I think FT will only pay in other currency if a new account is started.

http://www.microstockgroup.com/fotolia-com/fotolia-payment/msg325793/#msg325793

Above post discusses the problem.

(edit to add mssg link)

I don't know if you can open a new account on Fotolia from France.
As there 1 credit = 1 � you will get more money.

Maybe using the name of your mother or your wife�
Even if it is not completely honest it is a good way to give them taste of their own medicine�

I read somewhere that if you work with French models in France that you must give them a model release in French, even if they are perfectly fine with an English release. I am not a lawyer, but might be worth checking with French stock artists how they do it.

Enjoy France!

Did anybody experienced the move and what it implies in term of stock photography? If I understand, only FT will pay in �, for the rest I will have to swallow the bad exchange rate (and it's pretty bad). So, I'd like to get some feedback of someone who went through that experience if possible and any advice is welcome. Thanks so much in advance!

France has become ludicrously expensive over the last 5 or 6 years. I don't really understand why other than that they seem to be paying themselves more and more. Germany, on the other hand, despite having the same currency, is fantastically cheap.

If you really want to feel some pain as a microstocker then move to Australia where their currency has gone through the roof compared to the USD and prices have skyrocketed too.

Quote from: gostwyck on January 26, 2014, 09:42

Quote from: hroe on January 24, 2014, 16:05

Did anybody experienced the move and what it implies in term of stock photography? If I understand, only FT will pay in �, for the rest I will have to swallow the bad exchange rate (and it's pretty bad). So, I'd like to get some feedback of someone who went through that experience if possible and any advice is welcome. Thanks so much in advance!

France has become ludicrously expensive over the last 5 or 6 years.

You mean Paris?
France is not Paris�

No I mean France. Paris has always been expensive (as most capital cities tend to be).

No I mean France. Paris has always been expensive (as most capital cities tend to be).

Paris is still very affordable if you stay away from the tourist areas and do your shopping at the markets.  The inexpensive places are invariably the best places anyhow. You can get a good sit down meal for well under �10 and food is still cheap at the markets. Navigo weekly metro pass costs about �20 per week to recharge. Some gentrification has certainly put up the rents - but then Paris rents were very cheap compared with other cities until the 2000s. You can still rent a good studio apartment for under �900 per month. The nice thing about Paris is that normal people still live and work there. Public housing means that there is a good mix too.

Property in Paris is still very much less expensive than in London. Whether to rent or to buy. Compare the Marais with Notting Hill. Or compare say Shoreditch with Belleville. Similar-ish comparisons in terms of the neighbourhoods. But perhaps comparing anything with London is crazy now.

The rest of France is still cheap. Especially rural France. Supermarket prices have certainly increased in the years since the � was introduced and diesel is no longer cheap. Property is still cheap. Fire wood costs about the same !

How current is your information on Paris?

today.

ETA:

- RATP site will give you the Navigo weekly metro prices
- you can eat a good bowl of chicken noodles for �5 in Belleville
- airbnb will give you a clue to the rents (and airbnb is more expensive than prices on the ground)
- you will have to believe me about the price of food from the markets

Quote from: Ron on January 27, 2014, 05:47

How current is your information on Paris?

today.

ETA:

 Month 785 � (1075$)
Agency fees not included

Thats the cheapest in the whole of Paris. You can eat sleep and relax on a couch.

Thats the cheapest in the whole of Paris. You can eat sleep and relax on a couch.

No it is not. Paris Attitude is renting properties at the prices which US tourists pay.

Bunhill, How can you even say 900 EURO for a Studio is cheap? A studio outside the city centre in Dublin is 700 euro which is criminal already. I pay 850 euro for a two bedroom apartment, living room, kitchen, fully furnitured and parking space.

So you lived in all 3 cities very recently?

Did anybody experienced the move and what it implies in term of stock photography? If I understand, only FT will pay in �, for the rest I will have to swallow the bad exchange rate (and it's pretty bad). So, I'd like to get some feedback of someone who went through that experience if possible and any advice is welcome. Thanks so much in advance!

No!

FT won't pay in euros.. you will continue to receive dollars.. You could receive euros even if you are in the US if you wish.. just start a new account from fotolia EU and done.. stupid yes, we all know