Tried to figure out the ESP stuff to track sales today. Found the site (espaws.com) but wasn't able to log in. Do you have to have a username and password from Getty to use the site? Mine is from IS.

According to Getty/iStock the ESP platform won't be available until February for photo/image contributors

Quote from: Sammy the Cat on January 15, 2017, 09:53
According to Getty/iStock the ESP platform won't be available until February for photo/image contributors

So April then........

Quote from: Sammy the Cat on January 15, 2017, 09:53
According to Getty/iStock the ESP platform won't be available until February for photo/image contributors

what is ESP

Quote from: littleny on January 15, 2017, 13:32

Quote from: Sammy the Cat on January 15, 2017, 09:53
According to Getty/iStock the ESP platform won't be available until February for photo/image contributors

what is ESP

ESP: Extrasensory perception, also called sixth sense. It is required to explain me why I should bother with these schmucks and lose my time with their joke of an agency.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extrasensory_perception

Quote from: littleny on January 15, 2017, 13:32

Quote from: Sammy the Cat on January 15, 2017, 09:53
According to Getty/iStock the ESP platform won't be available until February for photo/image contributors

what is ESP

To be honest I've no idea what it means just more obscure Getty stuff

Here's a link to the login page https://www.espaws.com/sign-in?returnUrl=/

Quote from: Sammy the Cat on January 15, 2017, 16:25

Quote from: littleny on January 15, 2017, 13:32

Quote from: Sammy the Cat on January 15, 2017, 09:53
According to Getty/iStock the ESP platform won't be available until February for photo/image contributors

what is ESP

To be honest I've no idea what it means just more obscure Getty stuff

Here's a link to the login page https://www.espaws.com/sign-in?returnUrl=/

Typical corporate speak letters and acronyms. ESP (Enterprise Submission Platform) I can translate this and the exciting news for contributors as more iStock B.S.

Quote from: littleny on January 15, 2017, 13:32

Quote from: Sammy the Cat on January 15, 2017, 09:53
According to Getty/iStock the ESP platform won't be available until February for photo/image contributors

what is ESP

ExtraShitPhotos

I'm wondering is it worth uploading now that the website have change and we can't see our sales neither our balance. Also Sales have drop drasticaly this janurary I've never seen this so bad before.

you said: "Found the site (espaws.com) but wasn't able to log in"

the espaws login and password is not the same as istockphoto.com or other web sites. so if you have an account on one, it does not create the account on espaws.com. you need to have a new account created. it is possible they will port your account over at some point in the future.

I wonder  what they gona do with my 38 dollar account balence.
They can pay or convert to the new system.
For now I've stopped uploading.
If they nothing to do with the account (and stole my $ 38), I consider to stop iStock.

I'am a small contributer (and have never a payout).

i'm uploading fine ok ESP, it's not perflctly working but it's still better than the old system....what is still unknow is our balance which is an unbelivable situation

Quote from: mojaric on January 17, 2017, 09:01
i'm uploading fine ok ESP, it's not perflctly working but it's still better than the old system....what is still unknow is our balance which is an unbelivable situation

Your balance isn't showing get on iS, but you can see it on Deep Metals.

Quote from: Chichikov on January 16, 2017, 16:54

Quote from: littleny on January 15, 2017, 13:32

Quote from: Sammy the Cat on January 15, 2017, 09:53
According to Getty/iStock the ESP platform won't be available until February for photo/image contributors

what is ESP

ExtraShitPhotos

I laughed so hard I almost peed my pants

Can't see what sold, can't see much but blue bars, DM doesn't update. Nice work Getty.

DM is updating balance in real time, and credit downloads (and editorial deactivations, their latest little shocker) when refreshed. However, it seems not to be recording views, which will be connected to the iS API changes.

Quote from: ShadySue on January 17, 2017, 18:53
DM is updating balance in real time, and credit downloads (and editorial deactivations, their latest little shocker) when refreshed. However, it seems not to be recording views, which will be connected with the iS API changes.

DM??

Quote from: photosis on January 17, 2017, 19:24

Quote from: ShadySue on January 17, 2017, 18:53
DM is updating balance in real time, and credit downloads (and editorial deactivations, their latest little shocker) when refreshed. However, it seems not to be recording views, which will be connected with the iS API changes.

DM??

DeepMeta

Thanks!
DeepMeta show the right account balance:
http://www.deepmeta.com/

Only in Januari, no sales

It looks like iStock and Getty get hated on pretty hard here... but doesn't anyone think this might be a change for the better?  A one month inconvenience and transition to ESP and they might just be creating a more user friendly interface.  Maybe I'm just hoping here...

Quote from: Tyson Anderson on January 17, 2017, 22:05
It looks like iStock and Getty get hated on pretty hard here... but doesn't anyone think this might be a change for the better?  A one month inconvenience and transition to ESP and they might just be creating a more user friendly interface.  Maybe I'm just hoping here...

Maybe¹, and clearly a lot of people on msg can't be bothered to go and look up the relevant information on their forum. but it's the lower prices for subs which concern me far more, given the near-disappearance of credit sales.

¹but the ESP experience hasn't been without hitches for the video contributers who have access to it already. I guess the Pollyanna view would be that they are the guinea pigs helping iron out the bugs

The apparently-poor technical ability of the iS/Getty team² is, sadly, notorious, so it would indeed be a great surprise if, even after the considerable push-back on the ETA, it arrives and works smoothly from the start.

²or any number and manner of factors adversely affecting their ability to function properly

But really, what's to love about iStock nowadays?

Quote from: Tyson Anderson on January 17, 2017, 22:05
It looks like iStock and Getty get hated on pretty hard here... but doesn't anyone think this might be a change for the better?  A one month inconvenience and transition to ESP and they might just be creating a more user friendly interface.  Maybe I'm just hoping here...

There shouldn't be a month of inconvenience (do you honestly believe this will be sorted in a month?).
What should happen, and what most major corporations do, is develop and thoroughly test a new system on a parallel virtual website and network and only when it's running smoothly with no bugs do you go live on the real website.
Getty's strategy is more a case of constantly throwing crap at the fan on the actual site to see what sticks.

As for deepmeta, if it's actually working for balance totals then I'm in deep trouble because it's been stuck on zero since December and I can't remember going this long without a credit sale.

Quote from: breamal73 on January 18, 2017, 11:38
As for deepmeta, if it's actually working for balance totals then I'm in deep trouble because it's been stuck on zero since December and I can't remember going this long without a credit sale.

It's working (to some extent*) for me and for several others. I haven't read of anyone saying it isn't working.

*You can double check in your stats graphs on your home page. I can see my (few) January sales there, in DM (can sort sales by last downloaded, triangle down), and by following the link on the iS forum to 'last downloads' (you don't see the date or value of licences, but if you know what sold last you can see when sales are added).

Quote from: ShadySue on January 18, 2017, 12:14

Quote from: breamal73 on January 18, 2017, 11:38
As for deepmeta, if it's actually working for balance totals then I'm in deep trouble because it's been stuck on zero since December and I can't remember going this long without a credit sale.

It's working (to some extent*) for me and for several others. I haven't read of anyone saying it isn't working.

*You can double check in your stats graphs on your home page. I can see my (few) January sales there, in DM (can sort sales by last downloaded, triangle down), and by following the link on the iS forum to 'last downloads' (you don't see the date of value of lilcences, but if you know what sold last you can see when sales are added).

Thanks for this useful tip. I've been using the iPhone app iStock Stats to check my balance but it hasn't budged since I started using it near the beginning of January. Given the moribund state of my tiny portfolio, it was entirely possible that there was nothing more to report, and checking my stats graph as you suggested confirmed this.  

If anyone else who's using this app could let me know if you're still getting updated balance info, I'd appreciate it.

This doesn't work for me. The data I obtain fron both sources does not show any activity beyond 21st December  (possible, but unlikely !!)