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| URL: | http://www.stockeon.com/ | |
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| Accepting Submissions: | Yes | |
| Submit Online: | Yes | |
| Submit By Mail: | No | |
| Submissions Reviewed: | Yes | |
| Types Accepted: | Instrumentals | |
| Charge For Submissions: | No | |
| Up Front Money: | No | |
| Royalty Free: (non-broadcast use) |
Yes | |
| Exclusivity: (Exclusive, Non, Semi) (Semi = Free to place on own but not with another library) |
Non-Exclusive | |
| Re-Title: | No | |
| Set Own Price: | Yes | |
| Contract Length: | Unknown | |
| Payment Schedule: | Monthly | |
| License Fee Split: (writer/library) |
55/45 | |
| PRO Split Based on 100%: (writer/library writer/library/publisher or writer) |
100/0 | |
| Requires Licensee To File Cue Sheet: | Unknown | |
| Pays On Blanket License: | ||
| YouTube Content ID: | Unknown | |
| Active Site: | No | |
| Offers Subscriptions To Clients: | ||
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Anyone else had the email asking for permission to use music that was hosted at Stockeon in MotionVFX previews?
Interesting to note that I’ve suddenly been getting emails from a company called Motion VFX, which I didn’t sign up for. They have the same registered address as Stockeon. I guess they’re continuing under that name and ditching audio etc.
So are they only going to do photo and video from now on? Most RF sites seem to be doing more with photo and video than music. A lot more!
yep, im a little surprised. I think they were a Polish outfit and labor / tech cost is pretty low there. They are also able to leverage dollar transaction currency against their Zloty. I made about $300 or so from relatively little effort and only about 5 or 6 tracks priced at $80 which suggested to me that they had a pretty good clientele, unless they were bankrolling early sales themselves to attract content.
I just received an email from them, they’re closing down. I guess it’s a RIP now.
Yup, me too. Shame really as it was a well designed site.
Wow….really? I took my tracks down after I found out they were on another sites banned list. I wouldn’t have guessed that one though , but apparently that was a good move. Still great looking site and sorry to see them go.
Have to say the upload process is really streamlined here, uploading and tagging is a beautiful thing on this site. Two things though: HAs anyone come across a way to create a template, so you don’t have to reinvent the wheel if you are doing several edits for your tracks? Also, it doesn’t appear that you can go back in and tweak edits after the fact, once you are done, you redone. And unlike some other sites, once you hit submit, unless I’m missing you can’t go back in and see (re: copy) your descriptions, keywords, etc. On a quick look, you can’t go in through in your account and even look at what you put in there? Granted this may or may not be correct, as is based on a quick look this a.m. but has anyone else found this to be the case? Anyone found a workaround for this? Regardless love the site, as mentioned tagging and describing is a breeze, among the nicest I’ve come across. Reminiscent of P5 in the look and feel of the site. Think I’ve found a new favorite, but with one day being approved, sales are obviously a wait and see proposition. Also, anyone know how long it takes your tracks to go from being “In Review” to active?
Chuck. Once your track is approved and active you can edit anything you want including the price, all you do is click ” my files “. It can take up to 12 days for a track to get reviewed, approved and active. In my case it’s only taking no longer than 3 0r 4 days. All this info is in their FAQ. like I said in my previous post, I’ve been with this lib for almost 4 months now, it’s safe [ info from a contributor who’s been with them since day one] and a smooth operating site, communication is good and they aggressively promote themselves. Their operating days for communication and reviewing is during the weekdays. Sales are reported to you in real time no matter what the day or time is. I like the site and am quite optimistic for the future. About the ID ? it’s about time someone is starting do something about the music thieves, etc. I too was thrown off at first about the ID thing but after a while the paranoia turned to admiration for the step they’re taking for trying to prevent fraud. I also know they’re required under their tax laws for the ID thing too. Time will tell of course but I’m really not worried, I’m sure all will be fine 🙂
I’m not sweating the i.d. thing either. They do have an “edit multiple pages at once” button that would take the place of a template. I did edit one track, after that the status changes to “in review” and the pencil icon you click on to edit tracks disappears. Not a bi deal about the wait as far as I’m concerned for approval. I still don’t see a way to go back in and change edits once you do them and hit submit. The “edit pencil” is there thogh for approved tracks so just not ones “in review”. I like this site and have a good feeling about it also. Time will tell.
But just saw that Stockeon was on AS banned list, and going to honor my commitment to that site to not upload tracks that exist there to Stockeon or other banned sites. . And gonna think about this for a bit.
I have no idea why they should be on the banned list ??? One can set their own prices on Stockeon,it’s non exclusive, no YOuTube ID content, etc. Doesn’t make sense ?
Due to composers setting prices there to low there and devaluing the market. The same problem they have with other libraries there.
If AS composers who are on there set their prices too low I can understand their disgust but it does not make it right that they can ban them from AS , who is to say that AS composers automatically set their prices way too low on there ? AS is an non exclusive lib [ if chosen to be ], they shouldn’t take an exclusive approach without a legit reason. It’s no different than being on P5, PT or many of the other popular sites that aren’t on their banned list, what makes Stockeon different from them ?. I’m thinking that maybe Stockeon had a in house pricing system when they first started out and then changed it ? Sorry, but if that’s AS’s reason, it’s totally unfair and not right. I will never bow to that.
I thought about this (briefly) and going to make the assumption ( the only logical one I could come up with ) is that that they market/sell heavily to much of the same market as the others. Otherwise just about any music library that allows you to set your own price , like the ones you mentioned, would be accused of the same thing. Or perhaps it is the price that Stockeon that stockeon sets for the composers who choose that option that they have a problem with. Or that they allow composers to set their prices as low as they do. Or a combination of all the above. I don’t however, and try to keep my prices fair but competitive with most of what’s up there.
But at this point, since everything I mentioned is an assumption (and we know what they say about assumptions) probably better to ask over at AS. I did, but I don’t necessarily want to publicize it here , at least without their permission. To be fair though, I am in the midst of discussion about this over there and generally find AS easy t work. And this is a Stockeon forum so …
Thanks Chuck ! It is what it is I guess. I like AS a lot too but I don’t agree with this, in a manner of speaking, collective punishment. My prices on Stockeon are quite similar to the AS suggested prices, pending category]. 55% vrs. 40% ? I make more on Stockeon even if the price is a little bit lower, about the same at very worst most of the time. An AS buy out is much more of course but how often does that happen. So with my own personal experience so far with the numbers …. well …. it’s easy to figure out. I could answer this quite thoroughly and in great detail but I won’t as I don’t want this to turn into something that it wasn’t intended for. Both are good libs, it’s too bad the circumstances are what they are. I’m going to hold my ground and deal with it as it comes and if push comes to shove I already have my decision waiting. Good luck Chuck, wish you all the best 🙂
Just to set the record straight, I had no idea that they were on the banned list and I’m not on those other well known micro sites with fixed low prices. I’m not bashing either, just trying to make sense out of things.
Ok, just one more thing before I give this a rest. I just read the updated agreement and found an important piece of info. That guideline only applies to those who joined AS on and after June 2010, so I’m fine.
I received this reply from Stockeon regarding the ID requirement.
“Thank you for your email.
Regarding your concern:
We have two reasons why we require a Sellers ID:
– The Taxation Law in our country obligates us to collect the ID of each and every seller.
– Seller’s Identification. We try to secure our sellers from defrauds. When we have an ID we can check whether the seller is selling footage, music, templates that belong to him.
Security is very important to us – especially our contributors’ security.”
Is the consensus still that this request seems potentially sketchy?
(As others have mentioned, considering no library has ever asked this of me it does seem odd…)