Yeah, you had 13 sales.

someone likes your stuff.....? I guess we'll never really know just celebrate

Congrats!  You hit a lucky streak

When will people learn, sales reporting is not real time, it's when the system processes them. They could be 3 days old and just got counted. Took 2 mn to report 13 dl doesn't mean they were all bought in 2 mn. Whats a mn?

Quote from: YadaYadaYada on May 20, 2016, 21:26

When will people learn, sales reporting is not real time, it's when the system processes them. They could be 3 days old and just got counted. Took 2 mn to report 13 dl doesn't mean they were all bought in 2 mn. Whats a mn?

Peole has a name.

For FT, in each sale notification there's is a field named "Date d'achat"(in french), unless the translation is not correct, it means for me "Purchase date".
These picture were purchased between 2016-05-19 21:37:19 and 2016-05-19 21:39:57

Plus, it's the first time it happened. I have regular sales on FT.
Please allow me to be surprised, i thought FT was different from iS.

Your right. FT computers are tuned in to your account and as soon as you have a sale, they stop everything else and process your sale with the real time, down to the second. What was I thinking that servers and computers that circle the world, wouldn't all be synced to the second and instantly report your personal sales. I'm sorry for doubting that agencies watch our souls and accounts with priority over all other accounting and business matters. We are the center of the stock photo universe.

Quote from: Thomas from France on May 21, 2016, 01:52

Quote from: YadaYadaYada on May 20, 2016, 21:26

When will people learn, sales reporting is not real time, it's when the system processes them. They could be 3 days old and just got counted. Took 2 mn to report 13 dl doesn't mean they were all bought in 2 mn. Whats a mn?

Peole has a name.

For FT, in each sale notification there's is a field named "Date d'achat"(in french), unless the translation is not correct, it means for me "Purchase date".
These picture were purchased between 2016-05-19 21:37:19 and 2016-05-19 21:39:57

Plus, it's the first time it happened. I have regular sales on FT.
Please allow me to be surprised, i thought FT was different from iS.

Your right. FT computers are tuned in to your account and as soon as you have a sale, they stop everything else and process your sale with the real time, down to the second. What was I thinking that servers and computers that circle the world, wouldn't all be synced to the second and instantly report your personal sales. I'm sorry for doubting that agencies watch our souls and accounts with priority over all other accounting and business matters. We are the center of the stock photo universe.

Am I the only one who is feeling like the douchebag quotient around here is unusually high lately?

I don't have access to their coding and IT systems so am not as expert as some people seem to think they are. I do know they have a field giving the download time. I don't see why they would have to prioritise anything if this is recorded at point of sale. Don't think anyone is saying they instantly transfer the credits.

I don't have access to their coding and IT systems so am not as expert as some people seem to think they are. I do know they have a field giving the download time. I don't see why they would have to prioritise anything if this is recorded at point of sale. Don't think anyone is saying they instantly transfer the credits.

The time you receive the email advising of a sale is often the same time that is recorded on the sale, Purchase Date (see below). However, this is not always the case and the time you are notified and the account updated, does not always match the time on the "Purchase Date". I've seen it when they have been several hours difference.

I'd imagine that it will not just be the time taken to process the sale but also, on occasions, verifying it...... i.e. the money, card or account is not fraudulent for suspicious transactions.

Anyway, I'd imagine it's as close to real time as they can possibly do it but it isn't guaranteed that your account will be updated "Instantly".... especially when you take into account how many millions of images are being sold at any one point in time.
 


Example of details on sale notification email.
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File Name: xxxxxxxxxxxx
Purchase Date: 2016-05-24 18:53:26
Purchase License: M
Commission: 1.32
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