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iStockPhoto.com / Re: May statements are in
« on: June 17, 2022, 05:56 »
Surprised. 90% up on last may and 11% up on last month. Making progress with them at last. Which means it will change next month!
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iStockPhoto.com / Re: May statements are in« on: June 17, 2022, 05:56 »
Surprised. 90% up on last may and 11% up on last month. Making progress with them at last. Which means it will change next month!
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Shutterstock.com / Re: Contributor page's new design« on: June 13, 2022, 04:58 »
Thankfully I now have the old, better version that doesn't require a dozen clicks to find out what I need to know. Hopefully the design team learn change doesn't always mean improvement. The earnings page is probably one of the few pages that pretty much tells me everything I need to know on the first screen.
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Shutterstock.com / Re: Contributor page's new design« on: May 27, 2022, 07:17 »
It's not great. It's just a plain white page with grid lines which makes it hard to see, find the data you want. When you click on each day, it opens to a small box on a big screen so you have to scroll and when you do, it moves the X to close the box so it's off screen... so you have to scroll back again just to close it. And as if the scrolling a small box on a big screen isn't enough, it limits the amount of scrolling so they can have multiple pages. They must have been drunk when they came up with that one. I could be wrong but I always thought the idea of good webpage design was to reduce the number of clicks the customer/client is required to make to get to the page they want and not increase it unnecessarily?!?
All said and done, it is at a level that I've come to expect from SS so I can't really say I'm surprised! Edit... I forgot to add that each new day is at the bottom of the screen so you have to scroll past all the other days / data before you get to the current day... and it remembers nothing on that main page of any selections you make... just to force you to make even more clicks again. I dread to think how they'll screw up the rest during the other phased releases! 204
Shutterstock.com / Re: Laughing in the purple rain ( all the way to the bank )« on: April 20, 2022, 14:09 »
Well, given how low the $ sales have been over the last 2-3 days at SS, I think I'm already contributing to the "Gift Economy"
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General Stock Discussion / Re: This month's sales« on: April 14, 2022, 07:33 »
SS about average, maybe a little less and AS performing well. IS ok, maybe a little better than average and the rest just bouncing around as they normally do
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Adobe Stock / Re: We need to be able to set thumbnails for videos« on: April 06, 2022, 08:16 »
100% agree. I try edit, create motion graphics in such a way it auto picks a good thumb nail but more often than not, it picks a duff one and you just know it'll never sell. Frustrating.
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General Stock Discussion / Re: This month's sales« on: April 06, 2022, 06:05 »
March was better than Feb for me at SS, reached level 5 but poor compared to AS. Sales volume at AS is 100% more than SS and 360% more $ than SS.
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Alamy.com / Re: $0 sale on photo« on: April 01, 2022, 01:59 »
Looking at my distributor sales over the last year, I can see the US and EU are ok but there are a bunch of ROW which I have a feeling maybe China. Anyway, I've removed Asia and Africa off this year and if it continues I'll remove all next year.
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Adobe Stock / Re: This year CC Bonus codes program?« on: April 01, 2022, 01:24 »Was wondering id Adobe/Mat can confirm if there will be any Adobe CC bonus codes program this year or not? Harsh. Until a decision is made higher up in the company I don't see how Mat could have done anything more than he has. That is, he'll let us know as soon as he's been told. What Adobe could do is maybe confirm whether it is going to be an ongoing bonus that will be repeated until told otherwise. Then, if it wasn't possible to continue or, the criteria changes then they can announce that X months before it is about to impact. But then... I guess... there'll be some asking if there will be any changes this year rather than accepting it is going ahead as norm ![]() 210
Adobe Stock / Re: This year CC Bonus codes program?« on: March 31, 2022, 15:28 »
Hopefully they will... hit 5k DLs earlier this month
![]() SS doesn't even come close to AS anymore... both in terms of sales but also the way they treat their contributors! 211
Off Topic / Re: Will the Russia/Ukraine war affect sales?« on: February 25, 2022, 10:05 »Who cares, people are dying, this 'Will the Russia/Ukraine war affect sales?' post is ridiculous. Very true. I feel we're living in a world where virtue signalling is king and unless you shout about how outraged you are then you're not outraged enough... and you certainly can't have any other concerns or problems in your on life. My concern about the situation in Ukraine is real, I hope to god it comes to end quickly for the sake of all the innocents involved but make no mistake, the economic fall out of this will be felt by everyone. Let's hope peace is restored quickly. As to the main question, it will depend on your content. If you have a lot of imagery of the region sales may go up but naturally, you cannot expect as many sales from Ukraine, they have more important things to consider. Any slowdown world wide will come down to how badly business are effected by any resulting downturn caused by sanctions, which are important and necessary. What will be will be. 212
Adobe Stock / Re: The blue bar is back! Adobe Stock bonus codes are available in the portal« on: February 03, 2022, 11:24 »
Thanks Mat... much appreciated 👍🏻
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General Stock Discussion / Re: This month's sales« on: February 03, 2022, 06:05 »Jan 2022 income up 8% compared to January 2021. Lol... yeah I know ![]() Normally my RPD is around $0.95 and so feeling a little negative at the moment when Jan was $0.44. Strangely, last year the drop was quite small compared to normal so maybe this years January is the other extreme! Just a shame they're not more like AS... both $ and mentality towards their contributors. The work Mat and Adobe does with their webinars shows more of a caring approach to contributors. 214
General Stock Discussion / Re: This month's sales« on: February 03, 2022, 05:14 »Jan 2022 income up 8% compared to January 2021. Yeah I know. I'm also a level 4 after 2nd week in Jan. I was just making the point that with SS pushing for large subs packages (as per their own minutes), we'll see a creep towards more and more $0.10 and over time this will impact on our net take from the agency 215
General Stock Discussion / Re: This month's sales« on: February 03, 2022, 04:28 »Jan 2022 income up 8% compared to January 2021. The difference may not seem much when looking at one sale but, over the course of a day 50 x $0.1 = $5 where as 50x $0.38 = $19. If this consistently happens over 20 days over a month then your down $280. But yes, the bigger sales do make a bigger impact... just becoming less common on SS of late with the push to subscription models! 216
General Stock Discussion / Re: This month's sales« on: February 01, 2022, 07:34 »
I still upload t them. Volume of sales is the same for me.... it's just that they took more of what should have been my money due to the reset.
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General Stock Discussion / Re: This month's sales« on: February 01, 2022, 07:13 »
SS DLs about normal, 800+. $ pants... 0.44 RPD.
AS was good. Increase in DLs (+35%) and s (10%+) compared to last Jan. s comfortably in the . Even iS was up 30% compared to last Dec. Just SS going down the pan! 218
Shutterstock.com / Re: Drop in sales - is it only me?...« on: January 28, 2022, 12:30 »
Sales volume isn't my issue at the moment... just on 800, which is quite normal for Jan. It's the $ that have tanked this month. It will potentially be the worst January since 2014/15 for $. About half of a normal month. Personally... I hope the choke on the extra money they've stolen from us.
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Adobe Stock / Re: Livestream today featuring Adobe Stock Head of Content Sarah Casillas« on: January 28, 2022, 08:25 »
Cheers for the stream Mat
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Alamy.com / Re: Alamy sale for 7 cents« on: January 21, 2022, 11:51 »
Probably not... and for someone who stated he hates posting on a Friday afternoon just as they finish for the day... and how that comes over to us... he seems quite happy to do it... often! 221
Alamy.com / Re: Alamy sale for 7 cents« on: January 21, 2022, 11:14 »Hi All, "Chinese distribution and Novel Use. " I've opted out of Novel Use? In fact, I've been opted out for about 10 years. Or is this a new Novel Use, Novel Use?!? "Future growth opportunities are on the horizon across all areas of our business and we'll share them with you at the earliest opportunity." Giving images away where I receive approx 0.02 is not a growth opportunity! 222
Alamy.com / Re: Alamy sale for 7 cents« on: January 21, 2022, 03:53 »Hi All, While I appreciate the feedback, the hard reality is Alamy is not worth the effort anymore. I work full time at this and I need to make sure my time is used effectively. Those low value sales, which after Alamy takes their cut are nearly 3 times lower than the smallest payment I receive from Shutterstock.... which in itself is a disgrace. You are no where near AS in terms of income possibilities... not even the same universe. However, add to that the low volume of sales at Alamy, as in less than 50 a day, you don't have the ability to make up for it in terms of volume of sales. Then there is also the uploading and keyword system. I can't even upload all my images, hit submit and be done. No, not at Alamy... I then have to go through each and every one and select 10 top ranking keywords, select a number of drop downs spread over two pages and then save them (top 10 taken automatically at AS). It's not like submitting a large batch is any better because there are too many individual options for each and very easy to overwrite other files by mistake. I admit it's not the worst submission process.... looking at you iStock, but it's way too much for what is now a tiny amount of income compared to the main micros. I remember when $500 net was relatively easy... now $100 gross is an achievement some months even with 25 sales. The top and bottom of it for me is your system is too much work for too little gain... you have priced yourself out the market in terms of new content and I don't, won't supply anything new to Alamy anymore. Summary... Low licence fees + Low volume of sales Reduced commission Higher levels of work to submit content Long...long.....looooooong wait times to receive money from clients. 6 - 12 months after a sale.... still a chance for the item to then be refunded! 223
Shutterstock.com / Re: I reached level 2 today! How is your progress?« on: January 21, 2022, 02:55 »The start of the month was slow for me as well. Last week things definitely picked up though and I should hit level 4 by the end of today. 4 more to go. The crap part is I wont be back to level 5 for months, and Ill certainly never see the highest tier again. Nothing more demotivating than an unwarranted demotion. It leaves a bad taste that just wont go away. Final third of Mar last year for level 5 but March was a strong month. We'll see, hopefully it's the same. Agree with the, "Unwarranted Demotion"... just leaves me feeling robbed by them. Greed, nothing more nothing less just pure green by SS. 224
Shutterstock.com / Re: I reached level 2 today! How is your progress?« on: January 21, 2022, 02:49 »I am a little amazed myself. The numbers at shutterstock are absolutely miserable. But they are actually better than at the same time last January. However, at the end of the month there were still some notable SODs coming in - let's see if that works out this year as well. Given the way SS has changed, beginning of Feb is still good. Here's hoping it's no later for you! 225
Shutterstock.com / Re: I reached level 2 today! How is your progress?« on: January 20, 2022, 17:05 »I am a little amazed myself. The numbers at shutterstock are absolutely miserable. But they are actually better than at the same time last January. However, at the end of the month there were still some notable SODs coming in - let's see if that works out this year as well. It's funny you should say that but, my stats are the same. As soon as I hit level 4 last year (around the 20th), things started to improve. Here's hoping the last week and a bit will be a lot better! Given the volumes the $ difference is tiny. Just over $2 difference between 2021 & 2022 by the 19th. |
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