Thank you.

I'm considering uploading to PhotoDune but it looks as if I need to put together a zip file of images for my initial submittal.  Is this correct?  I can select individual images, but it won't let them through, saying I need to select a zip file of my portfolio.  What am I missing?

fixed!

Nope.  Problem still there.

Getty should have waited until tomorrow (26 Dec.).  Day after Christmas.  That's national return day.

I went to the Maldives a few years ago.  Lay on the white sand, snorkel in the lagoons, scuba dive the reefs and wrecks.  Photographs?  Just a couple of snapshots for the folks back home.  Peace and quiet away from the rat race!

You'll fall in love with the place.

It's comparable to voting in US elections these days.  You don't really vote for who you want.  More often than not, you vote for whomever you dislike the least.  Either way, you're screwed.

YOur example is stupid. Its nonsense. Choosing between death or death.

By the way, I'd rather be shot dead and then drained then drained and then shot dead.

Ever watch Family Guy?

Actually not so stupid.  In the State of Utah (US) a condemned killer is given the option of being executed by firing squad or being hung.  Macabre choice, but that's the law.

Quote from: mike ledray on December 03, 2013, 10:20

Well if I posted my Stock Income, I would be yelled at by various obnoxious people who hide behind screen names and do not post links to their galleries or anything real.
So lets just say Shutterstock - Best Month Ever, Dreamstime -got a payout over the minimum, 123royalty free - ugh (well I only have a few images there anyway), Istock - Negligible (I quite uploading to them years ago and only have a few images there), Lucky Oliver - STOLE MY COMMISSONS and left the building a few years ago, the others I don't even check most of the time.

All in all it was an Awesome Month

It was already posted on the SS forum you make 10k per month.

Come on Ron.  If you really read Jeff's post, you'd know the $10K figure was not microstock income, but income from his photo booth and related activities.  He apparently did hit the 100,000 download number, which is not unique, but is sufficiently rare that it warrants a congratulation.

There was a piece on the news yesterday where all the major and minor news agencies, from CNN to AP to NBC, CBS, ABC and others (some 40+) sent a petition to the White House complaining about restrictions on theirs and other photojournalists.  Seems photojournalists are being restricted from decent access to the president and the agencies are forced to rely on sub-standard images or only use the "official" images handed out by the government.  During an interview with one such agency, he admitted that they were oft times forced to use images from social media such as Twitter, Facebook and others.  He indicated they just plucked what they needed off of social media and used them wherever they were required.

I did a test a few years back.  Put up an image with no text (and no additional white space for any text).  It sold X amount of times.  I then tried to replace it with an identical image except with white copy space added and no text.  Image rejected for too much unnecessary space,  customer can add whatever he needs.  So I put up a third image with copy space and added text.  That was accepted and has sold more than 10X the original image.  I've never submitted an image with text over any part of the image except empty space for the reason noted above ... too difficult to remove.

For those sites that refuse to accept text with an image, I comply with their requirement.  But those images never seem to sell as well as those with the added text.  Keep in mind this is only my personal experience and may not be the same for others with different types of images.

I don�t believe in DT views stat.
For example: one  photo theme with 5 pics, one pic has 25 views, other 0.
Same keywording...

Not a big problem, but fair play is fair play, agree?

BTW, DT on top of Middle Tier - NEVER !

Same story again and again, I know.

Actually for me, last month and so far this month, DT has become my no. 2 earner, behind SS.  Took over that position from 123.  Had several relatively high dollar sales daily over the past several weeks.  If that keeps up I'll have to upload more to them.  See if they will take some of my "similars" now.

Got rid of the minus for you Ron.  You're right, that was rather stupid.

Quote from: JPSDK on November 01, 2013, 12:55

It is the same as when you buy houses or cars.
Entities are entities.

So it means that I and my dad can have both an accont no matter if we share same pc?

Ignore Jens.  He thinks he's Hamlet's heir.   

Yes you can have separate accounts as long as  1.  You take your own pictures/illustrations and you don't try to upload the same images in both accounts and  2.  You each have separate e-mail addresses.  The same e-mail address screws up their accounting.  The fact that it's on the same PC shouldn't affect anything  (if I were you I'd try to get my own PC,  No point in Dad being able to see what you've been up to.).