I just had a "SMS sale" of a XL-size and my share was only 0.24$. Anyone experiencing the same? This is an insult, selling XL photos for 0.24$.
DP will probably be the next site where I'll delete everything and never contribute to again!
I'll stay with them 'til next payout (and I'm lightyears away from it) and then delete everything. Dp is one of the biggest disappointments in stock this year. Definitely not worth uploading, only wasting time.
Decent sales or not, I won't get into bed with a site that is related in any way to a site that deals in pirated images. I've had to send many requests to DepositFiles to remove my work from their site, so no way will I willingly submit images to DepositPhotos.
never heard of that, can you tell us more?
never heard of that, can you tell us more?
DepositPhotos and DepositFiles are backed by the same people, and based on some research by folks right here in this forum it appears that the sites are hosted in the same place and are probably even more related than we could ever prove. At the very least, we know that the same people behind DepositFiles are behind DepositPhotos. And some matching IP addresses suggest that the sites are hosted together.
For those unfamiliar with DepositFiles, it's a file sharing site. Sites like HeroTurko rely on sites like DepositFiles to blindly host pirated files, including stock images, so that pirates can illegally and freely download them. I've had to contact DepositFiles directly in the past to ask them to remove some of my images from their servers, images that were linked to from HeroTurko for free and illegal download.
So in short, the same guys who have been profiting from the illegal distribution of our work decided to set up a more legitimate shop called DepositPhotos so that they can directly profit from the sale of some of the exact same photos that they help distribute for free illegally.
On top of that, when questioned about all of this, DepositPhotos became very hostile in this forum and threatened people who brought up their questionable practices.
There have also been questions of the actual location of the offices of DepositPhotos, which as far as I know has yet to actually be determined and representatives of the company wouldn't divulge their location.
They're known to support the piracy of our images, and they are super shady in their dealings. Piracy aside, I'm not sure I'd want to deal with a company that is so secretive about their actual location. But add in the piracy connection and you've got a company that should be avoided completely by any self-respecting stock artist. I would almost guarantee that there are people who have images for sale on DepositPhotos and don't know that some of those same images are being shared illegally via DepositFiles. Odds are pretty good that that's happening.
Any tangible evidence for that or just a paranoid trip ? In all the badmouthing about DP till now I've seen only assumptions fuelled by the cold responses of the agency . Just for example - the one and only image "stolen" from me for the moment and posted on HT and the likes was bought from Dreamstime , not DP...
I'm primarily a seller but I do buy too and I have to say deposit looks like a good place to buy - easy, huge collection. At the moment is brand new site to me but I will definitely be using it in 2011 to buy images for my design business. As a seller I hope more people are thinking this too! :)
Hmmm, DP still standing strong in the mid-tiers.. that means lots of people are reporting making decent money there.. maybe it is time to start uploading :)