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Adobe Stock / Re: Will there be an Adobe Stock 2023 contributor bonus program?« on: February 06, 2024, 14:13 »27
Shutterstock.com / Re: Shutterstock photo sales revenue only 1/20 of Adobe Stock's.« on: February 01, 2024, 02:07 »
What I have done in January on SS I make in a typical day on AS...
That's how bad the SS got. ![]() ![]() ![]() 28
Shutterstock.com / Re: What a cool SS, how well he sells« on: November 28, 2023, 02:29 »
SS is almost dead! I haven't had a sale for several days.
There is no point in making comparisons between AS and SS... At least in my case there is a huuuge difference. ![]() 29
General Stock Discussion / Re: Anyone else not have the appetite to sell AI generated stock outside of Adobe?« on: November 21, 2023, 02:11 »The only other agency that even accepts AI content where I submit to is Dreamstime and hardly any images sell there anyways, AI or not. I have the same experience... ![]() 30
iStockPhoto.com / Re: Getty Images announces AI Generator« on: September 26, 2023, 03:28 »Quote Getty does not write such figures. How much money will be depends on the sales that will happen in the future. But Adobe is not going to pay authors anything from sales at all. Adobe will pay $0. Ok.. 0.02$.. But we cannot know how much we will receive. And if we get $0.02 now... something tells me the amount for using our pictures for AI will be less than $0.02. Maybe I'm wrong, but either way, I've lost interest in sending pictures to such agencies... 31
iStockPhoto.com / Re: Getty Images announces AI Generator« on: September 26, 2023, 02:58 »Quote Unlike Adobe, Getty will pay authors for life for sales of generated content. With 0.000000000000001$..... ![]() 32
Shutterstock.com / Re: Contributor Dashboard down?« on: September 15, 2023, 06:48 »
Same for me. After I reset the password it was ok. 33
Shutterstock.com / Re: Contributor Dashboard down?« on: September 15, 2023, 04:47 »
I don't know, I'm probably wrong, time will tell.. But I don't know why I feel Shutterstock doesn't have long to live.
I wouldn't mind that very much at first. The fact that about 90% of my sales are $0.10 would make me glad to at least not see them anymore. Plus Adobe now brings in substantially more revenue than SS. At this point, if I worked with another agency that brought me the same revenue as Adobe, I'd leave the others without a second thought. On the other hand, if the rest of the agencies "die" Adobe will have no choice but to start with those $0.10 or even less (like iStock for example). We'll see. ![]() 34
Shutterstock.com / Re: Contributor Dashboard down?« on: September 15, 2023, 03:48 »
Yep, same for me!
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123RF / Re: 123RF sales stopped.« on: August 22, 2023, 04:10 »
For me even the sales on SS have stopped for a few days... I have never had anything like this happen before. Augus in general is a slow sales month but it seemed like it wasn't quite like this.
The only place I can see sales is Adobe... For now at least... ![]() 36
Adobe Stock / Re: Adobe Stock generative AI reminders« on: August 21, 2023, 01:24 »Mat, that's really nice of you to get in touch with us on behalf of Adobe. I also asked them about this problem but it seems they don't even want to answer with a classic email like " we are sorry but..."... ![]() 37
Adobe Stock / Re: 9 Million+ AI generated photos - Stock Photography coming to end« on: August 10, 2023, 14:36 »Every time I see some bizarre details and think..oh I will just leave that, nobody will notice...then I think: but wait! ![]() ![]() I have the same fear... I'm afraid Jo Ann will scold me ![]() ![]() 38
Shutterstock.com / Re: How many people hit Level 6 on earnings?« on: July 26, 2023, 01:11 »
It doesn't even matter. After all, most sales are still $0.10 (at least on the photo side).
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123RF / Re: How to definitely (and quickly) remove 123RF portfolio« on: June 30, 2023, 07:43 »
Hi,
It also took me a while to close my account with them. I had to insist with some emails but finally they closed my account... I recommend that you insist on sending them more emails. Good luck! 41
Image Sleuth / Re: Thief with 35k portfolio (photos) at Freepik« on: June 06, 2023, 07:13 »
I found the same pictures from different authors. It was clear that we were talking about stolen photos. I have notified the Copyright department several times and finally received the following reply:
"Hi If you have images created by yourself that have been illegally published on our site, please let us know. We can not undertake an investigation if it does not come from the images owner. Regards" So it is quite clear that they don't care and even if they know that there are stolen images on their website it is no problem for them. ![]() ![]() ![]() 42
General Stock Discussion / Re: Adobe & Artpostergallery.ru« on: May 12, 2023, 01:09 »I found to my surprise that Adobe Stock' images are now available on Russian print-on-demand site Artpostergallery.ru That's right! I also found my pictures there ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() 43
Shutterstock.com / Re: What a cool SS, how well he sells« on: May 03, 2023, 04:36 »
Yep, same here... +50 $....
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Adobe Stock / Re: Currency change for Adobe Stock account ( to US Dollars )« on: March 10, 2023, 04:04 »
For the last three or four years I have been seeing all sorts of ways for companies to pay us less and less. Now Adobe has found this " door ".
I'm not a very good photographer but over time I've improved the quality of my photos. Not to mention all the money I've invested in equipment. But I did it primarily for pleasure, money always came second. But honestly, in the last few years it actually made me give up the hobby. I'm sick of all the lies and the ways of these "big famous companies" to keep diminishing our income. It's like the world has gone crazy, really. I hear there are companies like BMW that sell you the car and then charge you a subscription if you want seat heating. A few weeks ago I couldn't scan a document at home with the HP multifunctional I have until I signed up for an account with them... I also read a news that Microsoft wants to make Windows 12 available on the Cloud and you have to pay a subscription if you want to have their operating system... Really??? I come from a former communist country and we all thought the West was much fairer than what was on the other side of the iron curtain. As time goes by this difference is diminishing. No wonder more and more extremist parties are popping up. Just my opinion.. Good luck to all! ![]() ![]() ![]() 45
Image Sleuth / Re: Thief with 35k portfolio (photos) at Freepik« on: January 26, 2023, 08:04 »Thank you for this thread I found randomly. Hi, You need to be more insistent. In the end, in my case, they blocked that user. I also wrote to them on Facebook and left a negative review on Google Maps. Use this email address: [email protected] ![]() 46
Image Sleuth / Re: Thief with 35k portfolio (photos) at Freepik« on: January 23, 2023, 09:09 »
After a few more emails sent to them.... Quote Hi 47
Shutterstock.com / Re: No way to contact SS?« on: January 17, 2023, 05:38 »Going thru "normal" channels will only get you to another contributor who is representing Shutterstock. I don't think Shutterstock has any contributor relation personnel on staff anymore. I also had the same sad experience... 48
Image Sleuth / Re: Thief with 35k portfolio (photos) at Freepik« on: January 16, 2023, 02:25 »my question is: I have some specific images and so they are easy to find. A simple search immediately brings them to my attention. 50
Alamy.com / Re: Opting out of China in distribution scheme?« on: January 12, 2023, 05:00 »
Hi,
I wrote a review on google maps. They even replied to me saying that they "just answered my emails". I edited that yes, they did reply but they didn't solve my problem. Today I saw a $10 payment in my account - "ASCRL Summer Distribution - DEC 2022".... Very interesting.... ![]() |
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