Everything was going great at Fotolia this month. Their new pricing was leading me to my best month ever there. Then, I saw a post on Microstockgroup about new vector pricing and formats. Basically, they wanted EPS and AI files now instead of SVG. Also, they were moving to a tiered pricing system for vectors instead of them all being the same price. The problem is that the tier pricing tops out at the current price (8 credits for me) and the other prices are lower (6 and 4 credits).

I’m not sure what examples of the different pricing tiers are, but the new vectors that I’ve seen online at Fotolia have mostly been priced at 4 credits. I’ve seen a few priced at 6 credits, but none at the old rate of 8 credits. The good news (if there is any) is that old files haven’t been repriced. They are still at 8 credits, but I can only assume that it is just a matter of time for them to change the prices.

So far, I haven’t heard any information from Fotolia on this. I’m not sure what they are thinking. Are they just expecting us to get half the payment we were getting before and not even tell us? It doesn’t make any sense, so I’ve stopped uploading files there. If they start changing the price of my old vectors, I guess I’ll have to delete my vectors. I used to only sell raster files at Fotolia when they didn’t offer vectors, and it looks like that day is coming again soon.

This post was written on IllustrationInfo.com. Content copyright 2009 Cory Thoman.