PP started for December. Good luck! 

LOL, All that waiting for $0.28  .

What a joke. At least they didn't claw back Nov or Oct. Although who knows how much I was "supposed" to make in December.

Did I mention, "what a joke"?

 

I am planning on half of what I made in October which suits me fine...

A promising start for me; 2 days, 3,96 with 500+.

Quote from: Copidosoma on January 28, 2014, 16:24

LOL, All that waiting for $0.28  .

What a joke. At least they didn't claw back Nov or Oct. Although who knows how much I was "supposed" to make in December.

Did I mention, "what a joke"?

 

That still may happen unless I am missing something.  I didn't see anything saying that clawbacks were completed.

I didn't see anything that clawbacks were started.
Allegedly, those affected were supposed to get emails first, and I haven't read that they've gone out.
"We will be sending the affected contributors email notifications of the total amount over paid as well as a recoupment schedule in the very near future. " Lobo, 9th Jan, but that'll be an iStock time indication. In fact, in the same updated post (top of the overpayment thread) he specified "We will be sending email notifications to the impacted contributors in the next week", which, as it was posted 9th Jan is well past the indicated date.

Hey you might get lucky. Maybe the difficulties and expense of clawing back the money will be more than the money they lose, so you might get to keep it (pigs might fly!).
Woteva, seems they're still on Dec 2nd.

Yep, the first two days covered thus the start of some $$

I don't think clawbacks have started.  The first few days look about as usual for me and the money is showing in my balance. 

Quote from: Mantis on January 28, 2014, 16:56

Quote from: Copidosoma on January 28, 2014, 16:24

LOL, All that waiting for $0.28  .

What a joke. At least they didn't claw back Nov or Oct. Although who knows how much I was "supposed" to make in December.

Did I mention, "what a joke"?

 

That still may happen unless I am missing something.  I didn't see anything saying that clawbacks were completed.

I didn't see anything that clawbacks were started.
Allegedly, those affected were supposed to get emails first, and I haven't read that they've gone out.
"We will be sending the affected contributors email notifications of the total amount over paid as well as a recoupment schedule in the very near future. " Lobo, 9th Jan, but that'll be an iStock time indication. In fact, in the same updated post (top of the overpayment thread) he specified "We will be sending email notifications to the impacted contributors in the next week", which, as it was posted 9th Jan is well past the indicated date.

Hey you might get lucky. Maybe the difficulties and expense of clawing back the money will be more than the money they lose, so you might get to keep it (pigs might fly!).
Woteva, seems they're still on Dec 2nd.

For me I doubt it.  My PP sales were up by roughly $400, so I expect a clawback of $400. Man that is the epitome of incompetance.

PP up to the 4th of the month now...

"Holy SH*t at this rate there will be another claw back.  "

More like two claw backs lol!

PP up to the 16th of the month now. looks normal so far. What I noticed: I had regular sales all month, but no sales at all between december 24th and dec 29th like the site was closed. Anyone else the same pattern?

You mean no sales on Istock itself  for those days? Seems pretty normal to me.  Week between Christmas and New Years is always dead. I got a few sales, but less than on a typical Saturday. 

PP up to the 16th of the month now. looks normal so far. What I noticed: I had regular sales all month, but no sales at all between december 24th and dec 29th like the site was closed. Anyone else the same pattern?

No. I had only 9 Istock (non PP sales), 2 of them on Dec 26th.

About PP sales, it seems to me strange that I have 9 sales in the first 8 days of December and none at all after.

Doing very well so far, which means it will chafe that much more when they finally figure out how to do their sums - and start reaching across the table for my previous winnings. Pirates.

Ooh! It will be another Oktoberfest!

I'm thinking more like OktoberFIST. 

Same here. Very good so far.

My month was just okay, which I figured would happen with the Christmas dropoff. However, I also have two exceptional days...18 and 19. I didn't make that many more sales those days, but my earnings were much higher.

And now I'm back to wondering if those two days are wrong or if the other 29 are purposely under-reported.

Is there any way to see details for PP?  Like which images sold on which dates?

Quote from: ShazamImages on January 30, 2014, 07:59

Is there any way to see details for PP?  Like which images sold on which dates?

Yes,

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/istock-myuploads-fixes/ckloododgagaeepfamopjnjgbhbanlcg

Fritz,

What are the ABC's on how to use this? I have Chrome installed and downloaded the add on, but can't seem to find out how to add my account details.

Thanks in advance.

Quote from: fritz on January 30, 2014, 08:04

Quote from: ShazamImages on January 30, 2014, 07:59

Is there any way to see details for PP?  Like which images sold on which dates?

Yes,

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/istock-myuploads-fixes/ckloododgagaeepfamopjnjgbhbanlcg

Fritz,

What are the ABC's on how to use this? I have Chrome installed and downloaded the add on, but can't seem to find out how to add my account details.

Thanks in advance.

Briefly, go to my uploads click on PP tab than click red arrow to expand info when and where the files were dl.
Hope it helps.
 

Not a single sale over $0.28 and overall 60% less than November.

What a crock 

I hope you've read that November was a mistake? I noticed that a few people on the PP thread over there don't seem to know this and are wondering why their PP dls are down from Nov. (Didn't see many of them wondering why they had one aberrant good month).
Just in case you, or anyone else, hasn't heard:
http://www.istockphoto.com/forum_messages.php?threadid=358476&page=1

My month was just okay, which I figured would happen with the Christmas dropoff. However, I also have two exceptional days...18 and 19. I didn't make that many more sales those days, but my earnings were much higher.

And now I'm back to wondering if those two days are wrong or if the other 29 are purposely under-reported.

Me too. Same days.
Sigh...............!

According to my stats the PP is over for Dec 2013. I did okay considering all things....

I wonder if some $$ were taken back from our Dec PP due to the overpayment in Oct? I am sure we will never know...

Quote from: Shelma1 on January 30, 2014, 07:33

My month was just okay, which I figured would happen with the Christmas dropoff. However, I also have two exceptional days...18 and 19. I didn't make that many more sales those days, but my earnings were much higher.

And now I'm back to wondering if those two days are wrong or if the other 29 are purposely under-reported.

Me too. Same days.
Sigh...............!

Well, if it's any comfort, I also had two very good days, but they were different days (16th & 17th).  My 18th and 19th sales were just average. 

Overall the PP totals are about what I would have expected for December.  Nothing out of the ordinary. 

Overall the PP totals are about what I would have expected for December.  Nothing out of the ordinary.

Same here. I was about 8% up on the year before.

I now have green bars on all days for December but unless they have more to load PP died a quick death. Second half of month I am averaging $3 a day while on the first half it's $12 average per day.

I did well with two very good days on the 16th/17th which seems to be a peak period judging by feedback in this thread. Anybody else see an uptick between the 16th - 19th?

Given IS's unique talent for ballsing up their ledger, I'm slightly worried the machine might have burped out the wrong numbers again.

Quote from: dpimborough on January 30, 2014, 08:58

Not a single sale over $0.28 and overall 60% less than November.

What a crock 

I have 200 downloads on PP and only 2 of them are over 0.28  ( bussiness photos mostly)

Can be this possible?  Anyone the same?

This must be mistake!! on ss is every 10-20 non subscription.

The vast majority of my sales through the PP are always subs.  The only deviations from that were October, and late Sept.  And turns out those were a mistake. 

You can't really compare PP to Shutterstock.  SS is vastly more popular and has devoted a lot of time and energy to beefing up their non-subscription offerings. 

PP in December was significantly higher than usual for me, though less than October's reported PP earnings. Depending on the amount of the clawback, it could be my BME for the PP.
Regular earnings this January are slightly above average.

SS up 20%, istock total down 45%, i dont believe that can be such difference.

How did I get $60 for a single PP download? Would that be Getty 360?

How did I get $60 for a single PP download? Would that be Getty 360?

It certainly could have been; but Getty360 arrives in your balance at the GI update, not the PP update, though it shows green not purple on your bars.
Don't ask me why.

Quote from: ShadySue on February 01, 2014, 09:30

Quote from: landbysea on February 01, 2014, 07:38

How did I get $60 for a single PP download? Would that be Getty 360?

It certainly could have been; but Getty360 arrives in your balance at the GI update, not the PP update, though it shows green not purple on your bars.
Don't ask me why.

Thanks that must be it. I didn't really check the stat page when Getty came in. I still don't really get it but I guess I shouldn't ask too many questions.

I'm not sure if anybody 'gets it'. I may well have got the first one, $50 several months back. Nobody here could understand it (I'm not in the PP), and when I wrote to CR, they didn't understand it until they'd checked with Getty. The following month, I saw questions about it on the iS forum, and the mods there had to check.
Typical: keep your own staff ignorant, far less the contributors.