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Sorry if this has been posted already. Here's the email:

"Change in Commission Structure for 123RF.com Contributors

We will be changing our Contributors’ commission structure effective January 1, 2012.

Here’s what you need to know:

    All existing contributors shall continue to enjoy the current 50% nett commission share ONLY IF they fulfill ALL of the following criteria.:
        Have registered with 123RF.com before January 1, 2012.
        Have at least 150 accepted images in their respective portfolios by January 1, 2012.
        Have had a minimum of 10 paid downloads by January 1, 2012.
    All new contributors who start submitting images to 123RF.com AFTER January 1, 2012 OR do not meet all the criteria above shall be enrolled under the new commission structure.

More details on the new commission structure shall be announced closer to the implementation date.

In the light of the criteria above:

    We urge you to continue uploading your images to 123RF.com if you haven’t already met all of the criteria above.
    We believe it is more expedient to upload your images now rather than later if you haven’t met the sales quota criteria.

Thank you very much for your attention,
Best Regards,
123RF.com Submission Team"

What seems a little strange is that it says there will be more details closer to the time of the change, but we are already within a month of it!
How close do we have to get!

And since it takes longer than 15 days to review new images it's very late now to hear this news.

Well, considering they reject something like 60% of what I have sent them (and these are all images that were previously accepted at iStock and sold well there), I can't see me making the grade either.  The point about two week wait times for inspections is well-made.

What is the lower pay level going to be?  Does anyone know?  I haven't received that email from them.  I think I might just drop them in this case.

I have had 11 sales there, but it says in the email above that I must fulfil all of the criteria to get the higher rate.  I am nowhere near the 150 accepted mark and at a 60% attrition rate it would need me to upload more than a hundred images in the next week to get in.  Which just isn't going to happen.

you have over 650 at IS, why not uploading them?

I doubt the need for any sinister motives.  Probably just trying to stay in business!

lff

I've been with them since 2008, have had much more than 10 sales but only have 114 vector images there.

I could upload more to get my portfolio count over 150, but I would have to go through my old stuff to find images that I didn't want included in the first place. It's ridiculous to have portfolio count as one of the criterias as it doesn't say anything about quality. I may have to consider closing my account.. 

that explains waiting over 2 weeks for review...

Thanks for the tip but it was a dud. I still can't get past it. I'm going to email my "account manager" and see if she can fix it.

I checked my spam folders but don't see any e-mail from 123rf - did they only e-mail contributors who don't meet the criteria? It would seem to me that all contributors should know what's going on, not just those who are directly affected.

This is like those deals airlines did a while back where the pilots at the regional carriers got less than those at the main airline. Then they based the lower pay on which jets you flew and tried to move some of the "cheap pilot" jets into the main airline fleet. In other words I don't see this as good news even for old contributors like me who have large portfolios and enough sales.

Cutting royalties is not a good sign - and it's a shame as 123rf had been doing reasonably well.

Great!

142 in portfolio and far too little notice to get the extra 8 approved !

I don't meet the criteria and I definately didn't get the email.  There is nothing in my spam filter or bin.  The last email I got from them was introducing my 'personal team' on the 21st of October. 

This is not an early April Fool or something from the OP is it?