Quote from: alexmk on September 06, 2012, 16:37
Despite all problems with the site and negativism IS is still making 50% more $ than SS with same port size around 2000 files (at least in my case).They have best reviewers which makes me believe  that they are still #1 microstock site. I know many of you will disagree but if you want to learn that is the place. If you are good enough for IS than you pass the MS test and you're good to go.

Hmmm, definitely the most picky about technical minutiae but I don't know if that equates to the best.  Unlike other sites, I see no actual judgement in the reviewing - you could train monkeys to look for stray pixels.  Otherwise I'd agree, even with the tiny commission, 1 image on IS is worth at least 10 elsewhere (SS aside where perhaps 3).

Quote from: heywoody on September 06, 2012, 17:41

Quote from: alexmk on September 06, 2012, 16:37
Despite all problems with the site and negativism IS is still making 50% more $ than SS with same port size around 2000 files (at least in my case).They have best reviewers which makes me believe  that they are still #1 microstock site. I know many of you will disagree but if you want to learn that is the place. If you are good enough for IS than you pass the MS test and you're good to go.

Hmmm, definitely the most picky about technical minutiae but I don't know if that equates to the best.  Unlike other sites, I see no actual judgement in the reviewing - you could train monkeys to look for stray pixels. Otherwise I'd agree, even with the tiny commission, 1 image on IS is worth at least 10 elsewhere (SS aside where perhaps 3).

Are you sure?
Aren't you afraid unsubstantiated facts like that will harm your credibility?   

Just because I don't leave IS doesn't mean I like their business behavior.

Quote from: Poncke on September 06, 2012, 17:27
...I don't know if I could take that kind of abuse from an agency. When I reach a point that I am pushed over the edge I will quit whatever job I have. I have done it before and I have done it again recently and I will keep doing that, just for my own happiness. Works for me.

I understand what you mean and I would walk away too if it pushed me over the edge but in the end it's like uploading the image once and then raking in the cash, so it's not an awful lot of work so to speak.

Quote from: thesentinel on September 06, 2012, 15:38
Mine was 24.87 if that's any consolation  (XL E+)

Mine was $1.56 for an XS (as were my 2nd and 3rd sales); what am I doing wrong? 

Soon we can categorize is as a low performing agency, with bad commisions.

Maybe they will even have to do something about the annoying upload procedure, and try to get people to upload to them.
That will make me smile.

There's a glitch at IS and my royalties are calculated at E+ instead of P+ prices. I just wish I was also credited at that rate

That glitch is the same as shows up on one of my images that received its first sale this morning. I checked a couple of other image's downloads details and they all look the same - same times as well as amounts

Oh, sorry, I just posted about this in my own thread as I was too slow combining my screenshots to see yours before I 'sent'.

Added: It's worse than that. There's no consistency. I have a file showing on its home page, ad in the My Uploads table as having had 23 dls,but on the details page, two sales are recorded, possibly at indy prices.

It seems this hiccup has got our stats all over the place.

Hmmm. 0,07 USD.... If I look at http://www.istockphoto.com/buy-stock-prepaid-credits.php, the lowest value of a credit is $1.22. So, if you're at the lowest RC tier, you still should make $0,18 royalties for a small (1 credit) sale. Suppose that 3000 credits is too small for a client, and a 50% discount is negociated (Kudos for the buyer, if he / she achieves that), increased with a 10% discount for downtime, I still cannot compute $0,07.

I guess in stead of firing the creative and content part of their staff, IS should've fired their sales personel. I figure the people who bought Getty got the same kind of bargain. Should be worth enquiring about.

The lowest bulk price is around $.46 .  There you go.

7 cents! Ha Ha Ha . You got robbed! My last sale there was 8 cents! Whoopie.....sob..sob

Quote from: markrhiggins on September 07, 2012, 05:08
7 cents! Ha Ha Ha . You got robbed! My last sale there was 8 cents! Whoopie.....sob..sob