||
| 0 - 100 | 25c | 75c | $1.25 | $1.75 | $2.00 | $2.50 | 30c | $5 |
| 100 - 1000 | 28c | 84c | $1.40 | $1.96 | $2.24 | $2.80 | 31c | $14 |
| 1,000- 10,000 | 31c | 93c | $1.55 | $2.17 | $2.48 | $3.10 | 32c | $31 |
| 10,000 - 25,000 | 34c | $1.02 | $1.70 | $2.38 | $2.72 | $3.40 | 33c | $51 |
| 25,000 - 100,000 | 37c | $1.11 | $1.85 | $2.59 | $2.96 | $3.70 | 34c | $74 |
| 100,000 - 250,000 | 40c | $1.20 | $2.00 | $2.80 | $3.20 | $4.00 | 35c | $80 |
| 250,000 - 1,000,000 | 43c | $1.29 | $2.15 | $3.01 | $3.44 | $4.30 | 36c | $86 |
| 1,000,000 + | 46c | $1.38 | $2.30 | $3.01 | $3.68 | $4.60 | 37c | $92 |
| Images or photographers can be exclusive at Fotolia If the image is exclusive you can change the minimum price per image once you have 100 downloads in total unfortunately you earn the same percentage as your non-exclusive images If the photographer is exclusive you can earn a higher percentage and change the minimum price per image. Subscription sales only count for 0.25 of a sale for your ranking so 400 subscription sales to move from lowest level. For exclusive images 0-100 downloads 25% 1 credits 100-1,000 downloads 28% 2 credits - this is the maximum price for a 300 x 400 image 1,000-10,000 downloads 31% 3 credits 10,000-25,000 downloads 34% 4 credits 25,000 - 100,000 downloads 38% 5 credits 100,000-250,000 downloads 40% 6 credits 250,000 - 1,000,000 downloads 43% 7 credits 1,000,000 + downloads 46% 10 credits For exclusive photographers 0-100 downloads 42% 1 credits 100-1,000 downloads 45% 2 credits - this is the maximum price for a 300 x 400 image 1,000-10,000 downloads 48% 3 credits 10,000-25,000 downloads 51% 4 credits 25,000 - 100,000 downloads 54% 5 credits 100,000-250,000 downloads 57% 6 credits 250,000 - 1,000,000 downloads 60% 7 credits 1,000,000 + downloads 63% 10 credits I have listed the maximum price for a 600 x 800 image For non-exclusive photographs 0-100 downloads 25% 100-1,000 downloads 28% 1,000-10,000 downloads 31% 10,000-25,000 downloads 34% 25,000 - 100,000 downloads 37% 2 credits maximum price for a 300 x 400 image 100,000-250,000 downloads 40% 3 credits 250,000 - 1,000,000 downloads 43% 4 credits 1,000,000 + downloads 46% 5 credits
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Advantages of Fotolia |
| No
upload limits
Thumbnails of Deleted photos kept 4 MP size minimum (new size limit since mid June 2007 version 2) e-mail notification of photos sold (can opt out) Categories are now optional generous referral bonus for 5 years 10% of all sales including extended licences subscription sales only allow up to 3.7mp other sites allow full size 16mp |
Disadvantages of Fotolia |
| Can't edit keywords after an image is submitted but
can shuffle their order first six are most important more
software arranges keywords in IPTC data alphabetically so you need to
rearrange them.
Changes to Terms of contract are not very well publized and not popular with contributors second lowest earnings per image only 25% of image price 30 c from subscription sales up to 4 MP 35 from premium subscription sales up to maximum size uploaded Vague rejection so almost impossible to rectify and resubmit. Cumbersome categories 3 levels (but now optional) If an accepted image hasn't been sold in 24 months can earn 50c by allowing it to be distributed in free section hard to delete images if you have a large portfolio |
Extra bits |
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They have the worse rejection e-mails they are incredibly vague with no hint as to whether if a photo was altered (cropped or filtered) would it be worth resubmitting. |
FTP UPLOAD ? Yes |
| Your new FTP password is a combination of your user name and password, your FTP name is the same five digit code |
