Quote from: roede-orm on June 07, 2014, 14:33

As a contributor from Germany I would prefer to continue with Paypal.

Paypal would not vanish as a option. Payoneer would just be added for those who have trouble or moral concerns working with paypal (or skrill).

BTW: Germans may be affected too. It happened to me while living there. They made it various times to the german TV because of their dubious "behavior":

The perfect transfer sercice doesn't exist, I think. But I 've never had any problems with Paypal, it just works.

In Germany and other countries of the EU fees and prices must be displayed  BEFORE someone needs to sign up. Isn't it so in the United States?

What I can't understand: Fotolia is a strong brand name, at least in Europe and
especially in the German-speaking countries. Why this strong brand is devalued to such activities like founding the dpc?

Paypal is a great service, if you live in the US.

How do people who don't live in the US get their money into their pocket?

I am Canadian, living in Ecuador.  In order to get funds I have to transfer Paypal to my Canadian Bank, and then withdraw from an ATM here.  This involves many fees and lost money due to currency changes.

Is there somewhere online I can transfer to Western Union or some other service?

Thanks

Why did you not create a new paypal account from Ecuador and transfere your money directly to a bank in Ecuador?

Actually I can hardly imagine to work without the Nik Filters. I use them regularly (Color Efex Pro, Dfine most) and these filters are IMO the best on market.

This means that every person on earth has this pic downloaded about 5 times   If that is not successful, then there's no success! 

How can something be gone when it never existed (especially sales) 

Agree. This is the agency where my photos even after 6 months still were on pending status some years ago.  Crestock - what Crestock?

same problem here ...

same solution!

Quote from: Shelma1 on May 18, 2014, 05:43

I believe a class action lawsuit in the U.S. is free until you win; then the attorneys take 1/3. But you do need a group of people to initiate things and follow through and an attorney who thinks the case has merit and potential monetary damages are worth taking on the case.

For a still-small player like DPC, it's so much easier to simply choke off their revenue by opting out and starving them of product. The problem is getting in touch with all the contributors.

It depends on the lawyer. There's nothing that says class action lawsuits must pay that way, it's just there's a whole sector of that profession that seeks out winnable class action lawsuits and takes the proceeds if they win.

I don't think a trial lawyer would take this case.

Why you need a lawyer? A crime must be pursued in most western countries by the state. It is sufficient a complaint with the police.  It should be examined whether the unsolicited disclosure of material to the DPC is a crime or not.

It's not quite that simple. With several long exposures, the camera will get warm - and then the results are getting worse. Then higher ISO might be the better solution.

This just arrived in my email inbox:

Dear Contributor,

We have some great news - our subscription payouts have all increased, starting from today!

Depending on whether your images are opt-out or opt-in with DPC, your new subscription payout will grow to either 20% or 25% of the face value of the download - with a guaranteed minimum of the commission you earn now.

So you can potentially earn five times more per subscription download (if you opt-in with DPC).

We notice you have opted out from DPC - to fully benefit from commission increases with Fotolia and additional revenue from untapped markets, we recommend you opt-in to our new fast-growing subscription website, Dollar Photo Club.

If you want to add your images back to Dollar Photo Club click here if not, then you need to do nothing.

We hope these changes will bring you significant additional revenues, starting now.

Thank you

The Fotolia Team

This is simply not true, Fotolia! I've got the same subscription payouts today as before

In the German Stock Photography forum we have also discussed about it after a few photographers have received invitations. None of us had ever heard of this agency. Most have ignored the invitation.