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Agency Based Discussion => iStockPhoto.com => Topic started by: dragonblade on September 02, 2020, 10:43

Title: So where's my money?
Post by: dragonblade on September 02, 2020, 10:43
I don't take a regular look at the ESP site because I find it awkward and tricky to navigate at times. However, I noticed that late last year, my earnings were just over $70 and then the following month, the amount was slightly over $2. So my question is - where did the rest of that money go? I didn't receive a payout. I checked PayPal and there is certainly no payment from iStock / Getty for that time period. I did get a payout from them once before.

Another thing I should add is that I actually earned just over $100 in that period but due me foolishly not updating the tax form, they took out a huge chunk of tax which left me with a little over $70. Though regardless, I don't know how it dropped from over $70 to just over $2 with no payout.
Title: Re: So where's my money?
Post by: WD3 Photography on September 02, 2020, 11:27
You'd get a better idea of what's happening with your iStock account if you used:-

https://www.deepmeta.com (https://www.deepmeta.com)
Title: Re: So where's my money?
Post by: dragonblade on September 02, 2020, 11:34
I have used Deepmeta in the past for submitting photos. I had no idea it contained earnings information as well.

Edit: Ive just checked out "Sales" in Deepmeta after signing in and all the fields under the headings are blank.
Title: Re: So where's my money?
Post by: ShadySue on September 02, 2020, 11:50
I have used Deepmeta in the past for submitting photos. I had no idea it contained earnings information as well.

Edit: Ive just checked out "Sales" in Deepmeta after signing in and all the fields under the headings are blank.

You may need to contact Support.
(Though for some odd reason, I don't get replies to my support tickets, although they say they've been sent. I do get their other emails though).
Title: Re: So where's my money?
Post by: SpaceStockFootage on September 02, 2020, 23:58
Sale reversals maybe?
Title: Re: So where's my money?
Post by: dragonblade on September 03, 2020, 05:48
Yea I'll try contacting support.

Sale reversals maybe?

What are sales reversals? Are they instances where buyers get refunded for purchases they no longer want? If that's the case, I find it hard to believe there were over $100 worth of refunds from countless purchases made over many, many months. Regardless, that is a lot of money to disappear.
Title: Re: So where's my money?
Post by: dragonblade on November 21, 2020, 20:41
They got back to me and said that because I hadn't updated the tax form, they put my payment on hold. I had to complete a tax interview and some time later, they delivered the payment. I got most of what they owed me (seemed to be short of a few dollars.)
Title: Re: So where's my money?
Post by: Uncle Pete on November 22, 2020, 12:13
They got back to me and said that because I hadn't updated the tax form, they put my payment on hold. I had to complete a tax interview and some time later, they delivered the payment. I got most of what they owed me (seemed to be short of a few dollars.)

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