Ok, I got it now.

I need to click on "learn more" table.

Thanks a lot!

Quote from: Jo Ann Snover on July 27, 2021, 04:22
If you are logged into your contributor account, at the top of the browser window, after the "St Adobe Stock" on the left, you should see, reading from left to right:

Dashboard  Uploaded   Files  Insights  Contributor Account            Upload Buy (your name) Adobe logo

Click on Upload

Hi Jo Anne, thanks a lot for your help!

Yes, I can see the black "Upload" tab, it gives me a drop-down menu in which the video section is just a submission guideline.

Where do I get "Generate new password"?

Hi Jo Anne, thanks for responding.

I did look at the page, but I cannot find the black "Upload" bar.

I would greatly appreciate if someone can give me a link to generate a new password for sftp.

Also it looks like Adobe has given me a new user ID. I wonder, for the purpose of sftp, should the new user ID be used or the old one?

I have emailed Adobe support but not heard back.

Many thanks!

Quote from: ShadySue on July 22, 2021, 16:22

Quote from: Orchidpoet on July 22, 2021, 15:50
LOL, after I posted the initial message, the cleared balance appears to be normal today. 

Sue, the only photography forum I participate is this one. 

Fairy Nuff; but you don't need to participate, or even sign up, to join the Alamy forum, it's open for all to read.

I know I know, except I have no interest to read more forums. Thanks for giving me great tips all the time. 

LOL, after I posted the initial message, the cleared balance appears to be normal today. 

Sue, the only photography forum I participate is this one. 

Today I have noticed that my cleared balance was reduced to a smaller amount, but I don't see any refunds. How can it be?

Hi Matt,

Please ignore the private message I just sent you. The issue is resolved.

It does not seem to be possible to send you a second message through the sitemail. Or maybe I just don't get it.

Sorry everyone.

I have not used Payoneer for a few years.

The reason I left was because of their hidden "cross-border" transaction fee. Since it is located in Belize, it was highly unlikely that anyone could skip this fee.

I hope they no longer charge this hidden fee.

Quote from: Uncle Pete on May 21, 2021, 16:33

Quote from: Orchidpoet on May 19, 2021, 00:56
The question is, do they still allow us to place the images as RM? If RM does not exist, then they should inform us.

And why did we get the notice about having them investigate use for exclusive images, if there aren't going to be exclusive images?

"If you're in that income group, congratulations, but by far the majority of suppliers do not have that value of sales from Alamy, so will get "Gold"/40% and the lower earners, under $250pa, will drop further, to 20%."

Really, so the incentive for people to upload more will be, we're paying you 20% less for your work? More like a punishment or desire to weed out low earners?

Every image that I haven't bothered to upload to Wirestock and click Alamy will now be included there, instead of my uploads to Alamy for myself. That way I'll get the higher commission and give WS 15% of that. Simple math, I'll make more!

That's a good point.

At least for now, it is not difficult for me to generate $250 sales in a year. If the income declines more, I will not be there either.

I hope Alamy will not make it more and more irrelevant.

The question is, do they still allow us to place the images as RM? If RM does not exist, then they should inform us.

If our contract allows us to designate our images as RM, if Alamy sells them as RF, it's Alamy in breach and not us. I doubt if it is the case. I suspect their will merely make the a very generous RM term.

I don't see where the terms for the exclusives.

Quote from: ShadySue on May 18, 2021, 20:36

Quote from: Orchidpoet on May 18, 2021, 20:31

Quote from: ShadySue on May 18, 2021, 19:53

Quote from: Orchidpoet on May 18, 2021, 19:46
What happens to the exclusive images?

They earn less than before, no different from non-exclusive.

Would you like to explain in what way? Thanks.

All the relevant info is here:
https://www.alamy.com/terms/contributor-contract-changes.aspx
Be sure to check out some of the new clauses in the contract as well as the commission reductions. These worry me even more than the pay cut.

I wonder what i missed. It seems that the exclusive images still get 50%. I have opted out of certain distribution sales.

What else are you worried about? Selling RM as RF?

Quote from: ShadySue on May 18, 2021, 19:53

Quote from: Orchidpoet on May 18, 2021, 19:46
What happens to the exclusive images?

They earn less than before, no different from non-exclusive.

Would you like to explain in what way? Thanks.

What happens to the exclusive images?

My exclusive account has been a disappointment. Even though I give my best clips to it, there have been few sales.

Quote from: ShadySue on March 24, 2021, 16:59

Quote from: Orchidpoet on March 24, 2021, 16:13

Quote from: ShadySue on March 21, 2021, 14:28
New worst rpd since becoming exclusive in 2008 ...

Would you mind sharing your rpd? Mine is 2 for this year. It was 1.76 last year.

Oh, well done. Is that photos only or a mix of photos / illos / video?
I had $1.51 rpd last Feb and $1.05 this Feb. Photos only.

I have less than 30 clips and less than 4000 photos.

Quote from: ShadySue on March 21, 2021, 14:28
New worst rpd since becoming exclusive in 2008 ...

Would you mind sharing your rpd? Mine is 2 for this year. It was 1.76 last year.

Quote from: Uncle Pete on March 21, 2021, 16:47

Quote from: Orchidpoet on March 20, 2021, 15:42
I haven't seen any changes from DM yet.

Did you click Sync? 

Should be there now. Good luck.

I suppose I should disclose, 0.43 RPD a whole 10 downloads. But there are some circumstances. I only have 935 images left, no more audio and they disabled and removed 3,657 of my images. So I don't have as much working for me as many others do.

Thanks! It's strange that my DM does not download statements anymore, even after I received the payment.

Yes, I have downloaded the latest DM.

I haven't seen any changes from DM yet.

I have sold 8 and remain in Level 1.

Something odd happened to me.

One sale for $48 was made on Jan. 28, on top of other sales. But my Feb payment amount is $35. How can it be?

I don't see any adjustments.

The final payment seems to be correct.

Well, P5 has asked me to agree to giving video clips for free. Even after I said no, they continue to ask me to reconsider, saying they would give away 1-4 clips per artist, and that's minimal in their mind.

If we give away our work for free, we would also lose copyright control over our work. We will no longer be able to tell if it was a copyright infringement or not. Even if an agency sells for $1 or less (that's terrible, too), there are paper trails of transaction and license agreement in place.

The particular clip they want to give away was a time lapse from a very unique location. I have said explicitly that I would not permit any of my work to be given away for free.

Glad he has a big heart, that's rare these days.

Thanks, Jneff.

Terrible!