Wirestock Easy Submission Sucks! This is why (vs EYe Em vs Blackbox.global) 

Are you going to try another site? I just signed up with Adobe stock last night and looking at other options as well.

It's unfortunate that that sponsored content covers up the honest review from influencers. You would hope people would not take sponsorship if they didn't use the product and that they wouldn't fluff the truth. But that's the world we live in! I still think it's smart to use the multiple submission but I think I'll stay away from the easy submission for the most part. If you find anything other than Wirestock or blackbox.global let us know. Thanks for watching!

Thanks for watching

Is your talking video blackbox.global and phot is Eye Em. Both are with checking out but I'm not jumping ship just yet

I will be honest, I am not the most experienced across platforms. From my experience though, I would say it depends on what you are shooting. If you were doing it like me and just repurposing your vlog footage then yes. But!!! If you were creating video for stock, like an agency you may have an a slight edge to find a platform that best suits your niche and primarily upload to that site. It is very hard to explain in the comments but you just have me an idea for another video lol. For example if you look at the "Storyblocks platform" they specialize in people uploading multiple clips for one scene and you'll find allot of outdoor and adventure you're footage. Therefore you'll probably have good luck selling stock footage like that there. Then again it could be hard to compete with all the other footage. It's really hard to tell where to spend your time. But most people upload to multiple sites and sites like Wirestock and blackbox make that easy.

@@TonyVsEarth Thanks for the information. One last question; is it fine to use the same photos and videos I took to upload across different sites or are you only allowed to pick one site to send them photos then you cannot send them exact photos to other stock sites to sell?

@@puffinfilm that is another hard question to answer. Every stock agency will have different fine print, but I do believe most allow to distribute to other agencies as well. Wirestock and black box are not stock agencies, they are actually acting as an individual sending your work to multiple agencies as they are allowed to acting on your behalf. This brings up another important point, which is that most stock agencies let you keep the rights to your files, whereas when you upload your files to Wirestock and Blackbox you are now giving them rights to your files. And to be honest, is one of the main reasons why I am now considering just doing the work myself to multiple sites. I worry that I may build a residual income and the company might go under. I do believe most people that don't use Blackbox or Wirestock, are typically uploading to two or three sites like Shutterstock, alarmy and Adobe stock at the same time. Make sure when you sign up with a stock agency to clarify whether or not they allow you to keep the rights to your files or not. If not they should be paying more than the other sites in my opinion.

@@TonyVsEarth thank u

Thanks for watching. I’ve never heard of Artsi! Will check it out but no promises. That you for the suggestion

I have noticed lately an improvement. If you see my earlier videos some of they examples I give were week to say the least.

Wow great suggestion. Not that I didn't know about pond5 but I didn't know much about uploading to them. Thanks

Pond 5 will make you spend hours and hours on office work...

Like prior to Wirestock? Yes... But I'm no pro prob only $300ish over three platforms. And that was over a 8 year span. I upload for only 500 or so about 8 years ago.

No sure what you mean? To upload all at once?

I appreciate the concern but I don't feel like they are cheating them. There are just some negatives to the structure the platform but it comes with other benefits. I have seen improvements lately and when I go through my portfolio it tells you which of the partners don't currently have that clip or image and gives me the option to send it manually if I do choose. I think it's more that they have a tight criteria as the other platforms see them as one identity. Regardless this is a topic to consider when deciding what you'll do with it.

Agreed. I don't like giving them 15% plus $100. But like anything your paying for the convenience of being able to post to multiple stock libraries, to have photo and video all in one and your own separate portfolio that offers everything including print. That in itself is valuable but also probably costs them allot in upkeep. I'm not happy with many things with Wirestock but I am hoping the small things will get worked out over time and that profit is good. New video coming soon and I'm hopeful about the results after my first stuff months

@@TonyVsEarth I uploaded my first batch to them a few weeks ago, so I'm curious to see just how long it takes for them to review it. I was looking for an all-in-one solution that would take a sensible cut from profits without requiring a subscription, but Wirestock seems to be some kind of horrible middle ground where you can upload and sell your stuff for free... it just takes an age for it to happen! I'll reserve final judgment for when my stuff is eventually reviewed. Meanwhile, I'll look forward to your next video.

@@DaveBowman I tried looking on the bright side. I feel like paying $100 instead of more of a percentage is probably better in the long run when you start making a decent

@@DaveBowman thanks for watching and your feedback

Yeah I'm not happy with it either.

I waited close to 4 months for some of my clips to get accepted or denied, but I guess they think that that's acceptable for a service that offers to tag your work. The problem is I think that they are catering to people that don't know there's better services that also tag your work. I think the only issue for me at this point is that those are only photo based platforms.

Yeah for the rest of your life lol

Recently I went directly to Adobe stock and uploaded some video clips that were rejected for various reasons on wire stock and I was able to have them accepted. For this reason I think I'm actually going to continue to upload clips two different websites manually. Why are stock was supposed to make life easier but I feel like just made things more complicated. I do believe black box is a little better for specialized reasons that I still believe you will have similar rejection issues just because the nature of having a second gateway. All the best to you, and feel free to let us know what you decide to do with your footage and if you have any different results. Cheers!