Quote from: Monkeyman on May 16, 2014, 11:59
My sales are going down month after month. I got more downloads five years ago with a much smaller portfolio...
I'll probably be forced to go independent in 4-5 months.

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Independant means?


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Quote from: Karen on May 15, 2014, 11:40

Quote from: Red Dove on May 15, 2014, 10:28
I don't think about iStock anymore I think about Thinkstock - As an indie the PP accounts for 60-70% of my earnings there which means iStock is not much more than an uploading portal.

Initially Getty created Thinkstock as subs site to compete with SS, but it looks like Thinkstock failed to do it.
With the introduction of subs at iStock I guess they will soon close the Thinkstock
and move the subs business back to iStock.

I would like that when TS close. In 1995, Mark Getty and Chief Executive Officer Jonathan Klein co-founded Getty Investments LLC, they still carry investments and manage the company. H&F paid 2.3 billions, Carlyle paid at $3.3 billion. Getty and Klien own Getty with equity companys and other investors.

Quote from: salaahkhayr on May 19, 2014, 22:18
Independant means?

Not exclusive with IS

Oh ya exclu with them is suididal anyway! What you advice me among the best agencies? Since lm a newcomer to microstock.


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Shutterstock is almost the only one left for me.

All the others are crooks or insignificant.

Shutterstock, Canstockphoto and Photodune are the only ones left on my list. LOL

Sales are so bad right now that I'm actually worried (or should I be glad?) that iStock may go bankrupt in a not too distant future. Of course my sales doesn't necessarily say anything about iStock as a whole, but even the top sellers seems to be in a lot of trouble. Too bad there's no way to see iStock's sales figures.

Quote from: Monkeyman on May 20, 2014, 11:47
Sales are so bad right now that I'm actually worried (or should I be glad?) that iStock may go bankrupt in a not too distant future.

Sales are almost non-existent, too bad to be true.
It's more likely accounting / reporting issues, rather than real free fall.

Sadly, not only I can report decline of sales, but images that I've sent this month (beginning of May) have 0 views, let alone new sales. This didn't happen since 2013 and infamous best match failure. 

Carlyle seems to have deep pockets (35bill). I'm sure they will package up anything risky and sell it off to pension funds full of unsuspecting grannies. Surprise granny, you just got punked!