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« on: December 08, 2012, 13:14 »
Since they started accepting photos and illustrations are anyone seeing sales of images other than from the referral at 123rf? I haven't uploaded my entire image port there yet and am hoping that there are image sales through P5.
Thanks 
You know I want even aware of some sort of co-op between pond5 and 123? but if thats a fact, no wonder they dont sell anything. As they all do, they started well and then it just faded away. Pointless at the moment. Its also basically a video agency.
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« on: December 08, 2012, 11:16 »
Nothing lost! they simply dont sell all that nowdays and should you by any chance hit Gold or Emerald ranking, they will bulldoze you back in the sort.
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« on: December 08, 2012, 02:02 »
you are always talking so well about RM, I wonder why you end up selling microstock, not attacking you just a question 
Yeah thats fair enough. Well when I opend it 1996, there wasnt anything else, The term RF had just started but nobody really believed it would take off. There wasnt much else to do but thinking in terms of RM. Also the fact I started stock back in 88, then there was only RM, nothing else. Back in those days most photographers made deals with their day-rate clients, i.e. I do the job for say 3K instead of 4K and in return you let me shoot some stock for myself inclusive MRs, PRs and all, not clashing with the commissioned pictures. SURE! they went for it all the way. Hence you could build up a massive port of very hard to come by images, etc. In short RM is stable because of the people running it. They are very often creatives themselves working on long term plans and ideas as opposed to micro where any agency here today could be gone tomorrow, short term profits, etc. Ofcourse there are some loop-holes in RM but on the whole its quite stable. If youre ever thinking in terms of RM? might be for some special material youve got or something? you can always PM me and Ill be glad to answer, got some great contacts after all these years.
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« on: December 08, 2012, 01:39 »
Jeff! good little port! I would stay exclusive with IS! for sure! yes SS, still sell a hell of a lot but things are changing there as well and it wont benefit their contributors in the long run. In fact the whole scene is changing, so better the one you know then the one you dont. The days when the grass was greener on the other side? that boat is gone.
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« on: December 07, 2012, 13:33 »
I have my own Trad RM agency since 1996. Its offline and very specialized, hence only RM. Its quite small only with around 45K images but it pays handsomely, especially from a heap of old and existing assignment clients, constantly buying for annuals, profiles, catalogues, advertising, etc. Its operated in the traditional way with direct client contact.
Having your own micro-site have never interested me at all. Too much hassle for too little in return. Besides, time is running out for that sort of thingy.
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« on: December 07, 2012, 01:43 »
Sweden house three famillies who are among the top 20 richest families in the world ( according to Forbes anyway) the IKEA boss, the Hennes& Mauritz boss and the Bankers Wallenberg. These three families are totally exempted from ANY tax what so ever. Reason behind it? then they will remain in Sweden, which ofcourse they havent. Still. I am a conservative, have always been and always will be. Having said that, when pple are worth billions and billions of dollars, well? I think its a pretty weird decision. Myself? Jersey and Guernsey. Tax heavens 
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« on: December 06, 2012, 15:49 »
OTOH, Europeans have a social safety net. If you are unemployed or sick you are far less likely to end up homeless.
It depends on MANY factors and also by country, by region, and even by city.
Yes, if you're sick you can get a bed in a hospital, but otherwise you can pretty much end up under a bridge or begging for food in a church or other religious NGOs feeding the beggars, we've millions of homeless people, no matter if people outside europe think we've a happy welfare, it's BS, and it's BS even in scandinavia where taxation is up to 50%, see by yourself how many homeless you see in Stockholm alone.
You are 100% correct. I am born in Stockholm, live there and in London. Nowdays I have a farm in the country, Smaland. Its total BS, sweden is one of the most heavily taxed countries in the world. Yes the standard is high, etc. Nowdays there are countless homeless people and especially young people, sleeping under bridges, this and that. Ofcourse, its not like NY or London but then again Stockholm has a populatiuon of only 1-5, million, so there is no excuse at all.
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« on: December 06, 2012, 14:44 »
Strange thinking here. Its seems as if many here which they would fall? malicious thinking is no good for microstockers. Remember: what goes around comes around.
Microstockers should instead invest their time producing not lend themselves to gossip and jealousy.
I often wonder if your regular out-of-context use of 'jealous/jealousy' is somehow lost in translation.
You mean lost in transition dont you. As a matter of fact........................
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« on: December 06, 2012, 10:46 »
Strange thinking here. Its seems as if many here which they would fall? malicious thinking is no good for microstockers. Remember: what goes around comes around.
Microstockers should instead invest their time producing not lend themselves to gossip and jealousy.
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« on: December 05, 2012, 14:07 »
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« on: December 05, 2012, 13:15 »
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« on: December 05, 2012, 12:38 »
Just had a nice EL for, 110 bucks at IS! they can still produce, make no mistake. So theyre a bit tough, so what.
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« on: December 05, 2012, 09:47 »
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« on: December 05, 2012, 09:27 »
Exclusivity is what counts and the ones that havent got the balls for it should be only too happy they are prepared to sell any of your stuff
Some of us prefer to think with their brain. Some of us do their thinking with their balls, obviously.
You mean fruitcakes in search of braines?
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« on: December 05, 2012, 08:42 »
It's like trying to have a conversation with the cast of the Muppets, without the puppeteers in the room.
I like Jim Henson and his muppets.
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« on: December 05, 2012, 06:59 »
With the exception of a few, I think most of you either missed or dismissed the main point I was trying to make - leveraging, which stocktastic picked up.
PicturEngine need to recover some of their costs before they can go live but at the asking price, realistically, not many will sign up. However some will and they have. At some stage, they will go live. My main point, however, was that even if a lot of us dont sign up to any of their plans, when or if PE does go live, we can use the site to our advantage without parting with a cent.
Until either such time as the site is proven to work for us or until they reduce their asking price, we can control which microstock site we upload to first, because the first site our image is placed on, will be the one that is indexed at PE, giving us all a chance to direct the buyer to the microstock site who gives us the most favorable return. For me that site appears to be GL. We can also spread the word about PE. A tweet, a FB and G+ post from a good number of us is really all it takes.
Eg: "PicturEngine: The new Google for stock images #microstock #rmstockphotos #rfstockimages #graphicdesign"
Buyers will catch on, so will contributors and some of them will sign up. Once buyers get word of a site where they can access images from all agents without duplicates, I bet they'll flock there. At least to check out the new toy. When they search, they'll find our images from the Microstock site that we prefer, without duplicates from the other sites, therefore giving us the opportunity to get the maximum return possible from the sale of that image.
Wait a minute, ppl keep saying "buyers will catch on" yeah? where, how, from where? look, buyers are bloody conservative beings and its not at all easy to get buyers leaving one agency for another. This affair takes tons and tons of advertising and promotion same as any new product.
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« on: December 05, 2012, 03:53 »
Dont knock IS! you should all be happy they accept any of your files. Exclusivity is what counts and the ones that havent got the balls for it should be only too happy they are prepared to sell any of your stuff. I am and they are selling very well right now.
OTOH. there is a market stall in the Casbah that sell pics off the peg ( dry ones that is). try that one. OH its offline btw.
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« on: December 04, 2012, 16:49 »
Actually gostwyck is right. for shareholders the long term is what's important.
Yes ofcourse he is right. Thats why ppl are selling like crazy. dow jones, london stock x-change, etc, etc, etc. but he is right and thats why the commodity x-change have sold more then in the last 50 years. Shareholders comes in two categories. The small ones which will always by the skin of their teeth hang on to it, or the ones with a port that either gambles or let a broker gamble with them. Guess which one will die first? Anyway what am I doing here? trying to chat with what? bunch of total morons? end of conversation 
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« on: December 04, 2012, 15:30 »
And as for stock owners... There are those that think of the future and do not try to milk the cow beyond its yield. They might actually be helpfull in focusing resources to make profit grow.
Oh grow up! are you smoking dope or something? I myself inherited shares in some major Corps and banks a few years back. Do you really think I or any other shareholder worry about the future of the companies? we want it NOW, while we are still alive, not tomorrow when dead. Thats the stocks and shares unwritten law.
Some ppl here really live in a promissed land or a fools horizon.
Oh dear __ we have the Sage of Sweden back to advise us! Roll over Warren Buffett.
Last time I checked the vast, vast majority of shares are actually owned by pension funds and institutional investors. They are very much LT investors.
Sigh! the usual glib of the microstocker. Get a few more years in the photography business and we can talk. I didnt say shares in SS. Wouldnt buy or get any. I said shares in Corps and banks and some 8 years back. What have you got? a BME at SS?
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« on: December 04, 2012, 15:23 »
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« on: December 04, 2012, 14:21 »
And as for stock owners... There are those that think of the future and do not try to milk the cow beyond its yield. They might actually be helpfull in focusing resources to make profit grow.
Oh grow up! are you smoking dope or something? I myself inherited shares in some major Corps and banks a few years back. Do you really think I or any other shareholder worry about the future of the companies? we want it NOW, while we are still alive, not tomorrow when dead. Thats the stocks and shares unwritten law. Some ppl here really live in a promissed land or a fools horizon.
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« on: December 04, 2012, 14:12 »
With nearly 4K files on line I must say I find PE a bit late in the day to emerge. A couple of years back it would probably been Ok but now micro seems to be like flogging a dead horse. With the exeptions of SS, DT and IS, it just doesnt produce anymore. As many have said previously, micro is probably back in the hands of the amateurs, where it all started.
Where is PEs advertising, promotion, PR, etc? cant see anything in that area. How will they get the customers, the buyers? the idea is great but at the moment not much better then a low tier agency. Im out.
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« on: December 04, 2012, 08:56 »
Whilst I realise that this doesn't necessary mean that he's staying at the helm precisely as he is now, I see nothing but optimism for the future of SS in this interview. He doesn't sound like someone who wants to walk away from his creation:
http://techcrunch.com/2012/10/17/shutterstock-ceo-jon-oringer-on-ipo-success-the-future-of-video/
No he wont just walk away, but with a few billion quid in the pocket ofcourse he will leave the admin and running of the company to others.
Thats not the problem. Problem is and will alway be after an IPO. Once the shareholders start their yearning for profits the troubles start. Its a classic and always follows and to think SS will be the first one not to be effected, well thats to be naive.
Anyhow, wait and see.
Huh? Ever heard of companies called Apple, Microsoft or Google (to pick a few out of countless others)? They never did anything after their IPO's did they? Sank without trace shortly afterwards I expect.
Do you just make these ridiculous statements because you have nothing better to do? You can't possibly believe the nonsense that you write. Oringer still owns 54% of the business. It's his baby as well as being almost the entirety of his wealth. He's not going to blow it because someone like you buys a few shares and then starts clamouring for instantaneous extra profits __ which is the sort of idiotic thing you would probably do if you turned up at a shareholders' meeting.
SSTK have already projected both revenues and profit until the end of 2013 in their Q3 report, 15th Oct. Did you even bother to read it before making your absurd 'predictions'? Stop spouting rubbish and read something based on reality;
http://www.nasdaq.com/article/shutterstock-reports-third-quarter-2012-financial-results-20121115-01447
Oh I can understand your panic since you seem to build your entire future on one single company. We have done that before and look what happend? Anyhow, dont panic. You will just have to wait and see wont you, same as all the rest. Now if YOU were a few billions richer what would you do, just sit tight in your cobwebb and hope for the best? Use your brain and stop quoting and comparing Apple and microsoft. There is a giant, giant differance, both in size and products. Anyhow best of luck and try and look for an escape route when reallity dawns. all the best.
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« on: December 04, 2012, 07:25 »
Whilst I realise that this doesn't necessary mean that he's staying at the helm precisely as he is now, I see nothing but optimism for the future of SS in this interview. He doesn't sound like someone who wants to walk away from his creation:
http://techcrunch.com/2012/10/17/shutterstock-ceo-jon-oringer-on-ipo-success-the-future-of-video/
No he wont just walk away, but with a few billion quid in the pocket ofcourse he will leave the admin and running of the company to others. Thats not the problem. Problem is and will alway be after an IPO. Once the shareholders start their yearning for profits the troubles start. Its a classic and always follows and to think SS will be the first one not to be effected, well thats to be naive. Anyhow, wait and see.
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« on: December 04, 2012, 05:06 »
No youre very wrong. Its destruction for a purpose, i.e. its done on purpose and for a reason and the IS admin cant do anything about it because they are themselves just minor players in all this. Got nothing to do with it.
So far the strategy has worked out superb. Getty has got them exactly where they want them and frankly it might all be for the better? after all as independants we were not treated much better before, were we?
Personally I am much rather in the hands of Getty then the present wobbling IS admin.
Besides at the moment IS, is selling very well for me. Cant complain at all.
LOL, that's the most self-contradictory post I ever read on these forums, at least since Lagereek had his meltdown and disappeared.
Hang on... You look familiar!
Sigh! the ususal little microstockers neewbie glib.
well, it's a change from the usual "ignore the newbie" attitude
Not you! like your port btw.
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