Have you seen the new the carousels?

Under Signatures images:  "Explore Essentials � everyday images at our lowest price"

Under Essential images:  "Discover Signature � elevate your work with our best images"

Let's be honest.  We all know there is no quality difference between exclusive and non exclusive images. And basically, the difference between Essentials and Signatures is in most cases just a matter of exclusivity vs. non exclusivity.   

This carousel is just another punch below the belt to exclusives.

Besides stock photography, I have my own business online in a completely different industry and today we received an e-mail from someone who is trying to make money by selling a package of 3700 stock photos.  This package is sold by supergoodproductDOTcom which is a vendor at the online marketplace warriorplusDOTcom

Here is the e-mail and this is the landing page: supergoodproductDOTcom/ultimatestockphotos
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From: [email protected]
Subject: 3700 Professional High Resolution Stock Photos!

Hi,

Grab your hands on more than 3700
Professional High Resolution stock
photos for less than what the big
guys are charging for just one!

Is packed with a massive collection
of more than 3700 professional high
resolution stock photos that are
organized into hundreds over easy
to search categories.

And the amazing thing that I want to
mention is that you also will get
Master Resell Rights license.

The new Ultimate Stock Photo

To your online success,
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Sometimes, when looking at the latest uploads at IS, I find images which have been uploaded the same day.  Though I wonder why it happens, it doesn't annoy me at all.  I've always thought it must be just another glitch in the program which makes some uploads get first in the queue...  But what I do find very annoying is that many times these images happen to be from inspectors, who curiously are always the same ones... 

Maybe it's been just a coincidence...  After all, I don't know the rules for inspectors.

As I said, I am just thinking aloud. 

 

Just found a website dedicated to e-cards using stock images: http://www.barbaras-ecards.de/

There I found at least one of mine which seems she took from a site called www.pixelio.de - FREE images    
Many others are from IS (though I don't think she has paid for EL to use them for e-cards)

Take a look and check if you see something known.

Note: The site is in German, but you can use Google translator if you don't speak German

2 months with Snapixel, and no sales yet.

Anyone with a different experience?

I was taking a look at the portfolios of some of best sellers (Yuri Arcurs, Andres Rodriguez, etc) at SS and noticed their newest images don't have the SS supersize.     

I wonder... How small are they sending images to SS now? 

Is it a good idea to only send images as small as possible to SS?

I have sent this message to Fotolia:

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Dear Fotolia,

I am seriously concerned about the effectiveness of the current watermak against image theft.

This problem affects us all: the company, image buyers, and image producers.

We urgently need a more effective watermark to be better protected against the unscrupulous people who visit Fotolia with the only intention to steal images.

Thank you in advance for your prompt attention to this matter.
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If you are also concerned about the Fotolis watermak, please feel free to copy my message, connect to your account at Fotolia, go to Contact Support and send it (you may add your own words or send a different message of course)

The more of us express our concern on this issue the more chances we have to get results...

Let's protect our work!