A new approach to the submission fee that's win-win
Posted: Mon Dec 21, 2020 9:03 pm
Curious what my fellow Passengers think about this.
Right now, TaxiA&R charges its members $5 per individual submission to a listing, no matter the duration. I would like to suggest that Taxi replace its current $5 flat-rate per submission fee with a more equitable $1 (or $2) per rounded-up minute-total per listing submission fee. $5/submission can get very costly for Passengers, many of whom are struggling to make ends meet and who are trying to submit for lots of listings (or where the client has specifically requested a batch of recordings, which can add up to $25-50 or more for just one listing).
If the purpose of the submission fee is really as Michael Laskow has stated "to ensure quality submissions", then a $1-2/minute fee should suffice and still achieve the stated goal. Otherwise it just appears that Taxi is nickel-and-diming Passengers, who already pay $300/year for the subscription.
The website could be set up so that on the “submit to listing” page, Passengers select one or more uploaded recordings to submit and the website then calculates the TOTAL minutes (rounded to the next highest minute) of the combined submissions for one particular listing.
A $1-2 per minute-of-material fee for each listing would serve to remind Passengers to submit only their best work and, because it is based on duration-per-listing, would also encourage them to keep each submission short and to the point (which is generally what clients are after anyway). Additionally, Taxi wouldn't just be paying lip service to their motto of putting quality and industry-opportunity for its Passengers ahead of service fees.
Right now, TaxiA&R charges its members $5 per individual submission to a listing, no matter the duration. I would like to suggest that Taxi replace its current $5 flat-rate per submission fee with a more equitable $1 (or $2) per rounded-up minute-total per listing submission fee. $5/submission can get very costly for Passengers, many of whom are struggling to make ends meet and who are trying to submit for lots of listings (or where the client has specifically requested a batch of recordings, which can add up to $25-50 or more for just one listing).
If the purpose of the submission fee is really as Michael Laskow has stated "to ensure quality submissions", then a $1-2/minute fee should suffice and still achieve the stated goal. Otherwise it just appears that Taxi is nickel-and-diming Passengers, who already pay $300/year for the subscription.
The website could be set up so that on the “submit to listing” page, Passengers select one or more uploaded recordings to submit and the website then calculates the TOTAL minutes (rounded to the next highest minute) of the combined submissions for one particular listing.
A $1-2 per minute-of-material fee for each listing would serve to remind Passengers to submit only their best work and, because it is based on duration-per-listing, would also encourage them to keep each submission short and to the point (which is generally what clients are after anyway). Additionally, Taxi wouldn't just be paying lip service to their motto of putting quality and industry-opportunity for its Passengers ahead of service fees.
Casey