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Microstock Photography Forum - General => General Stock Discussion => Topic started by: skitchy on November 13, 2015, 14:16
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I recently decided to deactivate everything I had on Dreamstime (poor performance, low rates). I asked them by email to pay out the remainder of my account (about $65). They told me that they wont pay my royalties unless there is $100 in the account (this is in their T&Cs). I explained that I had deactivated all my files, and asked how they expected the amount to increase when I was no longer selling files. I was told to join their affiliate program (!)
Is there any recourse I can now take? If not, let this be a warning to others.
You have to wonder how much of our money they pocket this way.
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I have 20-30$ (can't remember exactly) sticking there forever. I've deactivated all my files too
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This is a good warning. Really they should pay you, but their TOS say they don't have to. Best idea is to read the TOS before doing a mass deactivation.
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They dont pocket the money because it is not theirs, if you close your account and then later open it again, the money is still there i know for fact
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This is a good warning. Really they should pay you, but their TOS say they don't have to. Best idea is to read the TOS before doing a mass deactivation.
Better Idea (to the OP) - Read them before you sign up!
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You are not alone. I also have about $45 confiscated by Getty Images for similar reasons.
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they really don't have to pay you just because you delete your account. read the agreement .
this is how agencies rip you off , if you do not reach payout. you can actually get rich if you have a million contributors owing you one dollar each.
some are honest. i know istock did. perharps, it was just plain courtesy and decency .i know fotolia, istock, would pay you when you close your account because i did and they paid me without me asking.
but really, if you ask me, or ask even your grand dad or any common decent person,
they will say, whether it's 1 dollar or 10,000, you pay back what you owe. it's just plain common
decency.
but then, who is common decent these days???
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Always request payout first, get confirm of the transfer, then dump them.
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I always read the TOS, and I was fully aware that their usual payment limit is $100. I just assumed that they might have the decency to pay me what I'd earned when I decided to leave. Apparently not. So be warned.
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i know .... istock, would pay you when you close your account
No they wouldn't. Read my previous post.
iStock is Getty and after closing my account, Getty still owes me about 45 bucks.
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i know .... istock, would pay you when you close your account
No they wouldn't. Read my previous post.
iStock is Getty and after closing my account, Getty still owes me about 45 bucks.
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maybe u r right. it must have been one of those which i wrote, "and you can kept my xx bucks that you owe me; use it to st*ck it up you know where"... or something like that.
all i remember was i was mad at one of these sites and i did write a nasty email.
it must have this istock ;D thx 4 correcting me.
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some are honest. i know istock did. perharps, it was just plain courtesy and decency .i know fotolia, istock, would pay you when you close your account because i did and they paid me without me asking.
Veer also pay remaining royalities when we close our account.
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i know .... istock, would pay you when you close your account
No they wouldn't. Read my previous post.
iStock is Getty and after closing my account, Getty still owes me about 45 bucks.
I closed my istock account in 2011 and they paid my balance. I closed accounts at Cutcaster and Crestock and they didn't pay the balance.
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Always request payout first, get confirm of the transfer, then dump them.
No matter what anybody thinks should happen, Mantis just gave you all the correct answer. Argue all you want, cry and complain, but get the money first, then close accounts. I did that for a number of low earning sites, reached payout, requested my money. They all paid, then I dumped them.
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i know .... istock, would pay you when you close your account
No they wouldn't. Read my previous post.
iStock is Getty and after closing my account, Getty still owes me about 45 bucks.
I've read reasonably recently that iStock did pay out on an account closure.
Getty is 'the same, but different'.
Did you contact them? Did you get an answer?
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yes, I created a ticket last month. No answer so far.
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Always request payout first, get confirm of the transfer, then dump them.
True.
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If I understood the email correctly Photokore are keeping any money owed to contributors when they shut up shop unless it is above the minimum payout level.
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Always request payout first, get confirm of the transfer, then dump them.
Getty pays you on a fixed date, like iStock began doing this year.
So, you can be forced to dump the unpaid sales, accumulated from the 1st of the last month, until the moment the last payment notification is received.
In case the minimum threshold has not been reached, during the last 3 weeks, you have to forfeit those residual sales.
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Always request payout first, get confirm of the transfer, then dump them.
Amen. It is simple as 2x2. No worries, no complaints. Case closed.
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Always request payout first, get confirm of the transfer, then dump them.
Amen. It is simple as 2x2. No worries, no complaints. Case closed.
No, it's not as simple, for agencies paying automatically, once a month.
See the previous post.
Even if you close the account as soon as you get what you want to be your "last payment", you might still leave sales behind.
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Always request payout first, get confirm of the transfer, then dump them.
Amen. It is simple as 2x2. No worries, no complaints. Case closed.
No, it's not as simple, for agencies paying automatically, once a month.
See the previous post.
Even if you close the account as soon as you get what you want to be your "last payment", you might still leave sales behind.
Yea, that is an issue with some agencies. On Dissolve, they would not answer any of my emails. Luckily I could delete files individually before they sold more. I spent about an hour on the site and killed my entire port. Not on Getty so I don't know if you can delete your images manually, but if you have a couple of thousand it could be a bitch.
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Always request payout first, get confirm of the transfer, then dump them.
Amen. It is simple as 2x2. No worries, no complaints. Case closed.
No, it's not as simple, for agencies paying automatically, once a month.
See the previous post.
Even if you close the account as soon as you get what you want to be your "last payment", you might still leave sales behind.
Yea, that is an issue with some agencies. On Dissolve, they would not answer any of my emails. Luckily I could delete files individually before they sold more. I spent about an hour on the site and killed my entire port. Not on Getty so I don't know if you can delete your images manually, but if you have a couple of thousand it could be a bitch.
Getty doesn't allow deactivation of individual photos. It is either all in, or all out. Deactivation is only possible for the entire port, through a ticket.
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I didn't realize that DT would be pulling this cr@p and it's good to know. I made the same mistake when I closed my account at Photodune - I assumed they'd pay me my $12 balance. They told me I had to wait a year (!) and then request it again. And even though it was just email, I felt like I heard adolescent giggling in the background. But I waited the year, sent the request and got that stinking $12.
I won't get stung like this again. I'll be sure to close my accounts the day after payout.
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Always request payout first, get confirm of the transfer, then dump them.
Amen. It is simple as 2x2. No worries, no complaints. Case closed.
No, it's not as simple, for agencies paying automatically, once a month.
See the previous post.
Even if you close the account as soon as you get what you want to be your "last payment", you might still leave sales behind.
Mantis again told my words: you have to take care of your portfolio before finally close- get your earnings, then delete your photos. If they ask to leave your registration for a time, leave one worst image and... go on. We must know before entering that there will be some issues in the future with our money and/or images, so we should prepare for some losses. Of course, in the perfect world, in the perfect agency there could not be any losses but we live in a real, nonperfect world, so we must be very careful about all our property.
In fact, I know nothing about agencies where photog can't delete his photos, but I think that there is also wise decision not to run without earned money. I himself already finished with several agencies without any big losses, except a couple, where I left about $20 because I saw that I could not reach my payout minimum in my next 20 years. So no complains.
I assumed they'd pay me...
It is our common mistake: "we assumed". We should contact agency before, to read TOS, to take care of our money and images and when we're sure we did everything from our side, then click the "I'm leaving you, you f#@%in selfish agency!" button.
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yes, I created a ticket last month. No answer so far.
Update:
Yesterday, I got the last payment, after all. It looks like Getty has +3 months witholding policy.
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yes, I created a ticket last month. No answer so far.
Update:
Yesterday, I got the last payment, after all. It looks like Getty has +3 months witholding policy.
That's probably because some Getty buyers are on credit, so pay 3 or 6 months in arrears. Not necessarily a 'witholding policy'.
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yes, I created a ticket last month. No answer so far.
Update:
Yesterday, I got the last payment, after all. It looks like Getty has +3 months witholding policy.
That's probably because some Getty buyers are on credit, so pay 3 or 6 months in arrears. Not necessarily a 'witholding policy'.
they mentioned 90 days in their response:
Your remaining royalties will be paid on the normal monthly schedule, per Sections 1.6 and 3 of your contract.
Note that if less than $50.00 is owed to you that will also be paid within 90 days.
It is called "wind-down period"
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