As if prices weren't cheap enough already...

I have not received an email telling us about this sale, so where's this coming from all of a sudden?

I saw that plastered over the Internet yesterday and thought, I wonder if the vector artists know about this? It is just getting so hard to make any money that only a sweet Yuri deal can bail us out

Yep, I mentioned their amazing half-price sale, which is running and reducing my earnings without a hitch, in the thread about the lack of sales data that never seems to be able to be fixed.

Half the price means that the customer pay it half the price.
But I think that the contributor will be paid the same price as ever.
Right?

As far as I know the vector artists (if indy) get 20% of the sale price.

It does seem odd when sites either celebrate w/ a discount or screw up and offer a condolence discount that they don't eat the discount themselves.

Quote from: luissantos84 on November 21, 2013, 10:55

Quote from: Beppe Grillo on November 21, 2013, 10:45

Half the price means that the customer pay it half the price.
But I think that the contributor will be paid the same price as ever.
Right?

YEP!

According to Shelma1 its not.

I have not understood what are the Shelma1's sources.

I was being ironic...

On the other hand, when Shutterstock has a sale we still get the same amount of money.

YEP!

Half the price means that the customer pay it half the price.
But I think that the contributor will be paid the same price as ever.
Right?

No, you always get a percentage of the acutal price paid.
Even when the site has been down and they give away discount codes in compensation, we lose out, though clearly it wasn't our fault.

Quote from: ShadySue on November 21, 2013, 11:43

Quote from: Beppe Grillo on November 21, 2013, 10:45

Half the price means that the customer pay it half the price.
But I think that the contributor will be paid the same price as ever.
Right?

No, you always get a percentage of the acutal price paid.

Free credits are paid at a rate of $1 per credit AFAIK.

That's not what it says in the ASA, and the official who said that was quoting something from IIRC 2009, but at any rate before we were forced to sign (or leave altogether) a revised ASA which said they could use our files for promotion without us getting any compensation.
It may be that we get $1, but that wasn't officially confirmed on the relevant thread over there.
The Exclusve ASA specifically says (Clause 3b):
In addition to the foregoing grant iStockphoto and its Distribution Partners may post, reproduce, modify, display, make derivative works or otherwise use any Exclusive Content for their own business purposes relating to the promotion of the Site, the Exclusive Content and their distribution programs, and promote the licensing of Exclusive Content (including, without limitation, the use of the Exclusive Content and the Supplier's registered and unregistered trademarks for marketing, sales and promotional efforts whether on the Site or through third parties). The Supplier agrees that iStockphoto shall have exclusive rights to design marketing literature for the Exclusive Content, at its own expense, and the Supplier agrees to cooperate in that regard. No compensation shall be due to the Supplier for use of Exclusive Content for such business purposes.

Quote from: ShadySue on November 21, 2013, 11:52

Quote from: tickstock on November 21, 2013, 11:44

Quote from: ShadySue on November 21, 2013, 11:43

Quote from: Beppe Grillo on November 21, 2013, 10:45

Half the price means that the customer pay it half the price.
But I think that the contributor will be paid the same price as ever.
Right?

No, you always get a percentage of the acutal price paid.

Free credits are paid at a rate of $1 per credit AFAIK.

That's not what it says in the ASA, and the official who said that was quoting something from IIRC 2009, but at any rate before we were forced to sign (or leave altogether) a revised ASA which said they could use our files for promotion without us getting any compensation.
It may be that we get $1, but that wasn't officially confirmed on the relevant thread over there.
The Exclusve ASA specifically says (Clause 3b):
In addition to the foregoing grant iStockphoto and its Distribution Partners may post, reproduce, modify, display, make derivative works or otherwise use any Exclusive Content for their own business purposes relating to the promotion of the Site, the Exclusive Content and their distribution programs, and promote the licensing of Exclusive Content (including, without limitation, the use of the Exclusive Content and the Supplier's registered and unregistered trademarks for marketing, sales and promotional efforts whether on the Site or through third parties). The Supplier agrees that iStockphoto shall have exclusive rights to design marketing literature for the Exclusive Content, at its own expense, and the Supplier agrees to cooperate in that regard. No compensation shall be due to the Supplier for use of Exclusive Content for such business purposes.

That's not the same thing as free credits that's for use by iStock for marketing, two very different things.

Can you find anything official which says we get $1 for free credits? I had a big lookaroun the last time this came up and couldn't find anything, other than Rob's posting over there, and he admitted that he wasn't sure it's still the case.

Quote from: Ron on November 21, 2013, 11:01

Quote from: luissantos84 on November 21, 2013, 10:55

Quote from: Beppe Grillo on November 21, 2013, 10:45

Half the price means that the customer pay it half the price.
But I think that the contributor will be paid the same price as ever.
Right?

YEP!

According to Shelma1 its not.

I have not understood what are the Shelma1's sources.

Her own earnings !

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