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What is wrong with 123RF

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stocky:

--- Quote from: Justanotherphotographer on March 01, 2021, 06:00 ---My earnings have dropped to lows I haven't seen in ten years over the last two months. I appreciate times are hard for a lot of the agencies but this is really weird...

Anyone else had a similar experience?

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Same here, about half what it has been.

Sean Locke Photography:
The graph on the front page is showing February $0 for me, but the earning page shows me at more than double January ($22, don't get excited), which is a 10 month high.

"I was making a four figure sum there most months"

Wow.

Jo Ann Snover:
123rf's parent company, Inmagine, has been trying to branch out for the last several years - they were going to go public, they were going to become a design platform,  the Netflix of images (Stock Unlimited) etc. They are focused elsewhere. The latest is a platform Designs.ai - think Canva.

Here's an article about this and the pricing page - no idea what the 123rf contributor makes for the images included in the subscriptions to Designs.ai. The "unlimited" images probably come from Stock Unlimited.

https://kr-asia.com/this-company-makes-content-production-easier-with-ai-qa-with-designs-ai-ceo-warren-leow

https://designs.ai/en/pricing

There was an infomercial/review of the platform here

https://lionbridge.ai/articles/can-ai-improve-graphic-design-a-review-of-designs-ai/

Obviously I can't know that the nosedive at 123rf is connected to Inmagine building other businesses, but it's a reasonable guess.

Couple of additional articles about the company:

https://www.inmagine.com/how-inmagine-is-googlising-its-workplace/

https://www.marketing-interactive.com/opinion-re-inmagine-creative-processes


It would also be worth any current contributors finding out what they get paid when an image is licensed through Designs.ai - remember when they tried to say that sales through Inmagine were "partner" sales, leaving contributors with a lower share of the sale?

pancaketom:
They nosedived a few years ago after their version of an RC scheme and lies about doubling our sales. Since then they have been bouncing around near the bottom with a "good" month every once in a while. No real difference this year, but sales are so low I probably wouldn't notice anyway.

Pauws99:
I had an exceptional Month January and a better than average February maybe a freak or maybe they've messed with the algolrithm which has gone in my favour.

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