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Messages - anathaya
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« on: February 03, 2016, 03:27 »
Generally I put on the top only few keywords (the most relevant) and the rest ones are more or less randomly ranked. I do the same.
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« on: February 03, 2016, 00:05 »
This is an email reply I got from SS: You are in the 30% group then it means that the license was sold to the customer for (17.16/30)*100=$57.20 each.
It is very normal to offer discounts to customers who want to purchase custom packages of more than 25 downloads.
Any business will offer discounts for bulk purchases. They have already started offering ELs for lower prices. What's next? They will change royalty structure for videos when they have enough videos in their library. Currently it's 30% for all.
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« on: February 02, 2016, 06:21 »
Thank for the response. But this is not the same problem we had last week. Some of the downloads are missing in the earnings page, which are recorded in the downloads page. How is yours?
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« on: February 01, 2016, 00:13 »
Could someone provide a comparison between enhanced licenses provided by major agencies (SS, FT, IS, 123RF, etc) and the royalties they pay?
I don't have one already made up, and you could do the research as easily as anyone else if you want to make a chart. It's hard to make apples to apples comparisons though.
For example, 123rf splits out different rights (as does DT) so they have limited, print and comprehensive ELs. The comprehensive EL netted me $37.35 last year for the 100 credit purchase (exact amount will vary depending on buyer's purchase price; I found one a few months before that netting $36.00).
DT's extended license royalties are priced differently based on image level as well. But when you consider that their rights are sold la carte as opposed to one bundled set at SS, DT's royalties of up to $17 at level 0 and $30 at level 5 are greater than SS. I can't remember the last time I got an EL at DT though.
Today I got a LEL in 123RF for $2.20
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« on: January 29, 2016, 05:31 »
OK, I'm too stupid to understand the connection between royalty cut and increased downloads.
In the past, Shutterstock has paid out a flat $28. Now they pay out a percentage. As a result, they now have no problems offering ELs to customers at much lower prices than before. It wouldn't have paid off for them selling ELs for $60 when they had to pay $28 in royalties, now they only have to pay $12-$18.
So obviously their hope is that with discounts they can get more of the buyers (back) that are using images to print post cards or calendars for resale who haven't been willing to pay $80-$100 per image for some time and get those image cheaper elsewhere.
But SS haven't done that yet. So, how can it explain already increased downloads that spamowanka gets?
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« on: January 29, 2016, 04:59 »
In my opinion is better to get $93 a week for ELs with missing $20 than getting $28 a week without $20 missing.
OK, I'm too stupid to understand the connection between royalty cut and increased downloads.
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« on: January 29, 2016, 04:45 »
I will not opt out, it was a good change for some of us. Before I had +/- one EL a week and 4 last days got me 4 ELs $28 $28,50 $17,93 $18,88. You do the maths, I prefer to take photos.
This is purely a random thing. Prices of EL packages haven't been changed yet (?). So, increase in sales you see is not due to royalty cut. You do the maths, you already lost $18.69 my friend.
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« on: January 28, 2016, 21:54 »
I'm totally against this royalty cut. I got 2-3 ELs per months in last 6 months.
Could someone provide a comparison between enhanced licenses provided by major agencies (SS, FT, IS, 123RF, etc) and the royalties they pay? I guess SS still pays more than some other agencies for ELs, but I might be wrong. If so, we have to opt out from ELs from those low paying agencies as well (or simply stop submitting them). Otherwise, it doesn't make much sense (for me).
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« on: January 28, 2016, 04:59 »
My this months earnings are not correctly updated in earning page. I got 8 downloads on Feb 1. But only 4 downloads are shown in Feb 2016 row, with less than half of the actual income. Anyone else experiencing the same?
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« on: January 28, 2016, 04:58 »
Thank you all for your responses. Mine is fixed now. I guess it was a temporary glitch in their system.
Yes, it's back. This thing keeps happening though.
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« on: January 28, 2016, 01:27 »
I was just checking the earnings page (1/27/16) and it only displays up to May 2014. I can't see monthly balances or my running total since last payment. Is anyone else's messed up or is it just mine?
Thank you for any feedback.
Same here, for more than a week now. Select '2016' in the drop down menu. Then you can see the earnings for this month. But sometimes that doesn't work too. Then you have to go to Downloads page.
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« on: January 27, 2016, 22:34 »
Hello and welcome! I learned taking pictures from my grandpa, he had a DSLR long before the digital times.
Wow, your grandpa must be a time traveler.  (DSLR=digital single-lens reflex)
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« on: January 26, 2016, 02:26 »
I just got an enhanced download and was paid $20.40 and I'm just about to hit the $50K earnings threshold
Steve
$50K!!! You mean $50,000/month? 
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« on: January 26, 2016, 00:08 »
The next step will be reducing EL prices. 
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« on: January 25, 2016, 02:21 »
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« on: January 20, 2016, 21:03 »
Anthaya , may I know when did you send your submission?
I have sent mine on 18th December
Sometime around mid of last year.
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« on: January 20, 2016, 20:01 »
Ye gads, how did you even notice that?
That's my question as well. But stvagna never tells that.
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« on: January 20, 2016, 05:01 »
I also tried to contact them via the form on the website but didn't receive a response so basically I have a small portion of my port there and it still says "your submission is currently under review".
When you enter to send your submission it also says "you will get a response in 14 business days", which I know now is not true as you say that you receive a response in 6 weeks!
Well, I hope it won't be under review forever, at least the could dismiss my submission and remove my images!!
Let me know if you find a way to remove your images.
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« on: January 19, 2016, 20:07 »
I received the acceptance notice in ~6 weeks after submitting my application. Don't worry even if you don't get accepted. They don't sell much.
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« on: January 18, 2016, 01:30 »
It really took off in June, 2015, for me. Since then, I had several sales each month, with commissions varying between $24.5 and $175, which made 500px my 4th earner of the year, with better performance than Alamy, 123RF, DT, DP, P5 or FAA.
I have 2 sales in 2016, so far.
How large is your port?
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« on: December 14, 2015, 08:39 »
Same here, both customer and contributor sites are down. But http://downforeveryoneorjustme.com says that it's only me 
I guess those don't wait for anything to load, just an initial response.
Can be...
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« on: December 14, 2015, 08:06 »
Contributor site is back too, but very slow.
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« on: December 14, 2015, 07:52 »
Customer site is back now.
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