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CanStockPhoto.com / $10 for a Paypal payout at Canstock
« on: November 01, 2022, 03:29 »
I didn't notice that they introduced that. But, hey. Seriously? $10 for a Paypal payout? They earn so little on commission that they have to scalp contributors even on that thing?

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Dissolve / Any contributors do Dissolve here?
« on: September 09, 2022, 04:18 »
Hi there. Ive find out that they didnt accept my uploads since march. It is me only or do you have the same? Also no payouts since June. And no answer from support.
Are that site is dead or what? Do you have some information maybe?


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Dreamstime.com / Massive refunds at Dreamstime
« on: August 02, 2022, 06:57 »
Hi there.

Are any of you guys experienced massive buyout and refunds after some time? In last 1-2 months I've sold video clips for over $2k at Dreamstime. All of them were refunded of course with their crappy automated message. I bet that all those files will land on some pirate site. This month started the same. Someone with stolen credit card "buiyng" and massive downloading clips.

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General Stock Discussion / Re: Stolen content available for sale
« on: October 13, 2020, 07:29 »
Restrict new users from Ukraine.

"WeAre" from Ukraine is author whos clips is stolen also by this thief. So read a little bit carefully.

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General Stock Discussion / Stolen content available for sale
« on: October 11, 2020, 16:54 »
Hello all,

Ive found user on Shutterstock, Adobestock and Deposithphotos who has hundreds of video files stolen from my portfolio and propably others authors also. ---> https://www.shutterstock.com/g/tudosavalentina83/video

Im assuming that he/she selling those content over a year already. I dont know how much money he has earnt on those files but could be nice sum.
Of course already Ive written to supports and waiting for some action.

Any of you guys had similar problem? Is there any other possibility/instance I can use/write to?
Of course they should remove this user ASAP but what about the money Ive lost? Any chances to get back something?

I cant believe how is this possible to upload and sell hundreds of video clips stolen from other authors for a such long time   >:(

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Hello

Anyone did that those days? Site obviously died. Uploads not allowed, no sales at all rr they selling and cheating in statistics.
Their email returning "Undelivered Mail Returned to Sender". So no contact either.

So how can I remove my account with my images?

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Today I saw somebodys else royalties in PC app in Videohive section. Other people reported that they seeing also not their sells.
What . is going on?
Do you have same problem?
It is quite serious.

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Pond5 / Re: No sales at pond5: over 3 years now
« on: August 23, 2018, 12:37 »
@SpaceStockFootage: Do you have any items in membership collection? I wonder what kills my traditional "on demand" downloads  >:(

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Im in for video shooting there ;)

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Image Sleuth / Re: Fiverr
« on: January 10, 2018, 18:18 »

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2x 4K sell. And after few hours refund. WHAT THA F.... Videoblocks? Maybe its time to better verify the buyers?

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MicrostockSubmitter / Re: Submissions over error
« on: July 27, 2017, 02:00 »
Seriously? Can you read the "error" message? What is says?

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Hell-o

It there possibility these days to deactivate or delete some files (chosen by me) from my portfolio? Or I have to delete them all with whole account via email to support?

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It is just me or first post + their website is a bunch of slogans, cheap marketing frases and zero concretes?
what? What are you doing? Really? Please be more transparent with your services! *.

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why people surprised with this number?
shooting in eastern europe is so cheap you can produce for penny and sell for good money.
i went to a capital of eastern  europe, often go there, and last time did some shooting of model, i mostly do travel and general photos.
8 shooting...total paid no more than 250 euro...included model make up most of the time and studio 3 time.
1200 images produced of good quality, girl in eastern europe are so photogenic and so good in front of camera that you barely have to direct them. they are already selling good, i have recovered the money in less than a month.....imagine doing 30 shooting at month...with 1500 euro you can do all rent car, stylist, organize shooting in location.
that's why this guy and most of other russian ukrainaina serbian polish photographer produce like this.
if they had to pay for western europe price they had 5% of portfolio probably.

All depends who you working with. 8 shooting and 250EUR? With makeup? And studio? I would really like to see the results of those shooting. Can you show us?
In every part of the world you can find a model even for free. But paying less to a model (in most cases) usually means that the model is beginner/amateur or just doesnt look and act as professional model should.
So trust me. Even in Eastern Europe if you want to do something professional you have to invest a lot more than 31.25EUR per shooting (so how much did you pay your models? 10-15EUR? Makeup 5EUR?)

BTW: What is "a capital of eastern europe"? :)

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General Stock Discussion / Re: Strange Email about My Image
« on: November 30, 2016, 11:09 »
How are they making money from me removing it though - that is the part that has me worried...

There was no external link, no other action but for me to remove it. Unless they are planning something for later ...

They can ask you later for some money to forget about case. Or they gonna send you some attachment (similar to document) with malware.
Do not open anything. Dont worry. Just ignore *insult removed* :)

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You have some lovely work on your website.

But you have assistants, right?

or do you do everything alone - preparation, casting,location,shooting,editing,upload.

If you have a team I understand, but if you do it all alone, I am beyond impressed, you must have superhuman abilities.

Two shootings a day and 500 clips?
I work alone (production, shooting, editing). Just using some outsource company for file description and app for uploading/submitting.


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Good prepared sessions. From one day of shooting could be easly 200-250 clips and if its two days session its 500. Simple.
I dont know how you edit your clips that 20-40 clips take you "few days". Slow PC? x286? :)

Or maybe you are the cannabis guy, flooding your port with any old clips?  ;)

Yeah :) You're welcome to check my portfolio Cathleen :)

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Sean, seriously?
So you make a session with 300-500 clips and cut to 20-30 to make limit on Dissolve?

Holy geez, what kind of session are you doing that results in 500 clips?  I shoot for two hours, that takes me a few days to edit, and I end with 20-40.

Good prepared sessions. From one day of shooting could be easly 200-250 clips and if its two days session its 500. Simple.
I dont know how you edit your clips that 20-40 clips take you "few days". Slow PC? x286? :)


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Sean, seriously?
So you make a session with 300-500 clips and cut to 20-30 to make limit on Dissolve?

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I just got an email from Dissolve:


Wed like to inform you of a change to your Dissolve account, which is effective immediately.

You may have noticed that review times for your submissions have increased and its taking longer for content to go live. This is due to substantial growth in the number of contributors and the amount of content submitted to Dissolve. While its great were receiving so much content, we want to maintain reasonable submission review times. Like you, we want your best work available to Dissolve customers quickly. The sooner your content is live on the site, the sooner it can perform.

To achieve this, as of today, your account is assigned a maximum number of files that may be submitted within a calendar month. This upload level is determined by a number of factors, including collection performance and quality of content and metadata.

The levels are:
Bronze up to 25 files per month
Silver up to 125 files per month
Gold up to 250 files per month
Platinum up to 1,000 files per month
Unlimited unlimited files

Your current upload level is: Gold

The key to success is to send us your best. Be selective about each submission by choosing content you believe has the greatest potential. All content should be free of logos and branding and include model and property releases when necessary.

Unused uploads expire at the end of each calendar month and do not carry over, so be sure to make the most of your limit. On the first day of each month, your total uploads will refresh to your monthly maximum. You can always find your limit and your current usage on the contributor upload site.

Contributors may move to a higher upload level depending on their collections performance, which we review on an ongoing basis. Well notify you if your level changes.

If you have any questions, please contact us at [email protected].

Regards,




I think this is how they want to resolve their technical indolence. At the moment I have over 500 clips waiting for review. Most of them are Christmas and New Year content. They didnt reviewed anything since July. With the new rules they will review my batches at March 2017. Wow. What a brilliant idea!

And I would be able to upload something new in March 2017 also. I cant wait...
NO they must be kidding me! Im stopping upload to this half-amateur site "which is effective immediately"!

First of all they should improve their FTP speed, add a real time stats and what is most important: START TO SELL MORE.

I dont know how you guys earning there comparing to other sites but my stats are very poor there. So no regrets.

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MicrostockSubmitter / Re: StockSubmitter and Pond5 problem
« on: November 18, 2016, 10:05 »
Yeah. It sucks. Sent them message also.

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Pond5 / Re: pond5 contributor site on Safari
« on: November 14, 2016, 04:09 »
I cannot upload anything on FTP. Can log in but when I want upload I getting:

Response:   553 Can't open that file: Permission denied
Error:   Critical file transfer error

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Pond5 introduced a really paranoid bot protection system which prevents the program from working correctly sometimes.
If you encounter any problems with Pond5 try opening their website in an incognito browser tab and if it says any error complain to their technical support about it (about the error when you're opening it in browser because they won't care about the program).

It works with incognito mode quite okay.
SS doesnt upload and submit to Pond5 right now.

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