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Agency Based Discussion => iStockPhoto.com => Topic started by: microstockphoto.co.uk on June 23, 2010, 02:04
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Thinkstock earnings are being posted now on Istock, and I can see them growing in "real time" right now.
Funny they are being added a few at a time since sales happened last month
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Thinkstock earnings are being posted now on Istock, and I can see them growing in "real time" right now.
Funny they are being added a few at a time since sales happened last month
Yep added for me too - looks like there has been significant growth there in the last month. What do you mean by you cen see them growing "real time"?
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Thinkstock earnings are being posted now on Istock, and I can see them growing in "real time" right now.
Funny they are being added a few at a time since sales happened last month
Yep added for me too - looks like there has been significant growth there in the last month. What do you mean by you cen see them growing "real time"?
I mean that when I cheched first time this morning at 7 o' clock (GMT) there were only a few dollars and I was a bit disappointed. Then I checked again and again and one hour later the total amount finally stabilised - and it's pretty good indeed.
I respect those who chose not to join the partner programme since $.25 is too low, each of us must draw a line and $.25 is the limit for me as well. But I joined and I'm not missing StockXpert at all: the amount earned now through the IS+TS partnership is almost the same, even if I have much less pictures now on TS.
I also noted that a lot of pictures which were not selling much on IS (such as simple backgrounds and textures) are having a second chance now on TS. I may sound a bit optimistic but credits and subs are possibly complementary and not competing completely.
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thanks for the heads up - and I thought I was just have a good day at iStock :)
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But what is with StockXpert sales at TS (hemera)...?
I have there 200 old photos to test TS, still nothing, but they are on TS for more than month...?
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StockXpert earnings on TS are posted on a different schedule. I had my first Hemera sales posted to StockXpert on June 8th and expect to see the next earnings in two weeks or so.
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StockXpert earnings on TS are posted on a different schedule. I had my first Hemera sales posted to StockXpert on June 8th and expect to see the next earnings in two weeks or so.
Thanks!
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I mean that when I cheched first time this morning at 7 o' clock (GMT) there were only a few dollars and I was a bit disappointed. Then I checked again and again and one hour later the total amount finally stabilised - and it's pretty good indeed.
I did the same thing! Mine was only at $1.00 the first time I looked, I was relieved to see that number grow overnight. I offer all of my photos in the partner program & am loving the extra cash without the extra effort.
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I mean that when I cheched first time this morning at 7 o' clock (GMT) there were only a few dollars and I was a bit disappointed. Then I checked again and again and one hour later the total amount finally stabilised - and it's pretty good indeed.
I respect those who chose not to join the partner programme since $.25 is too low, each of us must draw a line and $.25 is the limit for me as well. But I joined and I'm not missing StockXpert at all: the amount earned now through the IS+TS partnership is almost the same, even if I have much less pictures now on TS.
I also noted that a lot of pictures which were not selling much on IS (such as simple backgrounds and textures) are having a second chance now on TS. I may sound a bit optimistic but credits and subs are possibly complementary and not competing completely.
Maybe that is why your IS earnings are down...
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Dont understand where to look on iStock site to see this???
What ThingStoka has with original iStock???
As I understand stuff from ex StockXpert are on Thing.
Aaa I dig it out I manually disabling 2 year images from iStock for prostitution on Thing, so I dont have images thru iStock on ThingStoka ;D
Mamu im jbm anyhow
puke
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I mean that when I cheched first time this morning at 7 o' clock (GMT) there were only a few dollars and I was a bit disappointed. Then I checked again and again and one hour later the total amount finally stabilised - and it's pretty good indeed.
I respect those who chose not to join the partner programme since $.25 is too low, each of us must draw a line and $.25 is the limit for me as well. But I joined and I'm not missing StockXpert at all: the amount earned now through the IS+TS partnership is almost the same, even if I have much less pictures now on TS.
I also noted that a lot of pictures which were not selling much on IS (such as simple backgrounds and textures) are having a second chance now on TS. I may sound a bit optimistic but credits and subs are possibly complementary and not competing completely.
Maybe that is why your IS earnings are down...
Maybe... but I didn't say my IS earnings are down. Indeed, they are (slowly) growing each month.
What I meant is that some admittedly not so great pictures of mine such as simple background - which stayed on IS for 2 years without sales - are now selling on TS.
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can anyone help to explain the difference of buying a same images that from istock and through partner program thinkstock?
I have a few files in old stockxpert account, and all are simple vectors that i let it run on thinkstock now.
I have a few files in istock and is available through partner program and got some $0.25 sales. But my common sense told me that i should not activate all my files in istock to partner program, because if every images in istock is available in thinkstock, why still buyers will buy from istock?
I don't get it, unless there is different license usage of buying in istock and thinkstock.
I remember istock advise to activate those images that haven't been sold for 2 years or something, so does it mean they don't encourage everyone to make every files available in thinkstock?
quite a strange strategy, i understand shutterstock got subs download and there are on demands and EL for some usage..but i don't understand what istock wants contributor to do.
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I think it's the old SUBS vs CREDITS issue... subs cost much less, but buyers must pay in advance and possibly will not use all available downloads; credits cost more but buyers pay as they go; subs appeal to large companies, credits to occasional buyers
not so weird to me
why they don't encourage to opt in all pictures, I don't know; maybe they believe it's better to sell some pictures only at higher price through IS - that makes sense for high quality pictures
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Dont understand where to look on iStock site to see this???
What ThingStoka has with original iStock???
As I understand stuff from ex StockXpert are on Thing.
Aaa I dig it out I manually disabling 2 year images from iStock for prostitution on Thing, so I dont have images thru iStock on ThingStoka ;D
Mamu im jbm anyhow
puke
I don't understand what is your question, maybe this will help
Look at: "Stats" for general amount or "My uploads" and go to "Partner program".
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I think it's the old SUBS vs CREDITS issue... subs cost much less, but buyers must pay in advance and possibly will not use all available downloads; credits cost more but buyers pay as they go; subs appeal to large companies, credits to occasional buyers
not so weird to me
why they don't encourage to opt in all pictures, I don't know; maybe they believe it's better to sell some pictures only at higher price through IS - that makes sense for high quality pictures
but it is weird that same file got different price that sold through a same agency..
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but it is weird that same file got different price that sold through a same agency..
Yes, it has all become so convoluted it's tough to tell what we are really getting paid. But then that's a good thing for the agencies!