March statements are online.

And the yearly connect "bonus" (or whatever we should call it) is included.

Quote from: Roscoe on April 19, 2023, 19:06
And the yearly connect "bonus" (or whatever we should call it) is included.

What's the bonus?

March is great for me. More than any month in 2022 and 2023.

low rpd (98c); worst March since 2007.c50% of March 2022.

Good month.

Another BME for iStock... which exceeded the last BME by 52%. This is what happens when you video count goes from barely 100 to over 980 (soon to pass 1000) over the last 18 months of uploading. RPD was $2.91 for images and video combined. iStock is at the top of the main four agencies for the current month so far - albeit brought forward from March.   

18 dollars. Must be one of the lowest months ever since I started in 2005.

Let us see if uploading helps.

Downloads below average. RPD = $0,99 = above average.

Not too good, but slightly better than last month.

Quote from: Roscoe on April 19, 2023, 19:06
And the yearly connect "bonus" (or whatever we should call it) is included.

Whatever is a word that would probably be censored?  1114 credits, which after searching the actual details in the long form, I made just a few cents over $5 for those. 1109 are so low that they show as $0.000 but they are actually 15% of 3 cents, or $0.0045

Not only that, it looks like someone pretty much downloaded every image in my collection on IS. I can't explain why, but, makes me wonder if someone listed as California is using them for AI training?

But I'll be positive and say, I'm $15 from a fine bottle of single malt. Last year it was a cask strength Highland Park #2  🥃

Quote from: Uncle Pete on April 20, 2023, 18:32
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Not only that, it looks like someone pretty much downloaded every image in my collection on IS. I can't explain why, but, makes me wonder if someone listed as California is using them for AI training?

That's happened  for the last couple ofyears at least, and I strongly suspect AI training.
e.g.
https://petapixel.com/2022/03/22/getty-images-launches-first-model-release-that-covers-ai-and-biometrics
and
https://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/2023/03/21/generative-ai-getty-images] [url]https://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/2023/03/21/generative-ai-getty-images[/url]
and even:
https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/api

Wasn't that for uses on pinterest or similar?

Your image gets pinned around, but the customer never gets the original large file. Just a link that can be used and if you click on the image it takes the viewers back to getty/istock and is available for sale.

Obviously there is a huge volume of these pins, but it is more like a paid advertising revenue, not a normal sale.

Quote from: ShadySue on April 22, 2023, 00:50

Quote from: Uncle Pete on April 20, 2023, 18:32
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Not only that, it looks like someone pretty much downloaded every image in my collection on IS. I can't explain why, but, makes me wonder if someone listed as California is using them for AI training?

That's happened  for the last couple ofyears at least, and I strongly suspect AI training.
e.g.
https://petapixel.com/2022/03/22/getty-images-launches-first-model-release-that-covers-ai-and-biometrics
and
[url=https://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/2023/03/21/generative-ai-getty-images]https://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/2023/03/21/generative-ai-getty-images] [url]https://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/2023/03/21/generative-ai-getty-images]https://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/2023/03/21/generative-ai-getty-images]https://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/2023/03/21/generative-ai-getty-images] [url]https://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/2023/03/21/generative-ai-getty-images[/url]
and even:
https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/api

I suspect you are correct. Who would want my collection, all 1,053 some of it I admit is filler and total Crapstock = every image, one time... California. The payment was  $0.0045 for each of those.

connect sales, pay per view

Quote from: MxR on April 24, 2023, 10:20
connect sales, pay per view

That's what they say. Why would someone want to look at every one of my images, one time? It's not like they looked at 100 different images, 10 times, but every image, at least one time and the same location is documented as the viewer. I think the AI training makes sense and it cost them $0.0045¢ per view. That along with the others that are who knows what, I got $5 for that event.

Or in other words and I'm assuming it's AI training, and at 15%, the company is making $25 per thousand?