While I don't wish bad things on anyone and I certainly wish Kelly and Rebecca the best in their new roles, I can't help but get depressed when I see the graphic at the top of his announcement post.  I, too, started in 2004.  And it feels like I am still wiping off the footprints and healing from the bruises from being stepped on last September.  At this point I feel like my contribution to iStock was more as a step-stool than as an artist.

maybe I'm just having a negative day. 

on the positive side, being independent has begun to open my eyes to the many other possibilities out there.

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RT

I find your comments and those of the other posters above very offensive. This subject is of interest for many people, especially the istock exclusives.

If you personally dislike Shank than please take your sandbox fight elsewhere. Or just ignore him, problem solved.

I really don't need you to police a thread I am interested in.

Please stay out of threads if the subject doesn' interest you.

just use that ignore button. 

it was helpful to me when I was working with minilypse planning and then occasionally to get in quick contact with some of the (real life) friends I have there at iStock.  Although yesterday I got a mass spam email from someone with 1000+ people in their network trying to pimp their portfolio.  I simply deleted the email then removed the person from my "creative network" (CN - as it used to be called) or "Friends" list . 

You make a good point that it's all about the bottom line. It wasn't always thus.

JJRD's comment:

"with bortonia coming to Milan, we never stated that the vector angle of the iStockalypse would be contributor centric."

This is my attempt at translation:


In other words, "Just because bortonia will be in Milan, doesn't mean that there will be much focus on vector contributors, because vector attendees won't be producing any work we can license."

Or something like that.

that is how I interpret it. 

no problem here, using PayPal.

Quote from: Slovenian on July 10, 2011, 15:16

BTW PP program is pathetic, I've opted all in and there are only about a third on the PP sites, none have moved in months. Earnings are down as well, so I'm thinking of opting all out, but it won't work anyway, so why even bother...

You have to be a little bit more patient.Files do get migrated and Thinkstock will become the internets premier subsription site in the coming years IMO.
I joined the PP from the start when my nose was still the same color as my arse 

hahahahahaha!! funniest thing I've heard in awhile!!

yes I did.  I don't buy there anymore so I just selected the "I'm coming here to be a contributor" choice or something like that. 

FYI.My Vetta collection just increased by 50%....  

so now you have two? 

Quote from: PaulieWalnuts on June 24, 2011, 12:14

I think this is a good example of why contributors have now been excluded from any decision making process.

I'm pretty sure even the most novice of buyers can figure out what it does.

Sure, most everyone can figure out what it does after doinking around for awhile. But I'm pretty sure contributors would have listed the collections by name, with a check box in front. If I, as a buyer, wanted to search non-exclusive only, I check that box. Voila! If I work for a high end agency and I only want to see Vetta and Agency, I check those two boxes and voila!

I think we all know why dots are being used.

actually, I think by price is better than by collection.  I think all buyers understand price, but not many understand collections.  So to that I think it is a good thing. 

Quote from: leaf on June 24, 2011, 09:54

I totally didn't realize that the bottom slider could move up.  i wonder how many buyers will miss that?

I must be an odd bird.  I found the bottom slider and was moving it up, but didn't realize there was a top slider that moved down... Is it a left brain right brain thing? 

then call me an odd bird, too.  I did the exact same thing!

Its long overdue, thats for sure. Im still a bit sceptical, we have all these things, sliders, rolle-down lists and now pricing, etc.

Personally speaking I think the whole thing, the entire best match, alogarithm, everything needs revamping, start all over, fresh. Yes a brand new search-engine where the main criteria for the buyers benefit should be, speed, relevance and quality ( showing half a page with files thats been there for months and with zero or a few dls only, does not proof quality nor speed, Vettas, agency, P+, E+, or whatever is irrelevant)

Ogilvys, famous shoe-shop example: dont flaunt last years models in the shop-window! they are already second-hand.

I also think the inspection for Vetta/agency files should be a lot more strignent especially since they are going to be right up front (irrespective of pricing sliders).
Lots of photographers have just nominated their own favorites and the inspectors have turned a blind eye, consequently we have a whole heap of just generic stuff and on premiere pages.

I sincerely hope this pricing-slider will fill a function but my fears are it wont be used or its yet another technicality for buyers.

wait, what?  I didn't see any vetta/agency staying on the top page when I searched at the lower price ranges.  did i miss a post somewhere?  (I tend to skim, so maybe I read over/past something?)