Author Topic: 2013 is here - how about the promisses? (Read 63665 times)

heywoody · « **Reply #50 on:** December 07, 2012, 09:12 »

Paul,

To be honest it wasn’t a term that I was familiar with either so looked up the origins. I’m not one of those folks who are naive enough to believe all men are equal but I don’t hold with one group of people been treated less favourably than another because of accident of birth, race, creed or because they happened to be in a certain place at a certain time. Grandfathering is pure and simply a divide and conquer approach by the unscrupulous that appeals to people’s greed (or other equally natural but not very laudable traits) so they are happy enough to sell those coming after them down the river as long as they themselves are not affected.

luissantos84 · « **Reply #51 on:** December 07, 2012, 12:16 »

Quote from: alex123rf on December 07, 2012, 08:40

Hi Everyone,

I have briefed our IT team on the mechanics of the new commission levels system, and how to calculate it.

You will be able to see your current contributor levels by next week.

Thank you,

Alex.

you might adjust them because the promises weren't exactly followed

CD123 · « **Reply #52 on:** December 07, 2012, 12:35 »

Thank you for responding Alex. How do you guys feel about the foretasted increase of sales and the influence its success/failure might have on the majority of your contributors?

grafix04 · « **Reply #53 on:** December 14, 2012, 17:50 »

Quote from: alex123rf on December 07, 2012, 08:40

Hi Everyone,

I have briefed our IT team on the mechanics of the new commission levels system, and how to calculate it.

You will be able to see your current contributor levels by next week.

Thank you,

Alex.

Alex, has there ever been a promise that you actually kept?

You've only just 'briefed' your IT team about this three weeks before the due date when you've made the announcement to go ahead with this stupid RC system about a year ago? So now not only is 123rf untrustworthy and unreliable, I can add 'incompetent' too.

Also as a courtesy, when you've implemented this new scheme of yours, can you please also implement a button that we can press to delete our entire portfolio. After that, implement a button that 123rf can press to self implode.

fotografer · « **Reply #54 on:** December 14, 2012, 18:56 »

Using that calculator and adding on possible sales for the rest of the month I am probably going to be about 100 - 150 credits away from keeping 50% !!!
Do our commisions change at the beginning of each year and hold for a year or will they always be calculated on the previous 12 months? I hope it's the latter as then I could soon be back to 50%.

Monty-m-gue · « **Reply #55 on:** December 14, 2012, 19:02 »

Alex, I don't see anywhere on the site that I can calculate my level. Does such a calculator exist, as you promised?

CD123 · « **Reply #56 on:** December 14, 2012, 19:12 »

Quote from: fotografer on December 14, 2012, 18:56

Using that calculator and adding on possible sales for the rest of the month I am probably going to be about 100 - 150 credits away from keeping 50% !!!
Do our commisions change at the beginning of each year and hold for a year or will they always be calculated on the previous 12 months? I hope it's the latter as then I could soon be back to 50%.

As I understood it, it is a monthly calculation over the previous 12 months.

Jo Ann Snover · « **Reply #57 on:** December 14, 2012, 19:59 »

Quote from: fotografer on December 14, 2012, 18:56

Using that calculator and adding on possible sales for the rest of the month I am probably going to be about 100 - 150 credits away from keeping 50% !!!
Do our commisions change at the beginning of each year and hold for a year or will they always be calculated on the previous 12 months? I hope it's the latter as then I could soon be back to 50%.

Here's the page describing this mess. Each month you add the last 12, so if you have some bad months in the prior 12 and you're close to the boundary, you could be bouncing back and forth between 45 and 50% for a while

CD123 · « **Reply #58 on:** December 14, 2012, 20:21 »

Confirmed: "At the end of every month, a Contributor’s total credits from all downloads in the previous 12 months shall be summed"

Tryingmybest · « **Reply #59 on:** December 15, 2012, 00:12 »

Quote from: CD123 on December 14, 2012, 20:21

Confirmed: "At the end of every month, a Contributor’s total credits from all downloads in the previous 12 months shall be summed"

I hope it's that simple. I gave up trying to understand it.

fotografer · « **Reply #60 on:** December 15, 2012, 04:32 »

Thanks all, at least I should be able to get back to 50% by about February when sales get back to normal after the holidays. I thought that I might be stuck with 45% all year.

sharpshot · « **Reply #61 on:** December 15, 2012, 07:22 »

Quote from: alex123rf on December 07, 2012, 08:40

Hi Everyone,

I have briefed our IT team on the mechanics of the new commission levels system, and how to calculate it.

You will be able to see your current contributor levels by next week.

Thank you,

Alex.

Get on with it, I need to calculate how angry I'm going to get

At least I was able to remove my 123RF images on Pond5 and get 50% commission by selling direct.

I just hope buyers carry on leaving the sites that are cutting commissions. I'll encourage them by not uploading anything new to 123RF.

Poncke · « **Reply #62 on:** December 15, 2012, 12:24 »

Have I said this before? I must have. They are cutting me back by 30% so they can f*ck themselves over at 123. Stopped uploading early November and if the drop is really bad come January I will delete my portfolio. *ssholes.

CD123 · « **Reply #63 on:** December 15, 2012, 14:58 »

Quote from: Poncke on December 15, 2012, 12:24

Have I said this before? I must have. They are cutting me back by 30% so they can f*ck themselves over at 123. Stopped uploading early November and if the drop is really bad come January I will delete my portfolio. *ssholes.

No need to hold back. If you feel like saying something, just come right out and say it...

grafix04 · « **Reply #64 on:** December 16, 2012, 07:27 »

Quote from: sharpshot on December 15, 2012, 07:22

Get on with it, I need to calculate how angry I'm going to get

Monty-m-gue · « **Reply #65 on:** December 16, 2012, 07:51 »

Well, I've done my calculations (no thanks to 123rf who don't even have a calculator for the job). If I remain with them it's on the understanding that I accept a 40% pay cut.

Merry Christmas 123.

Microstock Posts · « **Reply #66 on:** December 17, 2012, 01:53 »

Quote from: grafix04 on December 16, 2012, 07:27

Quote from: sharpshot on December 15, 2012, 07:22
Get on with it, I need to calculate how angry I'm going to get

That's hilarious sharpshot

stockmn · « **Reply #67 on:** December 17, 2012, 02:24 »

123rf please go ahead and add a "Delete Entire Portfolio" button.

Your prices are too low, your discounts are too high and your overall sales aren't high enough to pull a stunt like this and get away with it.

So instead of uploading a couple thousand videos I'm just gonna hit that delete button instead.

heywoody · « **Reply #68 on:** December 17, 2012, 07:52 »

Definitely no new stuff but will hold off for a bit on the delete - DP look too cheap so nowhere else to go after top 4.

alex123rf · « **Reply #69 on:** December 17, 2012, 08:29 »

Hi Everyone,

Thanks for your patience, I tested a beta today but we're just double checking that all information is correct.

We wouldn't want to give the wrong information and it's the first time we're doing this so, hope you can just bear with us just a little longer.

Thanks for your understanding.
Alex.

CD123 · « **Reply #70 on:** December 17, 2012, 08:39 »

Quote from: alex123rf on December 17, 2012, 08:29

Hi Everyone,

Thanks for your patience, I tested a beta today but we're just double checking that all information is correct.

We wouldn't want to give the wrong information and it's the first time we're doing this so, hope you can just bear with us just a little longer.

Thanks for your understanding.
Alex.

Appreciate your update, not withstanding the rather hostile environment Alex (and now for the thunderous applause

)

luissantos84 · « **Reply #71 on:** December 17, 2012, 11:25 »

don't forget to cut the needed credits in half too

Monty-m-gue · « **Reply #72 on:** December 17, 2012, 11:43 »

123rf currently bragging about being the "low price leader for royalty free content" on their homepage.

dirkr · « **Reply #73 on:** December 17, 2012, 17:12 »

Quote from: stockmn on December 17, 2012, 02:24

123rf please go ahead and add a "Delete Entire Portfolio" button.

Your prices are too low, your discounts are too high and your overall sales aren't high enough to pull a stunt like this and get away with it.

So instead of uploading a couple thousand videos I'm just gonna hit that delete button instead.

+1

Jo Ann Snover · « **Reply #74 on:** December 17, 2012, 20:30 »

Quote from: Monty-m-gue on December 17, 2012, 11:43

123rf currently bragging about being the "low price leader for royalty free content" on their homepage.

If their volume went way, way up, that might be fine, but it won't. Even though sales have been good the last couple of months, I don't see anyone reporting the promised boom in sales that was going to lead to goodness next year with their new royalty ~~ripoff~~ scheme.

MicrostockGroup Sponsors

Author Topic: 2013 is here - how about the promisses? (Read 63665 times)

heywoody

luissantos84

CD123

grafix04

fotografer

Monty-m-gue

CD123

Jo Ann Snover

CD123

Tryingmybest

fotografer

sharpshot

Poncke

CD123

grafix04

Monty-m-gue

Microstock Posts

stockmn

heywoody

alex123rf

CD123

luissantos84

Monty-m-gue

dirkr

Jo Ann Snover

Related Topics

Sponsors

Microstock Poll Results

Sponsors