Like I said... I am looking towards the future, so yes it does affect me.

Quote from: gbalex on August 22, 2013, 16:41

Those numbers would come out of a database field.  It would take seconds to change them.  I agree with Cobalt and Shady Sue.  There must be a reason they are not changing them.

Add me to the list.  I think these are a preview of coming attractions. 

My vet told me I need to start brushing my dog's teeth.  She said it will probably upset the dog if I start right away sticking a toothbrush and doggie toothpaste in her mouth.  She suggested that I start out by placing the toothbrush beside the dog's bowl when she eats.  Not to call attention to it, just put it there so she gets used to it. 

Once the dog is used to seeing the toothbrush, try to get her to take a little of the poultry flavored toothpaste on my finger.  Once she's used to the toothpaste and toothbrush, eventually I can start brushing her teeth and she'll be okay with it. 

I think this rate schedule is the toothbrush placed unobtrusively beside our dinner bowls. 

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Quote from: tickstock on August 22, 2013, 23:27

Quote from: DonLand on August 22, 2013, 23:16
I know what the are... it's just what if this is what they will be. I find it hard to believe this is an accident, just my pessimistic side showing as it relates to moves GI has been doing for the past 15 or more years. Until its "fixed" I'll put on hold any uploading to the site as a precaution, that is all. Hope it is just a mistake and will be taken care of but until then I'll remain in a holding pattern there.

You aren't exclusive so are what are you worried about?  The rates are only wrong for exclusive photos.

He also said in a earlier post that he was considering going exclusive but wouldn't until seeing if this 'mistake' becomes reality; among other things.
Keep up Tick.

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Why stop?
1- The possible future exclusive earnings.
2- 1/2 the commissions now because of the new price restructuring.

Neither of the above were in action when I started submitting in April.
I signed up with IS because I was just starting in MS and wanted to get an idea of the income level possible so I could extrapolate it to see what the income could be by being exclusive.

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There are lots of issues with IS 

It worries me most because it is an easy change that shouldn't need their seasoned developers to handle...it could easily be done by whomever handles site content and not by backend developers. There is a complete lack of quality control at iStock...it seems to me most issues are discovered by users and a lot of this should never of made it to the published live stage. The worst is they are aware of it and haven't fixed it. They lack any sense of pride in their work or product.

So yeah there are. Lot of issues there, but they aren't all of the same nature and the resolution to these issues aren't the responsibility of just one person...or maybe it is...which would explain a lot

Conversely, I noticed this locked thread just now:
http://www.istockphoto.com/forum_messages.php?threadid=355810&page=1
I don't submit video, but they have published the default exclusive video percentage as 32%, (the same as video Vetta)  which from the post seems to be a lot more than exclusive Videographers actually get.
http://www.istockphoto.com/help/sell-stock/rate-schedule (click the video tab)

Is that legal in Canada?
Can they say exclusive videographers get a minimum of 32% and it's a lie 'typo'? For months on end?

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Quote from: tickstock on August 24, 2013, 17:55
There's a fix in place for Monday.   I guess the rates will be lowered and raised then, right?

I guess so, video lowered, photos raised, and I haven't even looked at the rest.

Well at least that is good news (relatively speaking!!!) for exclusives.
Maybe they got tired of reading this thread?!

So now the question is how are exclusives doing with the new prices?

For non-exclusives 15% is still a slap in the face.

"There's a fix in place for Monday."- IS

Tick-tock   

9:30 EST...
6:30 WST...

Still some time left, but not much...

Should we start a poll to see if they will make it or not?

Hope they do, but... this is IS after all! 

Betting against them is like shooting fish in a barrel!

Did the fix ever show up?  I'm guessing no since Tickstock isn't in here crowing about it. 

Oh, and BTW, conspiracy theories are speculative, not printed in black and white in the TOS.   

Quote from: lisafx on August 27, 2013, 03:05
Did the fix ever show up?  I'm guessing no since Tickstock isn't in here crowing about it. 

Oh, and BTW, conspiracy theories are speculative, not printed in black and white in the TOS.   

Nope, fix hasn't happened yet. 

And still no change, and it's now officially iStock Tuesday. No surprise there.
I don't understand why  the Contributor Comminications Manger constantly allows them to make him a liar.
Mind you, the promised 'late July' newsletter which was postponed to 'early August' is now coming out 'next week'. Allegedly.

Quote from: ShadySue on August 27, 2013, 09:17
And still no change, and it's now officially iStock Tuesday. No surprise there.
I don't understand why  the Contributor Comminications Manger constantly allows them to make him a liar.
Mind you, the promised 'late July' newsletter which was postponed to 'early August' is now coming out 'next week'. Allegedly.

Because they ALL are liars. Its BAU for them. Seriously, why even be surprised.

It seems they 'fixed' videos rate. Default was 32% and now is only 25%.
But they didn't touch exclusive rates for photos. Still start at 22% and end at 30%.
I think Lisa's story with the dog and toothpaste makes sens.

This isn't the first time there have been problems with changes to that page - I'm always amazed at how little iStock seem to be bothered, given that the page is an official appendix to the Artist Supply Agreements, and we're supposed to have an agreement that specific notice must be given regarding any changes.

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Yep they finally fixed the photo one also.
What I don't quite understand (other than them skewing the percentages to maximize their profit with the loss of profit to the artists) is the redeemed credits of photo compared to illustrators.
Why do RC's start at higher levels for illustrators and continue that until the highest level where the photo level is just out of this world? The only thing I guess is they must have a number of photographers that are under the 1,200,000 and they do not want to pay the extra 5% to those photographers.