Quote from: Microstock Posts on September 29, 2019, 09:52

Quote from: Dirima on September 29, 2019, 08:13
After 4 years i am quitting Istock too. Constantly declining sales, insulting 15% and 0.00003$ sells. I should have quit much earlier.

The royalty percentage of 15% was there when you joined. They keep it that way because most contributors with large ports won't leave as the income makes it worthwhile to stay, and contributors with small ports who leave are outnumbered by new contributors joining.

And I stay because I'm greedy and willing to take the paltry amount made by the leftovers I weakly call "My Portfolio" 

I'm always waffling between three paths.
1) Close and forget about them
2) Upload until I have an even 1,000
3) Delete everything except what has had past sales. 

#3 means I'll have a fine collection of about 100 photos.

I just got my discontinuation confirmation from them. Curiously, it is the nicest, most politely worded message I've received from them since... well, just about ever. Now I'm going they seem to appreciate me (yes, I know, it's just a standard reply, but still..)

Quote from: pixel86 on September 27, 2019, 12:23

Quote from: JAFO on September 26, 2019, 12:30

Quote from: cathyslife on September 26, 2019, 02:10
Oh bummer, he left.

Red flags because you defend a forum bully and liar when we try to tell the truth to warn others. Why don't you take your own advices and ignore us?

https://www.discomusic.com/57-laurin-rinder

Let's see your list of accomplishments. Oh wait, you don't even use your real name.
Liar!

Somebody woke up grumpy, why are you attacking me?
El Coco, Laurin Rinder, Merria Ross, W. Michael Lewis, in 1973 were hired by the AVI Records label to play on some extended remixes geared for dance-club play. An american answer to the european electronic disco sound of Giorgio Moroder.

What does a hired disco drummer in 1973 have to do with photography. I wrote on what fake truths he puts here on forums.

I use to get about 400 dollars a month from iStock , now it is around 100 bucks a month. I will stay the course until it is zero. Something is better than nothing. No one else will send me 100 bucks for just sitting in my lazy chair. 

Quote from: JAFO on September 30, 2019, 20:59

Quote from: pixel86 on September 27, 2019, 12:23

Quote from: JAFO on September 26, 2019, 12:30

Quote from: cathyslife on September 26, 2019, 02:10
Oh bummer, he left.

Red flags because you defend a forum bully and liar when we try to tell the truth to warn others. Why don't you take your own advices and ignore us?

https://www.discomusic.com/57-laurin-rinder

Let's see your list of accomplishments. Oh wait, you don't even use your real name.
Liar!

Somebody woke up grumpy, why are you attacking me?
El Coco, Laurin Rinder, Merria Ross, W. Michael Lewis, in 1973 were hired by the AVI Records label to play on some extended remixes geared for dance-club play. An american answer to the european electronic disco sound of Giorgio Moroder.

What does a hired disco drummer in 1973 have to do with photography. I wrote on what fake truths he puts here on forums.

Fake for sure, it was 1977.

Quote from: pixel86 on September 27, 2019, 12:31

Quote from: farbled on September 26, 2019, 00:01

Quote from: cathyslife on September 25, 2019, 22:24
I have noticed a few people here just love busting his balls. 🙄

Kinda makes you wonder why after a while, doesn't it?

Lots of big male egos here, that's why. 

Laurin is your mentor which means you are ignorant to follow crap and lies. What if I'm not a male, you are more stupid. You get last word, feel the roar.

Quote from: JAFO on October 01, 2019, 02:45

Quote from: pixel86 on September 27, 2019, 12:31

Quote from: farbled on September 26, 2019, 00:01

Quote from: cathyslife on September 25, 2019, 22:24
I have noticed a few people here just love busting his balls. 🙄

Kinda makes you wonder why after a while, doesn't it?

Lots of big male egos here, that's why. 

Laurin is your mentor which means you are ignorant to follow crap and lies. What if I'm not a male, you are more stupid. You get last word, feel the roar.

LOL. Sure sounds like a male ego.

Quote from: mj007 on September 30, 2019, 21:30
I use to get about 400 dollars a month from iStock , now it is around 100 bucks a month. I will stay the course until it is zero. Something is better than nothing. No one else will send me 100 bucks for just sitting in my lazy chair.

that's how I thought too months ago. But seeing sales rising on other microstock place, beeing paid more, having live stats, not having payment hold for a month, no refund...etc. Istock is the worst place to sell my work even if I have 100$ a month. They made too much %$ for themselves with our work. It 's like selling your 20 000$ car for 5000$ saying it's better than nothing. My work is worth more respect than istock gives. And I'm sure anybody else work too. Every artist work, deserves better than istock. But I understand your point. Only I decided to target above.

Quote from: Jens G on September 20, 2019, 12:43
I have also just opened a support ticket to close my account.
I have hesitated to do it for a long time, but all these refunds was the last drop.

I have received payment this month, even though is was less than $100. And it looks like my files are gone from istockphoto. That was a lot faster than I expected 

Quote from: Jens G on October 25, 2019, 09:42

Quote from: Jens G on September 20, 2019, 12:43
I have also just opened a support ticket to close my account.
I have hesitated to do it for a long time, but all these refunds was the last drop.

I have received payment this month, even though is was less than $100. And it looks like my files are gone from istockphoto. That was a lot faster than I expected 

Just bear in mind that you will continue to get sales recorded by iStock for probably the next 6 months.

Its what happened when I closed my account in March 2017

Quote from: Sammy the Cat on October 25, 2019, 13:04

Quote from: Jens G on October 25, 2019, 09:42

Quote from: Jens G on September 20, 2019, 12:43
I have also just opened a support ticket to close my account.
I have hesitated to do it for a long time, but all these refunds was the last drop.

I have received payment this month, even though is was less than $100. And it looks like my files are gone from istockphoto. That was a lot faster than I expected 

Just bear in mind that you will continue to get sales recorded by iStock for probably the next 6 months.

Its what happened when I closed my account in March 2017

OK. I will just have to wait and see if the same happens for me.

Was their contributor till 2017 then dropped them. Returned in the end of 2018.
Currently i get about 40-50$ a month from almost 10.000 files. Pathetic.
Stopped uploading 4 month ago. Not going to delete just keep my best stuff for SS and Fotolia.
Hope they will collapse in a while. Why?

1. very low royalties
2. atrocious submitting and keywording system
3. too old to change anything
4. they already earned what they want (of course with our help)


Value your work! Don't upload to greedy *insult removed*!

Quote from: spacedrone808 on October 25, 2019, 20:27
Was their contributor till 2017 then dropped them. Returned in the end of 2018.
Currently i get about 40-50$ a month from almost 10.000 files.

I'm amazed you can put 10,000 images through their laborious submitting and keywording system in such a short time.

Quote from: Microstock Posts on October 25, 2019, 23:19

Quote from: spacedrone808 on October 25, 2019, 20:27
Was their contributor till 2017 then dropped them. Returned in the end of 2018.
Currently i get about 40-50$ a month from almost 10.000 files.

I'm amazed you can put 10,000 images through their laborious submitting and keywording system in such a short time.

I used automatics and scripts to simplify the work.
But really this stock not deserves to upload to it.
Stay away.

Hi! New and naive here.
I'm in iStock statistics of newly joined contributors (since beginning of the year). And of fast quit ones too (today). No big deal, I never had too many photos in there to begin with. As the uploading system is a complete nightmare I'm not even sure if my files were uploaded all the way. Kinda yes or maybe?
I take photos of normal everyday stuff but some of my keywords bring only a handful photos even in such a saturated place as Shutterstock where I'm a happy bunny. So if somebody wants them they better go to an agency that pays me my peanuts not just the shells.

aaaw how cute, rinder fanboys, lol, amazes me how many gullible people still fall for this 100yr old senior photographer making 50k per shoot yet still complaining about stocksites making 25 cents , cant make it up bwhahahaaaaa

Quote from: Microstockphoto on February 02, 2020, 21:32
aaaw how cute, rinder fanboys, lol, amazes me how many gullible people still fall for this 100yr old senior photographer making 50k per shoot yet still complaining about stocksites making 25 cents , cant make it up bwhahahaaaaa

Unbelievable you really dig up a 3 month old thread about quitting istock just to throw insults about Larin Rinder?

Just grow up 

Why don't you do mmt for gettyimages

Quote from: [email protected] on February 03, 2020, 11:28
Why don't you do mmt for gettyimages

And your previous posts read like a bot.

What are you asking?

not much digging happened  just logged in and posted a comment on a thread in my list of threads

but a robot talking about bots is funny 

Quote from: Microstockphoto on February 04, 2020, 20:28
not much digging happened  just logged in and posted a comment on a thread in my list of threads

but a robot talking about bots is funny 

I think gettyimmages has higher income

After several years today i took a look to the sales (never did, my fault) and just see videos for 0.0005, photos for less than that.....
This is completely unaceeptable.... I'm closing my account too...

I wonder how people is still uploading content to Istock, I didn't continue uploading my images there, because I got $ 0,002 in some sales, worst than Shutterstock.



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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.

Hello,

Quote from: pixsol on July 07, 2020, 07:00
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.

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.