Author Topic: Agency Collection Now Showing up on IStock (Read 50175 times)

loop · « **Reply #75 on:** September 16, 2010, 03:17 »

It's obvious macro shooters are some steps behind.

gbalex · « **Reply #76 on:** September 16, 2010, 03:59 »

Quote from: vlad_the_imp on September 16, 2010, 01:18

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1. Apologies for this maelstrom.

2. At this very moment & due to a technical glitch, both accepted and rejected files are showing up as active files in Agency.

3. Until this glitch is addressed and fixed, all ingestion into Agency has been paused.

Thank you so very much for your understanding.

A quote from iStock admin. They couldn't make this more of a PR disaster if they tried.

Does anyone actually believe this?

They are temporarily putting the brakes on the deluge to begin damage control that is all, it is clear there is no review process.

traveler1116 · « **Reply #77 on:** September 16, 2010, 04:00 »

http://www.fstopimages.com/collections/showimage.php?id=9320&c=init

This is the link to the famous german toilet shot being sold on another website other than getty/istock.

TheSmilingAssassin · « **Reply #78 on:** September 16, 2010, 05:02 »

I said from the beginning that istock was nothing special and everyone jumped down my throat.
I said from the beginning that istock was nuts and everyone jumped down my throat.
I said from the beginning that istock was on it's way out and everyone jumped down my throat.
I said from the beginning that istock spawned as much crap in the mix as any other photo stock agency and everyone jumped down my throat.

Now have a look at you all! I have to admit, the 180 turnaround has been very entertaining but I do feel you guys especially exclusives.

acv · « **Reply #79 on:** September 16, 2010, 05:05 »

Epic fall!

What is next is going to happen in this never ending nightmare?

Freezingpictures · « **Reply #80 on:** September 16, 2010, 05:35 »

Quote from: pseudonymous on September 16, 2010, 05:02

I said from the beginning that istock was nothing special and everyone jumped down my throat.
I said from the beginning that istock was nuts and everyone jumped down my throat.
I said from the beginning that istock was on it's way out and everyone jumped down my throat.
I said from the beginning that istock spawned as much crap in the mix as any other photo stock agency and everyone jumped down my throat.

Now have a look at you all! I have to admit, the 180 turnaround has been very entertaining but I do feel you guys especially exclusives.

pseudonymous, formally known as sunnymars

In the beginning iStock was special

sharpshot · « **Reply #81 on:** September 16, 2010, 05:54 »

To go from nothing to a company worth $50 million is special. It looks like the mistake they made was selling to Getty but I am sure all of us would of done the same for that money. This isn't really istock anymore, its just Getty and their owners trying to make as much money as possible.

TheSmilingAssassin · « **Reply #82 on:** September 16, 2010, 05:57 »

Quote from: Freezingpictures on September 16, 2010, 05:35

Quote from: pseudonymous on September 16, 2010, 05:02
I said from the beginning that istock was nothing special and everyone jumped down my throat.
I said from the beginning that istock was nuts and everyone jumped down my throat.
I said from the beginning that istock was on it's way out and everyone jumped down my throat.
I said from the beginning that istock spawned as much crap in the mix as any other photo stock agency and everyone jumped down my throat.

Now have a look at you all! I have to admit, the 180 turnaround has been very entertaining but I do feel you guys especially exclusives.

In the beginning iStock was special

I didn't say that years ago, I said that in May and repeated it a couple of weeks before the sh1tstorm. So realy the only difference between them being 'special' and them being as pitiful as they are is your lowered commissions.

Realistically, they've been on a downward trend for a while now and every loyal istocker had their blinkers on and refused to see what was happening around them. It's really unfortunate because it was your loyalty that lead them to shaft you in the end.

gostwyck · « **Reply #83 on:** September 16, 2010, 06:06 »

Quote from: pseudonymous on September 16, 2010, 05:57

It's really unfortunate because it was your loyalty that lead them to shaft you in the end.

That's about it. It was the exclusivity programme that gave Istock the power ... and it'll only be when exclusives leave in droves that it will reduce.

ichiro17 · « **Reply #84 on:** September 16, 2010, 07:40 »

Quote from: PaulieWalnuts on September 15, 2010, 22:23

Quote from: sjlocke on September 15, 2010, 22:08
Quote from: PaulieWalnuts on September 15, 2010, 22:04
No offense to the photographers who took the images but I don't understand how these images will sell for top dollar on a site already stuffed with cheaper images. Why would a buyer not just look for a cheaper version?

Why no offense? Please, offend.

Wow, I may decide to offend after reading this post by Derick Rhodes. It's from 2007 but arrogance usually doesn't change over time.

http://www.abouttheimage.com/2811/editorial_microstock_in_context/author7

Derrick Rhodes is a dumbass. I will offend him until I see more crap from other 'talented' photographers

click_click · « **Reply #85 on:** September 16, 2010, 08:11 »

This collection appears to me, being the RF counterpart of the RM Flickr Collection on Getty.

Now the buyers have the choice of buying "premium" images as RF AND RM which they could shoot themselves.

I bet there is a market for that and if not, buyers will see the much more fantastic images in the Vetta, exlcusive(+) and regular collection and will happily buy more images (at a lower price) from there instead of the former premium site where they used to buy.

With all this crying and moaning from iStock's side about sustainability and the future of iStock it sounds like that Getty is about to be buried in 10 years while iStock will emerge as a big image discounter (offering RM images in 2015).

FD · « **Reply #86 on:** September 16, 2010, 08:48 »

Quote from: ichiro17 on September 16, 2010, 07:40

Derrick Rhodes is a dumbass. I will offend him until I see more crap from other 'talented' photographers

I had a short look at Fstop.
"Snapshot in a jam with blown out sky"
http://www.fstopimages.com/collections/showimage.php?id=10612&c=init
It's yours for only 700$.

Suddenly, I feel very pity for all those great iStock exclusives.

Blufish · « **Reply #87 on:** September 16, 2010, 08:51 »

I have too say that after seeing this "collection", I feel a hell of a lot better about my own work. I may be new, but seriously, my 10 year takes better stuff.

NancyCWalker · « **Reply #88 on:** September 16, 2010, 09:00 »

They will have to change the terms of exclusivity. Fstop is selling his RF work via Getty and his own website while also being listed as 'Excluisve' on IS. I can't see how they can allow him to do both without opening it up for other exclusives to sell elsewhere as well.

http://www.istockphoto.com/user_view.php?id=6549575

rubyroo · « **Reply #89 on:** September 16, 2010, 09:00 »

Quote from: Blufish on September 16, 2010, 08:51

I have too say that after seeing this "collection", I feel a hell of a lot better about my own work. I may be new, but seriously, my 10 year takes better stuff.

Yes me too. I'd like to personally thank the microstock agencies for setting the bar high and forcing us to attain it, and to thank iStock for showing us how low the bar was before.

Now we have even more reason to be paid what we're worth!!

ichiro17 · « **Reply #90 on:** September 16, 2010, 09:03 »

Quote from: FD-regular on September 16, 2010, 08:48

Quote from: ichiro17 on September 16, 2010, 07:40
Derrick Rhodes is a dumbass. I will offend him until I see more crap from other 'talented' photographers

I had a short look at Fstop.
"Snapshot in a jam with blown out sky"
http://www.fstopimages.com/collections/showimage.php?id=10612&c=init
It's yours for only 700$.

Suddenly, I feel very pity for all those great iStock exclusives.

Why would anyone pay for that piece of crap. My point and shoot has better dynamic range

anonymous · « **Reply #91 on:** September 16, 2010, 09:10 »

Shetta Collection....

helix7 · « **Reply #92 on:** September 16, 2010, 09:11 »

Quote from: ichiro17 on September 16, 2010, 09:03

Quote from: FD-regular on September 16, 2010, 08:48
Quote from: ichiro17 on September 16, 2010, 07:40
Derrick Rhodes is a dumbass. I will offend him until I see more crap from other 'talented' photographers

I had a short look at Fstop.
"Snapshot in a jam with blown out sky"
http://www.fstopimages.com/collections/showimage.php?id=10612&c=init
It's yours for only 700$.

Suddenly, I feel very pity for all those great iStock exclusives.

Why would anyone pay for that piece of crap. My point and shoot has better dynamic range

I'm not defending the image, but just for accuracy, that price is for a CD. The single image price is $425 high res, $325 medium res, $49 web res. Which of course is still ridiculously overpriced.

lisafx · « **Reply #93 on:** September 16, 2010, 09:14 »

What a complete disaster! Isn't this the kind of crap that should be populating Thinkstock, rather than cluttering up Istock?

Can you imagine the reaction of buyers when they come to Istock and see this stuff cluttering up the searches?

Istock is self-destructing before our eyes. Or more accurately being murdered.

I feel bad for the exclusives. I can imagine how devastating this is for them. If it wasn't clear before that the familiar team in Calgary is no longer in charge, it certainly is now.

click_click · « **Reply #94 on:** September 16, 2010, 09:36 »

Looks like Istock's been taken over by Zombies...

Red Dove · « **Reply #95 on:** September 16, 2010, 09:44 »

What a tremendous cock-up. Competitors must be doing cartwheels down the office hallway and giving each other
high-fives on their way to the coffee machine.

I feel for the contributors who built iStock up from the ground. And those who put the hard work and creativity into building the Vetta collection.

In most organisations, the announcements/events of these past days would result in disciplinary action at best or blood on the carpet at worst.

dgilder · « **Reply #96 on:** September 16, 2010, 09:50 »

The thing I really just can't get my head around is why they would tie this crap to vetta in the search engine, you can't disable agency without also removing Vetta. That is mind boggling, that is equating some of this stuff to Vetta, and we all know how good the Vetta collection really is. Buyers will have to turn both off just to find what they need and can afford, and any exclusive banking on vetta to meet their credit quotas are in deep crap.

Eireann · « **Reply #97 on:** September 16, 2010, 10:26 »

This is not about the Agency or even about their latest royalty changes.
This is about IStock disintegrating right before our eyes.
Everything is spinning out of control - forums, trust, standards, inspections, collections, rules and agreements.
IStock admins - deleting posts and locking / deleting threads is not going to work anymore. This is out of control and is not going away.
Your best move would probably be to get someone from IStock (someone trusted by contributors) to open a new thread and start a dialogue. A real dialogue, questions, answers, facts.
You need to do it fast.
The longer you avoid it, the more damage.

Blufish · « **Reply #98 on:** September 16, 2010, 10:30 »

I'm surprised ( I know, who am I kidding?) that there has been no address by the head hooha's this morning on the fiasco of this agency collection.

gostwyck · « **Reply #99 on:** September 16, 2010, 10:35 »

Istock site is down for me now. Maybe they're trying to re-set things after their little glitch?

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Author Topic: Agency Collection Now Showing up on IStock (Read 50175 times)

loop

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click_click

FD

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lisafx

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