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« Reply #25 on: June 27, 2013, 12:50 »
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If there is time and resources to publish an erroneous rate chart ...
there is time and resources enough to run the PP Report.
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Calm down, it's not even late yet.

actually I believe PP should be paid at the same second the buyer purchase it just like Shutterstock or other agencies do, its indeed absurd that we need to wait "2 months" to see the sales, again it looks like iStock can pull anything and we say YAY Sir ;D


« Reply #26 on: June 27, 2013, 12:53 »
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« Last Edit: May 12, 2014, 12:45 by Audi 5000 »

« Reply #27 on: June 27, 2013, 12:56 »
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If there is time and resources to publish an erroneous rate chart ...
there is time and resources enough to run the PP Report.
 >:(
Calm down, it's not even late yet.

actually I believe PP should be paid at the same second the buyer purchase it just like Shutterstock or other agencies do, its indeed absurd that we need to wait "2 months" to see the sales, again it looks like iStock can pull anything and we say YAY Sir ;D
Shutterstock doesn't pay anything the second the buyer purchases it.  You get paid once per month after the month has finished.  Would you rather have Istock work that way, I would much rather get paid every week.

I believe you are learning semantics with them, I will rephrase so you can understand, I want to see the sale notification as it happens not 2 months after

« Reply #28 on: June 27, 2013, 13:01 »
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« Last Edit: May 12, 2014, 12:27 by Audi 5000 »

« Reply #29 on: June 27, 2013, 13:03 »
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If there is time and resources to publish an erroneous rate chart ...
there is time and resources enough to run the PP Report.
 >:(
Calm down, it's not even late yet.

actually I believe PP should be paid at the same second the buyer purchase it just like Shutterstock or other agencies do, its indeed absurd that we need to wait "2 months" to see the sales, again it looks like iStock can pull anything and we say YAY Sir ;D
Shutterstock doesn't pay anything the second the buyer purchases it.  You get paid once per month after the month has finished.  Would you rather have Istock work that way, I would much rather get paid every week.

I believe you are learning semantics with them, I will rephrase so you can understand, I want to see the sale notification as it happens not 2 months after
A notification is not at all the same thing as being paid, it's not semantics that's the problem there.

oh man YEAH I picked the wrong word

on a side note, if you continue to minus my posts I will make sure to minus yours too, I haven't on this post but I believe I can do it duh

oh man you and oxford, you guys are pathetic really, grow up!
« Last Edit: June 27, 2013, 13:13 by luissantos84 »

« Reply #30 on: June 27, 2013, 15:07 »
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Since IS is now primarily a subs site (at least in my experience the last few months), I'd like to see the subs reported in a timely manner and then be able to get at the $.

Luckily sales are so thin there it is more of a moot point for me anyway.

« Reply #31 on: June 27, 2013, 15:17 »
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« Last Edit: May 12, 2014, 12:45 by Audi 5000 »

Ron

« Reply #32 on: June 27, 2013, 15:19 »
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Shutterstock pays on the 3rd-7th day, and 123 on the 15th. So thats not 5-6 weeks, but 1-2 weeks.

« Reply #33 on: June 27, 2013, 15:21 »
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« Last Edit: May 12, 2014, 12:27 by Audi 5000 »

Ron

« Reply #34 on: June 27, 2013, 15:39 »
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I love it how you say something, be proven wrong, then add stuff to try to be right again, you do that constantly. Just read your last comment, you point out yourself PP takes a lot longer, almost a full month longer.

« Reply #35 on: June 27, 2013, 15:47 »
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« Last Edit: May 12, 2014, 12:45 by Audi 5000 »

« Reply #36 on: June 27, 2013, 16:25 »
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If it's worth nit-picking about, iStock takes up to 7-9 weeks to DECLARE that a sale has been made, not to pay for it. You then have to wait for the next payout date which may be two or three more weeks if you are on cheque payment. If they declare the sales this weekend, the next cheque payout date is the 15th, which would be almost 11 weeks after the initial May sale.
I suppose the average payout time would be eight or nine weeks, compared with three weeks for SS and a month for 123.

lisafx

« Reply #37 on: June 27, 2013, 16:43 »
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A notification is not at all the same thing as being paid, it's not semantics that's the problem there.  I would much rather get paid (with real money, not notifications) every week for my sales and have the partner program come in a month late than get "paid" with notifications and wait 5 weeks for any payment (with money).

I'm confused.  I was under the impression this discussion was about PP program payouts, not Istock regular sales payouts.  Istock does indeed pay out every week, but the PP pays out "sometime during the next month" with no consistency whatsoever. 

FWIW, Tick,  the latest the other once-a-month sites pay out is the 15th of the month, in one payment, not dribs and drabs over the course of weeks, and not starting the END of the following month.  PP payouts are totally disorganized and amateurish compared to EVERY other microstock site. 

This is just one of the mounting pile of examples of the contempt Getty/Istock seems to hold its contributors in. 
« Last Edit: June 27, 2013, 16:46 by lisafx »

« Reply #38 on: June 27, 2013, 16:47 »
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« Last Edit: May 12, 2014, 12:27 by Audi 5000 »

« Reply #39 on: June 27, 2013, 16:50 »
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Your not comprehending the issue.

lisafx

« Reply #40 on: June 27, 2013, 22:55 »
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It's not really that big a deal, disagree if you like, but I'm saying that it's not much different for a site to payout on the 15th and to get your partner program payout on the 30th (usually).  It doesn't really matter to me when the reporting is done (once a month vs. every day, especially since it's only about 1.5% of my income).  They could be better but it doesn't seem like a huge difference, that's all I'm saying.

I can't speak for anyone else, but for me it is the inconsistency from one month to the next that is so annoying.  I would rather get paid later and know it will come in on a specific date than to never know when to expect it. 

« Reply #41 on: June 27, 2013, 23:04 »
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« Last Edit: May 12, 2014, 12:28 by Audi 5000 »

« Reply #42 on: June 28, 2013, 00:50 »
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It's not really that big a deal, disagree if you like, but I'm saying that it's not much different for a site to payout on the 15th and to get your partner program payout on the 30th (usually).  It doesn't really matter to me when the reporting is done (once a month vs. every day, especially since it's only about 1.5% of my income).  They could be better but it doesn't seem like a huge difference, that's all I'm saying.

I can't speak for anyone else, but for me it is the inconsistency from one month to the next that is so annoying.  I would rather get paid later and know it will come in on a specific date than to never know when to expect it.

Totally agree.  I would like to know the first week of a month wether last month was better or worse than same month last year.  Right now I STILL don't know that about May.

« Reply #43 on: June 28, 2013, 01:06 »
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It's not really that big a deal, disagree if you like, but I'm saying that it's not much different for a site to payout on the 15th and to get your partner program payout on the 30th (usually).  It doesn't really matter to me when the reporting is done (once a month vs. every day, especially since it's only about 1.5% of my income).  They could be better but it doesn't seem like a huge difference, that's all I'm saying.

I can't speak for anyone else, but for me it is the inconsistency from one month to the next that is so annoying.  I would rather get paid later and know it will come in on a specific date than to never know when to expect it.
I guess we'll have to disagree on this, I would always rather get paid sooner.  Maybe you could just think about it as coming in on the last day of the month and then every (well pretty much every) month you'll be happily surprised it came sooner.

No it won't, it'll hardly ever come that soon. All that will come in that period will be the notification of earnings. For payment you will have to wait until the "payout date" that falls after your next "payment cutoff" date.

It's curious that for iStock you consider a notification to be a payment when for the other sites you consider that a payment only happens when they send you the cash.

« Reply #44 on: June 28, 2013, 01:30 »
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« Reply #45 on: June 28, 2013, 01:46 »
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« Reply #46 on: June 28, 2013, 09:16 »
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This is the last friday of the month of June and still no PP posting so going by past performance I assume that even if it does start sometime today, it will not complete by the 1st of July. This means I will not cash out by the 1st since I need that income to reach payout, if I should be lucky enough to make 14.00 from it.

« Reply #47 on: June 28, 2013, 09:18 »
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I'm talking about the month of May PP payouts.

« Reply #48 on: June 28, 2013, 09:26 »
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Shutterstock doesn't pay anything the second the buyer purchases it.  You get paid once per month after the month has finished.  Would you rather have Istock work that way, I would much rather get paid every week.

I don't know about him but I would rather get paid the shutterstock way, without having to request a payout..

Why on earth do I have to bother with requests everytime I want to get paid.. just bloody pay it periodically for god's sake..

It's my money and it's a given I am going to want to have it..

« Reply #49 on: June 28, 2013, 10:20 »
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How many people have crawled their way up to the payout level and lost interest long before they got there, so they never asked to be paid, I wonder.


 

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