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Agency Based Discussion => iStockPhoto.com => Topic started by: gillian vann on March 15, 2013, 21:24

Title: PP for Feb has begun
Post by: gillian vann on March 15, 2013, 21:24
here we go, should be interesting to see how it goes.
Title: Re: PP for Feb has begun
Post by: click_click on March 15, 2013, 21:51
False alarm.

It's too late here - I read the charts wrong...  :-[
Title: Re: PP for Feb has begun
Post by: qwerty on March 15, 2013, 22:21
I've got 2 downloads for the 1st, its has started
Title: Re: PP for Feb has begun
Post by: StanRohrer on March 16, 2013, 15:44
I have one download Feb 1st. Must be running slow or I have days without downloads.
Title: Re: PP for Feb has begun
Post by: gostwyck on March 16, 2013, 18:13
I have one download Feb 1st. Must be running slow or I have days without downloads.

I think the process has stuck and of course they'll be nobody available at IS over the weekend to take any action.
Title: Re: PP for Feb has begun
Post by: StanRohrer on March 16, 2013, 18:17
I guess they have 2 weekends to go kick the machine and try again.
Title: Re: PP for Feb has begun
Post by: gillian vann on March 16, 2013, 18:18

I think the process has stuck and of course they'll be nobody available at IS over the weekend to take any action.

we *hope* it's stuck, else it's going to be dire. how many more points will they fall, FT is not that far behind now.
Title: Re: PP for Feb has begun
Post by: lisafx on March 16, 2013, 20:38

we *hope* it's stuck, else it's going to be dire. how many more points will they fall, FT is not that far behind now.

It's *definitely* stuck.  I only have sales showing from the first of the month, and very few at that.  I've had PP sales for every day since I joined the PP over a year ago, so I am certain this is not all there is. 
Title: Re: PP for Feb has begun
Post by: gillian vann on March 16, 2013, 22:03
^ good to know :)

Title: Re: PP for Feb has begun
Post by: RacePhoto on March 17, 2013, 23:35
here we go, should be interesting to see how it goes.

I'd say since they started this and I dropped StockXpert, I've had PP sales on Thinkstock. That's Piss Poor!   ;D
Title: Re: PP for Feb has begun
Post by: WarrenPrice on March 19, 2013, 17:32
Must have been stuck.  Mine just started arriving.
Title: Re: PP for Feb has begun
Post by: Tryingmybest on March 19, 2013, 17:43
Poo poo for PP?  ;D

here we go, should be interesting to see how it goes.
Title: Re: PP for Feb has begun
Post by: gillian vann on March 19, 2013, 17:44
my $ has changed but nothing else. hopefully it'll get moving properly today.
Title: Re: PP for Feb has begun
Post by: Red Dove on March 19, 2013, 18:00
Coughed up one sale on February 1st and then croaked. Really, you'd think IS would have got the hang of it by now.  >:(
Title: Re: PP for Feb has begun
Post by: tavi on March 20, 2013, 03:39
   I have 3 sales for the first day of febr. They came in different days, so I think they will start adding this we.
Title: Re: PP for Feb has begun
Post by: gostwyck on March 20, 2013, 14:48
They've started again. Sales for 2nd Feb coming through now for me.
Title: Re: PP for Feb has begun
Post by: grsphoto on March 20, 2013, 21:35
I am really confused.  Why does it take so long?  Is it hand coded?

Glenn
Title: Re: PP for Feb has begun
Post by: THP Creative on March 20, 2013, 23:49
Wow, I just went to check and I got their new front page (remember the one that was talked about and demo'd about 3-4 months back??!)

It's nice, but too narrow in my opinion. Heaps of room at the right on most monitors I'd reckon.

And yep, 1 more PP sale found its way into the 1st of the month. At this rate it'll be paid by 2015.
Title: Re: PP for Feb has begun
Post by: tickstock on March 21, 2013, 00:22
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Title: Re: PP for Feb has begun
Post by: Red Dove on March 21, 2013, 17:01
I can't recall a month when the damned thing went smoothly. They need a new machine or a bigger wrench to hit it with. Useless.
Title: Re: PP for Feb has begun
Post by: tickstock on March 21, 2013, 17:05
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Title: Re: PP for Feb has begun
Post by: lisafx on March 25, 2013, 14:11
Most of my Feb sales are filled in by now, except for the last week.  But what's weird is that from the 9th to the 11th I don't have ANY PP sales showing. 

As I mentioned above, since I joined the PP I have had sales every day there, including weekends. 

Is anyone else missing 2/9 - 2/11?  Wondering if this is a glitch or just a weird anomaly in my sales...?
Title: Re: PP for Feb has begun
Post by: gostwyck on March 25, 2013, 14:16
Most of my Feb sales are filled in by now, except for the last week.  But what's weird is that from the 9th to the 11th I don't have ANY PP sales showing. 

As I mentioned above, since I joined the PP I have had sales every day there, including weekends. 

Is anyone else missing 2/9 - 2/11?  Wondering if this is a glitch or just a weird anomaly in my sales...?

Same here Lisa. I'm also missing any sales from the 28th too.
Title: Re: PP for Feb has begun
Post by: steheap on March 25, 2013, 14:16
Ditto - the iStock site is so slow, you got in before me!!

Steve
Title: Re: PP for Feb has begun
Post by: disorderly on March 25, 2013, 14:17
Is anyone else missing 2/9 - 2/11?  Wondering if this is a glitch or just a weird anomaly in my sales...?

Yes, I have the same lack of sales on those days.  Also on the 17th, which may be true.
Title: Re: PP for Feb has begun
Post by: fotografer on March 25, 2013, 15:14
I thought that the earnings were on the low side but just realized that I am missing 8-9-10-11-23-28
Title: Re: PP for Feb has begun
Post by: etienjones on March 25, 2013, 16:03
More or less the same missing days, 8-12 and the last 5 days are missing.

Title: Re: PP for Feb has begun
Post by: WarrenPrice on March 25, 2013, 16:24
Same here ... nothing for 8-12
Title: Re: PP for Feb has begun
Post by: gillian vann on March 25, 2013, 16:30
mine is full of holes, and yes 7-11 is empty (9/10 is the weekend), as are 16-18 (16/17 being the weekend).  But then I don't always get daily PPs on iStock.

*got a few through this arvo for the end of the month*
Title: Re: PP for Feb has begun
Post by: Anyka on March 26, 2013, 09:56
May be Thinkstock was down for three days  ;D , I have the same hole in the month.
Also, PP results are much lower than January, but I remember that the January PP sales came in 2 batches, so may be there's more coming.
Title: Re: PP for Feb has begun
Post by: Pauws99 on March 26, 2013, 11:21
I have a small port but having a very good Feb for PP sales which is good cos IS sales have tanked!
Title: Re: PP for Feb has begun
Post by: lisafx on March 26, 2013, 11:45
Thanks for the replies. :)

Seems like we are all missing those days (9-11, or 8-12).  That does suggest it is a glitch. 
Title: Re: PP for Feb has begun
Post by: gostwyck on March 26, 2013, 12:27
May be Thinkstock was down for three days  ;D , I have the same hole in the month.
Also, PP results are much lower than January, but I remember that the January PP sales came in 2 batches, so may be there's more coming.

I think there's still another 'wave' of sales to come. I tend to average 50-60 sales per day on weekdays and there are still some days (like the 8th for example) that are well down on that.

Another thing I've noted about the PP is that although about 80% of my port has apparently been transferred there are huge swathes of my niche subjects that barely appear in the TS search at all. I'm guessing it might be an issue with the transfer of keywords or something. I can't say I'm particularly bothered about it but I thought it worth mentioning. I just thought it was curious that when I clicked on the earnings (on IS) of many of my best-selling images, on all agencies that they appear, that no sales whatsoever had been registered with the PP. It's because they simply don't appear in the search.