Author Topic: what a balls up of a royality statment (Read 4630 times)

BigLeague · « **on:** March 03, 2017, 18:19 »

Whos looked at their PDF statements for January?

Most of mine say Exclusive sales, when i have no exclusive images there.
The sales dates are not in order.
The layout couldn't be worse.

Tried the txt download statement? good luck with the headache inducing pages

And what about the actual royalities webpage statement, all pretty graphs and all that, but give me a simple table like SS.

It doesnt even give you an actual monthly sales figure, you either need to guess from a graph, or add up all the bars on the graph, manually.

Is this really how its going to be? does anyone like it?

Photodune Reject · « **Reply #1 on:** March 03, 2017, 22:06 »

Of course we don't like but do you really think they give a crap to us artists that pay their six digit salaries!

danielsbfoto · « **Reply #2 on:** March 04, 2017, 01:53 »

Quote from: BigLeague on March 03, 2017, 18:19

Most of mine say Exclusive sales, when i have no exclusive images there.

Me too and really what that means?

Artist · « **Reply #3 on:** March 04, 2017, 03:12 »

looks like they messed up everything

Pauws99 · « **Reply #4 on:** March 04, 2017, 04:08 »

Quote from: Artist on March 04, 2017, 03:12

looks like they messed up everything

It takes real skill to mess things up so comprehensively. If they ever pull the same stunt on the buyers side they will be history.

dpimborough · « **Reply #5 on:** March 04, 2017, 05:07 »

Quote from: Pauws99 on March 04, 2017, 04:08

Quote from: Artist on March 04, 2017, 03:12
looks like they messed up everything
It takes real skill to mess things up so comprehensively. If they ever pull the same stunt on the buyers side they will be history.

If iS tried to organize a piss up in a brewery they'd lose the brewery and the beer

BigLeague · « **Reply #6 on:** March 04, 2017, 06:03 »

My statement is dated Jan 1st, so its not clear if thats actually for Jan or Dec.

The PDF download has Dec and Jan sales on it, in a random order, brilliant.!!

The download for February 2015 - December 2016 on the same page, doesnt tie up with ANY!! previous monthly records i have had from istock.

Ive emailed them, im not hopeful of a comprehensive answer.

Pauws99 · « **Reply #7 on:** March 04, 2017, 06:35 »

Quote from: Sammy the Cat on March 04, 2017, 05:07

Quote from: Pauws99 on March 04, 2017, 04:08
Quote from: Artist on March 04, 2017, 03:12
looks like they messed up everything
It takes real skill to mess things up so comprehensively. If they ever pull the same stunt on the buyers side they will be history.

If iS tried to organize a piss up in a brewery they'd lose the brewery and the beer

and some of the party goers would praise them for working so hard.....

Justanotherphotographer · « **Reply #8 on:** March 04, 2017, 08:19 »

Quote from: Sammy the Cat on March 04, 2017, 05:07

Quote from: Pauws99 on March 04, 2017, 04:08
Quote from: Artist on March 04, 2017, 03:12
looks like they messed up everything
It takes real skill to mess things up so comprehensively. If they ever pull the same stunt on the buyers side they will be history.

If iS tried to organize a piss up in a brewery they'd lose the brewery and the beer

They tried, it didn't go well.

https://www.gofundme.com/thank-you-from-istock-exclusives

ShadySue · « **Reply #9 on:** March 04, 2017, 10:06 »

Quote from: Justanotherphotographer on March 04, 2017, 08:19

Quote from: Sammy the Cat on March 04, 2017, 05:07
Quote from: Pauws99 on March 04, 2017, 04:08
Quote from: Artist on March 04, 2017, 03:12
looks like they messed up everything
It takes real skill to mess things up so comprehensively. If they ever pull the same stunt on the buyers side they will be history.

If iS tried to organize a piss up in a brewery they'd lose the brewery and the beer
They tried, it didn't go well.

https://www.gofundme.com/thank-you-from-istock-exclusives

Hmmm, they were up to at least $275, soon after launch (I looked because I could hardly believe someone had suggested it!)

PureArt · « **Reply #10 on:** March 05, 2017, 14:41 »

Quote from: Justanotherphotographer on March 04, 2017, 08:19

Quote from: Sammy the Cat on March 04, 2017, 05:07
Quote from: Pauws99 on March 04, 2017, 04:08
Quote from: Artist on March 04, 2017, 03:12
looks like they messed up everything
It takes real skill to mess things up so comprehensively. If they ever pull the same stunt on the buyers side they will be history.

If iS tried to organize a piss up in a brewery they'd lose the brewery and the beer
They tried, it didn't go well.

https://www.gofundme.com/thank-you-from-istock-exclusives

I guess the plan was to invite the iStock workers to a party and then torture them. But they declined the invitation. There is a saying: "This cat knows whose meat it ate."

worriedistocker · « **Reply #11 on:** March 05, 2017, 20:26 »

Hmmm, they were up to at least $275, soon after launch (I looked because I could hardly believe someone had suggested it!)
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There is an update at the fundraiser explaining they had to cancel it because istock employees aren't allowed to accept gifts.

Why they would throw a party to celebrate this monumental screwup is beyond my understanding.

angelawaye · « **Reply #12 on:** March 05, 2017, 22:16 »

I almost fell out of my chair. Unbelievable!
https://www.gofundme.com/thank-you-from-istock-exclusives

Photodune Reject · « **Reply #13 on:** March 05, 2017, 22:21 »

I thought this a joke which is it if they think folks will give the more money! They should pay us $750 each for giving us a useless program (ESP). These folks make our government workers look good which is a very hard thing to do!

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