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General Stock Discussion / Re: Any sales at Picfair?
« on: November 19, 2018, 20:08 »
They have Picfair Plus now where you can set up your own store and sell downloads (commercial and editorial) for 50.-/year, https://www.picfair.com/plus

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General Stock Discussion / Re: Twenty20
« on: November 14, 2018, 05:00 »
the old photospin did the same type of payout- personally I don't like...

We all know how that ended.

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iStockPhoto.com / Re: Getty - 500px partnership
« on: August 21, 2018, 01:58 »
I just made a sale today via distributor!!!  :D :D... wait,  :o what? $0,65!!!  :-\

Only 29.35$ to go until payout! Sigh!

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iStockPhoto.com / Re: Getty - 500px partnership
« on: August 13, 2018, 17:29 »
I'm neither and my images were selected. 122 of them.

How can you tell which ones are selected?

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General Stock Discussion / Re: Pxbee launched
« on: August 01, 2018, 05:05 »
They already have many of my images. Another partner site?

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The company . . . ."responded by immediately taking the photo down." Why did he still have to sue?

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It looks like I just got my final payout today.

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General Stock Discussion / Re: Twenty20 premium status
« on: June 08, 2018, 20:47 »
When you make a sale you get a notification and there is also a update about premium option.


Maybe I didn't sell enough yet, I only get a free sticker offer in my sales notification.

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General Stock Discussion / Re: Twenty20 premium status
« on: June 07, 2018, 18:20 »
Could you please provide a link to the premium upgrade option. I don't see any on the desktop version. Or do mean the Signature Collection?

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"Your uploaded files are processing. We'll let you know when they're ready." Something is seriously wrong there.

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Off Topic / Re: Happy Chinese New Year
« on: February 15, 2018, 01:49 »
If you want to be politically correct, you call it Lunar New Year, as other cultures that are not Chinese also celebrate it. (Vietnamese, Korean)

:-)

But best wishes to you too, and everyone else on the board

That's correct, it is also called Spring Festival in China, and in the US and Australia, they call it Chinese New Year such as in the yearly "San Francisco Chinese New Year Festival and Parade", ha! 新年快樂!

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Off Topic / Happy Chinese New Year
« on: February 14, 2018, 20:28 »
It's the Year of the Dog! All the best for coming year!

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Copycat sites are already starting. Check out https://beta.reshot.com/ by Twenty20.

"Uniquely free photos. Handpicked from our community. Yours to use for any creative project."
"All photos published on Reshot can be used for free. Both for commercial and noncommercial purposes. Go crazy!"

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Hi,
I'm using Stocksubmitter, but I'm switching to Linux based machines.

Is there any software comparable to Stocksubmitter that does all the upload and cumplete submissions of files in Linux?
Or what's the best workflow to use?

Any Linux user here?

Thanks! ;)

Look for some web based service. For Istockphoto qhero works well in Firefox.

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Panthermedia.net / Re: Panthermedia - bad news
« on: November 17, 2017, 08:30 »
They partner with depositphotos. So if you have images with dp they might appear on panther as well.

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Dreamstime.com / Re: Quick sale opportunity
« on: November 10, 2017, 17:28 »
Got the same, seems like a computer generated list of every local district and town in the country.

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Pond5 don't as far as I can see...

Pond5 does accept editorial images, but to make sure specify in the note to curator box that the image is editorial license only.

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New Sites - General / Re: 500px distributors
« on: October 10, 2017, 04:46 »
ah 500px, i am going to drop awesome subscription in the next month.
Almost 2 million views, with close to zero sales.
I am not receiving money from them - they receive money from me.
That's definitely weird.
Just drop the subscription and leave the images there. You might still earn some money back.

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You are totally onto something. There seem to be alot of shops selling the same images and same subjects.

Now it's possible it is the same person or just alot of people copying each other. Nearly all these shops sell cute baby pictures of animals, beach sences, trees, abstract art etc


type "inhale exhale" into the search bar and you will see many identical images

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You are totally onto something. There seem to be alot of shops selling the same images and same subjects.

Now it's possible it is the same person or just alot of people copying each other. Nearly all these shops sell cute baby pictures of animals, beach sences, trees, abstract art etc




If there's a Getty spokesman who told the seller he could resell digital files, I think he told that to more than one seller ...
I already found two almost identical shops, in different countries :

https://www.etsy.com/shop/SisiAndSeb
https://www.etsy.com/shop/DeziDeziDesigns?ref=l2-shopheader-name

Similar design and similar products in dozens of shops. Is this some kind of franchise operation?

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Investors are also not happy with Etsy's rampant copyright violations

http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2015/05/17/368456.htm

Etsy Sued by Investors Alleging Firm Hid Products Trademark Risks

"Etsy Inc. is facing fraud claims from investors after allegations that millions of items sold through its online crafts and specialty wares marketplace likely violate trademarks.

Investors filed a proposed class action against the Brooklyn, New York-based company and its executives after an analyst said this week that more than 5 percent of about 40 million listings may be counterfeit or otherwise infringe well- known brands."

Update: the investors lost the suit in 2017

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Etsy copyright infringement seems to be a chronic problem for others as well and there are not many good options. Read this

https://artlawjournal.com/etsy-copyright-infringement/

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There are plenty of Shutterstock files on there. I would not of made such a statement without evidence. Reverse image search does not work on many of the files because the images are flipped, cropped or placed in frames. Look deeper by searching for subjects. Some might come from other agencies.

Zero of those images have been created by that designer. What I think she has done is bought a basic subscription, maybe tweaked a few, made B&W and watched the money roll in. What is crazy is she is not even offering prints just downloads!

Here is one example:

https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/484188644/black-cockatoo-print-large-wall-art?ref=shop_home_active_53

https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/black-cockatoo-on-perch-112430822?src=6DHsHj2--35Vj0HMQgQD7g-1-14

Can everyone do that? Buy a basic subscription to Shutterstock, download hundreds of images and resell as digital files Etsy, no printing involved, sounds like a great plan to get rich!

Utterly shameful. Thanks for exposing that scam.

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How do you know these are downloaded from Shutterstock? They might have been bought elsewhere which allows resale as POD, such as CanStockPhoto and Fotolia

But isn't that different from this example? This is not a printing service, you just get the digital image and then you can print it if you want. Or not.

That would be considered re-selling, which is usually not allowed.

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General Stock Discussion / Re: GraphicStock Has It Right
« on: August 04, 2017, 01:50 »
Well, I uploaded an image, but it didn't extract metadata such title and keywords.

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