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« on: December 23, 2011, 11:50 »

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This whole royalty thing with IS is something I really didn't pay too much attention as it was never a question to me to drop IS.

However, in my stats it shows that I'm 14 credits away from the next level. Is the cut off date 31st of Dec.?


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« Reply #1 on: December 23, 2011, 12:01 »

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^ yes, 31st December. I would also imagine you have just lost one of your images and need to download a replacement


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« Reply #2 on: December 23, 2011, 12:06 »

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Quote from: hiddenstock on December 23, 2011, 12:01

^ yes, 31st December. I would also imagine you have just lost one of your images and need to download a replacement

Ugh, now that you mention it...


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« Reply #3 on: December 23, 2011, 12:24 »

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^ just remember it is against the T&Cs at istock to download your own files (unless you have a very good reason). I am sure you'll pick up 14 RCs in a week and a bit with out having to risk anything.


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« Reply #4 on: December 23, 2011, 12:28 »

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Quote from: hiddenstock on December 23, 2011, 12:24

^ just remember it is against the T&Cs at istock to download your own files (unless you have a very good reason). I am sure you'll pick up 14 RCs in a week and a bit with out having to risk anything.

I'm not going to risk anything. Hell no. I'm not putting more rocks in my way as iStock already did, believe me.


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« Reply #5 on: December 23, 2011, 17:05 »

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I was just notified of a refund of $11.00 on a file for which I was only paid $7.10, and the sale occurred almost four months ago. At this rate, we'll all be paying them! Huh


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« Reply #6 on: December 23, 2011, 17:16 »

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Last year it was meant to be 31st Dec but, as I recall, dragged on into January for a week or more (if they do cut it off on Dec 31 and you are a handful short, I guess you could try pleading that you didn't get a full year of RCs because of what happened back then).


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« Reply #7 on: December 23, 2011, 17:31 »

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Quote from: BaldricksTrousers on December 23, 2011, 17:16

As far as I recall, they reset the RC counter on Jan 2nd or 3rd, which is consistent with the RCs always being about 2-3 days behind. (For example, the current number that just updated in the last several hours is for sales through Wed, 21st Dec.) Though I recall they didn't start paying us lower commissions until sometime in the second week.

And from that reset point, it began counting sales on 1 Jan. So there were no days missing in the RC total from the start of the year.


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« Reply #8 on: December 23, 2011, 18:59 »

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14 Credits (or less by the 31st) short is worth fighting for your next level though. I think they'd have a tough time to justify denying you when you are that close. Hopefully you'll pick them up by the end of the year and it will be a non-issue.


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« Reply #9 on: December 25, 2011, 21:57 »

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How many is considered close enough? I'm about 300 RCs short.


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« Reply #10 on: December 25, 2011, 23:15 »

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Quote from: FreeTransform on December 25, 2011, 21:57

How many is considered close enough? I'm about 300 RCs short.

Hopefully you'll get that many RCs this week anyway, so it will be a moot point.

But the only cases I've heard being bumped to the next level have all been very low double-digits.

This is why I think these discrete lines with huge gaps in between is entirely unfair.


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