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« on: July 01, 2014, 02:27 »
Indeed, they're my number 1 payer ... but this month sales are down 50% compared to June 2013. I prefer a slow payer and BIG earner 
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« on: June 30, 2014, 05:59 »
Same here. It started last month (about 20% down), but this month is 50% down compared to June 2014. That is definitely NOT a "slow down trend", nor is it "the summer blues".
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« on: June 27, 2014, 07:33 »
The sponsoring thing is essentially a way to help FAA. The 'three available sponsor places' are just a means of persuading us to do it. It all depends how many people are sponsoring your chosen keywords. With a popularly-sponsored keyword, you might have to refresh thirty, fifty ... times before your image comes up. With a keyword which hasn't been 'sponsored' often, you might actually have all three available slots - I can see that on some of the keywords I tested.
OK, got it, thanks! I tested it and yes, after 5 refreshments one of my images popped up on row 3. Better only sponsor keywords for which I have lots of photos on FAA then.
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« on: June 27, 2014, 01:34 »
ShadySue, I tried your sponsoring tip, and at first it seemed to work : my photos appeared on the 3rd row when I searched for the exact word. A few hours later however I tested it again, only this time I was not logged in ... NOTHING! Have you tested your sponsoring results logged out ?
The placing of links on your own website is a great way to get super-high SEO results on Google, but if no one but me can see the results, why would I help FAA?
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« on: May 29, 2014, 07:54 »
I'm not sure mine is really closed. It's blocked, and my images are gone. I do not know if this is permanent or not, as I have not received any message from Fotolia yet.
If there's no message in the next few days, I'll contact support.
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« on: May 29, 2014, 04:29 »
By the sounds of it, the deal will be paid exchange for image use... that is what I am expecting when all the details are laid out. Please correct me if I'm wrong.
Leaf, do you mean "the beta deal will be paid for image use" or : "the final deal will be paid for image use" ?
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« on: May 29, 2014, 04:24 »
I did not opt out because I'm against free use of my images. If DST would have asked me to use a few (not 81) for free, for ONE TIME use in a beta test, I would probably not object at all. But what if this beta test means that 100 test-customers can use my images in several projects? That's a lot of sales potential lost ... However, now that I DID opt out, I also loose sales potential, because my images are also opted out of the other partner sites. So whatever I do, I don't like it.
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« on: May 29, 2014, 01:40 »
Seems mine is closed too, though I did not receive any e-mail from them.
Fotolia is my second earner. I opted out, but did not delete any images from Fotolia.
You might not be upset Ron, but I am.
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« on: May 28, 2014, 16:26 »
Who's talking about "many dollars"?
Large deals usually result in "many dollarcents".
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« on: May 28, 2014, 12:44 »
They asked 81 images from me. I opted out. Not because I don't believe this "deal" can be a big nice opportunity, but because most "BIG DEALS" mean "LOW commissions". The bigger the customer, the better the deal ... for the customer. Perhaps it's Google again, trying to find a new partner after the Istock-disaster  Main problem is of course that if we opt out because of this e-mail, all other partners also loose our images. If Dreamstime does not like that, they 'd better make 2 Opt-out buttons : 1 for the Secret Deal, and 1 for all other alliances.
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« on: May 27, 2014, 15:59 »
Yes light gray, not olive green, and it's just a tiny amount, BELOW the olive green bars.
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« on: May 26, 2014, 08:44 »
I have a question to FT contributors with a good sized portfolio who have OPTed OUT (>1000 images). Have you seen any trends in your FT sales post the OPT OUT taking effect ? One of the things that I was hoping was to see FT-only contributors getting more non-subscription sales. My thinking is that customers who may have moved to DPC may buy most of their images on the so-called DPC subscription but may pick up on credit sale the images that they want but dont see in DPC. A trend that may signal customers looking at DPC as a high volume dollar bin and looking elsewhere for low volume special buys.
No, I don't see any positive or negative trend. I opted out with 7000 images mid May. Fotolia is not doing well for me, but the downward trend started more than 12 months ago, so has nothing to do with DPC. May is a disaster, but May is always a disaster compared to March and April, so I don't see a link with DPC here either. Also : from the point of view of a customer, DPC is a different site from Fotolia. So why would a customer always go to Fotolia if they cannot find an image on DPC? You can bet Fotolia is not suggesting "if you cannot find what you need, Fotolia still has 7.000.000 more images at higher prices"
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« on: May 20, 2014, 02:39 »
That was my first impression too, but Ron, look at the dates ...
The list shows the most recent date on TOP, so it's going down, despite the daily growth on Fotolia
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« on: May 17, 2014, 06:24 »
I had a very unusual slow day yesterday - almost weekend-like. Got me paranoid, too:) Today things are looking up again.
Same here! It was like a Sunday or a worldwide national holiday!
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« on: May 13, 2014, 16:07 »
I suppose that is good news, but I really had hoped for a higher threshold at DPC. If DPC is really meant for large buyers, then 10 dollars is WAY too low. Raise the bar to 99 dollars, and I will gladly opt in again.
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« on: May 07, 2014, 09:42 »
They should just remove the $10 option. One option, just $99, $1 images. I might still stay out of it, but at least then it wouldn't be as big a threat to the whole market.
Okay ... I say 100$ for 100 images, you say 99$ for 99 images. You're absolutely right, 99 sounds much better 
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« on: May 07, 2014, 09:39 »
I cannot afford loosing my FT income either, but I did opt out of DPC. Not because I am against Fotolia (Fotolia is my 2nd earner, so how could I be against them?), but because I believe that if a LARGE group of contributors opt out, Fotolia will listen to us.
We talk about Fotolia "changing DPC" in favour of their contributors. What change would make you opt in again?
In my case it would be : move DPC more towards big players by raising the 10 $ bar => 100 $.
for how many pictures?
For 100 images. I can easily ask an agency to drop a project completely or charge 100$ for 1 image, but that's asking for something they would never do. If Fotolia would change the essence of DPC (which is 1 image for 1 $), they would loose face. But if they would raise the bar to 100 images for 100 $, small buyers would be obliged to keep on buying credits. DPC would become a very simple and effective subscription system. Buyers who would buy a 100$-set would use it up, even if they only needed 60 images, which is the essence of a subscription system. Fotolia can implement this without loosing face. DPC would still be 1 image for 1 dollar.
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« on: May 07, 2014, 08:45 »
I cannot afford loosing my FT income either, but I did opt out of DPC. Not because I am against Fotolia (Fotolia is my 2nd earner, so how could I be against them?), but because I believe that if a LARGE group of contributors opt out, Fotolia will listen to us.
We talk about Fotolia "changing DPC" in favour of their contributors. What change would make you opt in again?
In my case it would be : move DPC more towards big players by raising the 10 $ bar => 100 $.
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« on: May 02, 2014, 09:08 »
I compared the search numbers for the terms Business, People, Beautiful, Animal and Nature, and the average difference between Fotolia and DPC is 17,3%.
17,3% of 27.900.000 images = 4.798.800 files less on Fotolia than on DPC.
Are these ALL opted-out images ... or had Fotolia forgotten to add a few million to DPC ?
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« on: May 02, 2014, 06:42 »
OK, I know I'm late, but I just opted out.
So that's 7500 files less on DPC.
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« on: May 02, 2014, 05:59 »
Does anyone has an idea how many pictures are left available at the DPC ? Now the opt out option is available probably everybody is using it ?
Has the Opt-Out button moved again? Mine was there and now it's gone (no more on my Dashboard at "actions"). Logging out/in or deleting cache does not help either.
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« on: April 16, 2014, 15:24 »
So if the artwork is created by Disney it has copyright, but if the artwork is created by someone else it doesn't have copyright?
I think the issue is copying a character or unique design versus a common subject such as a flower
Exactly. We should not mix up "skill" with "creation". If the act of picking the ink, choosing the needle, dialing in the settings, etc. would be ART (instead of the creation of the image on the skin), then all sewing, embroidery, basket weaving, carpentry etc would also be ART, and therefore require a PR. But no, it is only needed if there is a true "creation". My mother loves embroidery, and she's very skilled, but she only works from an example, so she's not "creating" anything. I'm not saying such skills cannot be art, just that the act itself does not make it art. Pottery is a great example : you can make true pottery art, or you can just use your pottery skills to make a basic vase. The same way a tattoo can be just a tattoo (like a word) or a piece of art. Interesting discussion!
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« on: April 13, 2014, 11:18 »
I had one even dumber, life-threatening experience which was so embarrassingly stupid that I won't even admit to it here. Suffice it to say that it could have put me in line for a Darwin Award.
oh please please please tell us?  ?
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« on: April 10, 2014, 06:10 »
Dumbest, and als most dangerous thing I ever did in the studio : I was working with candles and incense, and an old incense holder. I did not want to burn my fingers while putting the little round black charcoals in the burner, so I used pincers, lit the charcoal and tried to put it in the burner. I'm rather clumsy with pincers, so I dropped the glowing black coal on the floor ... a synthetic BLACK carpet. No idea how far the ROUND charcoal had rolled through the studio. Result : I KNEW there was a burning black coal on my black carpet, but I could not SEE it. Not even with all the lights on. Total panic. Then I pulled myself together, filled a bucket with water, took the fire extinguisher and waited till I could see smoke or flames starting ... Suddenly I heard a hissing sound behind me, and yes, the fire had started and I poured the whole bucket on it. That was the last time I used fire in the studio.
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« on: April 04, 2014, 01:20 »
Same here! I'll be monitoring my next EL closely!! Please keep us informed about Fotolia's reply?
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