Hi,

I have $27 of Unpaid earnings. I didn't have any sale since March 2017, so I in recent weeks I have been trying to request payment and close the account. Despite sending a few e-mails I didn't receive any response.

Has anyone had any luck getting a payout from them ? What can I legally do to request payout and close the account ?

Thanks!

Hi!

I guess the first week of May is going to be remarkably slower, right ? There is labor day in many countries and people take the whole week off. Could anyone confirm that from your earnings history ? How is it in your country ?

Best!

I can't find the spell checker feature in Stocksubmitter. Is it possible there is no one ?

Hi,


Investing hundreds or thousands in a photoshoot (models, props, make-up artist etc) and uploading these images to microstock agencies doesn't seem to make sense any longer.

Do you recommend any boutiqe/ high end/ mid or macrostock agencies (whatever you call it) where it still make sense to work on stock photography ? I mean good curation (preferably with direct contact with curators), fair commission and most importantly - good sales. I have nothing against exclusivity (image exclusive).


Of course Stocksy is a good example, but it is just one I am aware of.

Does anyone have any experience with them ?

http://philimages.com/

Hi,

I haven't uploaded to Veer for about 2 years. Is it worth to upload again ? How are your sales there as compared to other agencies ?

Thanks!

In Poland I pay 18-32% and I consider it quite a lot. Thinking about moving my business to Malta or Luxembourg

I am curious how it looks in other places.

Cheers!

How are you doing there ? (especially bigger portfolios)

Thanks,

Hi,

As far as I can see the symbiostock website is dead and the project is cancelled. I consider it disrespectful towards people who paid for the premium upgrade and/or the child theme and more importantly spent A LOT of time creating the site and supporting the project.
Nevertheless, I would need a symbiostock theme with a premium upgrade (I paid for it) for a small project.
Does anyone one where I can download it?

Thanks,

Hi!

I am on Pond5 through Yaymicro api program and I am considering uploading to Pond5 directly.

They do not have "upload and forget" offer for contributors . I contacted them I received a bot-like response that I can send them pictures on a hard drive, but still would need to make thousands of clicks to get them sent.  I consider their system quite laborious e.g. it does not read about half of the titles of my images and it seems that I would need to spend about 3-5 days getting it all sent to their curators.
What are you experiences? Are they worth all this effort ?

Thanks,
Michal

Hi!

$ has been losing recently to EURO and other European currencies. A question to fellow European contributors - How do you handle this problem? Do you exchange your dollars on Paypal as soon as a payment arrives, or do you wait for better times to make an exchange (then your are not only a stock photographer but also a broker ! ) ?

Not to mention that Paypal steals takes 2,5% from the currency exchange....

Michal

Hi all!

where did you get the licence agreement text for your symbio site from ?
Is there any template ?

Thanks!!

Hi,

I am building my symbiostock website and have been trying to upload a few first pictures.
Everything's fine apart from the DPI issue that may be confusing to buyers.
Let's see one of my files sizes options:

Bloggee   jpg   3.47" � 2.32" @ 72 dpi
250 � 167px   4.50
Small   jpg   13.89" � 9.26" @ 72 dpi
1000 � 667px   9.50
Medium   jpg   6.67" � 4.44" @ 300 dpi
2000 � 1333px   15.00
Large   jpg   18.72" � 12.48" @ 300 dpi
5616 � 3744px

I would like the symbiostock theme to convert all uploaded files to 300dpi, cause now it might seem to a buyer that the Small size 13.89" � 9.26" 72 dpi is bigger than Medium 6.67" � 4.44" 300 dpi.
Is there any solution for that?

Thanks!
Michal