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1151
« on: February 19, 2010, 12:06 »
Nothing surprises me where 123RF is concerned. They are even worst than Fotolia with their stupid rejections. They are at the very bottom of my earning with Fotolia being next. I've been with them for over two years and made a total of $12.00. I'll probably end up closing my account there as well as Fotolia and just eat the money. It's not worth the aggravation.
1152
« on: February 19, 2010, 11:54 »
They responded very quickly. Here's their response: Question Was just wondering what percent do we as the photographer make on a sale of our photo with a standard license. I don't understand the way credits work so please tell me what the percentage is.
Answers:
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Join our Facebook Fan Page: www.facebook.com/Fotolia 02-19-2010 04:18 pmNow when you go to the page that they say contains the information it says the royalties "Most royalties are between 25% and 65%" Of course I'd be at 25% because I still a white rank. Now .18 cents for a XS standard is not .25%, but is 18% if 1 credit is still a dollar. Funny thing is I made a XS standard sale today and 1 credit was .25 cents. I think they noticed their screw up. I'm going to point the .18 cent sales to them...Even the EL license sold for 20 credits for 3.60 which translate into .18 cents. Gotta put alot of thought into this letter to them so it is in plan English so they have to give me a straight answer...hopefully!!
1153
« on: February 18, 2010, 22:09 »
I just sent a message to customer service with this question "Was just wondering what percent do we as the photographer make on a sale of our photo with a standard license. I don't understand the way credits work so please tell me what the percentage is." I'm being nice about it until I get an answer out of them and then we'll see if it adds up. If I don't get an answer then I'll start bugging them and show them what I discovered going back through my sales history. They'll probably end up kicking me off there and I loss my whopping 31.00... 
1154
« on: February 18, 2010, 21:50 »
All the sales I've made in 2010 have that "withholdings included at 28%" So does that mean they were sales sold in the US?
ALL sales? Maybe you are looking the "Withholding" tab, that only shows the sales in which they retain a % (30% in my case) - yes, those are USA sales because only sales in USA are taxable. If you go to "My Credits" tab, you will probably see the regular non-US sales too.
Thats where I went was to the My Credits tab. I finally filled out one of their tax forms...so I don't know why they still show that coming out of my sales. Any way just some quick figuring..in Jan 08 I was getting .33 for 1 credit. Starting in mid Mar 08 I was getting .30 for 1 credit As of Jan 10 I am getting .18 for 1 credit I've only made two EL sales off of there and the first was in April of 08...made $6.60 The 2nd was the 11th of Feb this year for a whooping $3.60 Then I noticed their Sub sales..all sizes... use to always be .30. Then in Oct 09 the L Sub went for .35 and the same for the XL Then the L Sub dropped to .30 but XL stayed at .35 Now the Sub L goes for .22.....XL for .25
1155
« on: February 18, 2010, 21:07 »
How do you know if it's a US sale or not? I was just going back in history and 2008 XS standard was .33.....then the beginning of 2009 they drop it to .30....now they go for .18
Go to My Credits. Some sales are marked "(withholdings included at 30%)".
All the sales I've made in 2010 have that "withholdings included at 28%" So does that mean they were sales sold in the US? Since Fotolia is such a terrible site for me and there has been no status change for me as far as a raise in credits, I'm going to go back to Jan 2008 and figure how much each type of sale has dropped and ask them for an answer. We'll see if they stick to their.."there have been no changes" Do you remember the date when they made that mistake of posting the wrong credits? I want to make sure I got the dates right
1156
« on: February 18, 2010, 20:53 »
Now unless I'm stupid and correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't this go against everything they said about nothing changing???
11-06-09 subscription XL .35 credits
12-23-09 subscription XL .35 credits
02-12-10 subscription XL .25 credits !!!!!
Do I see the writing on the wall or is there some other reason this would be less?
You should definitely contact support and ask what's going on.
I just checked, and I've had (too) many XL & XXL sub sales recently (3 today so far), and they are all at the same, old price.
Are you in the US or some where else. I am going to contact support about it to find out what the excuse is. Did you get .35 credits for yours?
I just noticed I had a sale on 01-19-10 for a XS standard .18 credit
The ones that sold as that last year I would get .30 credit
This just doesn't make sense!!
I'm in the US. I get .37 credits for mine (but I'm recently Silver). All the XS sales I looked at (out of my last 100) were .31 credits, except for those before I turned Silver, when I got .28 credits. Last year I was getting .32 credits (at Bronze), but that was before the recent commission cut. 
I've been with them over two years and only received one payout of 54.00...I currently have 31.00 in there. Fotolia has always been my worst site. I'm at the lowest of the low level. I can really see the fall in prices since my level hasn't changed. I'll be old with grey hair by the time I get another pay out from them at this rate!
1157
« on: February 18, 2010, 20:39 »
How do you know if it's a US sale or not? I was just going back in history and 2008 XS standard was .33.....then the beginning of 2009 they drop it to .30....now they go for .18
1158
« on: February 18, 2010, 20:28 »
Now unless I'm stupid and correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't this go against everything they said about nothing changing???
11-06-09 subscription XL .35 credits
12-23-09 subscription XL .35 credits
02-12-10 subscription XL .25 credits !!!!!
Do I see the writing on the wall or is there some other reason this would be less?
You should definitely contact support and ask what's going on.
I just checked, and I've had (too) many XL & XXL sub sales recently (3 today so far), and they are all at the same, old price.
Are you in the US or some where else. I am going to contact support about it to find out what the excuse is. Did you get .35 credits for yours? I just noticed I had a sale on 01-19-10 for a XS standard .18 credit The ones that sold as that last year I would get .30 credit This just doesn't make sense!!
1159
« on: February 18, 2010, 19:19 »
Now unless I'm stupid and correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't this go against everything they said about nothing changing???
11-06-09 subscription XL .35 credits
12-23-09 subscription XL .35 credits
02-12-10 subscription XL .25 credits !!!!!
Do I see the writing on the wall or is there some other reason this would be less?
1160
« on: February 18, 2010, 18:49 »
I'm stubborn, and I sent them another site mail.
Let us know if they actually give you a straight answer
1161
« on: February 18, 2010, 17:54 »
There's a weirdness to this that's hard to fathom. The questions were straightforward. It would have been easy to answer them, even if the answer was basically "that's the way it is, we hope you'll stay on". The obfuscation and avoidance imply something else is in the works - or maybe interpersonal conflict within Fotolia.
Exactly...by them avoiding the subject just made matters worse in my mind...maybe not in everyone's.....but in mine. Like you said they should have at least explained what happened and had a response that made sense rather than the run around we got. We still don't have a straight forward answer and doubt that we ever will....at least not until the next price cut!!
1162
« on: February 18, 2010, 17:40 »
I have never laughed so hard.....I'm sure glad I wasn't the only.."weird" strange one here......it took forever for anyone to bear their soul...I was beginning to think I was the only one 
1163
« on: February 18, 2010, 17:36 »
As of a couple of days ago I had three...haven't had time to check again...credit card shots..all three
1164
« on: February 18, 2010, 17:34 »
The thread was closed at Fotolia.
http://us.fotolia.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=25258&p=5
Sad; very sad. 
I guess this is why most of the big players do not get involved. Now I just need to figure out what I want to do since most seem to have given up.
I already deleted all but about 100 photos....I'm waiting for my payout. I won't upload to them any more. What has happened is exactly they wanted...for it to die down and everyone just forget about it.
1165
« on: February 18, 2010, 00:35 »
Well thanks for the advice. Believe it or not but I went to college to be an art teacher....just never finished. I did oil painting for years and shrived to paint like the old masters with the realism. I did alot of portrait and lifestyle painting. I quit when my daughter turned two...she's now 23...lol...Of course the man on the bike looks nothing like one of my oil paintings  I'll be surprised if the sunflower makes it through because it has drop shadows and other effects. I had already done it before I realized it was a problem. If the EPS fails I'll just upload the jpg. The man on the bike I have in other vectors...one with trees and hills behind it. I have started putting the buffer around them. I have trouble remembering that...practice makes perfect.. 
1166
« on: February 16, 2010, 23:50 »
Eireann I'm TRYING to use Illustrator now....that inkthingyboby thing didn't work to well.  I think the reason those appeared to be bitmat was because there were drop shadows. Any way I'm slowly getting them approved...heh if they don't make it through as vectors as least the high res jpg is making it through The man on a bike already made it through The sunflower one has a huge EPS file and I can't figure out why...
1167
« on: February 16, 2010, 18:52 »
Congrats!!! I haven't gotten with Veer...I always heard they were fairly slow...am I correct?
1168
« on: February 16, 2010, 16:32 »
What happened??? Did Modster remove his original post?? Maybe he gave up on what sells and what doesn't. I know anyone thinking about getting into the stock business needs to sit around here and read these post for about a week ....then make up their mind rather it's worth all the aggravation
1169
« on: February 16, 2010, 10:58 »
You can tell I'm not the smartest person when it comes to vectors but I want to know why my vectors turned to bitmats. Is it from the gruadiants in the illistration or is it the brushes used which have open ends?
1170
« on: February 15, 2010, 17:53 »
^ gotcha, so perhaps its the content thats not winning through, makes sense since I guess the subjects I choose are easy to shoot
Forget the nature...sunset..flowers...the stock sites are already swamped with these type images and the reason being is just like you said...they are easy subject, but they aren't big sellers. You have to think of what that photo can be used for, not just..."heh thats a great photo". Look it magazines..you'll see there the variety of uses.
1171
« on: February 15, 2010, 17:30 »
If it is not a photograph... then you need to check the box. Fractals, 3d Renders, Raster drawings, EPS.. or Jpeg from it... check the box and put one of the categories as Ilustration / Clipart for SS.
I just reuploaded the EPS and two jpgs and made sure the box was checked. I didn't realize I had to do it because the first one that got accepted went through without me checking that box. We'll see how that works now....what's the saying???....trial by error? 
1172
« on: February 15, 2010, 15:24 »
1173
« on: February 15, 2010, 15:09 »
I remember that happening several years ago but wasn't sure where. Wonder if they will do anything about now that it has happened again. I would dare to say those passengers could sue and would probably win.
1174
« on: February 15, 2010, 14:45 »
1175
« on: February 15, 2010, 14:42 »
I'd think after an individual reviewer looked at thousands and thousands of pictures they'd all start looking blurry and that have that dreaded "noise" Quality Control in factories work like that, but pausing not to get too tired.
Women are known for having a very keen eye. I, at the office, am famous for finding typing mistakes in drawings as soon as I lay my eyes on them. I wonder if we make the best reviewers too?
I use to have a very keen eye, but not so much any more....I guess that goes with age. You'd be right about breaks, I didn't take that into consideration. I just spend to much time on the computer trying to get the photos ready for the sites, that I forget to take breaks and my eyes always start to burn.
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