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« Reply #475 on: July 18, 2013, 04:49 »
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a lot of people leave istock all the time. For very good reasons.
it doent matter, they recruit others, there are rats enough in the ratrace.

and the exclusives cannot leave, they are prisoners.

I absolutely agree with you. But this strategy will not give them rise in sales.


« Reply #476 on: July 18, 2013, 08:45 »
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Go exclusive and still sell else where!! see if they like a taste of thier own medicine!       Oh! what's that i have broken our contract? sorry didn't i tell you,,   I changed it without telling you...  ;D

« Reply #477 on: July 18, 2013, 10:43 »
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My wife and I are long time (7+ years) unhappy contributors at IS. We stopped uploading a couple months ago. Now after this we are seriously thinking of leaving IS altogether. I'm not sure what the plan is. I'm not sure they know the plan.

         The very worst thing in the business world ....is a non-paying company. We do not trust IS. We can't work with a company we can not trust.

« Reply #478 on: July 18, 2013, 10:48 »
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I posted this on June 12 in the iStock PP forum, got banned quickly thereafter and later the post was deleted.

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I have a buddy that works in IT at iStock and he told me that iStock cut the banana rations of the monkeys who key in the PP data and the monkeys went completely bananas!! (pun intended) The monkeys are essentially rioting, destroying equipment and throwing feces all over the place. Total disaster.

The monkey problem is so bad the iStock IT department is considering switching to computers to both automate and speed up the process. I for one welcome that change.

But, hey, that's just what I heard. :)

It was a cheeky post but my intent was to have a laugh at iStock's expense and bring a little humour to a troubling situation. I think it was quite obvious that it was fictional.

Now as the problems continue on for nearly another week, I am beginning to think my fictitious anecdote, as impossible as it seems, was totally accurate.

No wonder I got banned from the forums so quickly, I inadvertently exposed their dark monkey secret.  ;)

« Reply #479 on: July 18, 2013, 11:27 »
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Meanwhile on StockXpert: June earnings are in...

WarrenPrice

« Reply #480 on: July 18, 2013, 11:32 »
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Meanwhile on StockXpert: June earnings are in...

This is criminal; a major corporation being made a joke by a "used to be."   >:( :'(

Edit:  Maybe Derek is available to manage the iStock's IT?
« Last Edit: July 18, 2013, 11:34 by WarrenPrice »

lisafx

« Reply #481 on: July 18, 2013, 11:41 »
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Meanwhile on StockXpert: June earnings are in...

SERIOUSLY!!??!!

« Reply #482 on: July 18, 2013, 11:58 »
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* joke

Ron

« Reply #483 on: July 18, 2013, 12:15 »
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Can someone explain that please, why is that upsetting, I dont understand? Honest question, since I dont have a history at StockXpert.

« Reply #484 on: July 18, 2013, 12:23 »
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Here's another theory or possibly reality to some extent.

5000 contributors who earn $100 USD in PP earnings on a monthly basis. Money invested at 1% on a daily basis with 30 days per month using a few keystrokes

5000 x 100 = 500,000
500000 x 1% = 5000
5000  x 30 = 150,000

$150,000 USD  per month for doing nothing but not pay out to contributors.

« Reply #485 on: July 18, 2013, 12:31 »
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Meanwhile on StockXpert: June earnings are in...

SERIOUSLY!!??!!

Absolutely, May earnings have been there since the middle of June, as per their usual schedule...

« Reply #486 on: July 18, 2013, 12:34 »
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Here's another theory or possibly reality to some extent.

5000 contributors who earn $100 USD in PP earnings on a monthly basis. Money invested at 1% on a daily basis with 30 days per month using a few keystrokes

5000 x 100 = 500,000
500000 x 1% = 5000
5000  x 30 = 150,000

$150,000 USD  per month for doing nothing but not pay out to contributors.

Q: Where on earth can you get 1% **DAILY**  on $500,000 ?

If only.

« Reply #487 on: July 18, 2013, 12:37 »
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Here's another theory or possibly reality to some extent.

5000 contributors who earn $100 USD in PP earnings on a monthly basis. Money invested at 1% on a daily basis with 30 days per month using a few keystrokes

5000 x 100 = 500,000
500000 x 1% = 5000
5000  x 30 = 150,000

$150,000 USD  per month for doing nothing but not pay out to contributors.

In my country it's difficult to get 6% p.a. these days. If you know bank that will pay me 150,000 USD interest from 500,000 please let me know its name.

« Reply #488 on: July 18, 2013, 12:44 »
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Woopee, I now have one sale on the 9th and one on the 15th.  I usually get about 15 a day so this is all beyond ridiculous.!!!!

« Reply #489 on: July 18, 2013, 12:45 »
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Can someone explain that please, why is that upsetting, I dont understand? Honest question, since I dont have a history at StockXpert.

stockxpert was bought by iStock a few years ago, the files from stockxpert are also know as Hemera collection at thinkstock but in this case they are always paid without a problem and in time, which means we got already June downloads when we are still waiting for May downloads from PP

« Reply #490 on: July 18, 2013, 13:57 »
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I posted this on June 12 in the iStock PP forum, got banned quickly thereafter and later the post was deleted.

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I have a buddy that works in IT at iStock and he told me that iStock cut the banana rations of the monkeys who key in the PP data and the monkeys went completely bananas!! (pun intended) The monkeys are essentially rioting, destroying equipment and throwing feces all over the place. Total disaster.

Yes but this is an insult to our hairy relatives since given enough monkeys there is a good chance the problem would be fixed in a couple of hundred years, whereas the humans at IS will never get it done.

The fact IS still haven't fixed a simple problem speaks volumes about the condition and maintenance of their IT infrastructure and makes me wonder whether the PP has EVER been correctly calculated and paid out.
« Last Edit: July 18, 2013, 13:59 by Red Dove »

drial7m1

« Reply #491 on: July 18, 2013, 14:06 »
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Here's another theory or possibly reality to some extent.

5000 contributors who earn $100 USD in PP earnings on a monthly basis. Money invested at 1% on a daily basis with 30 days per month using a few keystrokes

5000 x 100 = 500,000
500000 x 1% = 5000
5000  x 30 = 150,000

$150,000 USD  per month for doing nothing but not pay out to contributors.

In my country it's difficult to get 6% p.a. these days. If you know bank that will pay me 150,000 USD interest from 500,000 please let me know its name.


While I'm not sure about the percentages paid on the accounts, I do know from a business standpoint that many companies keep money back from payment until the last minute (or later) to earn interest on it,  consider payment for payroll, if you don't get paid every day by a company then that company is keeping that money in a higher interest account being held until you do get paid.  It's a part of doing business for most companies. 

And I am very glad I do not have anything in the PP,  and to confirm I also have had money put into my account for Stockxpert. 


« Reply #492 on: July 18, 2013, 14:20 »
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Woopee, I now have one sale on the 9th and one on the 15th.  I usually get about 15 a day so this is all beyond ridiculous.!!!!

I have sales through to the 15th however the highest day is just 4 PP downloads whereas my better days are usually about 60. It seems that IS staff are unable to do much about it. We should have June numbers by now too.

« Reply #493 on: July 18, 2013, 14:43 »
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dnberty better watch out of he'll get fired for having his friends download his images en masse.

dbvirago

« Reply #494 on: July 18, 2013, 15:16 »
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Can someone explain that please, why is that upsetting, I dont understand? Honest question, since I dont have a history at StockXpert.

stockxpert was bought by iStock a few years ago, the files from stockxpert are also know as Hemera collection at thinkstock but in this case they are always paid without a problem and in time, which means we got already June downloads when we are still waiting for May downloads from PP

OK, I'm confused again. I thought the Thinkstock images were the Partner Program. I just went to Thinkstock and I have a lot of images under the username I had on SX and more under my username on iStock.

Honestly, in the past, my sales from istock haven't been enough to dig into this, but this thread has me wondering if, when and how I have been paid for images hosted on other sites and partnered with istock. I did download the script in the note above and also the Android app, but having a hard time figuring this out with istocks, clunky interfaces.

thanks

lisafx

« Reply #495 on: July 18, 2013, 15:23 »
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Meanwhile on StockXpert: June earnings are in...

SERIOUSLY!!??!!

Absolutely, May earnings have been there since the middle of June, as per their usual schedule...

Weird!  Thanks for the info Ploink.  I thought you might be kidding.

If they can report them to StockXpert, then why not Istock??

I assume they were average earning amounts, not tiny fractions of regular earnings?
« Last Edit: July 18, 2013, 15:25 by lisafx »

« Reply #496 on: July 18, 2013, 15:25 »
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we talked about this many times, surprising to see people still confused

thinkstock has different collections (a ton actually)

- istockphoto (files from iStock, what we call PP and we receive these at iStock)
- hemera (files from stockxpert, royalties received at stockxpert site)

lisafx

« Reply #497 on: July 18, 2013, 15:26 »
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we talked about this many times, surprising to see people still confused

thinkstock has different collections (a ton actually)

- istockphoto (files from iStock, what we call PP and we receive these at iStock)
- hemera (files from stockxpert, royalties received at stockxpert site)

Not sure who this was addressed to?  Most of us know about Hemera and StockXpert.  What I DIDN'T know, and what has come as a surprise, is that StockXpert has been paid on time, whereas Istock is over 2 months in arrears. 

« Reply #498 on: July 18, 2013, 15:27 »
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I assume they were average earning amounts, not tiny fractions of regular earnings?

Mine weren't.  Seven sales for a total of $1.75.  That compares to $6.25 reported in January, February and March (each), $10 in April, $3.50 in May and $9.25 in June.  It's all peanuts, but this is more like peanut dust.

« Reply #499 on: July 18, 2013, 15:37 »
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Not sure who this was addressed to?

dbvirago


 

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