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Agency Based Discussion => Dreamstime.com => Topic started by: pancaketom on December 22, 2014, 20:36

Title: DT Christmas gift -50% off and 100% royalty through Dec 25th
Post by: pancaketom on December 22, 2014, 20:36
I got an e-mail from them...

I got a sub sale for .70 and thought this might actually bring this month up, but then I got one for .35 and figured I guess not - plus I am pretty sure that we don't get 50% from sub sales. If it is like SS - more like 30% Still, it would be nice to get full royalty if I get any sales before it is over.

Title: Re: DT Christmas gift -50% off and 100% royalty through Dec 25th
Post by: cuppacoffee on December 22, 2014, 20:40
How many buyers are active from today until the 25th? Not many I would think. It would be great if it was for longer than these 4 days when no one is in the office.
Title: Re: DT Christmas gift -50% off and 100% royalty through Dec 25th
Post by: Sean Locke Photography on December 22, 2014, 22:32
Well, I just got $3.57 for a 3 credit XS.  Nice.
Title: Re: DT Christmas gift -50% off and 100% royalty through Dec 25th
Post by: PixelBytes on December 22, 2014, 22:44
Hey, pretty nice of them!   Thanks to Dreamstime.
Title: Re: DT Christmas gift -50% off and 100% royalty through Dec 25th
Post by: Milleflore on December 22, 2014, 23:53
Thanks Dreamstime !! And a very merry Christmas to you too :))
Title: Re: DT Christmas gift -50% off and 100% royalty through Dec 25th
Post by: cobalt on December 23, 2014, 03:15
That is really very nice of them. Thank you very much! Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays :)
Title: Re: DT Christmas gift -50% off and 100% royalty through Dec 25th
Post by: LesPalenik on December 23, 2014, 05:01
Classy promotion by Dreamstime!
What a refreshing move compared with some other agencies that use any opportunity to extract ever more from the contributors.
Title: Re: DT Christmas gift -50% off and 100% royalty through Dec 25th
Post by: ferdinand on December 23, 2014, 05:39
 every bit of humanity - in this gloomy world - is more then welcomed - and it is not about the money
Title: Re: DT Christmas gift -50% off and 100% royalty through Dec 25th
Post by: Red Dove on December 23, 2014, 06:09
I've contacted all three of my buyers but they are on holiday in North Korea and have no internet access.

Nice gesture though.
Title: Re: DT Christmas gift -50% off and 100% royalty through Dec 25th
Post by: panicAttack on December 23, 2014, 07:43
i got 3.78$ for 6 credits sale on 22/12

don't know if it happened after announcement but it is nice gesture from DT.
Title: Re: DT Christmas gift -50% off and 100% royalty through Dec 25th
Post by: lionheart on December 23, 2014, 13:25
Unbelievable - i just sold a file for $ 8,03. A nice welcome Christmas present  :)
Title: Re: DT Christmas gift -50% off and 100% royalty through Dec 25th
Post by: Cesar on December 23, 2014, 14:14
4,14$  right now, thank you
Title: Re: DT Christmas gift -50% off and 100% royalty through Dec 25th
Post by: PZF on December 23, 2014, 14:44
:)
People still working somewhere then - and looking for a bargain! Nice to see (useful) sales this time of year!
Title: Re: DT Christmas gift -50% off and 100% royalty through Dec 25th
Post by: stockmarketer on December 23, 2014, 15:16
Wow, DT rocks!

Hope everyone else is having a "similar" day!
Title: Re: DT Christmas gift -50% off and 100% royalty through Dec 25th
Post by: leaf on December 23, 2014, 15:35
Nice christmas present from Dreamstime.  Thanks!
Title: Re: DT Christmas gift -50% off and 100% royalty through Dec 25th
Post by: etudiante_rapide on December 24, 2014, 14:40
LOL, amex gave me 200 airmiles as a christmas present. i went and cashed it for a bottle of champagne worth $20 in airmiles. 
now, that is a christmas gift, no?

as for dt, well, who actually shops for microstock photos on christmas week, really???
Title: Re: DT Christmas gift -50% off and 100% royalty through Dec 25th
Post by: Sean Locke Photography on December 24, 2014, 14:41
LOL, amex gave me 200 airmiles as a christmas present. i went and cashed it for a bottle of champagne worth $20 in airmiles. 
now, that is a christmas gift, no?

as for dt, well, who actually shops for microstock photos on christmas week, really???

34 sales on SS today, 4 on DT.
Title: Re: DT Christmas gift -50% off and 100% royalty through Dec 25th
Post by: pancaketom on December 24, 2014, 15:12
nothing but subs for me since it started - too bad we can't get 100% on those - I wonder what it would be...
Title: Re: DT Christmas gift -50% off and 100% royalty through Dec 25th
Post by: Rinderart on December 28, 2014, 14:09
If DT wants to do something Nice then Lower the payout to 50 Bucks.
Title: Re: DT Christmas gift -50% off and 100% royalty through Dec 25th
Post by: w7lwi on December 28, 2014, 14:29
All my subs during that time period were either $0.70 or $4.00.  So someone was buying.  Several credit sales after Christmas, but none during the promotion period.
Title: Re: DT Christmas gift -50% off and 100% royalty through Dec 25th
Post by: fmarsicano on December 28, 2014, 18:12
Got 30 sub sales in last 4 days like what I get for the entire month


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Title: Re: DT Christmas gift -50% off and 100% royalty through Dec 25th
Post by: fmarsicano on December 29, 2014, 07:04
Dreamstime has take  away to me and my wife the money we earned with the last 50 downloads I think we will close our accounts this is inacceptable


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Title: Re: DT Christmas gift -50% off and 100% royalty through Dec 25th
Post by: PixelBytes on December 30, 2014, 00:47
Dreamstime has take  away to me and my wife the money we earned with the last 50 downloads I think we will close our accounts this is inacceptable


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What?  They give us a year end bonus.  How is this taking money from you?  Did you leave something out?
Title: Re: DT Christmas gift -50% off and 100% royalty through Dec 25th
Post by: fmarsicano on December 30, 2014, 03:14
They gave the bonus just to take it away this is what they wrote:
Due to reasons which are beyond our control, we are sorry to let you know
that $.... have been removed from your earnings as result of a refund for
Possible refund reasons:

- Accidental download;

- Admin download test;

- Credit card fraud with mandatory refund issued at request to real card
holder;

- Duplicate download;

- Incorrect size/format/license purchased;

- License update;

- Performance issues (misspellings in texts, quality);



Due to the high volume of daily transactions, we cannot provide additional
clarification on the refund performed. Measures are always taken for the
licenses to be withdrawn and images deleted. Any subsequent unlicensed usage
is liable to legal action and penalties.

This is really theft


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Title: Re: DT Christmas gift -50% off and 100% royalty through Dec 25th
Post by: PixelBytes on December 30, 2014, 14:56
Oh, yeah I get those messages too sometimes.  Not connected to the bonus, but it is frustrating.   More so if its a large number during a slow month!  You got my sympathies mate.
Title: Re: DT Christmas gift -50% off and 100% royalty through Dec 25th
Post by: pancaketom on December 30, 2014, 16:30
I got some .70 and some .35 subs during this time period. Were they all supposed to be more than the standard or are the .70 subs just something different that I am not aware of (like the $2 pseudo subs).
Title: Re: DT Christmas gift -50% off and 100% royalty through Dec 25th
Post by: Bruce Weber on December 30, 2014, 17:05
Newby question: What are subs?
Title: Re: DT Christmas gift -50% off and 100% royalty through Dec 25th
Post by: ShadySue on December 30, 2014, 17:32
Newby question: What are subs?

Please tell me that you're so newbie that you haven't signed up on any micros yet.

Subs = bulk 'subscription' sales, usually cheap and paying little to the image producer.
Title: Re: DT Christmas gift -50% off and 100% royalty through Dec 25th
Post by: Bruce Weber on December 30, 2014, 18:11
Sorry, not quite that new. :) So the 25 a day downloads I've had on SS are subs? Just trying to learn the lingo.
Title: Re: DT Christmas gift -50% off and 100% royalty through Dec 25th
Post by: Noedelhap on January 02, 2015, 20:28
They gave the bonus just to take it away this is what they wrote:
Due to reasons which are beyond our control, we are sorry to let you know
that $.... have been removed from your earnings as result of a refund for
Possible refund reasons:

- Accidental download;

- Admin download test;

- Credit card fraud with mandatory refund issued at request to real card
holder;

- Duplicate download;

- Incorrect size/format/license purchased;

- License update;

- Performance issues (misspellings in texts, quality);



Due to the high volume of daily transactions, we cannot provide additional
clarification on the refund performed. Measures are always taken for the
licenses to be withdrawn and images deleted. Any subsequent unlicensed usage
is liable to legal action and penalties.

This is really theft


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I understand the frustration (we've all had refunds), but it's not theft. The money wasn't yours to begin with. It might be credit card fraud (in this case it's theft by the fake buyer, and DT has to give back the money to the credit card company) or perhaps the buyer wanted another size or another image instead.

I do think refunds for digital goods should be made impossible (at any site) because no-one can properly check whether the image will be not be used after the sale.
Title: Re: DT Christmas gift -50% off and 100% royalty through Dec 25th
Post by: fmarsicano on January 03, 2015, 12:59
But I got probably 2/3 refunds in 2 years and now suddendly during the promotion me and my wife got refunds for more than 50 downloads sorry but something is not right here also be because the downloads happened during 5 days and not all at once I truly think is very strange


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