Never seen this garbage before (as per the graph). ETA second attachment shows what is the net payout. Can't quite make sense of some of the other data readings in my statement but will have look at it later. The industry feels like it's going from bad to worse. Glad I'm shifting my focus to other platforms.   

Can't complain, by far the best January on Istock.

Quote from: Pacesetter on February 19, 2026, 18:32
Never seen this garbage before (as per the graph). ETA second attachment shows what is the net payout. Can't quite make sense of some of the other data readings in my statement but will have look at it later. The industry feels like it's going from bad to worse. Glad I'm shifting my focus to other platforms.   

I don't have anything like this for January 2026, but refunds have occurred previously. My lifetime iStock refund rate is around 0.8% of total earnings.

You can find more refund details on the updated and improved DeepMeta site, which is excellent now that they've incorporated stats similar to what todayis20 used to offer:

https://deepmeta.creativ.zone/contribute/sales

Order the list by royalty (ascending), and refunds will appear on top, marked in red.

Quote from: Zero Talent on February 19, 2026, 19:52

Quote from: Pacesetter on February 19, 2026, 18:32
Never seen this garbage before (as per the graph). ETA second attachment shows what is the net payout. Can't quite make sense of some of the other data readings in my statement but will have look at it later. The industry feels like it's going from bad to worse. Glad I'm shifting my focus to other platforms.   

I don't have anything like this for January 2026, but refunds have occurred previously. My lifetime iStock refund rate is around 0.8% of total earnings.

You can find more refund details on the updated and improved DeepMeta site, which is excellent now that they've incorporated stats similar to what todayis20 used to offer:

https://deepmeta.creativ.zone/contribute/sales

Order the list by royalty (ascending), and refunds will appear on top, marked in red.

Thanks for that, I was able to place the statement in there and see the 2x clips with commissions of $33.19 each and another for $3.84. I've probably been quite fortunate to date as I don't recall seeing any refunds - at least not big enough for me to notice. Refunds for clips at $33 is pretty big but hopefully won't be too often

Interesting. Thank you for sharing. I will have to take a look at mine.