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« Reply #25 on: April 24, 2012, 10:54 »
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does uploading to TS, go via IS?,  anybody?

All photos you upload to IS as an independent will get to TS automatically (eventually) whether you like it or not
« Last Edit: April 24, 2012, 10:58 by Mantis »


RacePhoto

« Reply #26 on: April 25, 2012, 15:32 »
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does uploading to TS, go via IS?,  anybody?

The only way to get files on ThinkStock at this time, is from IS.

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All photos you upload to IS as an independent will get to TS automatically (eventually) whether you like it or not


Maybe not "ALL" but most. Maybe not right away. Seems there are some bugs.

Not being ported to ThinkStock is a good thing sometimes? Weak 28c sub sales that take away from the regular IS sales? I'm not sure it's a positive.

THP Creative

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« Reply #27 on: April 26, 2012, 22:16 »
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After PP stats stopped up to the 14th of March a few days back, no action happened on it till just now. But what happened seems strange....

NO PP sales at all from 15th-27th, then some on the 28th again? Anyone else seen the same? Have people got PP sales recorded from the 15th-27?

This is very unusual for me. Although I have a small port there, I ALWAYS have PP sales on every day. ESPECIALLY not 12 days in a row without one!

It's a bit worrying. Another reporting bug?

« Reply #28 on: April 26, 2012, 22:43 »
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I had 2 PP sales show up on the 12th, and then today I had 2 sales show up on the 7th, going backwards, not working it's way through the month from start to end.  Only 20 shots from my portfolio have found their way over so I don't get more than a few sales each month but they've gone in chronological order in the past.

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« Reply #29 on: April 26, 2012, 22:55 »
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Ah, so perhaps thats the issue, not chronological for some reason. Will wait a day or two and see

« Reply #30 on: April 27, 2012, 00:54 »
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NO PP sales at all from 15th-27th, then some on the 28th again? Anyone else seen the same? Have people got PP sales recorded from the 15th-27?

I'm seeing exactly the same thing.  Nothing from the 15th through the 27th, then 5 partner sales on the 28th and 2 on the 29th.  Entertaining the way they find new ways to screw up.

Microbius

« Reply #31 on: April 27, 2012, 06:17 »
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Same thing 1-14 and 28-30 none for 15-27 or 31....yet

ETA I've noticed that this often happens on a smaller scale. e.g. it looks like the whole month has come in but some days have only had some of the sales reported, and the total goes up at some point. I have TS in red text on my spreadsheets till the end of the next month at least, because I am not confident that all sales have been reported till then. Maybe I need to wait even longer!
« Last Edit: April 27, 2012, 06:20 by Microbius »

lisafx

« Reply #32 on: April 27, 2012, 09:08 »
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Same here.  This is definitely something strange.  I expect by Monday they will all be filled in. 

« Reply #33 on: April 27, 2012, 09:29 »
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Except that I do have something for the 31st, my stats are the same - 1-14 and 28-31 have sales. The 30th, which for me got a single $6 royalty last Friday, before anything else started, received some more 28 cent royalties in the recent update, suggesting that the types of sales are done separately rather than every type of sale for a particular date?

WarrenPrice

« Reply #34 on: April 28, 2012, 14:09 »
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I think they are running again.  Strange how it seems to run only on the weekend.  I would not have noticed except that someone mentioned it earlier.
Oh Well... at least it is running.  Maybe I will know the numbers before the new month starts.   :P

« Reply #35 on: April 28, 2012, 14:10 »
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They said long ago that they run the script at off-peak times to avoid overloading the servers.

WarrenPrice

« Reply #36 on: April 28, 2012, 15:19 »
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They said long ago that they run the script at off-peak times to avoid overloading the servers.


Ahhhh... They must have left me off that memo.   :P

« Reply #37 on: April 28, 2012, 15:22 »
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They said long ago that they run the script at off-peak times to avoid overloading the servers.


Ahhhh... They must have left me off that memo.   :P

It was in the forum, somewhere.

« Reply #38 on: April 28, 2012, 15:37 »
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I have questions!   

How do I find out what sold in PP other than by clicking each photo to see if it has any sales?

For a while I could find 2 photos at thinkstock, then about 3 more were added last month.  Now I cannot find myself unless I search by keywords (which really sucks).  I can no longer find myself by "username" or "First Last" so I have no idea what has been sent there.  What has changed.

Looks lik I might have made 24 cents in March, but I continue to be extremely suspicious about this whole partner program.  If I don't even know what photos they have, how can I make sure they are honest? 

« Reply #39 on: April 28, 2012, 16:04 »
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Last month they did the same thing.  Sales rolled in on a whacked basis, but in the end, all days on my PP bars had sales.  I wouldn't worry too much about the way PP sales are rolling in.

« Reply #40 on: April 28, 2012, 16:06 »
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For a long time, about 12 of my photos were on TS - months went by, that number never changed .  Now it looks like they're gone.   I used to find them by searching for my name, but that now returns nothing.  I did some keyword searching on a couple of best sellers, and that seemed to confirm that they're no longer there.

Like I care anyway.

 

Microbius

« Reply #41 on: April 29, 2012, 04:42 »
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The missing days are getting slowly filled in, now it seems to be 24-27 missing, not including any missing sales from days that have already had partial reports.
Pretty lame when you think that SS manages pretty much live reporting with a subs model.

« Reply #42 on: April 29, 2012, 05:59 »
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Still a couple of days missing on mine too. This is the first month I've had any there so it's a bit new for me. Is there any where you can see stats of how many d/l in the month, or do you have to sit there and manually add them up?

Microbius

« Reply #43 on: April 29, 2012, 06:12 »
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it shows up on your stats tab, just choose monthly rather than daily from the drop down and hover to see the numbers

« Reply #44 on: April 29, 2012, 10:31 »
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@Sue, the best way to see totals is to download  CSV file once they've finished and you can see a separate column for PP downloads and $$. The reporting is truly sucky on the IS my_uploads page (you'll have to be logged in to IS for that link to work) as you can't sort by download date, only by total PP downloads, total royalty or approval date. If you want to check an individual file you can then see when it got PP downloads, but that's a pain.

I have PP sales for every day but the 27th - not sure if they're still working on it, but I'll wait until tomorrow to download my CSV and update my stats spreadsheet (I like to keep IS sales separate from PP sales as well as updating my total for the month from IS).

I can still see my port by searching for my real name in double quotes. It's been stuck at 1097 files for many weeks now. Not sure if they've given up or whether we'll see another lurch at some point.

« Reply #45 on: April 29, 2012, 18:16 »
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What's interesting is to hear that people aren't getting their images into TS....they are trickling in.  I just did a search to see if mine were getting in and they are, only weeks after I submit to Istock.  My PP sales keep going up and that's what got me thinking.  So I checked and sales increases are probably due to my upload volume.  Call it 40 uploads a month.  I am well over $200 on PP for March, which is over 700 downloads if none of those sales are $6 like we've seen in the past.
« Last Edit: April 29, 2012, 18:24 by Mantis »

wut

« Reply #46 on: April 30, 2012, 03:33 »
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Are they done? I've got sales on every day but the 31st. I can't remember the last time without getting at least a couple of sales a day, so I wonder if the rest of you got any on 31st?

« Reply #47 on: April 30, 2012, 06:29 »
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I have some showing everyday now Wut, but they still may not have finished. They've been trickling in.

Thanks Jo Ann. It looks as though I have about 1/3 of my port there so far.

wut

« Reply #48 on: April 30, 2012, 08:57 »
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I have some showing everyday now Wut, but they still may not have finished. They've been trickling in.

Thanks Jo Ann. It looks as though I have about 1/3 of my port there so far.

Still nothing for me. Except for the 31st, I had at least 4 DLs every day, that's why this seems so weird to me.


 

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