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I QUIT iSTOCK
Jens G:
--- Quote from: JustAnImage on July 07, 2020, 06:42 ---Hello,
--- Quote from: pixsol on July 07, 2020, 01:00 ---Hi - Has anyone quit iStock in the recent times? I understand from this thread (started a year ago) that iStock would pay any remaining earnings in the account even if it is less than 100 USD. Could anyone please confirm? Thanks.
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I quit my IStock/Getty in October 2019 an got my little dollars without any problems (payout was not reached).
They also payed me sales which occured after my account cancellation im may 2020 (without asking them), beause the deletion of all files can take up to 6 months.
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I quit in September 2019, and also still get a little from time to time. And they make payout every month, if there has been any income. The lowest pauout I had was $0.05 :)
In May there was even a $0.18 refund, because a sold file was changed to a cheaper subscription. Luckily for me there was enough from Connect to cover the refund.
alexandersr:
--- Quote from: pixsol on July 08, 2020, 01:56 ---
--- Quote from: alexandersr on July 07, 2020, 10:47 ---
--- Quote from: BaldricksTrousers on September 20, 2019, 03:42 ---I've done it. After 15 years and six months I finally gave them the boot.
I hung in there so long because they were my first agency and taught me a lot, so I didn't like to part from them. Also, I felt that having put the effort into uploading the files, I might as well let them earn as much as possible. However, all the bizarre deals they have that seem to let my files go for fractions of a cent etc etc, and now the backdated refunds, leave me wondering whether I'm not giving away some stuff that people would pay for at other sites. Some of my work is sufficiently different for it not to be easily substituted by somebody else's - not a lot of it, maybe, but some.
With the latest earnings down to less than $30 this month (for about 6,000 files, I made more than $10 in my first month with just a few dozen shots) it's not a major loss. Maybe it will lead to an uptick in sales as Shutterstock to compensate.
For those wondering what happens to the balance of earnings that iStock holds, it seems they will be paid eventually. The form for terminating the agreement states:
I confirm that I want to have any outstanding royalties issued on the time specified by my Agreement (most standard agreements specify any outstanding balance is to be issued within 90 days of your request to close your account)
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How did you do it? I want to quit too! I have there about $70.
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alexandersr - Please check page 1 in this thread for « Reply #10 on: September 20, 2019, 07:03 ». It is a reply from BaldricksTrousers, stating what needs to be done.
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Thanks!
pixsol:
--- Quote from: Jens G on July 08, 2020, 08:29 ---
--- Quote from: JustAnImage on July 07, 2020, 06:42 ---Hello,
--- Quote from: pixsol on July 07, 2020, 01:00 ---Hi - Has anyone quit iStock in the recent times? I understand from this thread (started a year ago) that iStock would pay any remaining earnings in the account even if it is less than 100 USD. Could anyone please confirm? Thanks.
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I quit my IStock/Getty in October 2019 an got my little dollars without any problems (payout was not reached).
They also payed me sales which occured after my account cancellation im may 2020 (without asking them), beause the deletion of all files can take up to 6 months.
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I quit in September 2019, and also still get a little from time to time. And they make payout every month, if there has been any income. The lowest pauout I had was $0.05 :)
In May there was even a $0.18 refund, because a sold file was changed to a cheaper subscription. Luckily for me there was enough from Connect to cover the refund.
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Thanks Jens G :)
robsters:
Has anyone had any experience of there videos being deleted after they have been reviewed and approved? says asset missing...the most concerning thing is it seems to be the videos that being downloaded or viewed the most...
tätarätä:
--- Quote from: robsters on July 14, 2020, 07:01 ---Has anyone had any experience of there videos being deleted after they have been reviewed and approved? says asset missing...the most concerning thing is it seems to be the videos that being downloaded or viewed the most...
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Don't worry be happy ;-)
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