Keywords: unforgivable
Images: probably not a huge stretch to making the unacceptable acceptable from calling the ordinary / acceptable special
graffiti: very surprising as copyright seems the only thing that will cause a rejection at the moment, they see need for property / model releases where there is none so one would expect the blindingly obvious to be picked up

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Quote from: tickstock on November 01, 2013, 21:16

Quote from: Travelling-light on November 01, 2013, 21:14
Does your $9 RPD include Getty?

No.  Getty RPD is about twice that.

OK, as a % of your BME, how many DL did you get in October?

No reply from Tickstock? Pity, I could have used that information to work out out if I would be better off exclusive.
Just a % of your BME by DL, then I can apply that to our own BME and multiply by $9. (I'm assuming you are on 40%)
Any other exclusives interested? Send a site mail if you like. Thanks!
One person said he has gone from 150 DL per day to 20, which I make 13%. Is that similar for others?

Downloads:
93 - Sept 2013
1421 - Nov 2005
6.5% of my best download month.

ooooooooohhh boy

Quote from: BaldricksTrousers on November 02, 2013, 13:15

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Quote from: shudderstok on November 02, 2013, 11:29#
I was thinking in past terms: MESSED 

I'm lost for words.

that's gotta be a first!!! 

Indubitably.

ba5tard!!! you made me look this one up in the dictionary!!! that is just pure mean.

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Quote from: shudderstok on November 03, 2013, 00:09

Quote from: BaldricksTrousers on November 02, 2013, 13:15

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Quote from: BaldricksTrousers on November 02, 2013, 11:45

Quote from: shudderstok on November 02, 2013, 11:29#
I was thinking in past terms: MESSED 

I'm lost for words.

that's gotta be a first!!! 

Indubitably.

ba5tard!!! you made me look this one up in the dictionary!!! that is just pure mean.

LOL! You fell for it!

(I'm giving you a thoroughly deserved +1 for your sporting admission that you fell into the trap).

Quote from: BaldricksTrousers on November 03, 2013, 00:48

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Quote from: BaldricksTrousers on November 02, 2013, 13:15

Quote from: shudderstok on November 02, 2013, 12:03

Quote from: BaldricksTrousers on November 02, 2013, 11:45

Quote from: shudderstok on November 02, 2013, 11:29#
I was thinking in past terms: MESSED 

I'm lost for words.

that's gotta be a first!!! 

Indubitably.

ba5tard!!! you made me look this one up in the dictionary!!! that is just pure mean.

LOL! You fell for it!

(I'm giving you a thoroughly deserved +1 for your sporting admission that you fell into the trap).

i fell so hard that i have a nose bleed.
thanks for the +1 not that it matters as we are both sporting -1 due to the peepeepoopookaka crowd.

Quote from: StanRohrer on November 03, 2013, 00:02
Downloads:
93 - Sept 2013
1421 - Nov 2005
6.5% of my best download month.

Crikey Stan!!!! There seems to be a very wide variation, not an even %. We had our best DL month in 2009, and maybe the high numbers were already over by the time we went exclusive in late 2008.
When we quit 18 months ago, we had lost 40% from our DL BME.

Quote from: BaldricksTrousers on November 03, 2013, 00:48

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Quote from: BaldricksTrousers on November 02, 2013, 13:15

Quote from: shudderstok on November 02, 2013, 12:03

Quote from: BaldricksTrousers on November 02, 2013, 11:45

Quote from: shudderstok on November 02, 2013, 11:29#
I was thinking in past terms: MESSED 

I'm lost for words.

that's gotta be a first!!! 

Indubitably.

ba5tard!!! you made me look this one up in the dictionary!!! that is just pure mean.

LOL! You fell for it!

(I'm giving you a thoroughly deserved +1 for your sporting admission that you fell into the trap).

Did you work for Reader's Digest?? 

Quote from: Freedom on November 03, 2013, 04:04

Quote from: BaldricksTrousers on November 03, 2013, 00:48

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Quote from: BaldricksTrousers on November 02, 2013, 13:15

Quote from: shudderstok on November 02, 2013, 12:03

Quote from: BaldricksTrousers on November 02, 2013, 11:45

Quote from: shudderstok on November 02, 2013, 11:29#
I was thinking in past terms: MESSED 

I'm lost for words.

that's gotta be a first!!! 

Indubitably.

ba5tard!!! you made me look this one up in the dictionary!!! that is just pure mean.

LOL! You fell for it!

(I'm giving you a thoroughly deserved +1 for your sporting admission that you fell into the trap).

Did you work for Reader's Digest?? 

Nope. Just on a number of daily newspapers.

there is also a new entry ANDRESR on istock exclusives

exclusive http://www.istockphoto.com/andresrimaging
no exclusive  http://www.istockphoto.com/andresr

oh oh oh fun!

Quote from: kelby on November 08, 2013, 14:45
there is also a new entry ANDRESR on istock exclusives

exclusive http://www.istockphoto.com/andresrimaging
no exclusive  http://www.istockphoto.com/andresr

Not surprised, good luck to Andres

Quote from: gbalex on November 08, 2013, 18:55

Quote from: kelby on November 08, 2013, 14:45
there is also a new entry ANDRESR on istock exclusives

exclusive http://www.istockphoto.com/andresrimaging
no exclusive  http://www.istockphoto.com/andresr

Not surprised, good luck to Andres

Is that a real exclusive or the new kind of exclusive?  If he got the new kind of deal he'd be silly to turn it down.

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Quote from: tickstock on October 31, 2013, 23:50

You have a few more assumptions in there.  One is that people are equally likely to post whether they are up or down.  I think that is false if people are doing well they don't want to post because it can lead to copying.

Interesting you use that argument.  People always say the yearly poll or other earnings threads are inaccurate because only the successful want to report their earnings.  The people aren't having a good time and experiencing poor earnings aren't going to care to report anything.

You don't see names in the poll, nobody can copy you.

Congrats Andres! And It is good for indies as well. I hope more large volume producers go exclusive.

And they'll get their special contracts with preferred placement. For all the hard work well deserved. I just wonder what the normal istock exclusives think about it, but if they don't shoot the same genre, it won't affect them.

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Quote from: tickstock on November 08, 2013, 20:56

Quote from: leaf on November 08, 2013, 20:44

Quote from: tickstock on October 31, 2013, 23:50

You have a few more assumptions in there.  One is that people are equally likely to post whether they are up or down.  I think that is false if people are doing well they don't want to post because it can lead to copying.

Interesting you use that argument.  People always say the yearly poll or other earnings threads are inaccurate because only the successful want to report their earnings.  The people aren't having a good time and experiencing poor earnings aren't going to care to report anything.

One is anonymous and one isn't.  Maybe this poll is biased towards people who feel good about their earnings?  I don't know, do we have any evidence of that?  You have the best stats, do you see anything that would lead you to believe that?  Maybe less people reporting during the slower summer months or something like that?  There is some evidence that people who are doing well don't post in the iStock thread because they are doing well, at least a few people said that on this forum.

That reasoning is starting to sound like 'schrodinger's cat'.

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Quote from: BaldricksTrousers on November 08, 2013, 20:24

Quote from: gbalex on November 08, 2013, 18:55

Quote from: kelby on November 08, 2013, 14:45
there is also a new entry ANDRESR on istock exclusives

exclusive http://www.istockphoto.com/andresrimaging
no exclusive  http://www.istockphoto.com/andresr

Not surprised, good luck to Andres

Is that a real exclusive or the new kind of exclusive?  If he got the new kind of deal he'd be silly to turn it down.

I'm confused.  So far this new "exclusive" only has 1k images on Istock.  Didn't Andres have 10k or more already there?   What happened to the rest of his port?

Quote from: tickstock on November 08, 2013, 20:30

Quote from: BaldricksTrousers on November 08, 2013, 20:24

Quote from: gbalex on November 08, 2013, 18:55

Quote from: kelby on November 08, 2013, 14:45
there is also a new entry ANDRESR on istock exclusives

exclusive http://www.istockphoto.com/andresrimaging
no exclusive  http://www.istockphoto.com/andresr

Not surprised, good luck to Andres

Is that a real exclusive or the new kind of exclusive?  If he got the new kind of deal he'd be silly to turn it down.

You will have to go to MEXPO and ask Yuri and Andres about it.

like they will answer anything

Quote from: lisafx on November 08, 2013, 21:14

Quote from: BaldricksTrousers on November 08, 2013, 20:24

Quote from: gbalex on November 08, 2013, 18:55

Quote from: kelby on November 08, 2013, 14:45
there is also a new entry ANDRESR on istock exclusives

exclusive http://www.istockphoto.com/andresrimaging
no exclusive  http://www.istockphoto.com/andresr

Not surprised, good luck to Andres

Is that a real exclusive or the new kind of exclusive?  If he got the new kind of deal he'd be silly to turn it down.

I'm confused.  So far this new "exclusive" only has 1k images on Istock.  Didn't Andres have 10k or more already there?   What happened to the rest of his port?

have you opened both links? one does have over 7k other 1k like you said

Quote from: tickstock on November 08, 2013, 20:56
There is some evidence that people who are doing well don't post in the iStock thread because they are doing well, at least a few people said that on this forum.

You'll never know until you open the box :-)