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Messages - Anita Potter

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The site is now gone.  It makes me sad to see them go.  They were one of the few that never cut our royalties.  Just dayum :(

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Dreamstime.com / Re: Request for Exclusive rights
« on: April 27, 2023, 22:51 »
I tried that once or twice.  Set the price but no one came back and bought it.  You could try but I would be surprised if the buyer actually would buy it.  Now when those come in I just flat out ignore it especially on images that sell well on other sites.

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I got a whopping $.28 all in December.  I checked the rest of 2022 and it was only in December.  You need another poll option of <$1 ;)

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Shutterstock.com / Re: Shutterstock "Contributor Fund"
« on: January 04, 2023, 06:43 »
I got a rock.

 ;D

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I just now saw it and to put it in-eloquently...it looks like ass. 

That whole entire top of the page is not needed that can go to the bottom or off to the side in a widget.  It's super annoying and not what I need in a dashboard.

Pack it up and try again or, for a lark, ask the contributors what they want on their dashboard!

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Shutterstock.com / Re: Contributor page's new design
« on: June 17, 2022, 16:07 »
The new page design serves only one purpose. You shall not be able to recognize at first sight that there are no more OD, SOD and Enhanced Downloads.

You have to sort them with the product type drop down menu.  I much preferred the table layout to this nonsense.

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Dreamstime.com / Re: DT fake email
« on: February 26, 2022, 20:12 »
I've been getting these off and on for about 2 years now.  The first ones I got I emailed DT about but the reply only suggested to ignore them and no indication that they were even going to look into any kind of data breach whatsoever.  Recently got 3 that said the same thing but from 2 different senders.  Highly annoying and I've also never heard anything about any data breach at all either.

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I'm not seeing this banner at all on two different browsers.  I have photos in my portfolio but probably not enough to be included.

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Started in 2009 and it took a straight nose dive in the Summer of 2013 and hasn't recovered.  I haven't submitted an image in about 2 years anywhere because of it.  Why put in all that work to not get any return back on your time, energy and money invested.  I've just been letting them sit there and take payout from places when I get to the minimum threshold.  I used to make payout on Shutterstock every month now it takes me 2-3 months just to reach that $35 minimum.

I've gone into other avenues of work (aside from my full time job) making music, audio engineering, making knit and crochet patterns and, if I'm desperate, click work.  I never viewed this as a full time income but a supplemental one to my job.  Just a way to make some extra money to set aside for emergencies or save up for a big purchase.  Now I can't even do that and I know I'm not the only one and that sucks.

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Adobe Stock / Re: Payout threshold has changed
« on: February 14, 2020, 06:10 »
Thanks Mat.  It's been a hot minute since I've been on here though (about 3 years give or take) and I must've missed the emails too OOPS!

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Adobe Stock / Payout threshold has changed
« on: February 13, 2020, 19:15 »
I was checking my stock sites when I noticed Adobe took the threshold down to $25 via a little pop up.  Just wonder why there wasn't an email to contributors about this?

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Same here.  I usually get that email by the 3rd of the month unless there was a holiday right before but Memorial day was a week ago so I don't think that's the reason...or is it?

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Shutterstock.com / Re: **BAM** NEW DASHBOARD ACTIVE
« on: February 11, 2017, 22:52 »
Map is too small, it should be on the first page (on the top of it, not somewhere on the bottom).

Modern programming languages and frameworks allow to easily create responsive websites with movable page parts. It is simple to allow users to drag a map (or "top earners" or whatever) to the top of the page and rearrange all other parts as they wish. But this applies only for those website where developers care about the users.

First thing I tried to do was move things around but nope.  Would be nice that way I could put the relevant to me stuff at the top and the rest can just go to the bottom.

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I just got hit with that too right after uploading total of 85 when I've got just under 2k.

I wish things would go back to how it was before summer of 2013 but I can only dream.

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Shutterstock.com / Re: Maps Download Info isn't working
« on: August 20, 2016, 09:37 »
Same here except it didn't start for me till Friday.  Then again I didn't have any sales on Thursday  ;D

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Dreamstime.com / Re: Anyone submitting audio ?
« on: May 20, 2016, 18:45 »
I think they will be in the pending state untill audio goes live.

If that's the case I'm wondering if I should even make more and upload there if the wait time is going to be months.

It would make more sense if they went ahead and reviewed them and held them in a not available for purchase state so the entire collection can go live once they open it up.

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Dreamstime.com / Re: Anyone submitting audio ?
« on: May 19, 2016, 21:51 »
My measly 3 are still stuck in pending since May 6th.

I was going to ask on their boards how long the wait is and how long the queue is but apparently I can't post there at all.  what? :-\

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Veer / Re: Veer closing
« on: March 04, 2016, 08:28 »
I just checked my dashboard which is up for me not sure if it's up for anyone else.  Yes Veer give me my whopping $.43  ;D

Maybe they moved the closing date up which is why everything's gone to pending?  Or they screwed up in the emails and are paying everyone on the 15th of this month?

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Veer / Re: Veer closing
« on: March 01, 2016, 19:20 »
Well that explains why my request to cancel my account back in December went unanswered.  At least it will be gone and I can be rid of this one.   I won't be moving to iStock.  They didn't want me back in 2010 and I'm not looking to audition so I happily support the disappearance of Veer.

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Agreed if they partnered with them why not fund it the rest of the way?  Also if it's not just for licensing images and they're going to use it for POD then I'm definitely not interested in this.  And the fact that they don't go over the commerce side of it seems underhanded to me since that's what most if not all of us would be interested in.

I already have something for WordPress that I'm probably going to change anyway to something else so also not thrilled with that.

And if I wanted a gallery I can make my own.

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I found this in my inbox after work this morning.  Not sure exactly what it all means I skimmed through it.  After an 8 hour shift I'm exhausted.  Here's the text:

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Dear User,

We are happy to announce that Depositphotos is now collaborating with the Defrozo marketing platform launched recently on Kickstarter, becoming an Official Integrated Partner.

Defrozo is a free marketing platform, performing an all-in-one service for photographers. With the aid of the Defrozo service, you can showcase your photography, organize your workflow, manage your clients, sell prints, and discover growth hacks tailored specifically to photographers.

To turn this project into reality, Kickstarter launched a fundraising effort on March 17, and during the first week Defrozo collected 31% of the $50,000 it needs.

Together with Defrozo, we are striving to provide new business opportunities for photographers and customers, increase the quantity of high-quality content, and help clients get fast and easy access to creative and artistic works.

Best regards,
Depositphotos Team

Here's the link to the Kickstarter page:  https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/demetriofortman/defrozo-the-ultimate-marketing-platform-for-photog

Not sure what exactly this means for contributors and what kind of partnership it is.  Is it good?  Is it bad?

I look forward to your thoughts.

Anita

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Trending searches - the first was adorable doormouse. Really?

Speaking of adorable doormouse just had a download of one of my images and that was the keyword that was present o_O. I know buyers use a keyword then hunt around the site but I thought that was hilarious.

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Shutterstock.com / Re: I can never submit!
« on: September 24, 2014, 07:54 »
Are you making sure that when your editing after upload that you select yes in the drop down box for is this an illustration?

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It seems to have stopped doing that today. Frustrated haven't had a sale there since 9/16. They need to quit fiddling with sheet that's for sure.

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I digress, but only slightly. I guess I wondered why they were messing with the contributor interface instead of doing something more useful.

Exactly like bringing the contributors more sales for one.

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