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1026
« on: August 21, 2018, 14:34 »
If your photos are good enough to be accepted by Getty when submitted by Chinese 500px then your photos are good enough to be accepted by Getty when submitted directly by you. Why split your earnings with 500px?
I already mentioned above, most of my 500px photos are already with iStock. From what I see, the RPD I got from 500px after the Getty deal (so far) is far better than what I regularly get from iStock for the same stuff. The real question is: will the revenue be better than what I already got straight from 500px? Possibly, since I expect more exposure and more volume through Getty. Time will tell. One more thing: working straight with Getty requires exclusivity. That's not the case with 500px
1027
« on: August 21, 2018, 10:27 »
So they're on Getty for 50 - 375 and the cut was 0.65! What license?
How old are these sales?
I also received a bunch of older distributor sales, made prior to the Getty announcement.
I expect Getty sales to be marked as "500px licensing".
The $0,65 sale is from April, but has come today and is marked as "Our distributor"
Yeah, mine are from April as well. These are not from Getty.
1028
« on: August 21, 2018, 10:04 »
So they're on Getty for 50 - 375 and the cut was 0.65! What license?
How old are these sales? I also received a bunch of older distributor sales, made prior to the Getty announcement. I expect Getty sales to be marked as "500px licensing".
1029
« on: August 15, 2018, 22:10 »
July at SS was good for me, best it has been (for that month) for sometime, not far off $1k compared to a low of $600 last year. When looking at the Alexa rankings, it does show an increase in web traffic in July and continuing into August. That is after a low in June.
https://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/shutterstock.com
AS/FT has performed way better than SS for me, has done for the last 4-5 years. You say your weekly dropped by 6-4? Your weekly rank? 
Sorry, I was not clear, 6 downloads/week , "Sold this week: 6", now just 4. Not the rank, I wish...
I'm sorry to be blunt, Dodie, but when you only manage 6 sales a week, you can't extrapolate and declare a site dead, dead, dead. 6 downloads a week is just noise. You should do at least 20 times better than this, to lift yourself above noise level and get some understanding of ranks, trends and site performance.
1030
« on: August 15, 2018, 09:40 »
Thanks. Yes, I can see some accepted and , it seems, available for licence. But nowhere do I see a button should anybody wish to purchase. I'll go and annoy 500px. Thanks for your help! 
PS The ones which are (maybe) available are only core collection so unlikely to make me rich in any case.......!
I expect many more sales to come through Getty, than through 500px. The email some of us received contains a link to our photos on Getty. Try this: https://www.gettyimages.ca/search/photographer?autocorrect=none&collections=fpx,fpl,pxp,pxu,fup&family=creative&photographer=xxxxxxx.Where xxxxxxx is your 500px user name (replace any space with%20)
1031
« on: August 15, 2018, 09:12 »
Thanks for that but I don't see this on ANY of my images, accepted or not, sold or not.
I am soooooo confused!
What does Accepted mean if not And On Sale? Somewhere.......
You can also click on your icon, top right. Then select manage photos. Then select Licensing on the upper left. You can also order them by collection to filter the ones selected for licensing (prime and core collections) I have not checked them all, but those visible on this list seem also to have that specific licensing button shown above.
1032
« on: August 15, 2018, 08:56 »
Where can I see this "buy a licence" button please? I have looked in all the obvious places, but this being 500px it just isn't obvious!
I know at least one image is on Getty as I have sales on it. Surely the (very small number) of ones they accept now will go automatically across - other wise what does 'accepted' mean?
On the right side of the image, below the number of likes.
I'm really just not seeing this!!! In Manage photos, Profile or somewhere else? Sorry if being dim.....
Maybe none have been accepted - but some sales were reported?
I imagine that if they are 'accepted' this must be into Getty as Marketplace is no more...
I'm being reminded why I abandoned 500px before....... 
See below. My most recent uploads have not been reviewed yet. It's not clear how the review process will happen, post transition. There is still a large backlog, from what I can see. It is likely that delays were also caused by this transition. Maybe yours were not selected or not reviewed yet.
1033
« on: August 15, 2018, 08:33 »
Interresting that the same photos are available for peanuts on their regular subscriptions, but also for much more through their new 500px collection ($425-$499).
If Getty thinks it works for them, this should also tell many contributors that there is nothing special about restricting good photos to macro only.
Buyers are ready to pay a premium for browsing through a quality collection, instead of weeding through a huge pile of crappy similars on most micros.
1034
« on: August 14, 2018, 11:29 »
I am also a true believer of them manipulating Our sales. and That statement is Not a tinfoil Hat . just experience.
Define "manipulating". I said it before, even your local supermarket is "manipulating" their sales by placing specific products in high traffic areas, let alone Amazon & Co, through their sophisticated ways of tracking buyers preferences. Why would SS be different? Speaking about tin foil: what do you think about "Better Call Saul"? 
1035
« on: August 14, 2018, 08:05 »
It could be search tweaking but it is not my first bad month lately, so it is not summer vacations the reason either.
I have no world wide sale at all, just US and there are too many of these small $0.26 sale, big sales are very rare compared to the past.
If you don't sell like before and your weekly rank is stable, then FT is "dead, dead, dead", indeed.
If don't sell like before and your weekly rank has dropped, then you are "dead, dead, dead", unfortunately.
So, which one is it?
Fyi, my rank has improved significantly the last couple of weeks (within the 3 digits domain)
If your rank has improved significantly and your sales have dropped then FT is "dead, dead, dead", indeed.
Correct. Fyi, my sales and my rank are both significantly better for the past two weeks.
1036
« on: August 14, 2018, 06:41 »
It could be search tweaking but it is not my first bad month lately, so it is not summer vacations the reason either.
I have no world wide sale at all, just US and there are too many of these small $0.26 sale, big sales are very rare compared to the past.
If you don't sell like before and your weekly rank is stable, then FT is "dead, dead, dead", indeed. If don't sell like before and your weekly rank has dropped, then you are "dead, dead, dead", unfortunately. So, which one is it? Fyi, my rank has improved significantly the last couple of weeks (within the 3 digits domain)
1037
« on: August 12, 2018, 14:49 »
So, sales came in before the announcement:
Congratulations! Your photos were selected by Getty Images and are now available for licensing on gettyimages.com.
Same message usually received from eyeem... Selected doesnt mean sold
See my earlier post: "sold" happened before this "selected" announcement. In other words, it's the other way around: "Sold" meant "selected". 
1038
« on: August 12, 2018, 12:10 »
So, sales came in before the announcement:
Congratulations! Your photos were selected by Getty Images and are now available for licensing on gettyimages.com.
See your photos on Getty Images
Why are my images being selected by Getty Images?
As of July 1, we have shut down the 500px Marketplace and will be working directly with two distribution partners - Getty Images and VCG - to license our contributors work globally. As a 500px member who has contributed to licensing, your images may be made available for licensing through our partners. Distribution partners resell 500px content on their own websites and then monthly or quarterly, report their sales to 500px.
How am I compensated if my image is sold through Getty Images?
Getty Images reports their sales to 500px on a monthly or quarterly basis. 500px then processes Distribution partner royalties through our payment system and the sales appear in the photographers Licensing Sales History.
1039
« on: August 11, 2018, 16:54 »
Hi all,
This year has been a bit of a struggle with being let go from work when my office shut down and then more health stuff. So I took the time to finish a project I started more than a year ago. I started writing a (fiction) book and it is finally complete! It is now available for "pre-sale" on Kindle, B&N, Kobo, etc... I am a published author! The book goes "live" on August 18th.
https://books2read.com/TRDavis-Flashback
If you don't see your preferred vendor listed please be patient, some are still being approved or you can contact me directly. If anyone does try it, I hope that you enjoy it. And please leave a review where you bought it if you can, even just a rating and whether you liked it or not (this is not a kids or young adult book, fyi).
Congratulations! This is quite an achievement! But why just a little over a couple of bucks? Less than an SOD? Did you set the price? I hope you'll get many sales to recoup the energy invested in it. I also hope Kindle is not capping its contributors, if you know what I mean 
1040
« on: August 10, 2018, 12:55 »
"Good artists copy, great artists steal". Pablo Picasso.... As one of the great artist to live might say, get over it. Everone copies , everthing has been done..Just do more...Be great and make more art.
Stock is not art
And contributors are "artists" as much as masons, carpenters or house painters 
1041
« on: August 09, 2018, 21:44 »
I just noticed new sales coming under the new Licensing deal.
Mid 2 digit range. Not bad.
1042
« on: August 08, 2018, 15:20 »
Nope, far from first Image Just Like most things on SS. screwed up.Spoon of sugar was early though If that helps your Point whatever that is.Also that Football Image had a very successful Print /Gallery run 3 Years Prior to Micro.It was film BTW, If thats helps whatever spin your trying to do.
ID: 424161
The Forward Line July 14th 2005.
My spin is that your are contradicting yourself, trying to do your own spin. I can understand that often it's hard to keep track of details, when you are spinning. You don't have a photo with the ID: 424161! You could be talking about your first photo related to football you ever uploaded to micro. That's photo ID: 432037 (see below). So, while that football photo could be your best seller, indeed (it's a good shot, currently on the second global popular page when searching for "football line" photos), it's clearly NOT the first photo you have uploaded to micro. Assuming that SS was the first micro agency you ever tried, then the spoon shot is, very likely, your " first Uploaded pic to Micro", unless you deleted some of your early uploads. You should know better than blaming Shutterstock for your mistakes. Half truths are worse than full lies.
1043
« on: August 08, 2018, 14:45 »
A drone crashed in downtown Montreal last year, a DJI Phantom. This drone weighs about 4 pounds, he could have killed someone. I know the police are investigating this incident (drone serial number, etc.). The person who crashed his drone must be a little stressed! The problem is that this kind of gear can be bought by any idiot who could put people's lives in danger, they have no choice to regulate.
Right! Same way guns "can be bought by any idiot who could put people's lives in danger". However they have the choice NOT to regulate.
1044
« on: August 08, 2018, 07:00 »
Well for those who thought that all the money is going to the large factories forget it! Just spoke to a guy who together with some others have over a quareter of a million files on line.
Guess what?? down 40% during the last 5 months! so its hitting all of us except the choosen few who keeps the Quarterly alive!! might be a few Hillary supporting photographers I guess, SS is probably leftie orientated? 
What? Hillary? Shutterstock? Lefties? What are you smoking?
1045
« on: August 07, 2018, 11:47 »
I believe you are overthinking it....all products in any industry have a similar life cycle. Nothing "special" about microstock pictures.
Or microstock the business, the agents, or our photos. Secret codes, where does this come from, sci-fi movies? "Klaatu barada nikto"
Yes it does and freedom of speech is not a license to be stupid. But forums are a place for anyone to put up any crazy idea and somebody will believe them and repeat it as a fact. Dumb is dumb all over. Doesn't matter how many people say the same dumb things, that isn't making it more truth.
As your post proves. Still almost 14 Years later My #1 seller is still My first Uploaded pic to Micro.
You mean this one (last photo on your SS port when ordered by "New")? Excuse me, but I have hard time believing it.
1046
« on: August 04, 2018, 07:32 »
Steve is proof that there's plenty of life in this "stinking fish". Really inspirational and I trust that his income will continue to grow for the near-future. He must be on the non-capped privileged list
He is capped but you don't see it. The truth is outhere, beyond facts, obvious and common sense! 
1047
« on: August 03, 2018, 11:06 »
Youre not BIG enough to have experienced it! havent been doing it long enough to experience it. I cant remember but I think that somewhere along 2.5K a month was the barrier after that you were included in the capping brigade.
Capped or controlled?? hehe! whats the bloody difference? nobody should control youre earnings. But hey! you carry on in this world of yours thinking youre working with honesty and rightfullness.....btw, how come people accept something called " hit the wall" ?? but not capping, to me thats just about the same! also these are the words of an x-employee!! ( not photographers) get that into your head please!
2.5k/month on SS is the threshold for capping? That's very interesting! You just added something new to this discussion, indeed!
Let's see what the implications of your statement are.
The implications are that the likes or Herg (with only a "few downloads over several days") or even farbled (some of the most vocal members of the "capping cult") have no idea what they are talking about. If it is 2.5K/month, they have so much, so very much growth to do, before hitting that ceiling! So it's not the capping for them, it is them.
Is this what your are saying?
On the other hand, "capping and "controlled" are not the same. "Capping" is a subset of "controlled", indeed. But"controlled" can very well mean that some ports, images, categories, etc are favored by the popularity algorithm. That's "controlled" (as some understand it), but not "capped".
The popularity algorithm is definitely "controlled" by SS and it is clearly impacting individual sales in a positive, or negative way.
Moreover, the popularity algorithm is "controlled" on a regular basis. SS is constantly attempting to tweak it as well as possible, in order to maximize customers satisfaction with the results of their searches (and maximize global revenue for SS)
That's totally different that "capped" and there is nothing evil about it!
Of course how silly of me youre absolutely right in everything you say! thank God you have such an insight in SS and all their contributors! whatever would we do without you! no need for any further conversation its lost its alure!
It's not just SS who is "controlling" what their customers see. It is Google, it is Facebook, it is Amazon and many others. Why are you surprised by it? Even your local brick and mortar supermarket is "controlling" what you see, by organizing their shelves in a way they think will maximize their profit. And what about the 2.5k capping? Do you agree that the likes of Herg, farbled & Co are not capped (as they claim), since they are well below your capping threshold?
1048
« on: August 03, 2018, 10:40 »
Youre not BIG enough to have experienced it! havent been doing it long enough to experience it. I cant remember but I think that somewhere along 2.5K a month was the barrier after that you were included in the capping brigade.
Capped or controlled?? hehe! whats the bloody difference? nobody should control youre earnings. But hey! you carry on in this world of yours thinking youre working with honesty and rightfullness.....btw, how come people accept something called " hit the wall" ?? but not capping, to me thats just about the same! also these are the words of an x-employee!! ( not photographers) get that into your head please!
2.5k/month on SS is the threshold for capping? That's very interesting! You just added something new to this discussion, indeed! Let's see what the implications of your statement are. The implications are that the likes or Herg (with only a "few downloads over several days") or even farbled (some of the most vocal members of the "capping cult") have no idea what they are talking about. If it is 2.5K/month, they have so much, so very much growth to do, before hitting that ceiling! So it's not the capping for them, it is them. Is this what your are saying? On the other hand, "capping and "controlled" are not the same. "Capping" is a subset of "controlled", indeed. But"controlled" can very well mean that some ports, images, categories, etc are favored by the popularity algorithm. That's "controlled" (as some understand it), but not "capped". The popularity algorithm is definitely "controlled" by SS and it is clearly impacting individual sales in a positive, or negative way. Moreover, the popularity algorithm is "controlled" on a regular basis. SS must be constantly attempting to tweak it as well as possible, in order to maximize customers satisfaction with the results of their searches (and maximize global revenue for SS) That's totally different than "capping" and there is nothing evil about it!
1049
« on: August 03, 2018, 10:12 »
I am putting you on ignore now...
Yep, that's right, keep your bubble intact! Ignore facts and opinions contrary to your beliefs. That's the best way to get to the truth, indeed!
1050
« on: August 03, 2018, 06:45 »
Lol, if you say so. I literally have said I don't think there is a "cap" and I have stated what I believed already. But hey, keep going! I used the phrase flat-earther because you seem to live in your self imposed denial where anything that contradicts your narrative gets discarded, but I guess it went over your head. No worries. No cap my friend. And wherever you went to get that background in stats, well, you may want to look at refunds. I think they did you a disservice
Have at it. Arguing with you is pointless. You think you are smarter than you actually are. Done for tonight, good luck.
I just used simple logic to prove the cap theory wrong, indeed.
I'm glad you agreed with logic and got convinced.
You can drop that dictionary now.
Well your theory is WRONG man, your logic is totally up the spout and knows nothing. What do you think? haha! you think this little forum is the only one place in the world where they discuss capping, orchestrated algorithms etc, etc. Well youre wrong there as well.
You know why you dont want earnings capped or fooled around with? I tell you: because everyones dream, everyones dream-agency is falling apart and the " do good" agency is not doing so good anymore, the so called most honest agency in the world turned out no more then any other agency.
Now if two x-employees of SS say not to me but to others, full-time photographers that earnings are controled, portfolios are controled! well then you can imagine that theyre not going to believe YOU!! are they? just another supplier who is so good with stats. yeah sure man!....and you have been with micro-stock long enough now to know the score to see and judge for yourself that something is wrong, badly wrong and instead of believing that this "God sent to suppliers" agency is nothing but just another agency! crushing your dreams maybe. Well sorry about that!.....btw! I know you behind that pseudo of yours and you should really know better!
Here you go again. Another one who blames others for his own failures Another one who finds easier to follow a cult than to look in the mirror and face reality. Make up your mind folks: are your revenues capped or just controlled?
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