Looks very nice, congrats.

With a buyer hat I would obviously love a few thousand more files

I hope you get great sales, if you can get loyal customers that would be the best solution.

Thanks Cobalt!
You're right but I prefer launching already and add step by step, hoping I could grab subscribers in the next weeks/monthes as I fill the shop.
I think I'll reach 1-2000  files in around 3 monthes I guess (or hope :-)...

crap joins crap : what a marriage 

EVen better than that ! I had $1081 yesterday for december earnings.
Today I have only $1118. The new commission rate is probably retroactive.
Ah! Ah! These guys are funny
#istocksyndrom #shitterstockstyleforever

...and Potentially Earn

Dear Colleagues,

This topic is highly relevant due to the abudance of copyright theft going on. Curious if anybody on here has had any success in earning compensation for copyright infrigements using third-party copyright infrigement companies.

I've just published this blog post on 5 tools that are currently being used by an Alamy-exclusive contributor who appears to be having more success at earning from infrigements than actually earning from licensing his images. Which begs me to ask whether chasing thieves may be a viable business model.

Here's the link to the blog post:

https://brutallyhonestmicrostock.com/2024/08/01/photo-justice-top-5-tools-for-stock-photographers-to-combat-infringement-and-potentially-earn/

Alex

Very useful post, thanks !!
Unfortunately the agencies helping finding thieves don't seem to do this with videos, animations...

Anyone here being contributor by VJLoops, very cool small agency ?
I always had good relations with them.
But the site seems down for several weeks and no answers to emails...

After receiving an email from Getty:
"Dear Getty Images Contributor,
We received and processed a request to update your payment information or email.
For security purposes, if you did not initiate a change please:
    Sign in to your Getty Images account to check and possibly update your current payment method and email address.
    Please contact contributor services immediately by responding to this email and informing us that you didn�t initiate a change to either your payment information or email.
    Change your Getty Images password.
Thank you,
Getty Images Contributor Services"

I tried to sign in to my contributor account but the password was changed and the thief also made a secondary password.
I made a ticket support on nov.7th and never had any answers yet (apart from the automatic response when you submit support ticket), despite other emails from me reviving them.
Have no access at all to my account.
Thank you Getty

Message to this forum's dev/admin : can we have a minus (-1) link option to dislike some messages in this thread...
For example those from M. Hayward ?
Considering the interdiction of opt out from Firefly, which is a shame and puts from now on Adobe Stock on the same level as Shutterstock and those alike (which says it all).
That may be a least for us contributors in this forum...
 

Finally, estimated earnings for june = payout amount for june ! :-)
Hope there won't be any refund coming next...

Still no estimated july earnings this friday 7th...
Anyone has the same thing ?

Hi Guys,
anyone here who knows the fastest way to delete the entire 123rf portfolio ?
I sent an email but no reply...
Thanks for helping

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Well BYE BYE and mostly farewell Envato ! :-)

Loserstock continues brilliantly their race to the bottom [hands clapping]