Almost every agency did some things to contributors that are considered unprofessional or downright unethical, but nowhere near as bad as Getty/iStock and Depositphotos.

So despite each agencies' flaws, I still enjoy working with Fotolia/AdobeStock, Shutterstock, Storyblocks and Pond5.

Never loved any of them, never hated other bad agencies as much as IS and DP.

Add Alamy to the good to work for list, but low earnings. Adobe is climbing and improving. SS makes me the most money.

Quote from: max headroom on July 09, 2018, 04:25

I am trying to figure out the cost of transfer and tax in the US.
Of each thousand dollars e.g. you see in your 'total earnings of a month', what could you get after the transfer and does any tax deduction made by Shutterstock.

Transfer cost, if international: around 2.5% to PayPal, in the form of a bad exchange rate.

Taxes: depends on what country you are from, and what tax treaty you have with the US. It could be 0%, it could be 30%.

Very good, you answered three questions, that he didn't ask, and ignored what he did ask.

0% deducted, no Paypal fees for living in the US.

I get 100%.  Taxes are between me and the IRS; SS is not involved.

The right answer

Quote from: Herg on July 02, 2018, 05:22

They are full of words of criticism, perceived wisdom but with nothing to back them up as they hide behind their anonymity. I would just like to see their ports as a reference.

... said someone who "hides" behind his/her anonymity!

I don't think Marbury actually hides, just doesn't make himself easy to connect.

I asked for no more anonymous, yes I am, to give the forum credibility, I'd come out as who I am. If writing lies and hate messages about some agency might get retaliation, maybe it's better to not write, or at least be cautious with accusations. FT isn't the same idiots anymore that tried to ban people for what we wrote on a public forum. Professional forum that's mostly trolls and no way to connect the truth with make believe. I'd rather have real people if we're supposed to take any of this serious. Until then, playground with liars, trolls, con men, bullies and all the multi account people.

Quote from: HalfFull on June 25, 2018, 15:58

I would like to see greater control over the time period. I would want to compare months (rather than just weeks) and also compare one month to the same month of the previous year.

I would also like to see stats around keywords searched on for each file. How did the client find the image, what keyword brought them there.

Nice start.... but, it really is very, very basic at the moment and wouldn't really gain much interest compared to the FT data. That data can be downloaded and used for my accounting whereas the AS stats at this point don't come close to being able to do that.

Did this all change? I see the current date on top and selection for how far to go back on bottom. Makes sense. Also many choices?



Waiting for more... 

Hoping for more also. The From is backwards, from is most recent, to is back in time. But I suppose looking back, it could make sense. But if someone wanted to know what they made in 2016 it makes more sense to look at from Jan. 1 2016 to Dec 31 2016 which is normal and logical.

I don't know if the words searched is in the data, but individual file stats, sales, earnings, would be useful.

AS is growing and getting better. SS is peaked. I thought the problem was new images are stealing our income from old images, or was that last week? I can't see losing money to the dope guy or the bookshelf thousands, I don't have either. I also think they aren't making money. Or did that switch back from quality not quantity like old and new. Now it's quantity makes money, this week? People will find whatever they want to see for answers to what we can't see or know. Then they make up these fantasy theories why or how the sales are a big game, not really sales to people who license our work. All luck, controlled, capped and manipulated. That makes everything easy to explain, when we don't have real answers.

Quote from: derek on June 20, 2018, 08:23

Not only that they also switch off the servers to parts of the world. I Germany I heard its been a stand-still for over 15 hours or something.

You heard wrong.
It stopped working about one hour ago, before that all was fine.
In Germany.

By now everyone here should see that Derek just makes up crap for attention and has no credibility.

Seems like anybody can find whatever they want and make up some private theory. Old don't sell like they did, new don't sell like they should, income drops because of lower RPI, and the search is broken, they changed their algorithm, they are favoring new people, low level are forced to front, they favor old files. Everyone here and I mean everyone is making up answers but they are all personal without any proof or data, just ideas and wild guessing. Same people will say the opposite next week. No one knows except what we do know is 1.2 million new images a week, buyers can't see our new uploads, we hardly have any exposure even if they looked at new, our new would be buried in hours, unlike taking days or weeks before.

Anybody can find anything they want to see from their own but the real answer is 200 million image database and 1 million new a week. The answer is right there in front of your eyes and obvious. No need for conspiracy, complicated plots against us, plain as day, too many files, new and old, slice of the pie keeps shrinking. The time has changed the pay for cheap micro is lower while the return for new work keeps dropping because there's more new work then buyers. Demand can be the same but products keep coming in new at 1 million a week.

What would you expect if supply of anything else on a market was 10 times the demand? Lower and lower sales profits and income. The value of our work has been deflated and is decreasing. Over supply kills profit. Stop blaming the agency or quality, it's simple economics.

Looks like he does have other colors, 2,599 pages of near duplicate renders. I really should get back into 3D ... lol

I stopped at 20 pages of the book shelf. How, no why does SS accept these? If it's all about numbers, the plan seems terribly flawed. Opening a new curated site sounds like a good answer. Use BS and SS to bring in new customers and then sell them on the better quality for more from the new place. This guy isn't hurting my sales, nothing he has will take away one download, but it just make SS look terrible and trashy.

I feel they are trying to become the next facebook or instagram or whatever I don't know. Its just a matter of time when they will drop the entire review process and reduce royalties like istock.

Matter of time? that has already happened a couple years ago. $1.50 video is the next step. First the photos, then illustrations, now video. Why can't anyone see the repeat cycle. Make money from your work, then too many files, too many people, only enough buyers for much less of your work. This is a dead end full of empty promises. Microstock is so over.

As always, what unnonimous is irrelevant.
Only the policies of whichever agency/ies you're submitting to is relevant for stock.

Correct, not the laws that matter but what the agencies decide they will accept or reject.

To me SS isn't the juggernaut it used to be. Fotolia is still behind, but it will not take much to catch up.

I think you are right and seeing the future. FT keeps growing, SS is standing still. Adobe add all the cloud buyers, as long as more designers subscribe, we will get more sales. SS sales have reached their natural cap. IS that was on top has now dropped to third, buyers know there are other sites not run by Getty, which has managed to build a very negative reputation in the stock photo market.

Answer from Canstock:

nFreeart.com is run by our affiliate Fotosearch. On Freeart the only the smallest print size on paper is free for the customers, they only pay for shipping. You would get paid the Paper Print Minimum Commission (e.g. free print offers) of $0.25. https://www.canstockphoto.com/payout_schedule.php

Freeart will is marketing your content for print and product sales. You would receive 20% of paper print sales as you always have, and will now also make sales on other physical products (e.g. acrylic, metal, canvas, etc.). These are higher-priced retail items with a 10% royalty, which will result in higher commissions (up to $49.90) than most digital image sales.

It is possible to opt-out of selling your images on Freeart, just keep in mind that you�ll be opting out of the entire site, and will forgo any of the high commission print offerings.

Please confirm if you want to remove your portfolio from Freeart and we will take care of it immediately.

I hope this helps.

Regards,

Sorina
Can Stock Photo Support

Thanks that's the answer.

how can canstock become affiliate to such partners and offer the images for free, very shady business.

CS only, you get 25c commission, another CS cheap program. Another agency trying to grab the last money, from your work, before they go under. Stop supporting the bottom feeders.