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dpimborough

« Reply #25 on: July 13, 2014, 06:31 »
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Yes PixelBytes, it's not exactly in order day by day.
Let's say it's more or less in order with a fair bit of randomness applied.

Well they tried reporting from the 1st to the end of the month

then from the end of the month to 1st

now it's all over the shop

Keeps it interesting I suppose  :o


« Reply #26 on: July 13, 2014, 07:02 »
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I see a $26.01 sale from Thinkstock. What type of license is this?

As per the royalty schedule (http://www.istockphoto.com/help/sell-stock/rate-schedule) it is Thinkstock Extended License Image Pack 10

« Reply #27 on: July 13, 2014, 07:38 »
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Yes PixelBytes, it's not exactly in order day by day.
Let's say it's more or less in order with a fair bit of randomness applied.

Thank you.  Mine seem in order but just very low after the 11th.  Hopefully more to come on those low days or it will be a very poor month.

ultimagina

« Reply #28 on: July 13, 2014, 08:15 »
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I see a $26.01 sale from Thinkstock. What type of license is this?

As per the royalty schedule (http://www.istockphoto.com/help/sell-stock/rate-schedule) it is Thinkstock Extended License Image Pack 10


Thank you for your time, I didn't see this page before!

« Reply #29 on: July 13, 2014, 08:21 »
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I see a $26.01 sale from Thinkstock. What type of license is this?

As per the royalty schedule (http://www.istockphoto.com/help/sell-stock/rate-schedule) it is Thinkstock Extended License Image Pack 10


Thank you for your time, I didn't see this page before!

No problem ! Now I know that one can even get ELs also in TS :)

« Reply #30 on: July 13, 2014, 13:32 »
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I think it's around the 17th of the month by now.
Looking good so far, already better than SS for the whole month.

« Reply #31 on: July 16, 2014, 06:07 »
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10% increase.
The "new" subscription started yesterday for me. But i see only 1 day in stats"4th".

« Reply #32 on: July 16, 2014, 07:02 »
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PP starting to slide for me. I've lost roughly $50 but made $11 on the new pp. I envision that once Istock is comfortable with the new subs they will transition all their remaining ts customers to the is sub program. This simply does not make any sense to me why they need to run disparate sub companies. The only logical conclusion is to integrate.

ShadySue

  • There is a crack in everything
« Reply #33 on: July 16, 2014, 07:16 »
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10% increase.
The "new" subscription started yesterday for me. But i see only 1 day in stats"4th".
That's how it's always been. However, if you go to My Uploads, then click Image Subscriptions (NOT 'credit subscriptions') you'll be able to see what files sold when. (You may have to click on Last Sub dl twice or three times to see June's sales.)

« Reply #34 on: July 16, 2014, 07:28 »
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I don't see why they would close TS now that's already settled and running just fine. It would only loose customers on the transition. Also as a contributor I prefer 2 websites, two search engines and because IS barely sells anything, it would complicate the situation of new files.

« Reply #35 on: July 16, 2014, 08:00 »
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I don't see why they would close TS now that's already settled and running just fine. It would only loose customers on the transition. Also as a contributor I prefer 2 websites, two search engines and because IS barely sells anything, it would complicate the situation of new files.

From a business perspective it simply doesn't make sense to me unless I am missing the strategic buyer hook that makes it necessary. They have costs associated with running two sites. From a buyer perspective I don't want to have to jump to a different site if I don't like the search functionality of a sister site. They should have one site that kicks ass, aligns with customer needs and expectations and is populated with good product from contributors.

On the flip side I would like to continue receiving royalties from thinkstock and Istock. Selfishly TS provides income I've gotten used to. Now I don't want it to go away. It would be nice to see $150-$200 a month on TS and another similar amount on IS subs, but that's probably asking too much.

Oh well.

JKB

« Reply #36 on: July 16, 2014, 08:09 »
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PP pretty bad these days for me with numerous days without any downloads at all. I'm surprised how quickly it's gone downhill. Just about covers the last clawback this month.

« Reply #37 on: July 16, 2014, 08:15 »
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10% increase.
The "new" subscription started yesterday for me. But i see only 1 day in stats"4th".
That's how it's always been. However, if you go to My Uploads, then click Image Subscriptions (NOT 'credit subscriptions') you'll be able to see what files sold when. (You may have to click on Last Sub dl twice or three times to see June's sales.)

Have a heart for that one! I didn't know you could do that. Many thanks. Regards, David.

ShadySue

  • There is a crack in everything
« Reply #38 on: July 16, 2014, 08:21 »
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I don't see why they would close TS now that's already settled and running just fine. It would only loose customers on the transition. Also as a contributor I prefer 2 websites, two search engines and because IS barely sells anything, it would complicate the situation of new files.
I'm out of TS and would like to be out of subs.
However, I have read that not all files from people who opted in, or are forced in, to TS are transferring over, so just one subs within iStock - much as I hate it - would ease the situation of new files.

« Reply #39 on: July 16, 2014, 10:05 »
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I have noticed that as well, Shady Sue. From my sample search I see that some IS files (about half) are not on TS. Wonder what's the criteria for that.

ShadySue

  • There is a crack in everything
« Reply #40 on: July 16, 2014, 10:21 »
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I have noticed that as well, Shady Sue. From my sample search I see that some IS files (about half) are not on TS. Wonder what's the criteria for that.

It's probably just the connector not working.
http://www.istockphoto.com/forum_messages.php?threadid=359960&page=1

« Reply #41 on: July 16, 2014, 10:25 »
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Kind of surprised by iStock and Thinkstock in my return to IS. They sell quite a bit. I made twice as much there in June than I did at SS. I guess it may taper off when I'm no longer new, but still surprised. It's strange (kind of scary too) having the thought that IS may be the new subscription leader.

ShadySue

  • There is a crack in everything
« Reply #42 on: July 16, 2014, 10:33 »
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Kind of surprised by iStock and Thinkstock in my return to IS. They sell quite a bit. I made twice as much there in June than I did at SS. I guess it may taper off when I'm no longer new, but still surprised. It's strange (kind of scary too) having the thought that IS may be the new subscription leader.
Not at all. If you're effectively new there, you're doing extremely well. Most are finding that new files are doing badly, and as far as anything is selling, it's older work. (That applies to iS itself; not, from what I read, to TS.)

« Reply #43 on: July 16, 2014, 10:59 »
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Kind of surprised by iStock and Thinkstock in my return to IS. They sell quite a bit. I made twice as much there in June than I did at SS. I guess it may taper off when I'm no longer new, but still surprised. It's strange (kind of scary too) having the thought that IS may be the new subscription leader.
Not at all. If you're effectively new there, you're doing extremely well. Most are finding that new files are doing badly, and as far as anything is selling, it's older work. (That applies to iS itself; not, from what I read, to TS.)

Single sales aren't great at IS, but probably near where they were when I left. Which I guess is bad relatively speaking to the "good old days", but it is probably still good compared to other agencies. It's definitely been an eye opening experience returning to some of these places. Don't even get me started on the train wreck of Fotolia.

« Reply #44 on: July 16, 2014, 11:07 »
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I have noticed that as well, Shady Sue. From my sample search I see that some IS files (about half) are not on TS. Wonder what's the criteria for that.

It's probably just the connector not working.
http://www.istockphoto.com/forum_messages.php?threadid=359960&page=1


Thanks, sent them a message regarding this... just to think I could be making twice with TS.

« Reply #45 on: July 16, 2014, 11:31 »
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10% increase.
The "new" subscription started yesterday for me. But i see only 1 day in stats"4th".


I only see a small grey line in the April bar that says Subscribtion, for may and june I haven't seen any but there comes more money in my account every time I check.

ShadySue

  • There is a crack in everything
« Reply #46 on: July 16, 2014, 11:33 »
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10% increase.
The "new" subscription started yesterday for me. But i see only 1 day in stats"4th".


I only see a small grey line in the April bar that says Subscribtion, for may and june I haven't seen any but there comes more money in my account every time I check.

Are you checking also credit subscriptions?
Or else you're getting my sales for today.  ::)

« Reply #47 on: July 16, 2014, 11:39 »
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10% increase.
The "new" subscription started yesterday for me. But i see only 1 day in stats"4th".
That's how it's always been. However, if you go to My Uploads, then click Image Subscriptions (NOT 'credit subscriptions') you'll be able to see what files sold when. (You may have to click on Last Sub dl twice or three times to see June's sales.)

I checked the subscribtions and in may and june there were some sales, however: Where is the money? I'm happy I'm not their accountant:)

« Reply #48 on: July 16, 2014, 14:44 »
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I don't see why they would close TS now that's already settled and running just fine. It would only loose customers on the transition. Also as a contributor I prefer 2 websites, two search engines and because IS barely sells anything, it would complicate the situation of new files.
From a business perspective it simply doesn't make sense to me unless I am missing the strategic buyer hook that makes it necessary. They have costs associated with running two sites. From a buyer perspective I don't want to have to jump to a different site if I don't like the search functionality of a sister site. They should have one site that kicks ass, aligns with customer needs and expectations and is populated with good product from contributors.
iStock subscription plan (iStock Essentials) is actually cheaper then Thinkstock's subscriptions.
Getty will close Thinkstock and will move all it's clients back to iStock.
They tried to build 3 tiers model with macro=Getty, mid=iStock and cheap subs=Thinkstock but it failed to compete against SS.
Now they are changing it into 2 layers macro=Getty and micro=iStock

« Reply #49 on: July 17, 2014, 08:21 »
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IS is going better and better. Iam really surprised. 4 months started and each month a little bit better.
In the same time SS failes for me. 10% increase at IS and 10% decrease at SS.
+-0  :D


 

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