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Messages - alijaber
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« on: November 09, 2022, 11:26 »
My weekly stats at Adobe (video):
DOWNLOADS
3
EARNINGS
$68.73
POSITION
30,500th
Looks like the position depends on downloads, not earnings. I believe they should use earnings instead...
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« on: October 18, 2022, 13:37 »
Sales are normal here...
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« on: September 30, 2022, 15:15 »
In my case, they deduct automatically 3$ of payments coming from As and P5, nothing from SS.
Looking at history, they deduct 3$ as a "Maintenance fee" most of the months despite that I have a lot of activity in my account (buy online, use ATM's...)
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« on: September 24, 2022, 15:05 »
Results from my first DALL-E submissions:
Accepted:
AS 5 of 5
DT 5 of 5
SS 0 of 5
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« on: August 27, 2022, 18:26 »
Dall e 1 was introduced in 2021, Dalle e 2 in 2022, one year only and it was much better than e1, so: real competition from these Ai systems may come much faster
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« on: January 11, 2022, 17:47 »
Honestly, when were "the arts" ever really a viable career path? 
Great point although before April 1 2019 happened I was making $140k to $160k/year when you added up my P5, SS, and videoblocks revenue, and I've read that others did much better in stock before the agencies cut pay and started doing direct deals with distributors and buyers leaving us with a few one-off sales.
Today though I would 1000% not recommend it, I think it's borderline fraud that the colleges and universities here still sell those programs as viable career opportunities, we have 16-17 year old high school students going to these career fairs and being told this is a great career opportunity.
Music was a career for some but now unless your big enough to tour you're paying to come to work with that you can make off Spotify, it's worse than stock video.
There's no money in it today, anything arts related but maybe it could be a side gig that pays once in awhile but not a job.
There's no money in free.
I just regret so much not getting out when April 1 2019 happened, could have got out debt free too.
First I have serious doubts that you can go from 160k per year to 0 per month overnight. Secondly, where did you spend all the money? Because those are big amounts. You certainly knew, that wont last forever, don't you have any savings?
Videoblocks closed to individual contributors, sales crashed at my #1 which was pond and SS was never that strong, I kept operating full tilt, upgraded equipment and put in a ton of hours, 18 hour days on the road filming and the upload/tag/repeat.
I didn't see April 1 2019 coming, sure nothing lasts forever but I didn't see warning signs until around March 15th when other contributors started saying sales stopped and the it hit me on April 1, keep in mind taxes, expenses and next thing you know I am pulling out the credit cards, I stayed in way to long thinking I could pull off a recovery and now it's not gonna recover, the market has changed too much, barely a hobby that pays now.
It sure was good while it lasted, was looking at the old tax returns for the paperwork I have to prepare and if definitely was good back then.
I have the same experience with P5, it was my best seller until April 2019 where income dropped from 1500 - 2000$ to 100$ and it's still the same until now. The worst is that I went exclusive at that date and put all my best sellers into my P5 account, and instead of getting more sales I've lost everything. After trying exclusivity for several months I went back to SS and it was a huge loss there as I lost all my videos ranking. My average monthly income for last year: 100$ P5, 600$ SS(with fewer videos than P5), and 60$ at AS (no editorials which makes big difference)
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« on: January 07, 2022, 10:45 »
My income this year is 10 cents (Canadian) that's before expenses and taxes. lol
Level 1 on SS for photos. Could always be worse, could be Alamy.
Oh, I've had a 2022 sale on Alamy and it netted me a whole $1.20 (US)!
I have 3 video sales at P5 (68.5$) and 1 at AS (22.4$)
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« on: January 07, 2022, 05:15 »
8 video downloads so far: 36.11$, 2 more sales to reach level 2. It's easy to calculate the loss with video sales, I was on level 4 last month: 30%, now I'm on level 1: 15%, so my earnings should be 72.22$ this month if I'm at level 4 (30%) 
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« on: October 01, 2021, 23:58 »
I had that asked, looked at the image and never responded. The next thing I know is that the buyer contacted me directly and I sold the image to them for $450.
Hehe... I wish I did that with those requests that I got before
135
« on: June 12, 2021, 14:16 »
My prices are still the same
136
« on: February 09, 2021, 16:56 »
Payoneer, paid at 5th
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« on: February 04, 2021, 19:18 »
Alijaber, read the FAQ: Selling or gifting the code is not permitted.
Aha, thanks for clarification
138
« on: February 04, 2021, 18:05 »
Thanks Mat and Adobe!
I'm subscribed to all apps and I get the single app bonus from Adobe which I will never be going to use, if anyone is interested in buying the single app at an affordable price please PM me (this is legal Mat, right?).
Anyone with a single app (e.g. Photoshop) and would like to get another app (e.g. Premiere Pro) may find that offer to be useful.
Edit: Hmmm, I don't know if the link provided by Adobe will work for any account or only with my account, so I will hold that offer until I get more info.
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« on: February 01, 2021, 13:54 »
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« on: January 29, 2021, 19:06 »
Video only:
Dec 2020: 41 sales: 498$ (level 4)
Jan 2021: 40 sales: 229$ (level 1&2)
Even if I was on level 4 this January, I will get around 350$: RPD is really low this month as I get a lot of 1$ sales
Pond5 which was my best earner until 2020, with more videos and exclusive 250 clips:
Dec 2020: 1 sale
Jan 2021: 0 sales
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« on: January 25, 2021, 14:37 »
today 2 video sales for a total of a little more than a dollar... level 2
I've got five of those today... Level 2 here too
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« on: January 12, 2021, 13:51 »
17 video downloads: 48$  . RPD: 2.82. Usually, my monthly RPD is 12-20$. I'll wait for the rest of the month and see... Now at level 2, I'll need another 6 months to get back to level 4 
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« on: December 22, 2020, 23:42 »
From the FAQ:
What is the resolution and file type of the videos I can create with Promo.com?
Basic and Special Holiday Plans can download videos in HD quality (720p).
Standard and Pro Plan subscribers can download Full HD (1080p) videos.
All videos can be downlaoded in MP4 format.
Can I sell videos I make?
Yes, Pro and Agency Plan customers can resell or reassign videos to a different owner.
Please note that when you do this, your own rights (including the lifetime license) to use the video expires and passes along to the recipient.
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« on: December 22, 2020, 23:37 »
They have a monthly subscription with an unlimited video download! 99$ paid monthly or 69$ paid annually, from the FAQ:
Will videos have a watermark or Promo.com mention?
Videos you download are yours and do not have a watermark or Promo.com mention.
Can I use the video after my subscription is over?
Yes. The videos you download are yours forever.
Where can I use the videos I create?
You can post, publish, upload, and share your videos on Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, Twitter, LinkedIn or any other social networks, websites or blogs, as much as you want.
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« on: December 22, 2020, 23:21 »
The preview is 1280x720, but it's really usable!
146
« on: October 15, 2020, 14:49 »
Hmm... Maybe, I am confused, but 40,000 downloads/month with 1.4 millions images online doesn't look so high too me. Or, maybe, I am doing pretty good without models ...
Congratulations anyway.
Acutally as mentioned in the interview it's 1 million at SS
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« on: September 17, 2020, 04:15 »
By increased sales, you mean quantity or royalties earned?
Last few months in my case:
increased video sales in SS, very poor sales on P5, no sales on AS,
but I don't have too many clips, 700+ .
RPD for me (SS): July: 9.5 August: 15.5 September: 17
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« on: September 15, 2020, 22:23 »
Not in my case (Video only):
July: SS 52 sales, AS 4 sales, P5: 3 sales
August: SS: 32 sales, AS: 0 sales, P5: 4 sales
September (till 15th): SS 40 sales (!), AS: 0 sales, P5: 1 sale
P5 was my best earner till mid 2019: (60 - 70%) of my income, after that I had huge drop in sales just after going exclusive there(!!). Going exclusive was a big loss as I lost my videos ranking at SS.
At the end of 2019 I've canceled my exclusive account at P5 and uploaded everything to SS, AS (except editorials) and to a new account at P5, again a huge loss as I lost my videos ranking at P5 this time.
My clips start selling really good at SS, and slowly at P5 and SS, and this year SS has 70% of my income.
I've boycotted SS for 2 weeks after they introduced the new earnings structure, and tried to cancel my account there but the number of sales is very very discouraging at P5 and AS and I really rely on microstock's income to feed my family, sadly I just can't do it for now.
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« on: June 28, 2020, 22:19 »
Does it support videos?
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« on: June 22, 2020, 10:31 »
Actually it was a very good month for me, but I deactivated my port at 15 June as I'm very concerned about the future of video sales with the introduction of video subscriptions and these completely unfair new earnings breakdown
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