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« on: June 11, 2020, 08:12 »
Done. (Keep in mind we're not all photographers.)
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« on: June 11, 2020, 07:39 »
Shutterstock shenanigans: This morning I found an incorrectly spelled vector in the middle of page 1 in the most relevant search. I posted it to the coalition group. A half hour later I checked again and the image had been replaced with the word spelled correctly, and had shot up to the #2 spot in most relevant.
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« on: June 10, 2020, 09:54 »
With a similar commission -0.09 $ FrPk- that SS, in FrPk you sell three times more than in SS. Most contributors, including myself, do more $$ on Frpk than SS so far in 2020. But Frpk barely accepts new contributors and rejects 90% of the photos you send...
Fantastic! Then Pablo Blanes has plenty of money to pay me for all the vectors of mine he stole. Would you like my PayPal account info so he can send the money directly?
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« on: June 10, 2020, 09:41 »
Theres now a new post in the coalition group about someone leaving SS for Freepik. Its obvious the site is infiltrating and even managed to get one of their people as admin for a bit.
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« on: June 10, 2020, 05:10 »
Freepik and ss now have much in common 
And yes we must turn off imagery faster, coz they profit 3 times faster.
I have seen now that the group
https://www.facebook.com/groups/261369748434285
has a new administrator: a brand ambassador of Freepik!!
Unacceptable for me.
The new administrator, Antonio Gravante, is now the new ex-administrator having flounced off in a huff. Seems this group's admins have a shorter life expectancy than football managers.
Give it a try and see how long you last.
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« on: June 10, 2020, 04:29 »
Yep. The group is going nowhere. I disabled my port.
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« on: June 10, 2020, 02:46 »
eff it.
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« on: June 09, 2020, 12:33 »
" In your letter you promised that this new system was a + for level 5 or level 6 and that it would keep level 4 the same. Why are these point zeros so low? Why is the rpd of everyone declining? And why should we accept a double down on January?
Where in the email did it promise that it was a + for level 5 or level 6 and that it would keep level 4 the same? I saw no such promise.
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« on: June 09, 2020, 08:29 »
the Braveheart of grade school bog roll.
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« on: June 08, 2020, 12:30 »
For years Ive helped fight royalty cuts, written petitions, deleted thousands of images on multiple sites in protest, gotten on the phone with VPs from Shutterstock to insist they stop allowing keyword spamming, reached out to dozens of buyers to encourage them to license our work from agencies that give us better royalties, etc. I stopped uploading to Shutterstock more than a year ago over their skewed algorithms and have deleted thousands of vectors from my portfolio, and was planning to shut it off June 15 because I feel doing an action together in one day has more impact. When Jake asked for volunteers to help in the Facebook group I was the only one who responded.
My thanks for this is to have people here call me a hypocrite and repeatedly try to join the coalition on Facebook just to ask me why I havent shut down my port rather than doing something constructive.
But Im done now. Jakes on his own with 2,500 people who complain endlessly and attack other people but wont lend him a hand. Go scratch.
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« on: June 08, 2020, 11:03 »
I have maintained accurate records of microstock sales and several statistics including RPDL since I started in 2009. For me, average RPDL of SS for all of last year was $0.92. The highest ever was 2017 at $1.36 and the lowest was 2009 at $0.32. So far this month it is $0.26. Average number of sales per month peaked for me in 2014 and declined to about 45% of the peak last year. The complicated presentation of the OP makes no sense to me and could be skewed by a few high-value sales. My numbers so far this month have RPDL lower than it was when I started in 2009. Of course that will change if I get some ELs or high-value SODs but the highest I've had so far this month is $2.50 so am not expecting much of a change. RPDL of $0.26 is the lowest of all the agencies I contribute to right now, with the exception of Canva which was only $0.20 after their change last month (I am not counting their bonus payments which will go away in five months). The SS RPDL will be even lower when we all drop down to level 1 in January - at that point it will be the worst of all the agencies (even iS!) and that is a fact.
Very sad statistics. 
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« on: June 08, 2020, 09:55 »
Funny thing happened. I joined that Stock Submiters Coalition facebook group, and asked Shelma1, when she's planning to disable her vectors, since she's some kind of leader there. She banned me from the group.
I guess she won't join the action, she prefers others to do it for her. Hypocrisy at it's finest.
It's clear you only wanted to join to abuse me, since you immediately came here to do just that. Jake has posted a note there asking people to volunteer. So far he has had one volunteerme. You want to help? Email him and volunteer. But there's no reason for you to be a member of a group taking positive action if your only goal is to be negative and abusive.
How is "So when are you planing to disable your vectors" abusive and negative? It's a simple question, and the anwser was ban. I call that abuse of a power and Stan Pawlovsky-kind-of behaviour.
Did you volunteer to help?
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« on: June 08, 2020, 09:11 »
Funny thing happened. I joined that Stock Submiters Coalition facebook group, and asked Shelma1, when she's planning to disable her vectors, since she's some kind of leader there. She banned me from the group.
I guess she won't join the action, she prefers others to do it for her. Hypocrisy at it's finest.
It's clear you only wanted to join to abuse me, since you immediately came here to do just that. Jake has posted a note there asking people to volunteer. So far he has had one volunteerme. You want to help? Email him and volunteer. But there's no reason for you to be a member of a group taking positive action if your only goal is to be negative and abusive.
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« on: June 08, 2020, 08:04 »
I like watching the downvotes go up. It also has three upvotes...the most of any of their videos. SS employees. no doubt. 
I have understood that he has a wife and two daughters the sum is three, isn't it?
It's up to five now...Pavlovsky, his wife, his two kids, and Oringer?
165
« on: June 07, 2020, 13:22 »
I like watching the downvotes go up. It also has three upvotes...the most of any of their videos. SS employees. no doubt.
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« on: June 07, 2020, 11:38 »
I feel like somme (angry) people here just don't want to understand what astockphotographer088 is trying to achieve : compile enough datas in order to have an objective vision on the (probably catastrophic) new RPDs and the proportion of higher licences vs subs. Afaiac I find it very interesting.
It is not because his/her June RPD is higher (for the moment) than his/her average RPD that he/she is taking position for SS. That's just a fact.
Just one remark about the datas : with the impact of the COVID-19 on the sales in march, april and may, I think it would be more relevant to compare with 2019 datas.
Anyway, here are my datas :
My Current Level:
4
My Previous Level:
2/4 - $0.33
My last 3 month Average RPD:
0.63
June RPD:
1.46 (+232%)  => 2 ELs, I don't expect it to resist a long time to the 0.10$ subs...
Last 3 month average RPD without EL:
0.61
June average RPD without EL:
0.30 (-50%)
Omg I dont know whether to laugh or cry. Seriously...two people here have miraculously increased their RPD, in fact yours has tripled, while everyone elses has plunged? Now I know youre trolling for SS.
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« on: June 07, 2020, 10:22 »
If the new structure can earn you more money, then why Shutterstock want to do it? Your data sample is so small that it is totally irrelevant. Even a Level 6 will have a dip of 20-30% at least.
With all respect to you Charlene, this thread was created for everyone that wants to really find out what the heck is going on and the only objective way to do so is by calculating average RPDs. If you want to find out or help with this, contribute with your info in the requested format. If you want to keep flaming against Shutterstock, me or anything else that is bothering you, please do so in a different post, in a different forum even or not in a forum at all. Forums are NOT your own personal space social media, they are common grounds for CONSTRUCTIVE dialogues to take place. I have been in forums since 1996 and it's the first time I ever encountered such ignorance in any forum I have ever been a part in.
You do realize that the Shutterstock T&Cs forbids anyone from discussing their earnings?
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« on: June 07, 2020, 10:16 »
You can search for images on the DMLA site. A search for Christmas gives you this (for whatever reason Getty/iStock and Shutterstock don't seem to be included):
DMLAsearch Photo/Illustration Motion/Video
Ranked by Total Items Found
(top 30 in descending order)
Alamy 3,685,424
age fotostock 1,630,897
maXx images 1,595,787
Dreamstime 386,087
Media Bakery 162,367
Masterfile 136,870
StockFood 26,910
Stocksy United 24,214
Bridgeman Images 21,393
Design Pics 18,651
Everett Collection 16,794
living4media 11,061
akg-images 7,803
All Canada Photos 5,067
Danita Delimont 4,799
Science Source 3,751
eStock Photo 3,570
seasons.agency 2,600
Arcangel 2,291
Global ImageWorks 2,082
Robert Harding World Imagery 1,931
Minden Pictures 1,753
Art Resource 1,592
ClassicStock 1,202
Granger - Historical Picture Archive 1,135
Grant Heilman Photography 687
Animals Animals/Earth Scenes 679
Robertstock 549
Trevillion Images 235
NBC NEWS Archives Xpress 104
Ranked by Relative Percentage of Collection
(may imply specialization)
Alamy
living4media
Dreamstime
StockFood
ClassicStock
maXx images
Stocksy United
Masterfile
seasons.agency
age fotostock
Media Bakery
NBC NEWS Archives Xpress
Bridgeman Images
Design Pics
All Canada Photos
Global ImageWorks
eStock Photo
Everett Collection
Grant Heilman Photography
Robertstock
Danita Delimont
Science Source
Arcangel
akg-images
North Wind Picture Archives
Trevillion Images
Minden Pictures
Art Resource
Granger - Historical Picture Archive
Education Imagery
170
« on: June 07, 2020, 10:08 »
VICE PRESIDENT
Candice Murray
Shutterstock
TREASURER
Tawnya Crawford
Getty Images
171
« on: June 07, 2020, 09:49 »
Just so you know all the micro stock sites are members. "The DMLA membership ranks, which currently includes industry leaders Shutterstock, Getty Image, Alamy, Pond5, Stocksy, Adobe Stock as well as many small and midsize companies, will now account for more than 90% of North American image, video and media licensing. We are delighted to be joining forces with DMLA from 2020 onward. ACSIL represents some of the largest and most respected names in moving imagery and with so many archives and agencies now offering stills and footage, it is the perfect time to come together to create one complete organization to promote and safeguard the interests of all content creators. said Ed Whitley, President of ACSIL & Bridgeman Images North America." http://www.digitalmedialicensing.org/news/dmla-acsil-join-forces-to-create-stronger-trade-association-for-licensing-industry/
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« on: June 07, 2020, 09:29 »
He failed big time.
But he's getting plenty of participation from us!
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« on: June 07, 2020, 08:49 »
I thought you'd all enjoy these quotes from Stan Pavlovsky when he was still at All Recipes:
"Success in implementing change requires Strategy, Transparency, and Participation. Without these core tenants, execution is a journey to a new place without a map or purpose. ~ Stan Pavlovsky @spavlovsky"
"A CEO must provide context and transparency to encourage employees to stay on after the company is acquired. @spavlovsky @CEOpov"
If you dont take the time to listen and understand, then you as a CEO will fail. -@spavlovsky @Allrecipes #CEOPOV
My approach is to have participation. It takes more effort, but employees being bought in is critical for transition -@spavlovsky #CEOPOV
"Listen. Walk before you run. Get feedback and have empathy. If you want to drive accountability, understand how everyone feels. @spavlovsky."
I always go back to having a clear strategy and provide context to employees to help alleviate resistance to change. @spavlovsky #CEOPOV
"Employees need context. A vacuum creates rumors and stories. Participation is critical. @spavlovsky @MeredithCorp @CEOpov"
"Lack of clarity and communication causes fear in employees. @spavlovsky @MeredithCorp @CEOpov @WTCSeattle"
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« on: June 07, 2020, 08:14 »
You can see the old profile through google cache.
But you can't see his likes.
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« on: June 05, 2020, 21:55 »
His twitter feed has only 281 followers? What kind of a CEO is this?
And you are right, his likes are a lot of Trumpian glory likes.
Every day I learn something new that is worse than before.
@spavlovsky
https://twitter.com/spavlovsky?s=20
Why dont even the employees follow their own boss? Business partners? Some of the 1.2 Million producers?
How is this profile designed to represent the company, get ready to connect with all the other CEOs and impress potential customers?
That twitter account is gone and has been replaced by this one
https://twitter.com/stanpavlovsky1
Creative name 
I assume it's to clean up any messy associations he didn't want people to see
He can't clean up his bad report card so easily though...
https://twitter.com/joannsnover/status/1269027677047930887
How despicable...clearly he knew wed seen his twitter likes so he made them go away. Because ad agencies, some of their biggest clients, are quite liberal and would be disgusted to see his political leanings.
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