I've got one on the 1st, on one the 17th and one on the 29th.

nothing yet for me, but I think I have about 5 editorial images in total (grumble about captioning later)

The istock PP is like watching some sort of comedy skit. After all this time, you would think they could figure it out.

http://www.istockphoto.com/forum_messages.php?threadid=360950&page=1

I tought PP was coming yesterday or this morning ... but it's not ! Am I surprised ?
I'm waiting for PP AND the new subscriptions that they sayd mid-month ... Lobo said he will let everyone know as soon as royalty payments for Image Subscriptions are ready to begin.

That's now what we want, we want to know WHEN it gonna happens !!! I think its normal to wonder when we get paid.
It's the same as your boss tell you ; I'll let you know when your pay is ready ... I'll respond ; WHEN my pay is gonna be ready ?

Ahhh I'm tired of all this. Patience have it's limit.

I tought PP was coming yesterday or this morning ... but it's not ! Am I surprised ?
I'm waiting for PP AND the new subscriptions that they sayd mid-month ...

Who said that? I mean, I pointed out several times that iStock is violating their own terms by not paying us before the mid of the month. But as they all said it's "oh, we try our best" and "oh, it's not the same because it's different". What they stated was "before the end of the month".

As I already had pointed out when it was announced and introduced: The new subscription program is technically most likely not even hosted on iStock's technical platform but on Getty's Thinkstock system. So they write the data into a different database, export them eventually and load them back into iStock's database. Just like with the PP. And those things take time as everything at Getty.

Just wait for it to happen but since they are not investing any more money into iStock's platform, I assume it's a matter of time until the rest of it will be switched to Getty as well and we won't see any live downloads at all anymore.

Since Istock subs will be reported with PP, makes it more important than ever to get them to us timely.  Not that it will matter to the bean counters.  Just sayin.

Did they say they would be reported 'with' PP? In the OP in the subs forum on iS, Lobo said, "Royalties will be reported monthly, not in real time. Initially we will be reporting these royalties under the Partner Program."
From which I inferred (maybe wrongly) that the subs would be reported under the Partner Program on our stats (which will no doubt be very difficult to tease out for those also on TS), but not necessarily that the reporting would come at the same time.

Quote from: ShadySue on May 16, 2014, 14:23

Quote from: PixelBytes on May 16, 2014, 14:00

Since Istock subs will be reported with PP, makes it more important than ever to get them to us timely.  Not that it will matter to the bean counters.  Just sayin.

Did they say they would be reported 'with' PP? In the OP in the subs forum on iS, Lobo said, "Royalties will be reported monthly, not in real time. Initially we will be reporting these royalties under the Partner Program."
From which I inferred (maybe wrongly) that the subs would be reported under the Partner Program on our stats (which will no doubt be very difficult to tease out for those also on TS), but not necessarily that the reporting would come at the same time.

I figured "under the PP" meant "with the PP".  Never know with Getty tho.

No, we never know, and I'm sure the obfuscation is deliberate.

I thought PP was starting but the increase in my account was due to a video download from March finally being credited to my account, but only after I randomly noticed that one of my videos was listed as having two downloads while I'd only been paid for one. I then alerted Istock. Wonder how many more sales like this go under the radar.

Well, it's five days since I started this thread and I still only have the three. I hope that doesn't mean the PP is over 

Yeah, I wasn't being serious. It can't possibly go from hundreds to just three in an instant.  Well, not unless the naughty internetty monster has been at work in the computer room again.

Well, it's five days since I started this thread and I still only have the three. I hope that doesn't mean the PP is over 

I have only 3. Where are subs and when. Reported together will make it impossible to check sales.