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« on: March 11, 2015, 11:01 »
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« on: March 11, 2015, 11:00 »
This discussion is truly insightful. As an American, I'm very glad to have a worldwide perspective on this forum. Good question! 
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« on: March 07, 2015, 09:34 »
SInce a long time, impossible to upload files on Canstockphoto...
My zip files are imported from Ftp but metadata in my jpeg files are no longer recognized...
It worked all well before in this way
Anyone having these troubles ?
Same FTP problem for my EPS/JPG inside ZIP for about a month. I opened a support ticket and have not received a response. So I upload directly through the website now. No problems with that method. Sales are steady for me.
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« on: March 03, 2015, 17:11 »
Sometimes they take a while to show up - has the count of online files increased?
You I could very well be seeing things. It's been a rough week of various work projects. So you might be right. Since no one else has confirmed it, it's probably me. 
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« on: March 03, 2015, 16:15 »
This is simply frustrating to watch.
Well stated. Could be nauseating too.
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« on: March 03, 2015, 13:41 »
Last night I must have had almost 50 drawings in Pending. Today, they were gone. No rejection or selection email notifications. None are in Refused or Online. Has anyone had this problem recently?
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« on: February 26, 2015, 20:01 »
I say yes, but only if you don't manually add those extra keywords (a real pain). I'm an illustrator. They force you to choose manual keywords, so I choose "illustration." I have been making a $100 every couple months with 3,000+ images.
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« on: February 10, 2015, 12:11 »
One can never have enough tomatoes 698,000, coffee beans 149,000 or Piles of Wood 54,000
Sounds absurd, but it's very true according to my experiences. Cartoons of a pile of boulders and twig that I made in 2010 sell almost dailysometimes more than once in a day. I've found that if you keep making better and better drawings/photos/video/audio, you'll keep up with the competition. Make sure you're enjoying doing it, however. Oh, and you don't need Adobe'$ Cloud or the latest hardware to be creative, by the way.
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« on: February 06, 2015, 20:14 »
Exactly! Many of us paid $400-$500 for PS and maybe some other programs 10 years ago and we were only paying $200 or less for upgrades as we needed them. That was affordable. The rentware as the ONLY option is a BIG scam that treats us like sharecroppers. There should be legislation against Adobe to bust them for monopolizing and racketeering. They will pay for their actions soon.  Maybe you use some different combination, but for most creative professionals, CC is cheaper.
Not to revisit this painful debate, but it isn't cheaper if you're a long time owner of Photoshop, Illustrator and (less long) Lightroom. And the Photographer deal doesn't help if you do something other than just Photoshop and Lightroom, but not a lot of their products.
I have no problem with them offering the subscription to those for whom it works well. It's the removal of a regular (what they now sweetly call "perpetual") license that is deeply painful for long time users of their products.
I'm not irrational - if it were a better deal for me I'd go for it
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« on: February 05, 2015, 11:10 »
THere is no conspiracy. It's a fact! Adobe is driven by the demands of big shareholders. They will destroy the company if it means they will get rich.
If you all think this merger is going to mean more sales and income, don't be disappointed if it's not. Adobe is run by greedy principals who care only for stock prices, forcing software sharecropping on sole proprietor photographers, retouchers and designers. They will ruin whoever they can and use us as rags to soak up the mess. If you thought iStock was a bad example of how to run microstock, just wait until you experience Adobe.
Good grief, what a ridiculous statement.
Adobe make good solid software they're at the top of their game for a reason. It's not like they haven't had any competition, ask anyone who used Quark Express or who's tried to shunt repro quality docs around the Internet without PDF.
They're proven innovators, nobody knows at this stage how things will unfold. It's a bit early for conspiracy theories.
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« on: February 02, 2015, 17:52 »
I use the iStock release for other sites as well. Easy to modify and haven't had any rejections.
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« on: January 31, 2015, 16:57 »
If you all think this merger is going to mean more sales and income, don't be disappointed if it's not. Adobe is run by greedy principals who care only for stock prices, forcing software sharecropping on sole proprietor photographers, retouchers and designers. They will ruin whoever they can and use us as rags to soak up the mess. If you thought iStock was a bad example of how to run microstock, just wait until you experience Adobe.
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« on: January 22, 2015, 12:20 »
YUCK! Glad I've opted out long time ago. 
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« on: January 17, 2015, 11:17 »
I make a payout regularly with them. However, I have stopped uploading eps formats because it's such a pain and the pay is so low. They also make us submit reference files like SSa real pain. So now they just get JPGs of my illustrations. 
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« on: January 17, 2015, 00:39 »
I posted this in the chat and was possibly overlooked because the host did not mention it:
"Have you considered raising our royalty rates since Shutterstock is making more profits?"
Hello,
As some of you may have seen, Shutterstock recently launched a new streaming video series: ShutterTalk Live.
Please join us tomorrow - Thursday, January 15 - for Illustration & Vectors 101 presented by Tim Goldman, and check out the upcoming schedule and videos from past workshops:
http://www.shutterstock.com/blog/shuttertalk-livestream-series
We look forward to having you join us!
Jennifer
Head of Contributor Community Development
Shutterstock
They are never....Ever going to answer this question. There on salary. Paid By us. why should they. I have been asking for 5 years. never one word. EVER!! Not even.....Were working on it. They don't care.Period.!!!!!!!
If SS wants to control the world give us a raise to 50 cents for gods sake on a tier level and All other sites will fold instantly. Thats the way you do it. *!!!!!
Well, I know they would probably not answer it. So I was being a bit sarcastic, but with respect. They make good money indeed. We are modern day serfs and they are the lords. But one day...
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« on: January 15, 2015, 11:53 »
I posted this in the chat and was possibly overlooked because the host did not mention it: "Have you considered raising our royalty rates since Shutterstock is making more profits?" Hello,
As some of you may have seen, Shutterstock recently launched a new streaming video series: ShutterTalk Live.
Please join us tomorrow - Thursday, January 15 - for Illustration & Vectors 101 presented by Tim Goldman, and check out the upcoming schedule and videos from past workshops:
http://www.shutterstock.com/blog/shuttertalk-livestream-series
We look forward to having you join us!
Jennifer
Head of Contributor Community Development
Shutterstock
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« on: January 10, 2015, 19:26 »
SS is actively selling our media files and probably with operational costs can not afford to pay us more.
IT amazes me when people with no special knowledge will happily proclaim that an agency "probably" couldn't afford to pay out more. There's absolutely no reason to believe that is true.
It is very unlikely that they will pay us more, because they have to maximise profits for shareholders and they are paying enough to get the content they need. But to suppose they COULDN'T pay more if they wanted to is a very large piece of uninformed speculation.
But that isn't in any way accusing them of being anything but straight in their dealings with us.
The quarterly figures show exactly what they spend, and what they profit. They made millions profit, to say they cant afford a raise is simply naive. They can afford to give us a raise and still increase their profits. As you say, its all about maximising profits now, so a raise would not fit the bill (pun intended)
I think we should all send them a support email requesting they share the profits. http://submit.shutterstock.com/contact/
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« on: January 09, 2015, 21:16 »
Good luck. I hope it works out. I've been there since 2010 with illustrations. Please make the FTP vector upload a little easier with the "vector.filename.zip" just plain old "filename.zip" Otherwise, the submission process is really nice. These are great questions because there is clearly a lot of competition.
I can't get too detailed in our plans, but we are starting with a complete technology refresh. A ground up site is being engineered right now using all modern frameworks and development practices. The emphasis is on user experience, quality of search and public APIs.
We will provide a very modern and pleasing shopping experience. Our next steps will be to take advantage of the API and extend our reach into less traditional channels. We are developing software that will improve search quality, and put our library in places beyond the web site.
Please, watch us this year! 2015 is going to be exciting!
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« on: December 31, 2014, 15:35 »
Yes within 60 minutes. Very, very odd. I'm used to seeing my vectors sit there for days. I can barely keep up 
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« on: December 25, 2014, 21:55 »
Good luck to you. Keep working hard and don't be satisfied with mediocrityor negative attitudes. When you're feeling fulfilled with what you door from those who try to humiliate you. You are right 'striving'.
But i paid no attention to the harshness of some people because i know if one guy is harsh, then there are 10 out there who are willing to share their experience and effectively this was the outcome of this thread. Plus i start such thread because this kind of 'repeated' questions do motivate me along the way. And its alright about the harshness cause in every spheres there must be some who always ponder upon the little bad thing( if capslock is such a headache) whereby they bypass the great outcome of looking and participating into the real Big Issue itself. and to all those loving people who helped and share their knowledge, you rock guys!!!
died from overdrawn
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« on: December 25, 2014, 11:24 »
Something was really bugging me about this thread. However, it wasn't the original question by salaahkhayr. A week later, I finally got it and decided to post what is bugging me: Yeah, Salaahkhayr broke some protocols with ALL CAPS and seems a little desperate for money (understandable in today's economy), but some of you all are really cruel. I highly doubt you would project such an attitude to him/her in person, as the internet provides anonymity and a shield of protection from retaliation. The one major reason why adults and children don't seek advice or pursue their goals is because they were humiliated sometime during their life for asking for advice. Salaahkhayr's question posed a great trial for many of us: Do we want to be a voice of calm encouragement or a voice of nasty discouragement? As an art studentand later, a teacher of children and adultsI learned the importance of accentuating the positive and leaving out the negative when it came to advice and critique. Human beings can be very sensitive and people with hidden treasures of talent can be easily crushed when starting out by careless and crude handling. Be kind to others and they will retaliate in kindness. Be cruel and they will retaliate in cruelty. It may not be toward you, but it will be directed somewhere. We've got enough strife and fighting in the world today. Let's not add to the madness. Peace 
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« on: December 21, 2014, 12:43 »
...I'M MORE A VECTOR ARTIST. I'M REAL SERIOUSLY INTO THIS BUSINESS AND CAN AFFORD TO WORK HARD, REAL HARD INTO IT TO HAVE A COOL AND QUALITY PORTFOLIO(MAY BE 2500 IMAGES BY THE END OF NEXT YEAR). YOU EXPERIENCED MICROSTOCKERS HERE, ADVICE ME PLEASE. AFTER HOW MANY MONTHS(BASED ON GENERAL CASES YOU KNOW BECAUSE I KNOW IT'S NOT THE SAME FOR ALL) WHAT IT TAKES(MONTH, PORTFOLIO SIZE, ETC....) TO ATTAIN $11000? I REALLY NEED ADVICES NOW. I WANNA DO IT, BUT NEED MORE MOTIVATIONS....AND ADVICE ME ALSO ON THE BEST OF AGENCIES...THANKS A LOT TO EVERYONE WHO CONSIDER THIS AND REPLY ME..
You need a portfolio of at least 10,000 across multiple sites (see the Microstock group forum list to research the top earning sites) to make an easy $1,000 per month (submit 50-100 illustrations weekly). You need to find a niche and a unique style as well. It's a brutal industry that rewards creativity and ingenuity. As others have written, don't make money the sole motivating force. Expect to put in 5-7 years to reap the rewards you desire. Peace.
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« on: December 17, 2014, 08:26 »
I am uploading daily 5-10 files to top tiers, but I've heard lot of people uploading batch 300+ files weekly, monthly etc. (sometimes in poor quality).
Am I doing well, or not ?
Depends on the type of work. I do about 40-50 eps files per week to 15 sites. I upload and submit on one day of the week. The rest of the days I'm drawing things.
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