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Messages - ShadySue
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« on: May 24, 2022, 08:29 »
i understand paedophilia, but why . would you think lesbianism would break internet rule? i guess systemic homophobia is a thing.
homophobia is alive and well
Newly rejuvenated, the right wing is poised to make transphobia and homophobia cornerstones of the midterms and 2024 elections, with promises to deliver dont say gay legislation in states including Michigan and New York..
[snip]
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/apr/28/lgbtq-rights-us-dont-say-gay
And, y'know, then there are guns, which the right wing has no interest in addressing. Land of the Free? Home of the Brave, for sure. 
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« on: May 22, 2022, 09:55 »
When Adobe remade their tiers three years ago and increased payments for most contributors, I was excited and thought it would push other stock companies to increase their payments or at least not decrease them. Then along came Shutterstock less than a year later with their cuts
Getty was trying to raise iStock's prices, but SS held theirs down, years before that.
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« on: May 20, 2022, 04:03 »
Is there anyway to exclude sales to China?
No, there isn't.
Luckily, I don't get many of these 2c sales to China - but I had one refunded!!!
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« on: May 19, 2022, 10:22 »
Relatively strong month here. Question: when we see an image is downloaded on Getty, do we get a bigger payout than if it was downloaded on iS?
Also, why if I go to Getty and do a search I don't see any iS images?
1. Not necessarily, some of the lowest prices come that way because ... 2. IIRC, you're not an iS exclusive, therefore none of your files should be available there to just anybody. However, there's a select group of buyers, probably those with the biggest bulk discount deals, who can see and buy all iS and G files from one account.
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« on: May 18, 2022, 18:50 »
Better than Jan and much better than Feb. On a par with last April, better than Aprils 20 and 19.
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« on: May 15, 2022, 10:01 »
PS: please Mr Musk, could you buy this agency and fire all these bxstxrds ?
Be careful what you wish for. He'd just as likely reinstate the few bxstxrds who have actually had their ports with stolen images closed.
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« on: May 12, 2022, 12:26 »
...they don't respect Biden, kinda like the rest of the world.
I can assure you, the 'rest of the world' (I can't speak for everyone, but from what I'm hearing and reading) respects Biden. We didn't respect Trump, recognised him as an idiot ("does China have hurricane guns?") and couldn't imagine why anyone would vote for him. I'd vote for Howling Laud Hope before I'd vote for Trump.
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« on: May 06, 2022, 04:22 »
Can't find it using their forum's search function, and yours is the only hit when I Googled. I always contact their support when I have a question, just to make them tell us what they should have told us already and made easily accessible to look back on. Not that what they (are told to?) tell us is always accurate. 
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« on: May 04, 2022, 13:09 »
Imagine you are CEO of SS starting tomorrow. How would you improve it?
For whom? Buyers? Sellers? Shareholders? All of the above is presumably the answer, but ...
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« on: April 28, 2022, 03:15 »
Have we ever been told about those connect sales?
Yes, to a limited and obfuscatory extent. I'm pretty sure that was pre-ESP, so not in the current forums. It comes up in their forums regularly, but searching 'connect' throws a lot of mentions within posts of 'connection' to the front of the listings, and if there's a way of searching only on topic line, I can't find it. It's generally believed that the big annual 'sale' reporting is via Pinterest, but I'm not sure if that's ever been confirmed.
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« on: April 25, 2022, 16:36 »
I'm not sure that the search algorithm has changed for quite some time.
Never forget that any word/s in the description can be searched for on their own or combined with any keyword/s. All of your words might be relevant, but the combined phrase may well be irrelevant, and it's not your fault.
For example, if what I wrote above was an Alamy description, it might show up in a search for your fault or irrelevant algorithm or search phrase
And if you captioned a "crowd waiting to see Emmanuel Macron after he was returned as French President", that could show up on a search for Macron, even though he isn't in the image.
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« on: April 25, 2022, 02:43 »
After a truly shocking Feb, my March was my second-best month on the rolling graph, though of course not a patch on the GODs. Total swings and roundabouts.
Wow second best month. Istock still works for you?
My best months at istock have been in 2009 or so.
But nowadays i do only few stock photography. Getting more and more in wedding photography.
"Second best month on the rolling graph" - so in the last couple of years - "not a patch on the Good Old Days" And February was truly dire. Luckily, I can eat without my iS earnings.
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« on: April 23, 2022, 16:45 »
After a truly shocking Feb, my March was my second-best month on the rolling graph, though of course not a patch on the GODs. Total swings and roundabouts.
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« on: April 10, 2022, 16:38 »
I've been lurking in this forum for a while now, and it was very depressing lol.
It seems like the microstock market is a sinking ship, and I was really serious about starting to upload some of my art, but I don't know anymore.
Maybe people only post when they are unhappy and want to complain and successful people are silent lol. Can anyone tell some recent success story?
You mention your 'art'. Stock and art are not the same thing, and you might be better served looking at some art selling sites. (That said, there have been people posting here specifically asking about outlets for their "Fine Art Photography", which was anything but.)
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« on: April 08, 2022, 02:56 »
Hunter Biden's computer is photography related? Is that what I missed? I thought it was about investigations, taxes and emails?
The OP was photography related. Thread drift has occurred!
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« on: April 01, 2022, 11:12 »
And the ability to be able to opt out of distribution sales in China (and anywhere else) is now live.
Watch this one, as a number of people who were already out are still getting these cheapo commissions.
That and we won't know how well the Opt Out works until July because sales take time to be reported.
Someone I know who got a distributor sale but isn't in any distro got the 100% when she complained. (Not one of the 5c sales). I think to avoid the really tiny sales, it's best to be out of NU. And complain heavily if your work is sold nder these schemes.
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« on: April 01, 2022, 07:11 »
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« on: April 01, 2022, 04:42 »
Newer to iStock/Getty. Do downloads/sales end the 20th of each month too? I had 12 downloads in february but only 7 showed up on my royalty report. Just curious if those downloads after the 20th get moved on to the March statement. Thanks!
I don't think so. Are you exclusive with iStock? If so, some of your files will probably be marked as 'plus'. Sales of these 'plussed' files count as two 'increments' on the sales counter, which helps you to reach your target. If you're not exclusive, you'd have to email them to find out what has happened.
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« on: March 31, 2022, 20:00 »
There is not a lot of information in the sales "report"
You get more info when you load the report into e.g. Excel. (Oh, sorry I didn't notice RF, maybe not so much info, then.)
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« on: March 31, 2022, 19:08 »
Just got the answer from Alamy:
Weve now added the geo-restriction to your account, so you wont see any direct sales to the territory of Russia.
Does that mean that they will sell it, but you don't see it and you will get no commission from it? Lol then 
No, and you know it.
When I went in just after midnight BST to remove China from distribution, I went into Europe to remove Belorus, and discovered that Russia was still ticked as 'opted in' desipite me getting the same email as above, so who knows?
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« on: March 31, 2022, 19:01 »
Just a reminder: the ability to opt out of all Distributor sales, or specific countries, is now open.
April is the only time we can opt out.
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« on: March 31, 2022, 18:37 »
And there we go again... 50 sales today for $0.12 each ($2.86 in my pocket)
In my stats Alamy has an overall RPD in 2022 of $0,41 at 61 sales, which makes it place No. 7 for RPD.
It is time to leave them now :-)
Those downloads in the image, 14 of them are 1 time. Is that just for this report? Some show 4 times downloaded. It all looks like some big partner site that reported their first quarter uses.
No details on who and where, what kind of use?
@UnclePete:
I just checked all the $0.12 sales (times the amount bought) again and there is no additional information about the sales in any form.
Just what my screenshot shows in the original post...
A response on the Alamy forum indicates this is a distributor sale in China. Just like back in December.
And the ability to be able to opt out of distribution sales in China (and anywhere else) is now live.
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« on: March 29, 2022, 12:31 »
I had several of these today. I'll be opting out of all distribution in april and I hope more people will do the same.
I'll be opting out of China; but I suspect if we all do it, we'll all be opted in, like we were into what used to be the 'UK Newspaper Scheme', which used to be opt-outable of.
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« on: March 29, 2022, 06:34 »
I am 99% sure I opted out of sales from China last April (don't know where to look it up as I can never find these settings in my account and have to rely on someone giving me a link) and still got a lot of 0.15 cent sales in December from China.
From your dashboard: Click: additional revenue options. From there you'll see if you are 'in' or 'out' of Distribution, Novel Use and Image Options. If you are not 'out' of all Distribution, click on 'Distribution' to see which 'territories' you're opted into. You may have to drill down further into the continent links to see which individual countries you're currently 'in' and 'out' of. FWIW, I've always been out of NU, but I seem to be 'in' China, and so far I have none of these mega-tiny sales from China (plenty 'tiny-enough' sales from other places). Maybe the Chinese just don't like my photos.
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« on: March 28, 2022, 12:54 »
TODAY I got ridiculous many cents income from ALAMY 
Total 27 sales and my earning is only $1.46 for ALL, many of those were 0.03 / 0.06
In the past, there were occasional cents income from ALAMY I'm still ok with that. But today is totally too much....
If you'd rather not have these tiny sales, consider opting out of Novel Use and perhaps out of some countries for distrubutor sales, depending onwhere your tiny sales are coming from (often China). You'll be able to opt out of all or some distributor sales during the month of April (only). Not sure about Novel Use, maybe the same or maybe you can opt out any time (?)
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