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Title: iStock vs. Getty in Poll
Post by: Stock Wife on October 11, 2016, 15:58

Hi everyone-

We only have images available through Getty via iStock and their partner portal. So far, I have been lumping 'getty' sales in with the general iStock sales. Is that what everyone else does? Getty sales fluctuate a lot but some months, they make it look like iS is working way better for us than normal.

Title: Re: iStock vs. Getty in Poll
Post by: pkphotos on October 12, 2016, 01:08

I keep Getty and Istock separate. My istock portal is 120 photos and a few dozen videos. My Getty portal is 8000 exclusive images

Title: Re: iStock vs. Getty in Poll
Post by: mojaric on October 12, 2016, 02:28

I never try to understand the logic that stays behind our images being sold on getty via Istock...is such an esoteric matter to me

Title: Re: iStock vs. Getty in Poll
Post by: StanRohrer on October 12, 2016, 17:46

I report all income that comes through the iS payment system. That includes the iS images on Getty.

Title: Re: iStock vs. Getty in Poll
Post by: op on October 12, 2016, 23:33

I don't report anything because I noticed that my vote don't show up in the poll... Same number of vote and same rating before or after I vote... >_>

Title: Re: iStock vs. Getty in Poll
Post by: Gannet77 on October 13, 2016, 08:53

Quote from: op on October 12, 2016, 23:33

I don't report anything because I noticed that my vote don't show up in the poll... Same number of vote and same rating before or after I vote... >_>

I think it takes a while for the poll figures to update with the latest votes, it doesn't happen immediately.

Title: Re: iStock vs. Getty in Poll
Post by: SpaceStockFootage on October 13, 2016, 09:07

Yeah, I think it takes a few hours to update.

Title: Re: iStock vs. Getty in Poll
Post by: op on October 13, 2016, 14:50

I checked for few days after and nothing changed.. I tried for few months and then gave up. Will try again and see.

Title: Re: iStock vs. Getty in Poll
Post by: op on October 14, 2016, 04:55

I voted right after my previous post and until now still no change..

Title: Re: iStock vs. Getty in Poll
Post by: ShadySue on October 14, 2016, 05:29

It's gone down (exclusives) 11 points since the last time I looked, which was admittedly a few days ago. Actually, the indy rating has dropped quite a few points as well.

Title: Re: iStock vs. Getty in Poll
Post by: op on October 14, 2016, 06:11

Quote from: ShadySue on October 14, 2016, 05:29

It's gone down (exclusives) 11 points since the last time I looked, which was admittedly a few days ago. Actually, the indy rating has dropped quite a few points as well.

But I don't even have a port on iStock, I'm directly under contract with GI so I vote under GettyImages only. And it should have raised the rating..

Title: Re: iStock vs. Getty in Poll
Post by: ShadySue on October 14, 2016, 06:21

Quote from: op on October 14, 2016, 06:11

Quote from: ShadySue on October 14, 2016, 05:29

It's gone down (exclusives) 11 points since the last time I looked, which was admittedly a few days ago. Actually, the indy rating has dropped quite a few points as well.

But I don't even have a port on iStock, I'm directly under contract with GI so I vote under GettyImages only. And it should have raised the rating..

Whoops, sorry didn't read the thread carefully enough.
Still, I think there has been some sticking in the poll this month. At the beginning of previous months, the ratings have changed quickly - sometimes more than once a day. This month, I noticed the poll didn't change after I'd done mine, nor after a friend had done his a few days later. I only noticed the figures had changed (for iS) after I read your post.

Title: Re: iStock vs. Getty in Poll
Post by: op on October 14, 2016, 06:29

As for myself, my vote never counted... I must have voted 4 or 5 months and nothing so I gave up.. :/

Title: Re: iStock vs. Getty in Poll
Post by: alexplp on January 18, 2017, 08:04

I encountered the same problem!