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SpaceStockFootage

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« on: June 05, 2016, 15:16 »
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Is there a specific day of the month that Shutterstock pay out? I'm in Vegas for the next four days and things aren't going that well! I know 90% of places pay out on the 15th, later for iStock and earlier for Shutterstock. I got paid on the 9th last month but as I've only had a couple of payouts from them so far, I wasn't sure if that was an exception or the norm. Thanks!


« Reply #1 on: June 05, 2016, 15:42 »
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I think they state by the 15th but they usually pay before then, around the 8-10th for me.

w7lwi

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« Reply #2 on: June 05, 2016, 16:21 »
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I've been paid as early as the 7th and as late as the 9th.  This month, with the reporting delay caused by the Turkey issue, it may go slightly longer, but no later that the 15th which is their stated drop-dead date.

SpaceStockFootage

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« Reply #3 on: June 05, 2016, 20:15 »
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Cheers guys!

Rinderart

« Reply #4 on: June 07, 2016, 23:03 »
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In 10 + years never later than the 8th.

Hmmmm. Well, It's the 9th and No Money. if it goes past the 15th. then we wonder.
« Last Edit: June 09, 2016, 11:01 by Rinderart »

PZF

« Reply #5 on: June 08, 2016, 05:24 »
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It seems there is also a problem processing US cheques directly into Italian bank accounts.  Just can't be done for now...they say...so March payment still sitting around.
Be warned.

SpaceStockFootage

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« Reply #6 on: June 09, 2016, 13:58 »
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No sign of it yet. Hoping it arrives today. Don't want to be rummaging in the bins for dinner!  :-[

« Reply #7 on: June 09, 2016, 15:31 »
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Here are the answers, provided by other contributors, not me:

"Its two days late can't you find something a little more significant to stress about?"

"Looks like its the end of the world....they don't pay out till the 15th I believe......."

"i guess thats why it takes ages to get a reply, because of impatient people emailing over trivial stuff"

"Fair enough I do respect your concerns but I think I would wait until about the 8th.......I just try not to get stressed about the generally poor standards across the board on reporting etc. As I've said before on here SS do fantastically well compared with most sites by being merely competent."

"And when someone needs real help from support, it has to wait weeks for answers because their e-mail is flooded with histerical people, when payment is 2 days late."

"Oh my god a disaster....and tell me what difference does it make?"

And so on. From this thread, when it happened last month: http://www.microstockgroup.com/shutterstock-com/still-haven't-subtracted-april-total/

 ;)

« Reply #8 on: June 09, 2016, 16:29 »
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Did anybody get payment or we are just a small group who didnt get it yet?

SpaceStockFootage

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« Reply #9 on: June 09, 2016, 16:41 »
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Here are the answers, provided by other contributors, not me:

"Its two days late can't you find something a little more significant to stress about?"

"Looks like its the end of the world....they don't pay out till the 15th I believe......."

"i guess thats why it takes ages to get a reply, because of impatient people emailing over trivial stuff"

"Fair enough I do respect your concerns but I think I would wait until about the 8th.......I just try not to get stressed about the generally poor standards across the board on reporting etc. As I've said before on here SS do fantastically well compared with most sites by being merely competent."

"And when someone needs real help from support, it has to wait weeks for answers because their e-mail is flooded with histerical people, when payment is 2 days late."

"Oh my god a disaster....and tell me what difference does it make?"

And so on. From this thread, when it happened last month: http://www.microstockgroup.com/shutterstock-com/still-haven't-subtracted-april-total/

 ;)


I'm not complaining. I'll get it when I get it, and I accept that. I always do. Just trying to figure out if I'll be sleeping on the streets and turning tricks for a half eaten burger.

« Reply #10 on: June 09, 2016, 17:03 »
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Here are the answers, provided by other contributors, not me:

"Its two days late can't you find something a little more significant to stress about?"

"Looks like its the end of the world....they don't pay out till the 15th I believe......."

"i guess thats why it takes ages to get a reply, because of impatient people emailing over trivial stuff"

"Fair enough I do respect your concerns but I think I would wait until about the 8th.......I just try not to get stressed about the generally poor standards across the board on reporting etc. As I've said before on here SS do fantastically well compared with most sites by being merely competent."

"And when someone needs real help from support, it has to wait weeks for answers because their e-mail is flooded with histerical people, when payment is 2 days late."

"Oh my god a disaster....and tell me what difference does it make?"

And so on. From this thread, when it happened last month: http://www.microstockgroup.com/shutterstock-com/still-haven't-subtracted-april-total/

 ;)
Yes but he is asking about payment not when a number is changed on a computer screen and also seems to accept the answer that the 15th is the due date...........

« Reply #11 on: June 09, 2016, 17:47 »
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ss anounces that payment will be later than normal but still before the 15th yet people still freak out

w7lwi

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« Reply #12 on: June 09, 2016, 17:51 »
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Did anybody get payment or we are just a small group who didnt get it yet?

Must be a small group.  I received my May payment (via PayPal) on the 7th.  Located in U.S.

dbvirago

« Reply #13 on: June 09, 2016, 18:16 »
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I didn't get the "your Shutterstock earnings have been computed" email until the 7th, where it is normally the 1st-3rd, so obviously they are behind. Hopefully the team that wrote the uploading code hasn't been allowed to touch the payout code.

« Reply #14 on: June 09, 2016, 19:31 »
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Here are the answers, provided by other contributors, not me:

"Its two days late can't you find something a little more significant to stress about?"

"Looks like its the end of the world....they don't pay out till the 15th I believe......."

"i guess thats why it takes ages to get a reply, because of impatient people emailing over trivial stuff"

"Fair enough I do respect your concerns but I think I would wait until about the 8th.......I just try not to get stressed about the generally poor standards across the board on reporting etc. As I've said before on here SS do fantastically well compared with most sites by being merely competent."

"And when someone needs real help from support, it has to wait weeks for answers because their e-mail is flooded with histerical people, when payment is 2 days late."

"Oh my god a disaster....and tell me what difference does it make?"

And so on. From this thread, when it happened last month: http://www.microstockgroup.com/shutterstock-com/still-haven't-subtracted-april-total/

 ;)
Yes but he is asking about payment not when a number is changed on a computer screen and also seems to accept the answer that the 15th is the due date...........


Right. Yeah, yeah, that's it.  :)
« Last Edit: June 09, 2016, 19:33 by cathyslife »

w7lwi

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« Reply #15 on: June 09, 2016, 21:21 »
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Did anybody get payment or we are just a small group who didnt get it yet?

Must be a small group.  I received my May payment (via PayPal) on the 7th.  Located in U.S.

I'll take back my small group comment.  Apparently this is somewhat widespread.  Several people over on the SS forum are commenting about the same thing.  Hopefully an administrator will pop in there and clarify the issue.

« Reply #16 on: June 10, 2016, 00:27 »
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I didn't get the "your Shutterstock earnings have been computed" email until the 7th, where it is normally the 1st-3rd, so obviously they are behind. Hopefully the team that wrote the uploading code hasn't been allowed to touch the payout code.

Yep...I also received the "earnings computing" email on the 7th and have yet to be paid. First time since my very first payment in Dec 2005 that I haven't received my payment before the 10th.  SS says the delay is the result of Paypal being denied its license in Turkey, but if that's true, then why are folks in the US like dbvirago and me affected? It doesn't make sense.   


« Reply #17 on: June 10, 2016, 02:22 »
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to me nothing yet...but i never care when they arrive because they arrive for sure...it's the only customer that pays for sure 100%  ;D

« Reply #18 on: June 10, 2016, 08:13 »
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So far, this will be the latest I've been paid since I joined in 2010. I've always gotten it on the 7th or sooner, except once, it came on the 8th. I got the payment email much later than usual as well.

« Reply #19 on: June 10, 2016, 09:09 »
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relax, as the email already said a million times before... you get paid BY THE 15TH.
if you realise that this is not some agency that only has a handful of contributors that reach payout
monthly or even once a year or a lifetime, and that many of us reach payout each month
and has never had a late payment or a non-payment...
don't you think your wasted energy is best spent on making more images for your port ???

dpimborough

« Reply #20 on: June 10, 2016, 09:36 »
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relax, as the email already said a million times before... you get paid BY THE 15TH.
if you realise that this is not some agency that only has a handful of contributors that reach payout
monthly or even once a year or a lifetime, and that many of us reach payout each month
and has never had a late payment or a non-payment...
don't you think your wasted energy is best spent on making more images for your port ???

So previous  payments on the 7th every month never happened?

Name a month in any year where SS actually paid on the 15th




« Reply #21 on: June 10, 2016, 09:41 »
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relax, as the email already said a million times before... you get paid BY THE 15TH.
if you realise that this is not some agency that only has a handful of contributors that reach payout
monthly or even once a year or a lifetime, and that many of us reach payout each month

and has never had a late payment or a non-payment...
don't you think your wasted energy is best spent on making more images for your port ???

The process is all automated. You make it sound like there is 1 person in the accounting department writing checks.  :)

"don't you think your wasted energy is best spent on making more images for your port"
The same could be said to you, here telling people how stupid they are for worrying about getting paid.

SpaceStockFootage

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« Reply #22 on: June 10, 2016, 09:51 »
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According to Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs, 'making new images for your port' is pretty low priority, and definitely nearer the top of the pyramid; if anywhere. It must have been in the director's cut of the first episode of Lost, when Jack had everybody searching the debris for camera equipment, so they could work on their portfolios.

Usually, I'd completely agree.... delays in reviews, late notification emails, later than normal payment when you don't really need them, sales trends, keyword issues... work on your port and try not to worry about it. But when you're thousands of miles from home, don't have the equipment with you to make new stuff, are running dangerously low on cash and you're envisioning walking ten miles to the airport with 40 pounds in two bags.... then anything other than looking for a solution to the problem would be wasted energy.

But anyway.... I got a long overdue freelancing payment late yesterday, so it's all good. Not much, but it will keep me going until next week when I get a whole bunch of stock payments.

« Reply #23 on: June 10, 2016, 10:18 »
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Thing is its still 5 days to the promised pay out date to plan on the basis that will arrive earlier than promised is not good practice imho.

w7lwi

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« Reply #24 on: June 10, 2016, 10:34 »
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An admin posted over on the SS forum this morning that she had checked with accounting and everything was still on track for everyone to be paid by the 15th.


 

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