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Messages - Luka
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« on: December 31, 2017, 13:31 »
Happy New Year!
I don't understand the way you see things here. You congrats each other for not having a day without one download.
Don't take it personally, but I think this is ridiculous. You can not make a living with these sales . Actually you cannot buy the most cheaper drink for this amounts.
It doesn't even worth speaking about it.
My year on microstocking was worse than the year before - the earnings were higher than 2016, but with much more efforts.
December was extremly low . I don't have anymore too much hope in this activity. And the problem is the fact that the big companies who should protect our copyrights don't do anything for this.
Too bad.
Happy New Year to all artists around the world!
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« on: May 13, 2017, 10:52 »
This is the future of micro stock ...
I would say that this is rather the end of micro stock
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« on: March 21, 2017, 13:52 »
Yes the sales volume seems to be up. So now more buyers will run to IStock for their cheap sub packages and SS and others will have to follow and introduce similar packages, right? 
I hope it will be many of us leaving their platform, so the buyers would need to come back on shutterstock, fotolia, etc. Otherwise we need to find something else to do. I don't know you, all, and i cannot speak in the name of all , besides myself, but I will not agree to sell my work on pennies.
I have a few images left on Istock, this month I earned 13 dollars with them. I have 2-3 images sold with less than 0.28. But I am still unhappy because I know that if I have had many images there, I would have sold many with less than 0.28. It's just statistics, nothing more.
i agree with you but then analyze and i see that average sale in february in istock is 1 dollar in ss is 0,55...so while they sell for 0,03 they also sell more than 6 for 24 dollar many for 4 dollar and between 1 and 4. so in my case they increase the number of sales, the revenue and money for image sold. ss is plagued with spammers and diluting earning per contributor accepting millions of images pe week...the best would be dreamstime and fotolia for me but they sell not like stock together so far.
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Yep, but this may be just the beginning. How long do you thing it will take until the buyers would like to buy your images for 0.000whatever cents instead of paying 4 to 24 dollars? Moreover, don't be so happy that you sell more. I have found my images given for free on chinese websites, images that were token form Istock. I have complained and nothing happen. And it was form their website, because it happen that one of my stolen vector to be uploded only to them. After your work will be spread all over the internet, nobody will want to pay a cent for it anymore.
I don't say I gave up, that's why I didn't ask them to delete my account. I am just watching the trend and wait for a better deal. 
Greetings.
PS: I also agree with you about shutterstock. Bad policy: accepting any crap. I don't see it as a good choice either. All nice stuff are buried in low quality images. Extremely demotivating.
the problem is photography is so cheap. everybody can buy a camera a drone and be a photographer.
look instagram, thousand zillions of people with feed as good or better than the best micro stocker, real to give their photo free just for being noticed, same flickr 500px, instagram.
you think there will be lot of space for rf in the near future? i don't think.
I don't know. I choose not to do photography because I didn't afford a very good camera. In my opinion, everybody can make pics, not everyone can make Photos. I think the big problem is that micros are accepting all the crap. It was supposed to be something exclusive, for profesionalls, not for amateurs.
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« on: March 21, 2017, 13:48 »
as i stated my photography real is not shutter stock or stock...micro account for less than 20% of my revenue...and is something i do only for those photos i would leave otherwise in my hard disk.
the period people were busy in micro i was busy building a style and my real business, made of direct assignment, editorial etc.
so right now i'm not a lot concerned what will be in ten years. if i quit from stock there are thousand of contributors ready to join it and my move will only hart me. micro stock is going stock direction, apart rare cases like stocksy or offset rf is what created this.
so i not complaint anymore. just look what are my revenue end of months and stop.
last week i sold three prints direct to customer through a gallery i collaborate with for more than 1000 dollar per print net in my pocket. that's what interest me.
microstock wil be something possible in third world country as i already said in many thread.
aaa, I get it. Sorry, I don't sped too much time here and i didn't read your previous posts. Well, i am pretty new in this area - microstock- (from the end of 2013) so I suppose I took it a little bit to serious and it really hurt me seeing Istock taking this bad decision. I even wanted once to be exclusive (last year before their announcement I took the decision to wait until the end of the year and then become exclusive with them) After their decision, I changed my mind I am only doing vectors and it is really hard to follow your vectors on internet. And they are spreading really fast all over.
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« on: March 21, 2017, 13:29 »
Yes the sales volume seems to be up. So now more buyers will run to IStock for their cheap sub packages and SS and others will have to follow and introduce similar packages, right?
I hope it will be many of us leaving their platform, so the buyers would need to come back on shutterstock, fotolia, etc. Otherwise we need to find something else to do. I don't know you, all, and i cannot speak in the name of all , besides myself, but I will not agree to sell my work on pennies.
I have a few images left on Istock, this month I earned 13 dollars with them. I have 2-3 images sold with less than 0.28. But I am still unhappy because I know that if I have had many images there, I would have sold many with less than 0.28. It's just statistics, nothing more.
i agree with you but then analyze and i see that average sale in february in istock is 1 dollar in ss is 0,55...so while they sell for 0,03 they also sell more than 6 for 24 dollar many for 4 dollar and between 1 and 4. so in my case they increase the number of sales, the revenue and money for image sold. ss is plagued with spammers and diluting earning per contributor accepting millions of images pe week...the best would be dreamstime and fotolia for me but they sell not like stock together so far.
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Yep, but this may be just the beginning. How long do you thing it will take until the buyers would like to buy your images for 0.000whatever cents instead of paying 4 to 24 dollars? Moreover, don't be so happy that you sell more. I have found my images given for free on chinese websites, images that were token form Istock. I have complained and nothing happen. And it was form their website, because it happen that one of my stolen vector to be uploded only to them. After your work will be spread all over the internet, nobody will want to pay a cent for it anymore. I don't say I gave up, that's why I didn't ask them to delete my account. I am just watching the trend and wait for a better deal. Greetings. PS: I also agree with you about shutterstock. Bad policy: accepting any crap. I don't see it as a good choice either. All nice stuff are buried in low quality images. Extremely demotivating.
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« on: March 21, 2017, 11:41 »
Yes the sales volume seems to be up. So now more buyers will run to IStock for their cheap sub packages and SS and others will have to follow and introduce similar packages, right?
I hope it will be many of us leaving their platform, so the buyers would need to come back on shutterstock, fotolia, etc. Otherwise we need to find something else to do. I don't know you, all, and i cannot speak in the name of all , besides myself, but I will not agree to sell my work on pennies. I have a few images left on Istock, this month I earned 13 dollars with them. I have 2-3 images sold with less than 0.28. But I am still unhappy because I know that if I have had many images there, I would have sold many with less than 0.28. It's just statistics, nothing more.
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« on: March 21, 2017, 11:31 »
Better complai. Than tell lie around a forum behind a nick name))
If i were cohere t i would close all my account in microstock, but cause i sell only my garbage stuff, i don't care what they do, i care if those diles sell. Actually istock even with some 0,04 cent, very few, is delivering a good payout. So complaini g about their choiche is eidicolous, 0,30 is much better and ethically good?
If they can geow like this, i have 450% more revenue in february than january, and 150% compared to dicember, i dont care what they do.
Dude, w.t.f. is it your fingers or your keyboard that's the problem? You need to see a doctor or get your computer repaired ASAP
Your comment really made my day! 
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« on: March 08, 2017, 15:58 »
Okay, I managed to log in to Adobe Stock, but there was no specific reason for the video file technical rejection; just a laundry list of possiblities....is it really that much work for an inspector to type a few words as to specifically what is wrong?!? If it is an automated response, the software by definition "knows" why the file was rejected and should put the specific technical reason in the rejection notice...Very disappointing and non-contributor focused! 
try to re-upload it. They have rejected me also a few images for technical issue (standard message). I upload them again and they were accepted. It is possible to not be a problem with your video, but with their uploading system.
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« on: February 25, 2017, 04:53 »
What the F*** is "Exclusive contributor subscription transactions"? It concerns exclusive contributors or it's about a sort of subscription? Sorry if I don't get it well, but I am not native and it's driving me crazy receiving so many emails with such big messages without saying anything clear?
From what i understood, is this a way to say that the royalties of 0.02, 0.019 aren't correct and they will give us more money?
Thks
If it as addressed only to exclusives why on the earth are they sending me these emails?
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« on: February 22, 2017, 06:00 »
The short answer is no.
Thanks.
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« on: February 22, 2017, 05:49 »
It is possible to go exclusive on SS?
You could choose to send images only to SS, but there is no financial benefit to you.
Too bad.  Why would I ask them permission to send my images only with them, if there aren't more money involved? Do they give your images a better rank page, at least? Thanks
No one said you need to ask...SS don't do an exclusive deal and I hope they keep it that way.
Sorry if I didn't expressed myself well. I'm not native. I know you can choose to upload only with them. I was asking if there is any possibility to make a deal with them by sending your images only there and getting something instead: more money, more better rank position, anything.
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« on: February 22, 2017, 05:13 »
It is possible to go exclusive on SS?
You could choose to send images only to SS, but there is no financial benefit to you.
Too bad. Why would I ask them permission to send my images only with them, if there aren't more money involved? Do they give your images a better rank page, at least? Thanks
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« on: February 22, 2017, 05:05 »
I have succeed to open the pdf with my earnings. Indeed, there are a lot of files given up for free (I do not recall to give them my permission for this) and I also have 2-3 files marked with red. Should I sign a check to send them money for covering the expenses? Because it sounds I owe them some money.
Now, seriously, if we don't help them to go down, they will destroy the Microstock. Nobody will pay 0.25, 0.33. 0.38 on a subscription on Shutterstock if it is possible to be acquired for less money. Shutterstock will be forced to give our images for less money to survive.
Although for buyers I'm not sure they ARE cheaper I-stock just take twice as much from us. Independents are subsidizing exclusives...for the first time I'm seriously thinking about pulling the plug on them.
I hope they die. If they wanted to attract more exclusives, they should have paid more money (not by raising the prices, just giving up a bit from their share) and people would have stuck with them. Last summer I have had some thoughts to go exclusive with them, so I would not be working so much with uploading on so many sites. I would have help me to create more than spending time with keywording. Too bad they are so greedy.
I hope they die.I hope they die.I hope they die.I hope they die.I hope they die.I hope they die.
I wished that on SS when my average on iS was around $6.85 per sale and people were cheering because their average on SS was around $2.35.
It is possible to go exclusive on SS?
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« on: February 22, 2017, 04:51 »
Although for buyers I'm not sure they ARE cheaper I-stock just take twice as much from us.
It's even worse then. They encourage other microstock businesses to be greedy. If it works with them now, then will follow this sort of treatment from other companies. And we all will have to work more for less money.
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« on: February 22, 2017, 04:37 »
Clearly, the 0.00 sales in the PDF are not given away for free, that'd be ridiculous. If you look closely, they're always paired with an actual sale of the same image.
Don't like this way of reporting, though. Stupid graphs with useless info, separate file download for my sales and worst of all, terrible sales. I saw some 0.07 and 0.08 sales in there as well.
It's hard to fathom how iStock has gone from promising market leader to an average-performing agency.
I've seen now. You are right. They are not given for free. Still I can't accept to give my work with 0.02 Cents. It's not big difference between 0 and 0.02, is it?
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« on: February 22, 2017, 04:29 »
I have succeed to open the pdf with my earnings. Indeed, there are a lot of files given up for free (I do not recall to give them my permission for this) and I also have 2-3 files marked with red. Should I sign a check to send them money for covering the expenses? Because it sounds I owe them some money.
In my case most of the .0 sales are always accompanied by the same title/agency sale with positive royalty, so it must be some sort of accounting element that they needed to include. Same goes to negative figures marked in red; they are also most of the time go with the same figure but with "+", at least in my case. Now, I still counted 13 sales with "0" gross royalty and absent figure in Licence Fee (as if nobody did buy anything, or was given for free) and one case where Licence Fee was $1.29 but I received .0 royalty. Finally, from a very quick look I noticed that PDF statement may differ in some figures with the txt statement (which you can import to Excel, comma separated). So if you want to have a more detailed and controlled analysis of your royalties, I recommend the latter format.
Finally, I must also add that I had quite a lot of sales grossing 0.04 - 0.09 (since 0.10 sales should be considered already as significant ones, lol). If not for a couple large sales and total overall quantity of sales (grossing more than 50% of all other agencies' revenue), I would quit the next day. For the moment I'm still observing, whether this ship is sinking or merely stagnating.
Thank you but I think I have had enough with them. I will not accept to sell my work on 0.02, 0.09 cents. I will keep the few files I have, but not uploading anymore
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« on: February 22, 2017, 04:23 »
I have succeed to open the pdf with my earnings. Indeed, there are a lot of files given up for free (I do not recall to give them my permission for this) and I also have 2-3 files marked with red. Should I sign a check to send them money for covering the expenses? Because it sounds I owe them some money.
Now, seriously, if we don't help them to go down, they will destroy the Microstock. Nobody will pay 0.25, 0.33. 0.38 on a subscription on Shutterstock if it is possible to be acquired for less money. Shutterstock will be forced to give our images for less money to survive.
Although for buyers I'm not sure they ARE cheaper I-stock just take twice as much from us. Independents are subsidizing exclusives...for the first time I'm seriously thinking about pulling the plug on them.
I hope they die. If they wanted to attract more exclusives, they should have paid more money (not by raising the prices, just giving up a bit from their share) and people would have stuck with them. Last summer I have had some thoughts to go exclusive with them, so I would not be working so much with uploading on so many sites. I would have help me to create more than spending time with keywording. Too bad they are so greedy. I hope they die.I hope they die.I hope they die.I hope they die.I hope they die.I hope they die.
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« on: February 22, 2017, 03:46 »
I have succeed to open the pdf with my earnings. Indeed, there are a lot of files given up for free (I do not recall to give them my permission for this) and I also have 2-3 files marked with red. Should I sign a check to send them money for covering the expenses? Because it sounds I owe them some money.
Now, seriously, if we don't help them to go down, they will destroy the Microstock. Nobody will pay 0.25, 0.33. 0.38 on a subscription on Shutterstock if it is possible to be acquired for less money. Shutterstock will be forced to give our images for less money to survive.
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« on: February 22, 2017, 02:52 »
i just got access to my january royalties and summary: its a bit hard to analyze the data, plenty of useless info in charts. So far none 0.02 sales, but many 0.05 and 0.09
Where do you see the price you got on every subscription? I'm glad I didn't let my best sellers with them. No transparency at all. They really need to go down. I needed about 20 Dollars to meet my threshold. Now I did it!
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« on: January 24, 2017, 17:53 »
I know it is a very old post. I am just wondering: is no change regarding the possibility of opting out the subscription program on DT? 'Cause I would like to upload more on Dreamstime, even exclusive, but without subscription. Some good news about it?
I know of no good news about DT of late
But to answer your question, you can't opt out of subscriptions. I don't know any microstock site where you can (even those that at one time used to allow that, like Getty and iStock, no longer do).
And DT no longer offers higher subscription royalties for the higher levels of images (you used to get 70 cents for level 5 images). Combine that with an increasing proportion of subscription sales and I find DT earnings as well as RPD to be way down from a couple of years ago.
Thank you for your answer. The thing is that lately I get better royalty with them than anywhere else, except the images sold with subscription. And I have started thinking to give them more attention, but I would not like selling more on 31-33-35 Cents. Too bad it is not possible to opt out. Subscription ruined the microstock in my opinion. I have to reconsider the whole thing then And yes, I would have liked to opt out this program also with shutterstock, but there I found quickly that is not possible. Have a good day and thank you again
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« on: January 24, 2017, 10:18 »
Hi,
I know it is a very old post. I am just wondering: is no change regarding the possibility of opting out the subscription program on DT? 'Cause I would like to upload more on Dreamstime, even exclusive, but without subscription. Some good news about it?
Thanks
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« on: January 17, 2017, 17:36 »
I can't get anything into my portfolio! First I had 3 size rejections for images that fit the size requirements, later I found out it was a known glitch. So I waited a few days for the dust to settle and submitted them again, and this time they were rejected for keywords. I'm very careful with keywords; in the past keyword rejections were very rare, now it looks like they are starting to be a regular thing. I don't know what keywords were the problem, or if this is yet another glitch. I don't know if there is any point in re-uploading, or uploading any new images for that matter. SS is a mess at this point, and I'm baffled.
Keep calm and upload them again Today I got 22 rejections for stupid reasons, mainly for bad keywords. I know I do not write irrelevant or stupid keywords, but sometimes my images are reviewed by someone too sensitive at some sort of keywords. I get this sort of rejection if I upload illustrations. If I upload the same illustration and the same keywords and description but with the EPS attached, it get accepted without any problems. So the only thing that matters now is re-upload until they got accepted. Have a good day!
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« on: December 03, 2016, 16:04 »
Does anyone know something about this website?
pixelstalk.net
I found a few images of mine left for download, for free, of course, without any watermark. I also have seen a few familiar images and I think they may be from other contributors I appreciate on microstock.
Greetings
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« on: December 03, 2016, 03:29 »
Payment time varies have everything from 1 day! to about three weeks would start to worry after a month
Ok. Thanks. Since it was my first payment with them I didn't know what to expect. Have a nice weekend!
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) When I have discovered this area was already too late (2013). The problem is I have it now in my blood and i can not stop, even i know it may not be a good think. I guess I need a shrink to treat this obsession 
