Quote from: MxR on February 18, 2022, 06:05

Looks like Yuri isn't exclusive anymore or has made some weird deal with istock.

It seems that Yuri Arcirs is uploading images to Dreamstime.

It is not an old abandoned portfolio, it is new uploads, today 10,000 photos and 21 sales

What a disappointment when he upload it again to shutterstock.



https://www.dreamstime.com/peopleimages_info

How do you know his sales?

Looks like Yuri isn't exclusive anymore or has made some weird deal with istock.

It seems that Yuri Arcirs is uploading images to Dreamstime.

It is not an old abandoned portfolio, it is new uploads, today 10,000 photos and 21 sales

What a disappointment when he upload it again to shutterstock.




https://www.dreamstime.com/peopleimages_info

Quote from: Wilm on February 18, 2022, 06:59

Quote from: MxR on February 18, 2022, 06:05

Looks like Yuri isn't exclusive anymore or has made some weird deal with istock.

It seems that Yuri Arcirs is uploading images to Dreamstime.

It is not an old abandoned portfolio, it is new uploads, today 10,000 photos and 21 sales

What a disappointment when he upload it again to shutterstock.



https://www.dreamstime.com/peopleimages_info

How do you know his sales?

Click on "more info", under his profile.

...If what is shown on Yuri is actually true, that must be incredibly frustrating. Uploading almost 3500 images every month and having 24 downloads after three months...

Didn't this chap make $$$ millions back in the heyday of microstock? I would of figured he'd moved on to bigger and better investments than microstock long time now.

His photos under both Yuri Arcurs and People Images are still showing as exclusive on iStock:
https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/shot-of-an-attractive-young-woman-sitting-alone-on-a-mat-and-meditating-on-the-beach-gm1317735408-405075966
https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/printing-at-high-speed-gm519913201-49993468

Maybe (again I have no idea) he's negotiated an exclusive-image deal with Getty?

Quote from: Uncle Pete on February 19, 2022, 10:13

You are correct, and he owns the building.

From a purely architectural pow, this building looks more like a tile store than a photographer's studio to me.

I canceled exclusivity at istock about nine years ago. After canceling exclusivity my images still sold for exclusive prices but i only got non exclusive 16%. Istock wasn't able to fix this. So i canceled my account and uploaded from zero.
I guess there have been some problems with the database at istock. Maybe there have been two different databases running at istock and Getty Images in 2013. But they should have fixed this now.

Quote from: Aks1 on February 20, 2022, 05:51

Quote from: Firn on February 20, 2022, 05:05

Quote from: somewhere on February 20, 2022, 04:15

Quote from: Uncle Pete on February 19, 2022, 10:13

You are correct, and he owns the building.

From a purely architectural pow, this building looks more like a tile store than a photographer's studio to me.

If you look at the studio from inside you might get why:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYkNKP96b84

It's actually really neat. A stock photographers studio, where you need certain settings like office, home, kitchen, etc. has very different requiremenets than a traditional photo studio where almost all you need is good light and different floors and backgrounds on a roll.

It was ages ago. He hasn't been using fake environments since long time ago.

Then I really don't know what for he is using that big ass studio in Cape Tow, that was finished in 2017, according to his blog.
 Which, by the way looks pretty much like fake environments to me, you can look at the photos on Google maps,
Fake living room, fake office, oh, there is even a fake beach!

I don't knwo whether Yuri personally uses them, but his current studio, the buidling that was shown above in the photo, has them for sure.

Quote from: Uncle Pete on February 19, 2022, 10:13

You are correct, and he owns the building.

From a purely architectural pow, this building looks more like a tile store than a photographer's studio to me.

Quote from: ShadySue on February 20, 2022, 12:15

Quote from: t�tar�t� on February 20, 2022, 04:02

I canceled exclusivity at istock about nine years ago. After canceling exclusivity my images still sold for exclusive prices but i only got non exclusive 16%. Istock wasn't able to fix this. So i canceled my account and uploaded from zero.

Weren't you getting 16% of the 3 credit price?
And now you're getting 16% of the 1 credit price?
Looks like you were shooting yourself in the foot, UNLESS you get more than 3x sales when the prices are lower, which is perfectly possible; though like many things hard to prove, as your reuploads would get new best match positioning.

Income at istock was going down. At macrostock I could only sell RM because of istock exclusivity.
So it was an easy decision.

Quote from: somewhere on February 20, 2022, 04:15

Quote from: Uncle Pete on February 19, 2022, 10:13

You are correct, and he owns the building.

From a purely architectural pow, this building looks more like a tile store than a photographer's studio to me.

If you look at the studio from inside you might get why:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYkNKP96b84

It's actually really neat. A stock photographers studio, where you need certain settings like office, home, kitchen, etc. has very different requiremenets than a traditional photo studio where almost all you need is good light and different floors and backgrounds on a roll.

I don't care

Quote from: Artist on February 20, 2022, 07:53

I don't care

That makes two of us.

Quote from: Artist on February 20, 2022, 07:53

I don't care

That makes two of us.

His content is in ADOBE too now.
https://stock.adobe.com/contributor/210716081/peopleimages-com?as_campaign=ftmigration2&as_channel=dpcft&as_campclass=brand&as_source=ft_web&as_camptype=acquisition&as_audience=users&as_content=closure_contributor-page

I wonder what his reasoning was for abandoning exclusivity:

1- Did not reach for the first time the 45% target
2- Sees no future for Getty. A company with a huge debt. Going to the stock market might give them a break but their financial health is really bad
3- sees that with the demise of SS and Oringer selling everyday his stock Adobe is beggining to look as the main player in 3-5 years. Getty and SS will be very far behind

Whatever the reason, there was a time he gave his explanations to the stock community. i wonder if this will be again the case or if he will remain silent. I wonder if we will see his portfolio at Shutterstock?

Quote from: everest on February 24, 2022, 05:12

His content is in ADOBE too now.
https://stock.adobe.com/contributor/210716081/peopleimages-com?as_campaign=ftmigration2&as_channel=dpcft&as_campclass=brand&as_source=ft_web&as_camptype=acquisition&as_audience=users&as_content=closure_contributor-page

I wonder what his reasoning was for abandoning exclusivity:

1- Did not reach for the first time the 45% target
2- Sees no future for Getty. A company with a huge debt. Going to the stock market might give them a break but their financial health is really bad
3- sees that with the demise of SS and Oringer selling everyday his stock Adobe is beggining to look as the main player in 3-5 years. Getty and SS will be very far behind

Whatever the reason, there was a time he gave his explanations to the stock community. i wonder if this will be again the case or if he will remain silent. I wonder if we will see his portfolio at Shutterstock?

I wonder about that too, he misses not only iStock-sales but Getty's too which still can be very good.
That would be great if he doesn't join SS again, but I think he will.
I don't think he can make up the loss he is facing in leaving iStock-exclusivity. But we will never know only if he is back at IS exclusivity in a year so. Lol:)

I think DT has always done better in Europe, so maybe that is Yuri's thinking? You have to have so many baskets for your eggs these days as earnings wax and wane ... look at how far ss has fallen while Adobe has taken over the top spot. I'm surprised he's not with Adobe, especially since they have their higher end collections. But I assume those require real exclusivity.

I haven't uploaded to dreamstime in ages, but uploaded 11 files today and the first 7 were accepted while I was finishing checking the keywords on the last 3, which they also took - really fast.  And no "similars" issues despite all being the same theme.

Dreamstime is weird for me, I once made $325 on a $750 one-year EL of an image that is one of the highest amounts I've earned on a single license, but usually with my small portfolio of 365 images, I'm lucky to get one payout a year. It's generally my lowest earner. But I don't shoot the same content as Yuri. I'd guess he knows what he's doing.

Quote from: falantus on November 28, 2022, 05:57

Quote from: wordplanet on February 22, 2022, 22:12

I think DT has always done better in Europe, so maybe that is Yuri's thinking? You have to have so many baskets for your eggs these days as earnings wax and wane ... look at how far ss has fallen while Adobe has taken over the top spot. I'm surprised he's not with Adobe, especially since they have their higher end collections. But I assume those require real exclusivity.

I haven't uploaded to dreamstime in ages, but uploaded 11 files today and the first 7 were accepted while I was finishing checking the keywords on the last 3, which they also took - really fast.  And no "similars" issues despite all being the same theme.

Dreamstime is weird for me, I once made $325 on a $750 one-year EL of an image that is one of the highest amounts I've earned on a single license, but usually with my small portfolio of 365 images, I'm lucky to get one payout a year. It's generally my lowest earner. But I don't shoot the same content as Yuri. I'd guess he knows what he's doing.

Apparently he is not earning much as well. This amount is a funny number for Yuri for an entire year. He might have thought that this was better than nothing

Stupid question maybe but how do you get this info (the screenshot above) for a contributor? Or do you have to have a buyer's account to see that at Shutterstock?

Quote from: falantus on November 28, 2022, 05:57

Quote from: wordplanet on February 22, 2022, 22:12

I think DT has always done better in Europe, so maybe that is Yuri's thinking? You have to have so many baskets for your eggs these days as earnings wax and wane ... look at how far ss has fallen while Adobe has taken over the top spot. I'm surprised he's not with Adobe, especially since they have their higher end collections. But I assume those require real exclusivity.

I haven't uploaded to dreamstime in ages, but uploaded 11 files today and the first 7 were accepted while I was finishing checking the keywords on the last 3, which they also took - really fast.  And no "similars" issues despite all being the same theme.

Dreamstime is weird for me, I once made $325 on a $750 one-year EL of an image that is one of the highest amounts I've earned on a single license, but usually with my small portfolio of 365 images, I'm lucky to get one payout a year. It's generally my lowest earner. But I don't shoot the same content as Yuri. I'd guess he knows what he's doing.

Apparently he is not earning much as well. This amount is a funny number for Yuri for an entire year. He might have thought that this was better than nothing

Stupid question maybe but how do you get this info (the screenshot above) for a contributor? Or do you have to have a buyer's account to see that at Shutterstock?