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Has this happened to anyone on Stockxpert??  I looked at my account this morning and found I had 4 subscription sales.  However, the strange thing is that I have never, not even accidentally, had my subscription option enabled in my profile, and I looked immediately and sure enough it is NOT enabled.  Did I miss an announcement that sub sales are not optional anymore on SX, or what???   I contacted support, but wondering if you'd had a similar problem and how it was resolved, if ever.

Looks like my images are coming up in JIunlimited searches, but as far as I could tell not on Photos.com.  Really weird!! In my profile I have never checkmarked the subscription nor the partner licensing options, not once.  However, I have always had the extended license option checked.  Could the EL option have anything to do with it?

From what I understood, checking the EL option isn't supposed to automatically opt one in for subscription sales.  If I find out it does, then I will uncheck it also.

Yep, same here, I actually came here to see if it was happening for anyone else.   When they first came out with the sub opt-in/out thing I tried it for a week or so but soon opted out.  I have had both the sub and partner options deselected (and they still are) for months, yet here I have a "Jupiterimages Unlimited subscription" download for $0.30 today.

Same here. I've got a sub sale on JI unlimited though I've never been opted-in for subs since their introduction. I've checked on JI Unlimited website, and yes, this image is for sale there (without even my name displayed  ) and I've checked again in my StockXpert profile to ensure that I'm still opted-out.

My regular sales have already dramatically dropped during the last few months on StockXpert, to the point that thay went from one of my best-sellers to one of my worst. Now they sell my images for subs though I'm opted-out...

I've immediately contacted StockXpert support. Waiting for their answer.

Erick

How can a site that goes from being one of everyone's favorite (note that I did not say best selling) to such a mess.  StockXpert sales have virtually stopped which makes me ask if they have stopped marketing, keeping StockXpert only as an umbrella company that funnels content to their more lucrative chanels.  Their many reporting issues in the last few months have left me more than a little shy about trusting their fiduciary ability. 

The fact that you guys are having subscripton sales is just mind boggling.  Your Intellectual Property has been devalued by being offered as subscription.  I don't care if they made a mistake, they have violated your copyright.  Please consider sending a cease and decist order.   

Edit:  You'll have to modify the language from these but here's a couple samples:  http://www.craftmarketer.com/cease-and-desist-sample.htm
 http://rising.blackstar.com/how-to-send-a-dmca-takedown-notice.html

So was Istock before half of 2006. What would be the common factor? Hint: it starts with a G and it is now solliciting cellphone photos from Flickr.

Here the answer from StockXpert:
"Our records indicate you have opted in to sell images at our other sites by checking 7. Subscription On Stockxpert.  If you wish to change this, please uncheck #7."

My subscription (#7) is cheked from august. What does it mean? ...I've never sold an image on Jupt-network since then? ...my portfolio is not so bad! Or something have been changed recently and I don't know it? Odd case for me.

I go to unchek #7.

I also got a reply "I apologize for any inconvenience you are experiencing with our site.  We are looking into the issue and it should be resolved soon."

I too have never opted into subscriptions and my account remains unchanged.

Four more today, all XL.   I sent a note to support asking them to Cease and Desist

From the SX forum today:

"   Hi guys,

We've been doing some content migration between servers, and it appears a couple things happened out of sequence. This is what resulted in your images being offered in subs.

This has now been fixed. Images that are not offered through subscription are not available in Photos.com or JIU. The thumbs may still appear in the searches for a couple more days, but they won't be able to download the images.

Again, sorry for the inconvenience and thanks for bringing this to our attention.

If you are still receiving sub downloads through Photos.com and JIU but have not been opted in for a while, please let us know.

Thanks,
Steve "

I think they fixed it (for me, at least).  No subs today.  Back to ppd sales.