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Messages - Ploink
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« on: February 25, 2014, 12:48 »
iStock technology sucks. It sucked for a long time. We all should be used to it.
iStock communication sucks. It sucked for a long time. We all should be used to it.
I agree. We shouldn't get used to having arbitrary (or at least unexplained) sums from our accounts without so much as a "By your leave" or an apology, though.
127
« on: February 25, 2014, 06:34 »
I haven't got an email... am I the only one? 
(Yes, I had very strong October earnings)
I haven't got one, either, and I had significantly higher PP earnings in October. Then again, the only IS emails that reach me are those confirming a payout request - I'll see at the end of the month 
128
« on: February 24, 2014, 07:39 »
I think you are being unfair, Kelvin stated twice that things will be updated in "due course". The fact that six days are between these statements, that Valentine's Day was ten days ago and that nothing was changed yet, at least gives us a lower boundary of what IS considers "due course". If all of us live long enough to see the upper boundary of that interval remains to be seen, but I have high hopes for those aged 25 or under 
129
« on: February 03, 2014, 14:34 »
Just got this e-mail from them:
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Hi there,
Thank you for informing us.
We are aware of the issue with regards to your Contributor level or Subscriptions Earnings, we would like to inform you that our IT department is currently looking into this matter.
Sorry for any inconveniences caused and thank you for your understanding.
Your Submissions & Review Team
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130
« on: February 03, 2014, 09:54 »
All my subs for Feb are back to 21 cents!! Last months they were 28 c - hardly a fortune but better!
I'm wondering if there is a glitch in calculating Royalties for the new month. Anybody else noticed this?
Yes, same here - and I'm sure I did not drop in RC levels...
131
« on: February 03, 2014, 00:19 »
I think it's going to be (very) close, but in the end the Broncos will take it with +3. In any case I'm looking forward to Sunday 
*Tries to remove foot from mouth*
132
« on: February 02, 2014, 07:31 »
I think the time may have arrived for me to start thinking of stock as a useful sideline, and to put my main effort into other things. I still expect to make a lot more money from the 8,000-odd images I've got in various places, but I suspect that just as it is a waste of time for newbies to try to break into this market, it has probably now become a waste of time for people like me to devote a lot of effort to it - particularly when that effort could be directed to other more promising channels.
This! While I'm nowhere near your or Lisa's output (and quality for that matter), I can use MS income as a more or less stable baseline to my photographic turnover. I "know" that at the end of the year 25-35% of my total income will be from MS, creative restructuring of contributors' rates by some agencies notwithstanding. I very rarely produce photos directly for MS, but rather put photos there that weren't used by magazines, or photos that are older than a year and therefore no longer considered newsworthy, but still can be used an an illustration in a more general way. I my main field, editorial sports, photos sell well if they are either available seconds after the event took place (not possible in MS), or if they illustrate a more general concept. I also learned the hard way, that any photos of even remotely rare wildlife belongs firmly in the realm of Macrostock. If someone really needs a photo of a yellow-breasted wangler (yes, I made that one up) he's probably willing to pay Macrostock rates.
133
« on: February 01, 2014, 07:59 »
Gillian, Ploink, Melimage! just out of curiosity. Do you have large, medium or small portfolios at SS? with large I mean over 2000 files. 
I have around 3.300 photos there (2.200 of them editorial sports), I'm with them since 2006.
134
« on: February 01, 2014, 05:39 »
I had an absolutely best month ever (like 3 to 4 times what I normally would make). The reason for this is easily explained: I have a set of approx. 250 editorial winter sport photos in my portfolio and with the Olympics in Sochi just around the corner these photos have been selling like crazy. The funny thing is, that although the photos are on five different sites, sales skyrocketed only on SS, BS, and, to some degree, on 123RF, but were dead in the water on DP and DT.
135
« on: January 31, 2014, 01:22 »
Manning or Wilson? Blue or orange? Defense or offense? I think it's going to be (very) close, but in the end the Broncos will take it with +3. In any case I'm looking forward to Sunday
136
« on: January 29, 2014, 07:20 »
Yes ploink, I'm on the "bridge". And despite thousands of images that have gone across the bridge, my earnings level is approximately what it was in my second month on BS, back in early 2005.
Interesting, I started at the end of 2006, and I'm now making between three or four time what I did then - also with loads of photos added, obviously... 
137
« on: January 29, 2014, 06:25 »
My earnings there have collapsed.
Just being curious: Are you in the Bridge-to-Bigstock program (and therefore in the $0.38 bracket)? Because for me Bigstock is the only place where the whole "Subscriptions-are-a-different-business-modell-that-will-attract-new-buyers"-BS actually worked. In my Bigstock earnings over the years I can see two hikes upwards: One when they were bought by Shutterstock and the second time when the introduced subscriptions...
138
« on: January 21, 2014, 12:42 »
Sales for December 2013 have been added to my account - all four of them
139
« on: January 18, 2014, 14:00 »
Works for me in Firefox, doesn't work for me in Safari
140
« on: January 17, 2014, 05:12 »
Everybody ready for Sunday? I think we are going to see the 49ers and the Broncos in the Super Bowl, but I've been wrong before
141
« on: January 10, 2014, 08:30 »
McFumble made his choices for the Divisional Playoffs, have you?
142
« on: January 07, 2014, 08:55 »
Just filled in the survey The box for leaving your e-mail address at the end is a bit, let's say "spacious" At least it is in my IE9...
143
« on: January 05, 2014, 04:08 »
Done
Go, Eagles!
You from Philly too?
No, I'm from Vienna, Austria. I just like the team and the fans I was hoping they'd have success in the playoffs this year - we saw how good that worked out
144
« on: January 04, 2014, 08:41 »
--------- --------- This space is reserved for Tickstock the usual suspects to explain why this is a good thing that could only happen at IS *SCNR*
145
« on: January 03, 2014, 13:26 »
Done Go, Eagles!
146
« on: January 02, 2014, 01:15 »
Overall 2013 was my worst year in Microstock since 2009. Funnily enough, December 2013 was the best December since 2009 This is mainly the "fault" of SS, which developed nicely from September and still continues to grow. In December SS made up more than 60% percent of my total earnings, a new record for me.
147
« on: December 30, 2013, 01:33 »
There's always the danger that they'll 'discover' that October sales were 'wrong' and claw them back. It seemed odd at the time, that they'd ban exclusives from putting files there even if they wanted to, and shortly afterwards PP sales/prices seemed to soar.
This! For me at least October was the (positive) exception from the norm rather than November being the negative one. I think it's quite possible that they'll discover a "glitch in the matrix" or "gremlins in the basement" that screwed up October PP reporting (what with Halloween, and all ). What also could have happened in October was that they did some house cleaning and made a mass payment of PP royalties overdue from previous months for some reason or other. Maybe they had a "Get your credits now, pay six months later"-campaign going at some point...
148
« on: December 23, 2013, 13:31 »
Its another RECORD Month for Sales on Shutterstock!
I LOVE Shutterstock aNd on THE 23Rd of the MonTh, no LeSs! And in DeCeMeBeR, tOO! Have a Merry Christmas, man...
149
« on: December 23, 2013, 04:40 »
Reassuring words from Kelvin over at the IS-forums: "The PP payout for November should happen before the end of the month, as usual. If we get any indication that this will not happen, then we will post in the forum to let everyone know."I'm really curious how something, that is essentially a real-time transaction can take between four and eight weeks to complete - and then still be open to interpretation whether there are indications of failure or not
150
« on: December 20, 2013, 06:49 »
Today's 20th of December and still no PP November sales... makes me worry a bit...
StockXpert was posted two days ago, this is usually a sign that IS payment is just around the corner - maybe the elves are working overtime this weekend?
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