April is probably the month when we all started feeling the results of Covid19

Horrendous, and rpd down to $1, which isn't exactly motivating. (no covid content). First time in many years I haven't reached payout, including years when you could get payout each week in which you earned $100.

When I saw my earnings, my first reaction ws "Holy Mother of God, that's horrible."

Time has not healed that wound.

This is my worst month in more than two years, and I even  had some COVID-19 related sales.

not good, but I haven't seen that in the other agencies

Way bad.. I was expecting to be down, but so much?
Nearly 50% down here.

almost 50% lower then last year

If this continues to fall like that I will have to remove my portfolio from there.

I can stand selling for low 0.02 as long as overall earnings are great, but if total monthly earnings fall down any more then there is no reason to sell for 0.02 anymore

It is a significant dip indeed but not so much so that would inspire one to exit the agency. April data is everywhere same. On other platform Youtube, During April, I got 35% more views and 35% lesser pay than March. Yes, Payout is not a problem there. Now, for this month of May, if you take any indicators from numbers, the CPM value has increased and Per 1000 views pay is getting better. This all indicates that world is returning to work, advertisers are coming back, film and creative industry is getting back to production. May data looks better than April. On Microstock sites too, the sentiments are same. May looks better than April.

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Does IStock rely on newspapers to self report their use of IStock images?

I've never heard of it, if so.  (Alamy does)
If a newspaper is using an image for which you have no sales, and you are exclusive to iS, take out a ticket to report your concern.

Quote from: 08stock08 on May 20, 2020, 03:56

It is a significant dip indeed but not so much so that would inspire one to exit the agency. April data is everywhere same. On other platform Youtube, During April, I got 35% more views and 35% lesser pay than March. Yes, Payout is not a problem there. Now, for this month of May, if you take any indicators from numbers, the CPM value has increased and Per 1000 views pay is getting better. This all indicates that world is returning to work, advertisers are coming back, film and creative industry is getting back to production. May data looks better than April. On Microstock sites too, the sentiments are same. May looks better than April.

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Sent you PM with link to channel.

ShadySue
Thanks

Oh, but I've just remembered there can be quite a delay in reporting the sale to you, particularly if the image was sold via Getty, even indie pics can be sold via the Getty Connect scheme. So there's supposed to be a time which has to lapse before you take out a ticket. I'm looking for that info, but haven't found it yet.

Oh, but I've just remembered there can be quite a delay in reporting the sale to you, particularly if the image was sold via Getty, even indie pics can be sold via the Getty Connect scheme. So there's supposed to be a time which has to lapse before you take out a ticket. I'm looking for that info, but haven't found it yet.

Nobody really seems to know what Connect is allabout. As far as I understood, it's a pay-per-view system, and you need thousands of views in order to reach the 2$c payout threshold. So if your image ends up on let's say Pinterest, getting a few hunderd views per month, you'll get nothing and Getty gets just a little bit next to nothing? For contributors - at least this is how I understood it - the counters are reset per month per image, for Getty/iStock, they keep on rolling for all of the images across the years? In many cases, the pennies are for Getty, and the contributor gets zero. If your image is on a roll somewhere, but gets a reset due to the end of the month, you still might get nothing, or less than you should have gotten. There's also no detailed reporting, at least not for 2020, they just report your income, and for 2019 you get a gibberish text file with also barely any info.

No matter how you look at it, it feels like a true ripoff, and there's no way to opt-out.

That said, I do see income from Connect, although it's not much, and probably less than I would have gotten if I uploaded the image to e.g. pixabay and rely on donations.

BME thanks to one old photo they all thought was covid related.

Quote from: ShadySue on May 20, 2020, 17:39

Oh, but I've just remembered there can be quite a delay in reporting the sale to you, particularly if the image was sold via Getty, even indie pics can be sold via the Getty Connect scheme. So there's supposed to be a time which has to lapse before you take out a ticket. I'm looking for that info, but haven't found it yet.

Nobody really seems to know what Connect is allabout. As far as I understood, it's a pay-per-view system, and you need thousands of views in order to reach the 2$c payout threshold. So if your image ends up on let's say Pinterest, getting a few hunderd views per month, you'll get nothing and Getty gets just a little bit next to nothing? For contributors - at least this is how I understood it - the counters are reset per month per image, for Getty/iStock, they keep on rolling for all of the images across the years? In many cases, the pennies are for Getty, and the contributor gets zero. If your image is on a roll somewhere, but gets a reset due to the end of the month, you still might get nothing, or less than you should have gotten. There's also no detailed reporting, at least not for 2020, they just report your income, and for 2019 you get a gibberish text file with also barely any info.

No matter how you look at it, it feels like a true ripoff, and there's no way to opt-out.

That said, I do see income from Connect, although it's not much, and probably less than I would have gotten if I uploaded the image to e.g. pixabay and rely on donations.

Yes, I got muddled. What I should have said was the scheme which I think is now called Getty 360, formerly Getty Plus, whereby a particular group of buyers gets access to all Getty and iStock files seamlessly, and that includes indie files. I think that is one of several ways (and increasing) in which they can pay exclusives only 20%, by claiming it was a Getty sale, not iStock, but they still pay indies 15%.

And yes, the Connect scheme is yet another way for Getty to aggregate tiny amounts over a long time, while only paying us a pittance if our share of the earnings reaches 1c in a calendar month.