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Agency Based Discussion => iStockPhoto.com => Topic started by: Gutierrez on December 20, 2010, 16:51
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Anybody know what this is all about? Is this the big announcement that's supposed to be coming for vectors?
http://www.istockvector.com/ (http://www.istockvector.com/)
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80%!!!! Nope, ain't Istock! But I can smell a lawsuit in the air over the name. ;D
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Yea the 80% is a dead giveaway that it's not affiliated with IS or Getty. ;)
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It's Bizarro iStock! ;D
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Must have been started by young kids. Sell-UR-vectors? Don't they teach spelling anymore? Sure, I know, I sound like an old fogey and it's the hip way to spell nowadays. To me it just looks ignorant. Like they want you to text UR files over to them??? ::)
(Before you all go getting your panties all in a wad...I own a Droid and text all the time. Sure it's convenient when you're typing on a teeny-tiny keyboard...everything helps. But I wouldn't use it in a business setting unless I wanted teens to be doing business with me.) Reminds me...play poker with some other couples every month...one is a teacher. She says her students turn in their term papers using text-speak. ::)
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Is there a way to tell who owns the site?
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I hope they don't move us to a different URL, that would be even more tragic than all the changes at iStock this since September. That being said, I'm afraid to hear what the big announcement for the vector artists will be.
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I hope they don't move us to a different URL, that would be even more tragic than all the changes at iStock this since September. That being said, I'm afraid to hear what the big announcement for the vector artists will be.
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Editorial vectors? ;D
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I hope they don't move us to a different URL, that would be even more tragic than all the changes at iStock this since September. That being said, I'm afraid to hear what the big announcement for the vector artists will be.
The longer they wait, the bigger it will have to be to avoid major disappointment and more resentment.
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Well, I certainly wouldn't trust them to manage my files, if I were ever to contribute. Foolishly using the 'istock' name doesn't give me much confidence that they have much business acumen.
What does surprise me though, is that iStock never thought to buy that domain.
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Well, I certainly wouldn't trust them to manage my files, if I were ever to contribute. Foolishly using the 'istock' name doesn't give me much confidence that they have much business acumen.
What does surprise me though, is that iStock never thought to buy that domain.
Good point.
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...What does surprise me though, is that iStock never thought to buy that domain.
I don't think it's all that valuable to istock. At least it wasn't back in 2005 when the domain was registered. Even today, I don't see much value in it for the company. iStock pretty much markets vectors as "illustrations", not "vectors". Vector is more of the technical name used by contributors. Buyers are looking for illustrations. istockillustration.com would make more sense than istockvector.com.
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...What does surprise me though, is that iStock never thought to buy that domain.
I don't think it's all that valuable to istock. At least it wasn't back in 2005 when the domain was registered. Even today, I don't see much value in it for the company. iStock pretty much markets vectors as "illustrations", not "vectors". Vector is more of the technical name used by contributors. Buyers are looking for illustrations. istockillustration.com would make more sense than istockvector.com.
But companies don't always buy up names to use them...sometimes they buy them up to keep other people, like this person, from using them. But I am certain they didn't have the foresight for that.
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Is there a way to tell who owns the site?
Sometimes.
All I can find is:
Domain Name: istockvector.com
Registrar: GODADDY.COM, INC.
Whois Server: whois.godaddy.com
Referral URL: http://registrar.godaddy.com (http://registrar.godaddy.com)
Status: clientDeleteProhibited, clientRenewProhibited, clientTransferProhibited, clientUpdateProhibited
Expiration Date: 2011-12-01
Creation Date: 2005-12-01
Last Update Date: 2010-10-05
ISTOCKVECTOR.COM SITE INFORMATION
IP: 182.50.134.128
Website Status: active
Server Type: Microsoft-IIS/7.0
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I check the whois through GoDaddy and it was registered through DomainsByProxy, so we'll never know
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I check the whois through GoDaddy and it was registered through DomainsByProxy, so we'll never know
Maybe I'll email them ...
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What's next step? iStockVector brings you "Vendetta Collection"? ::)
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I check the whois through GoDaddy and it was registered through DomainsByProxy, so we'll never know
Maybe I'll email them ...
Unless you are one of iStock's lawyers with a good case, which is questionable, they'd be in major trouble if they told you, I suspect.
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What's next step? iStockVector brings you "Vendetta Collection"? ::)
hahahahaha! ;D
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What's next step? iStockVector brings you "Vendetta Collection"? ::)
hahahahaha! ;D
That actually made me laugh out loud :D
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What's next step? iStockVector brings you "Vendetta Collection"? ::)
hahahahaha! ;D
That actually made me laugh out loud :D
Me, too! Very funny stuff.
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I check the whois through GoDaddy and it was registered through DomainsByProxy, so we'll never know
Maybe I'll email them ...
Here's the mailto, go for it.
[email protected]