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Messages - trek
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« on: January 03, 2020, 06:49 »
An all electric AWD SUV with 400 miles of range... Maybe next year.
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« on: December 24, 2019, 13:05 »
With that name, I'm surprised he's not going for 14,400...nomen est omen! 
Took me a while to figure that one. No habla Latin. 
Joe is still going for the 10K I hope he makes it, but I want to make it perfectly clear, I think he's misguided to think that the only import fact of microstock is how many images anyone has. I've watched for long enough to see that the plain and obvious answer is not counting how many images but what are the images.
One of the sales mottoes, back when, was don't work harder, work smarter. In Microstock that means uploading good, useful content and not wasting time trying to make number quotas.
I also believe, to each their own, so as independent business people, anyone can do anything they want. Not my business to tell them how, but I can observe and say for myself and many others, uploading 10,000 nice images will earn no more than 500 carefully planned, designed, thoughtful, market appropriate images.
Nevermind...
I respect his work ethic.. especially since I only produce about 100 shots a month. However his port is profoundly un-commercial. Some of the editorial content should sell (open mouthed politicians are in season). Overall I wonder if he is going to break even on his transportation and equipment costs... or produce 10,000 shots at a loss?
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« on: December 20, 2019, 14:51 »
Ten and a half year low... out of 11 years. Glad I stopped uploading.
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« on: December 19, 2019, 11:32 »
I use my LLC name at FAA. Why use a company name? Dogmatic preference for cyber privacy and loathing of personal self promotion... are my reasons.
So did you set it up as a "gallery account"? Do they produce your 1099s to your "company name" or to your personal name?
Thanks
At what point did you give them your EIN as that is not on the very simple application page (they just ask for name and company name)?
I have a paid account. The 1099 goes to the LLC and its EIN number... if they send one. Earnings are way less than 600.
Under tax information (US resident) there is an option for SS# or EIN#. I looked back at last years tax records... I did not receive a 1099. No surprise. Income was well below $600-
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« on: December 17, 2019, 23:20 »
I use my LLC name at FAA. Why use a company name? Dogmatic preference for cyber privacy and loathing of personal self promotion... are my reasons.
So did you set it up as a "gallery account"? Do they produce your 1099s to your "company name" or to your personal name?
Thanks
I have a paid account. The 1099 goes to the LLC and its EIN number... if they send one. Earnings are way less than 600.
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« on: December 15, 2019, 20:17 »
I use my LLC name at FAA. Why use a company name? Dogmatic preference for cyber privacy and loathing of personal self promotion... are my reasons.
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« on: December 11, 2019, 11:39 »
Last time a card failed (computer and camera both failed to read) - I stuck it in different brand camera. Oddly everything popped up. Kind of a long shot but worth trying.
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« on: November 30, 2019, 12:52 »
My understanding from reading the photographers guide to copyright is that selling a print of your own work is not considered to be "publishing" and so you can sell prints (at least in the USA) of anything you have taken. It is the act of "publishing" that bring the potential risks of infringing on trademarks or needing releases etc.
By the way, I've just published my own monthly report on video sales today. I always wait until the month finally ends to do my main report. The video one is here:
https://www.backyardsilver.com/2019/11/video-stock-sales-in-november-2019/
Steve
FAA also sells mugs, hats, shirts, shower curtains, bags.. etc.,. It's not just art prints. I think merchandise and one off art prints have different risk factors when it comes to editorial. You can turn the products auto function off.. but generally I don't post editorial content there.
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« on: November 26, 2019, 20:08 »
All the revenue sharing sites I've seen are tied to unlimited subscriptions... where buyers (and thieves) can download thousand of videos or images a month for a few pennies each. That's why I stay away from those sites.
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« on: November 20, 2019, 07:03 »
I don't see Canva referenced anymore. Did they end their Getty deal?
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« on: November 11, 2019, 17:08 »
I'm thinking about dropping Depositphotos. It's annoying that I'm almost only getting 0.32 commissions. It's quite low. And sometimes even lower ones appear, like 0.16. Very rarely I get something bigger, but it's too infrequent to move the average significantly. Nowadays my RPD is around 0.37 USD which is very low. Image RPD at Shutterstock for example is usually quite close to 1 USD
DepositPhotos is the lowest return per download of the 10 agencies my material is at. Wish they were better. Not investing workflow time with them at this point.
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« on: November 11, 2019, 08:00 »
Another issue I have with BB is when my clips get reviewed, it says "online" in my admin panel. But, online where? Which agencies took the clips? Which agencies rejected any?
And if some were rejected, what was the reason? Perhaps it was something that could be fixed simply and resubmitted, but I don't know what the issue was or from where the rejection came from.
That's a big concern. Especially with Shutterstock's recent rejection of photo releases over penmanship and correctable minutia. I wouldn't want to left in the dark if old releases need replacement.
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« on: November 10, 2019, 21:43 »
I like the revenue share (for co-productions) function. Is there a payout minimum?
The revenue sharing is the only reason I'd use BB. I wish agencies did this themselves.
And no, I got a $4.66 payout from them once.
Thanks for the reply. Another question: Are there restrictions regarding removing existing material from the agencies and then re-uploading those clips to Blackbox?
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« on: November 10, 2019, 21:00 »
I'm thinking of trying a test batch. I like the revenue share (for co-productions) function. Is there a payout minimum?
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« on: November 10, 2019, 06:43 »
I love BB as well and the 15% is a wash as you get a higher % from SS per download as you would on your own.
Does Blackbox eliminate the $1.50 video downloads? How does the SS return per download at Blackbox compare to uploading directly to SS (@ 30% royalty level)?
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« on: November 07, 2019, 05:59 »
I think it's a program, I'm pretty sure now.
An egyptian obelisk rejected because I have not translated the hieroglyphs on the title.
A bell tower of an European Cathedral rejected because of trademark violation in title and keywords.
A 13th century architect still generating royalties.
I had a night cityscape rejected because a tiny little street sign that said "Yosemite Ave" was "untranslated foreign text". AI - machine rejections are a lame waste of time.
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« on: October 30, 2019, 10:23 »
P5 income - year to date is 28% below last year. FYI: I removed my video port from istock and storyblocks. Never placed videos at Evanto due to low pricing.
U r wrong , i can set my own prices to Envatomarket (Videohive) but i never sold a regular clip just animations. [/quote] Your right. They didn't used to let contributors set video prices but it seems you can now. However my experience as a Photodune contributor ended poorly. I will not resume contributing to Evanto.
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« on: October 30, 2019, 06:07 »
P5 is alright for me. Lower sales in number than SS but higher net/file so I am satisfied with them. Those that complain and have their clips in places like Istock Envato Elements Storyblocks etc should really be quiet because those sites are an important contributor to the erosion of well paying sites.
P5 income - year to date is 28% below last year. FYI: I removed my video port from istock and storyblocks. Never placed videos at Evanto due to low pricing.
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« on: October 23, 2019, 07:02 »
This wont help your current issue but...
My understanding is that: Paypal's 1099K are issued when there are 20K in earnings and 200 transactions in a calendar year. I'm careful to keep the transaction number below 200.
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« on: October 12, 2019, 20:37 »
My video return per download dropped to about $3- shortly before I removed my clips.
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« on: October 05, 2019, 10:54 »
My skyline cityscapes usually contain 30 or more signs, billboards, and murals. I clone them all away to create commercially usable material. The end product is quite altered. True editorial content should have no cloning at all. Please consider loosening the acceptable editorial policy to include "clone free" skylines and cityscapes.
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« on: September 29, 2019, 14:04 »
Alex is a writer and writers write. Creative people need to create. His blog is informative. I appreciate his insight.
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« on: September 20, 2019, 11:30 »
Go to Sales, then click Gross Royalty to reorder your sales from least amount, so the larges refund comes at the top. Ignore the probably many 'refunds' you got in Jan 2017: these were apparently never sales, it was just Getty testing the system when it was introduced to iS. 
I also cannot see any refunds, but clearly do not understand what I am seeing.
I start at the ESP login, the go to "royalties." I don't see a place to see 'sales' or what was sold or for what price? (I attached a screenshot, but it does not seem to show up here...)
They don't want you to see. You need to download the txt document. I open it in excel.
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« on: September 20, 2019, 05:41 »
No refunds, but worst amount this year, less than half of July (but with the same number of downloads).
I suppose the video doesn't go to Canva, so no refunds right?
I had four video refunds this month.. despite removing my video portfolio in April.
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« on: September 19, 2019, 17:31 »
456 Canva entries. About half are refunds. Lunacy.
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