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Messages - pancaketom
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1851
« on: September 24, 2011, 09:53 »
I also had the best sales in a while the last week. If they had a best match like this for months I'd probably take more crap from them.
1852
« on: September 23, 2011, 22:39 »
It sort of guarantees that Fotolia can be the winner of the race to the bottom of what they pay their contributors... Too bad the contributors can't reverse this -
"oh, I'm sorry Fotolia, I get 60% on Alamy, so I'll take 60% at Fotolia too."
I wonder which "applicable laws" this is subject too.
1853
« on: September 23, 2011, 21:29 »
I noticed that if you apply after Oct 8 you are automatically included in this subs program. Anyone that might want to apply to Veer in the future, I suggest you apply now.
1854
« on: September 23, 2011, 16:56 »
Dt's system is the opposite of disambiguation.
I always thought DA is going to be the only way to deliver the best possible search results in the future.
Me too. It is the ONLY part of the iStock process which I like better than the rest (in fact probably the only part that isn't the WORST of them all!). Sure it takes extra time when uploading, but I know that people who want to see my image are going to get to see my image (best match sorting aside  )
Istocks system could have been the best, but the way they have done it it both encourages and rewards people for misdisambiguating and makes search a pain. Just another of the areas where Istock could have killed their competition but instead didn't. I guess that is one less thing I'll have to worry about in a few days.
1855
« on: September 23, 2011, 13:57 »
Seeing how Ft is one of the lowest, I would think the other sites would want to have the same option -
imagine if SS said - oh, we see you are on Ft, so we'll keep you at .25 subs.
Now there is a reason to keep your username different at all sites and to be anonymous on the forums.
In many ways I'd say Ft has been leading the "screw the contributor" race that many sites seem to be in.
Every time I was about to join Ft they'd do something to screw their contributors (and I've been at this business as long about as long as they have). Other than their continuous downward pressure on the whole system I am ok to see them pull stunts like this. Maybe when they drop people down to white that is the perfect time to pull your port...
1856
« on: September 23, 2011, 12:36 »
Thanks for posting the rates and the letter people (I didn't get it). I just opted out w/ a note saying that I thought the minimum was too low and that it was way too low for an EL license.
Hopefully if enough people opt out for these reasons they will amend the program to cover these concerns.
1857
« on: September 23, 2011, 10:55 »
I wish that sites would list the lowest possible royalties instead of listing the highest possible royalties (which are usually meaningless), or at least the range. Nice of them to give us an opt out option though (for now?).
Subs EL sounds like a bad idea at these prices.
1858
« on: September 22, 2011, 21:43 »
Interesting. I would like to know what the real plan and fine print are. I am guessing it is more about the reality show. But the people still need to get to Cape town with at minimum a T3i and 50mm f1.8 just to try out (and get a 2 week course?). If it wasn't so far away I'd be tempted to at least see what the fine print was just to get a chance to get someone to pay for travel and models etc. etc.
If the tv show does take off I wonder what it would do to microstock. Imagine having them all complain about IS every day in prime time.
could be entertaining.
1859
« on: September 22, 2011, 17:01 »
my last batch got 100% rejected. I got a keywords rejection on 2 of them which was a first. I re-checked my keywords and there weren't any way off base - unless you didn't actually read them and split them up (which I don't think SS does anymore). (for example "Jack-o-lantern mushroom") - clearly it is a mushroom, not a carved pumpkin. oh well. Since new images don't seem to get seen either, I guess it doesn't hurt much except my motivation.
1860
« on: September 22, 2011, 13:11 »
They split up the keywords and put them in alphabetical order.
1861
« on: September 22, 2011, 13:03 »
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They say that I should not submit the same images again but why not ? I submitted them before and they got passed so I would be stupid not too. If I submit a whole new load of images it's a new lottery. One was rejected this time that was passed the time before so it isn't foolproof.
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I think the acception/rejection is really pretty arbitrary with borderline pics. If you submit the pics again there is a very good chance that accepted pics will be rejected. This makes them look bad, so they suggest you don't do it. Agree w/ the 3 D suggestion above. Also go with bright colors and light images and don't do shallow depth of field. - and of course make sure your captions and other stuff is spot on. I had one of my initial 10 rejected because of a problem w/ the model release. Luckily 7 others were accepted.
1862
« on: September 21, 2011, 15:51 »
A lot of profiles say 'very experienced' but when you look at the port they look stiff or only have one expression.
Yes, but if that expression is "blue steel" then you have a superstar on your hands 
Forget "Blue Steel", I'm looking for "Magnum"
1863
« on: September 20, 2011, 12:51 »
Electronics are the one thing I am continually surprised by the advances in technology and the dropping of prices. With 2 MB Ram you couldn't even open a P&S pic.
Long live Moore's Law.
1864
« on: September 20, 2011, 10:27 »
I have no confidence in the future of microstock, so I might as well make as much as I can now.
Sadly, I have come to pretty much the same conclusion. I've joined a bunch of smaller sites I wouldn't have bothered with a year or two ago as part of a strategy to maximize my earnings on my existing portfolio.
It's all well and good for us to plan ahead and do what we can to support (and even police) the industry for the long term, but developments in the last year have me questioning whether there is a long term for microstock - at least from the contributor perspective.
I've narrowed the focus down to SS, and my confidence in that one company. I have zero confidence in istock, and very little in most other companies. I'm optimistic about companies like StockFresh, but realistically my confidence in them is slipping. So really it just comes down to SS for me. I'm opting to stay with istock and let my stuff into the PP, as long as it doesn't impact my earnings at SS. I make the majority of my microstock earnings with SS, and doing what I can to keep that going is the priority. Which could eventually mean that if ThinkStock manages to pick up and become a real threat to SS, my images will no longer be at istock or TS.
But for now, I'm betting that ThinkStock won't be a threat to SS, even with all this new independent content, and SS will remain the top player. As long as my SS earnings remain steady, I'm staying where I am for now.
I'm not sure what the future of microstock is, but if it does indeed start to fall apart, I'd rather ride out the sinking ship with SS than anyone else. At some point that may mean bailing on istock and some others. But we're not there just yet.
If at some point Thinkstock sales go up and SS sales go down, will you be willing to abandon the significant % that TS and IS represent to stick with a sinking SS ship? (unlikely SS would totally go away, but if IS customers get moved to TS and they market heavily they could take some of SS's customers too.
1865
« on: September 19, 2011, 12:37 »
I think the default when they don't know where the download is from is offshore west africa. (or maybe the account has multiple locations or something). Otherwise there is a huge ad shop in the Canary Islands. It is interesting to see where the sales are from, but I am not sure what to do with the info.
1866
« on: September 17, 2011, 19:18 »
What they said above.
I recently started sending more images since they lowered the size requirement and I got a few sales. Hopefully that will result in more sales in the future, as I don't have many there yet. I think all my micro sites are beating them (not to mention the 250$ payout limit). The sales I have had have been pretty random (and for fairly small amounts) Less than EL sales would bring me in most cases.
Maybe I should put up more of my random non-released people travel shots - who knows.
The keywording is pretty tedious compared to most micros.
I have only had one image rejected for reasons other than the upload was corrupted or the file was too small. Reviews are usually just a few days.
1867
« on: September 16, 2011, 18:57 »
not a big fish but...
reg 68.3%
OD 15.3
EL 10.7
vid 05.5
I am guessing that people that started at the beginning with a big port might have a lower OD %. EL sales seem somewhat random to me, but I sure like them when I get them.
1868
« on: September 14, 2011, 13:31 »
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You guys make this so simple and black and white. Maybe you didn't read the situation. I had removed all but ONE IMAGE from Dreamstime. They refused to consider removing it so I could move on. They made me wait THREE MONTHS to remove that image, so I could go exclusive elsewhere. During that time, they made no sales of the image, they made no money on it, it made no practical difference to them AT ALL. It is unreasonable, belligerant, uncooperative and spiteful behavior. You support that behavior? Weird. Their behavior was pointless and destructive. You like that? Weird.
I wonder if you could have set it to sell the rights for 1$ and bought it yourself (or paid someone to buy it).
1869
« on: September 14, 2011, 13:24 »
You're welcome everyone!!!!
Now I've managed to increase your revenue at printbusinesscards and at stockfresh because I kicked up a big enough fuss about it.. at my expense. While having noone here stand beside me but insulting me in the process.
I hope you've all learnt that if ONE person can change things, imagine what you can do united... but you won't learn because most people here lack principles and like to play it safe... which will burn you in the end anyway.
Not one of you would ever have the decency to thank me but you know what... you're welcome anyway.
Toodles!
Signed, anonymouspsuedonymous
Nice work, now get cracking on IS and FT.
1870
« on: September 14, 2011, 09:35 »
A year ago I stopped uploading new images there. Now I've picked the images I'll keep on there and I put them into p+ (if they weren't already) - a mix of decent sellers that didn't get accepted or never really sold much at other sites and smaller images and old crappy ones. As the 28th approaches I'll start removing the rest. I'll be sorry to lose all the work that it took to get them up and the shrinking income I still get there, but I am sick of their heavy handed approach and greedy ways. I have no reason to believe that things will get any better there, so I am going to make this move. I wish everyone would do the same, as it would make Getty and the others take notice, but I can understand why people don't.
1871
« on: September 13, 2011, 13:10 »
When playing in someone elses sandpit you play by their rules if you don't like it don't play!
Fair play to you for leaving but doubt that DT will either notice or give a....
Just like i don't giva a... about them nor will either notice their absence in my life. tought i would have fun at this stock thing, since i do photography for fun and not for living, but i will not tolerate bad policies and proceedures and no one will force me to be/have an online account and my images for 6 months without my permission! I too easy to became persona non grata at that place.
As said above - you gave them permission when you uploaded. Not that I am a particular fan of the 6 month lock in, but I did agree to it when I continued to upload new content after they implemented it. Nothing wrong with stopping when you disagree with what an agency does, but you do have to abide by your side of the agreement.
1872
« on: September 12, 2011, 22:45 »
10 and 10 for my last 20. It does seem to go in waves. My RPD so far this month is 2X what it was last month (lots of subs and level 0 small sales last month).
I wish all my subs were of level 0 images.
1873
« on: September 12, 2011, 12:41 »
pretty intelligent maybe, but not wise. Which I guess sums up a lot of my complaints w/ the Getty "family" these days.
I mean really, if you want a picture of a mountain lion, why would you search on "ice hockey player"?
1874
« on: September 12, 2011, 10:05 »
I would think that IS would want to block true teams from being exclusive - as a way to game the system. Both the old canister system but especially the RC one. Imagine if say 30 good exclusives teamed together - they would have lower upload limits each, but they would also probably hit the top tier for RC, something that IS can't really allow (it is "unsustainable" remember).
1875
« on: September 11, 2011, 20:23 »
But I agree with the praise for Sean. I've always liked the look of his work best. And as a one-man show he's without peer.
Absolutely. Plus he's uniquely helpful and approachable too. Geniuses aren't supposed to be like that. Top man!
and when IS pulls some BS he tells it like it is, even on their forum.
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