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Agency Based Discussion => iStockPhoto.com => Topic started by: BigLeague on March 03, 2017, 18:19

Title: what a balls up of a royality statment
Post by: 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?






Title: Re: what a balls up of a royality statment
Post by: Photodune Reject 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!  >:(
Title: Re: what a balls up of a royality statment
Post by: danielsbfoto on March 04, 2017, 01:53


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

Me too and really what that means?
Title: Re: what a balls up of a royality statment
Post by: Artist on March 04, 2017, 03:12
looks like they messed up everything
Title: Re: what a balls up of a royality statment
Post by: Pauws99 on March 04, 2017, 04:08
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.
Title: Re: what a balls up of a royality statment
Post by: dpimborough on March 04, 2017, 05:07
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  ;D
Title: Re: what a balls up of a royality statment
Post by: BigLeague 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.

Title: Re: what a balls up of a royality statment
Post by: Pauws99 on March 04, 2017, 06:35
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  ;D
and some of the party goers would praise them for working so hard.....
Title: Re: what a balls up of a royality statment
Post by: Justanotherphotographer on March 04, 2017, 08:19
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  ;D
They tried, it didn't go well.

https://www.gofundme.com/thank-you-from-istock-exclusives (https://www.gofundme.com/thank-you-from-istock-exclusives)
Title: Re: what a balls up of a royality statment
Post by: ShadySue on March 04, 2017, 10:06
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  ;D
They tried, it didn't go well.

https://www.gofundme.com/thank-you-from-istock-exclusives (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!)
Title: Re: what a balls up of a royality statment
Post by: PureArt on March 05, 2017, 14:41
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  ;D
They tried, it didn't go well.

https://www.gofundme.com/thank-you-from-istock-exclusives (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."
Title: Re: what a balls up of a royality statment
Post by: worriedistocker 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.
Title: Re: what a balls up of a royality statment
Post by: angelawaye on March 05, 2017, 22:16
I almost fell out of my chair. Unbelievable!
https://www.gofundme.com/thank-you-from-istock-exclusives (https://www.gofundme.com/thank-you-from-istock-exclusives)
Title: Re: what a balls up of a royality statment
Post by: Photodune Reject 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!  >:(