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« on: May 30, 2020, 04:45 »
Would love to know as well
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« on: May 30, 2020, 01:33 »
Judging by twitter and facebook news of accounts deactivated, thats the draconian step they are taking. You don't like our policy you dont "deserve" to sell on our esteemed platform.
Talk about oliver twist types of authority
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« on: May 29, 2020, 12:18 »
Is shutterstock going on a deactivation spree? Heard of a few other cases in the last few hours
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« on: May 29, 2020, 03:47 »
Yes, but they have the option to cut out SS since a file sold anywhere else earns them more. Its just a matter of in checking them on an FTP program.
With the new rates a file earns almost 3x to 8x more in some cases on Adobe. So even if one in 5 people move to Adobe to buy my images/videos I'll be profitable.
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« on: May 29, 2020, 03:02 »
can each of us ensure we get some 10-12 people to rate the app down and sign petitions. First your family, since an earning drop for you affects them hugely. The idea is to get SS to rely even more heavily on paid reviews that can be marked as spam. On twitter, They've already started asking users to just share their portfolio using #shutterstock to ensure that not all tweets are grossly negative.  Sent from my HD1901 using Tapatalk
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« on: May 28, 2020, 09:42 »
The stock submitters coalition already has over 330 members and represents a portfolio of over 2 million items. Join the cause and help make a difference. https://forms.gle/cEN6kAjcqyqtUbBj9
If you joined it but did not receive the email I just sent out then go back in and fill it out one more time. The first ten people it didn't collect emails.
We need to group up, maybe this discord server is a good way https://discord.gg/KucrDuyThings to do - Sign petition - Downvote apps and leave a scathing review - Tweet it with influencers/publication /adobe mentioned - send Angry mail to SS Sent from my HD1901 using Tapatalk
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« on: May 27, 2020, 23:24 »
-bad publicity resulting in share price drop which in turn triggers owners dumping shares
This is the key here. They already ran the numbers about how many angry contributors and files they will lose and are fine with it. Tanking stock price I doubt even crossed their mind.
Sure, we have to protest in more ways that clearly expect. They are not dumb, they do know that there will be some protest. They watched the Fotolia Deactivation-Day campaign with the slogan and website "boycottfotolia", and i remember that time they bought the domain "boycottshutterstock.com" just so others can not. So obviously they are prepared for some outrage. Yet it's not impossible exceed what they expect.
Did they buy "shutterstockboycott.com" too? 
Nope. I own it now. Along with f*ckshutterstock.com.
I also own the Shutterstock Boycott facebook page, facebook group and twitter account.
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« on: May 27, 2020, 14:01 »
Some quick calculations, they show - how steep the 35% and 40% tiers are, something most of us will never be able to touch
- If we do get to a high tier how much the reset in jan hurts us
- The stark difference how much of a paycut you'll end up taking vs now
- How in video getting back to 30% commissions will be nearly impossible
- The mix of packs is an assumption - SS will not even tell us how good/bad this is
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« on: May 27, 2020, 07:56 »
Reposting, PLEASE DO THIS NOW
One quick thing, give SS and SS contributor app a 1 star review, lets send their rating to hell.
Do leave a review mentioning
On May 26th Shutterstock suddenly gave its contributors a 6 day notice that they would cut their earning by 60%. They sent an unclear, haphazard communication (with one correction mail hours later) on how they would screw over the very people who make the content you love.
Buyers : Please take your business to Adobestock, their fair payouts mean you'll always have beautiful up to date images
Contributors : Disable your portfolio on 1st Jun and send a mail to Adobe telling that you've done so. Ensure you spread the word.
Lets hit this first. Starting now.
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« on: May 27, 2020, 07:47 »
Anyone considered seeing if Petapixel want to write something ? ( https://petapixel.com/contact/ )
They've had prior articles covering Shutterstock and others.
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« on: May 27, 2020, 05:25 »
One quick thing, give SS and SS contributor app a 1 star review, lets send their rating to hell.
Do leave a review mentioning
On May 26th Shutterstock suddenly gave its contributors a 6 day notice that they would cut their earning by 60%. They sent an unclear, haphazard communication (with one correction mail hours later) on how they would screw over the very people who make the content you love.
Buyers : Please take your business to Adobestock, their fair payouts mean you'll always have beautiful up to date images
Contributors : Disable your portfolio on 1st Jun and send a mail to Adobe telling that you've done so. Ensure you spread the word.
Lets hit this first. Starting now.
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« on: May 26, 2020, 14:02 »
Twitter is going mad as well. Guess we should definitely make #switchoffshutterstock viral. As well us upload a ton of photo concepts of shutterstock burning, going to hell, being sold etc, no other uploads, only these. Lets get the message across.
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« on: May 26, 2020, 13:20 »
Can we set up a crowdfund campaign, hire a lawer and sue these asses? Atleast a determined push to get everyone off SS and onto Adobe or Pond5 would be absolutely worth it.
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« on: May 19, 2020, 10:57 »
They seem to be all over the place, getting more and more people on the platform. Plus from the looks of it it seems like a lot of the content they have is exclusive to them, probably from the core team themselves.
How does having a direct sale between you and the end user make life different? Just curious?
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« on: May 15, 2020, 04:32 »
Add to that the mass rejections, with crappy rejection regions. All the "new exciting news" announcements and all the very translucent subscription sales. It is a bigger mess today but not a mess that can't be cleaned
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« on: May 09, 2020, 13:33 »
Let me ask and unpopular question on this. While we all talk about making the portfolio 25% bigger and earnings dropping we also disregard that older files, maybe from the start if the journey are retiring, they get outdated in look, style, surroundings, quality, treatment etc. So essentially you added some stuff but that just replaced stuff that retired
So while we look at that overall number and weep its only the relevant part of the port that continues to earn while the rest is lost till someone needs a vintage pic
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« on: May 09, 2020, 00:01 »
I think the appeal ia that it allows us to be creative at our own pace, following our own interests and get some money for it. Hence people don't jump till they find another way to do that.
Its like game development, its brutal, pays little but people do it
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« on: May 08, 2020, 04:47 »
"microstockrank"
ooh! Nice! TubeBuddy for MicroStock!!
Shows me as 29723th out of 14192 videographers? Thats not even possible  Looks good but seems to make little sense Sent from my HD1901 using Tapatalk
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« on: May 02, 2020, 05:22 »
Thats scary, with the kind of random rejections SS has been giving lately its usually important to know and be able to resubmit stuff.
SS has often rejected shots that when reuploaded have sold on the first day and a lot. So resubmissions not happening makes black box pretty bad
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« on: April 29, 2020, 23:21 »
Thanks spacestock that really helps. Although i guess you've been submitting fully edited, metadata filled clips to them. Have you had a chance to use check out the collaborative features? How convinient have you found them?
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« on: April 28, 2020, 23:12 »
That would be my thought as well. You have a good collaboration platform it could support the upfront payment or coownership options needed for film production or even other creative projects.
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« on: April 27, 2020, 10:46 »
Still a fairly involved process. Though the idea and execution is definitely a good one it just seems like there are missing bits
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« on: April 26, 2020, 11:39 »
close to 40% of your royalty income.
Are you serious?
You can choose how much you want to share, but thats the amount they've recommended in the FAQ files (20% for metadata & uploading about 20% for editing, grading). One thing they've mentioned is that the 15% cut they take makes no difference since they've negotiated a higher commission with the agencies (they sort of allude often to it). Someone who's worked with them for sometime might be able to tell us more about this. Wanted to try this weekend but this whole process put me off Sent from my HD1901 using Tapatalk
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« on: April 26, 2020, 10:52 »
It's not exactly a fire and forget solution though. Apparently you want someone to edit, keyword and upload your stuff you need to assign them close to 40% of your royalty income. The other is that you need to first send them the files via dropbox or something, then you need to choose a curator to do all the editing, metadata and all. The finally you get to upload the files, so it's a pretty involved process (which is good in a way since it gives you more control), but for many it might be the same as just editing and keywording yourself if the quality of keywording or editing is not significantly different from what a curator might give
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