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« on: August 27, 2015, 12:09 »
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« on: August 27, 2015, 11:31 »
Sean check out this thread (which includes the graphs): http://www.microstockgroup.com/depositphotos/changes-in-royalties/  Received this in my inbox. You can't see the grids, but basically, they are reducing rates 10% across the board. I did notice the chance in PAYG royalties increasing, which will now be compensated by the reduction. :
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Starting on September 1, 2015, Depositphotos is changing the Contributor's Levels for sales made by Pay-As-You-Go Credits.
Here is the new Contributor's Level grid in greater detail:
New Contributor Rates
The existing Contributor's Level grid:
Old Contributor Rates
Please note: Starting on August 22, 2015, we decided to bring image prices to market rates and raise prices for files purchased by Pay-As-You-Go Credits. Thus, we expect to compensate authors' losses caused by reducing commission rate payments to keep the earnings of partners at the same level.
In addition, we still remain a photobank with one of the highest levels of payments to authors.
Our decision was dictated by the requirements of the market and the times, and is intended to change the profitability of the project, with the aim of giving it a new push toward future development. We are confident that our growth will continue, and with your help we will retain our leading position among other photobanks.
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« on: August 27, 2015, 11:30 »
Yes it doesn't make any sense to me. They also added "these changes will not affect your sales by subscriptions." That one totally confused me.  To keep up with the market, we reduced commission rates for sales in credits only. However, we raised our prices in credits to compensate lower commission payments. We believe that both parties will benefit in the long run.[/i]
This doesn't make a lot of sense to me. They are raising prices - which could bring in more revenue - as a way to keep our earnings the same as they reduce the commission rate, assuming of course that increasing prices doesn't reduce sales. But how is that keeping up with the market? Their e-mail stated, "Our decision was dictated by the requirements of the market and the times, and is intended to change the profitability of the project, with the aim of giving it a new push toward future development." What are the requirements of the market and times? They need to spend more on advertising? What new ads will they be running? Or are they planning a better delivery system? Will "change the profitability" be for our benefit or only for the owners?
My interpretation: "We've spent a lot of time developing this company and now we want to cash out while we can". That is exactly what they did at 123rf - there was certainly no improvement in sales after they went to the RC system to cut our commissions. I haven't uploaded anything since January so I guess I'm ahead of the curve in that respect.
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« on: August 27, 2015, 11:10 »
I see nothing in those charts that shows a benefit for us. What a bunch of scum. I upload almost 100 images weekly. All this time I didn't really trust them. Now I feel like a fool. No more after today. 
I just sent a complaint marked "Critical" priority to them. I mentioned I will stop uploading today. Maybe all of us that submit there should do the same (at least complain, if you don't want to stop uploading):
http://depositphotos.com/contact_us.html
Here's the response I received to my complaint :
To keep up with the market, we reduced commission rates for sales in credits only. However, we raised our prices in credits to compensate lower commission payments. We believe that both parties will benefit in the long run.
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« on: August 27, 2015, 07:28 »
I see nothing in those charts that shows a benefit for us. What a bunch of scum. I upload almost 100 images weekly. All this time I didn't really trust them. Now I feel like a fool. No more after today. I just sent a complaint marked "Critical" priority to them. I mentioned I will stop uploading today. Maybe all of us that submit there should do the same (at least complain, if you don't want to stop uploading): http://depositphotos.com/contact_us.html
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« on: August 15, 2015, 20:27 »
I am glad to hear that they are still going, although I'd also be glad to hear about some sales there. Hopefully this ends the flatlining my account there has been doing. For a while they were doing ok, and they seemed to like some photos that I liked that other sites didn't always.
Slow but regular sales for me. Not much. But it is something.
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« on: August 09, 2015, 11:53 »
The SS monster has been overfed and is constipated. 
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« on: August 06, 2015, 20:04 »
Oh well. No more gyms and free food for SS employees in the SS Tower.
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« on: August 06, 2015, 13:37 »
Let us know how it goes so we can barrage him with warnings. I like to tell the thieves I will sue them. It seems to have worked sometimes.
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« on: August 06, 2015, 10:50 »
I would contact them and tell them to remove your images and that you will be notifying other artists whose stuff they are selling. Then search this forum for DCMA. Some folks have used this process to shut the rouge sites down. Also, break the links in your original post so they cannot track them back to our forum (add a space or remove a character). They must be a scam because there are no artist credits. Even if they were part of a partner program there would probably be credits.
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« on: July 31, 2015, 10:02 »
It's never too late, my friend. You've got skills, ambition and life. Just keep your mind open to new ideas and techniques. You will experience more sales if you shoot more pix of people (especially so-called minorities and underrepresented types of people). Keep up your artistic education. Reinvest your money and upload consistently. Peace ive heard so often here now, how someones have just 400 online images and over 200 sales.
ive nearly got 1000 in one agency and have only 30.
i got in begin of the year 2014.
is it just gonna bad for late starter or depends this to strong in the images?
i make much nature images.
is it worth it ?
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« on: July 30, 2015, 16:07 »
I say be patient. Keep waiting. I'm an illustrator and I only send them JPG files. Their EPS process is too much of a hassle. It's an easy submission process. Sales are steady, but slow. I have a little over 4.5K over there.
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« on: July 22, 2015, 15:03 »
The forums I try to browse all hang up. Time out errors. I can't read anything on them anymore.
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« on: July 22, 2015, 15:00 »
Anyone have any good results selling vectors on Alamy?
many Thanks.
No. Too Big a hassle. I just give them JPG versions.
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« on: July 22, 2015, 14:59 »
SS has a few reviewers that need to be retrained or fired (they can earn more money, by just rejecting photosand illustrationswith lame excuses than to take time to actually examine them). You, unfortunately, have been stuck with these reviewers. It seems if you report the problem, receive a case ID and resubmit with case ID, you don't get stuck with those reviewers. It might be a way SS uses to zero in on reviewers that are giving you a headache. Reject the thoughts that you are not skilled. It is the reviewer. Not you.
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« on: July 11, 2015, 19:20 »
can i submit same image to multiple agencies? I have 4 images on iStock and made 3 sales, 2 are partner program and 1 is image subscription, no idea where these are used as googles reverse look up hasn't found them. finally gotten around to being ready to upload a load more and start shooting specifically for stock but am a complete newbie when it comes to unsderstanding stock agencies, thank you for reading!
As long as you're not an exclusive contributor, you can submit to as many as you'd like. I submit to almost 20.
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« on: July 11, 2015, 19:09 »
After investing many hours uploading, attaching releases and submitting work, I am not clear why you should delete your account and portfolio from a site. I would think you should leave it there and if they want to, they can delete it (like Stockfuel did to mine). I'm not trying to be obstinate. I sincerely want to understand. 
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« on: July 10, 2015, 17:51 »
I'm not leaving. I learn alot here and my microstock illustration income is growing very quickly. It's not enough to pay weekly expenses...yet. But so far, for all the time I put into it, the revenue growth is consistently going up. I do work for one for a microstock photographer with a 15,000+ portfolio on SS and the other sites. His expenses are very high compared to mine, yet he is positive about the future.
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« on: July 09, 2015, 16:50 »
Speaking for myself, I am anonymous because I cannot afford to be retaliated against by the agencies. If microstock income was not as important to me as it is now, I would not be anonymous. [/quote] So annoying when anonymous people comment on non-anonymous people's portfolios. [/quote]
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« on: July 04, 2015, 13:00 »
I appealed and resubmitted with case number etc and they have now been accepted.
Yeah, I got some case numbers too now. I'll let you all know what happens...
Update: All accepted with case numbers. Definitely alot of poorly trained reviewers over there.
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« on: July 04, 2015, 12:58 »
Has anybody got any case numbers from SS recently? How long does it usually take? I emailed them a week ago and still no reply.
2 days for me
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« on: July 03, 2015, 17:05 »
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