I reported above accounts to shutterstock, and made them closed. And I noticed that they are again creating new accounts and uploading same content that stolen from apps.
1) https://www.shutterstock.com/g/anaya45/video
2) https://www.shutterstock.com/g/Zoya+Abid45/video

Is this premade footage that's already being sold by a private company?

If so, then why not just notify the company and save yourself the time and hassle of playing whack-a-mole?

I would also add that since 2020, agencies such as shuttersh!t have found a way to tweak the algorithm, so that you never reach your financial goal and end up perpetually chasing the carrot. This benefits them because month after month you're filling up their database with media for AI training, which can be sold and marketed to 3rd party companies in a myriad of ways (hummm very lucrative), while at the same time they get to continually pay you the bare minimum.

I mentioned in this thread https://www.microstockgroup.com/general-stock-discussion/motionelements-worth-contributing-to that I was having trouble getting a response from their contributor support (or lack of) to resolve a PayPal problem.

They never responded, but after logging in today I had a message in the contributor portal saying that I had to re-link my PayPal account. So it looks like they sorted it - took a while though.

On a side note, I also received around a dollar in subscription commission for Nov and Dec 2024 - yay?

If anyone's a member at ME it might be worth logging in to see if there's any updates.

Thanks for sharing this.

It's the same people who move around the in the same circles, regurgitating the same corporate speak. I wouldn't expect anything else from SS.

And what's ethically sourced AI content?

Quote from: ADH on December 15, 2024, 05:52

POND 5 has been dead for a while anyway, who cares what SS does to a dead body

I agree, too, based on my lack of sales.  As I've mentioned before, in January 2024 my sales nearly literally stopped.  My biggest earning has been the dataset.  Month over month zero sales. Previously I would get 3-7 video sales a month. I think I have about 6 for the whole year, several of which are for a net royalty of $2.

Pretty much the same for me as well.

It's crazy how it can go from multiple sales to zero so quickly. I wonder what happened, and yes this trend began before the SS buyout. Maybe they had no more funds for marketing and promotion when competing with AS iS and SS.

This actually feels as if they are penalizing those who want to correct errors and learn and grow.

These companies are flat out not interested in a contributor learning or growing, those days are long gone.

It's exciting news time again.

While exclusive artists will earn an increased royalty of 40%

Wasn't it 60%?

lol 

Quote from: fotoVoyager on December 02, 2024, 04:11

How can you tell the images are Gen AI other than their unlikely perfection? I�m genuinely interested.

How can you not tell?
A deer with 5 legs and butt-anlters doesn't make you suspicious?


or these hands' very strange anatomy?


See nothing wrong with this bird's legs?


Or this bird's claws?


Shutterstuck is really FULL of these images. It's like they aren't even trying.

It's ridiculous, SS has sunken to a new low, they just don't care anymore.

Back in the day when istock was the only agency, i remember when review times were long but if you got rejected they always came back with tips or suggestions to improve your craft.

Quote from: stocker2011 on November 26, 2024, 17:55

I have a payout pending since last year but can't find any contributor support where I can contact them directly.

In general, I think it's the kind of stock agency where you upload what you like for any price (I've seen lots of crappy AI vids), and there appears to be no review process and goes directly for sale.

Hmm, not really big seller for me but sending to me every $1 if I made sell with them. Definitely no payment problems.

It was my fault, I put an incorrect paypal address and it's been trying to send every month but get's returned. But even though I've corrected it, I think their payment system has given up.

But it's crazy how hard they try NOT to allow direct communication with their contributors.

I have to rant again,

November is shaping up to be one of my worst ever at SS.

All the algorithm wants to do is sell just one of my videos, it's bizarre.

Adobe frequently sells both my new and old vids, while recognizing the better ones which sell even more.

The weighting at SS is definitely off. All it needs is a small adjustment and it could make such a difference, so frustrating.

What's the point in uploading more content there?

For anyone that has deleted their content in the past but forgot about files stuck in the queue, it might be a good idea to periodically check to see if they did a sweep of their system and approved your files. Like they did with mine, which I also swiftly deleted.

Better than expected.

I never get 40% commission anymore, it's turned into a myth.

All my HD vids are priced at $70 but they passed onto me the following for November

$2.00
$15.60
$6.40
$6.40

Plus the scraps thrown for dataset earnings.

Thank you sire, how else may I please you?