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PhotoDune / Re: PhotoDune $10 transaction fee to get our money?
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Really? I'm the only person this happened to?
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PhotoDune / Re: PhotoDune $10 transaction fee to get our money?« on: June 16, 2016, 14:50 »
Really? I'm the only person this happened to?
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iStockPhoto.com / Re: getty-sues-man-allegedly-sold-thousands-stolen-photos« on: June 15, 2016, 22:46 »Great! (I wish Shutterstock would sue freepik instead of continuing to pay them as an affiliate after they stole thousands of vectors.) Yeah, great to go after the criminals, but they should reimburse the authors whose images were stolen and resold. It's still our intellectual property. I am sure their lawsuit claims to be acting on behalf of the copyright holders. THAT'S US. 328
PhotoDune / PhotoDune $10 transaction fee to get our money?« on: June 15, 2016, 22:42 »
I just realized Photodune charged me $10 transaction fee to transfer my money to me! I get paid through Skrill. This never happened before. Did anyone else get charged this fee or hear any announcement about it?
Double U T F??!!!! 329
Dreamstime.com / Re: DT has died for me« on: June 12, 2016, 23:49 »
It is high time DT lowered their ridiculous payout threshold from $100 to something more attainable like $30-50.
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General Stock Discussion / Re: How many images of a shoot do you submit?« on: June 07, 2016, 00:28 »
My finger slipped. I'm on my tablet and meant to vote 20-40 but accidentally voted over 60%. Can someone correct?
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iStockPhoto.com / Re: How Much Has Your Income Dropped On iStock Since The Peak In 2012? - Poll!« on: June 06, 2016, 22:23 »Now that we have had 93 votes on this poll, we have 20 independents saying their income hasn't gone down at all since 2012 and yet only 3 exclusives who say there income hasn't gone down over the same period of time. I don't know how you're coming to these conclusions. As I read the poll, the indies that lost 50% or more are the largest group. 332
iStockPhoto.com / Re: How Much Has Your Income Dropped on iStock Since 2011-2013?« on: June 06, 2016, 22:18 »
Thanks for the explanation. I wonder if my extreme drops are from not branching into video. Seems like the still photogs like yourself that also added video have not fallen so bad. 333
iStockPhoto.com / Re: How Much Has Your Income Dropped on iStock Since 2011-2013?« on: June 05, 2016, 16:38 »By the way, I should have added the basis for calculating your drop. In my case I took my BME, which was actually March 2012 and compared it to what my checkout payment amount will be later this month for May.Oh, if I compared my BME to any month this year, my drop would be much more than I voted. I compared 2015's total to 2012's total. When you include your iStock totals, are you adding in subs and PP? I have been. If I was to only go by blue line DLs then I've gone from 4-5k/month to only around $ 300/month on IS. Which would put IS on the lowest tier for me. 334
iStockPhoto.com / Re: How Much Has Your Income Dropped on iStock Since 2011-2013?« on: June 04, 2016, 13:52 »
So far looks like the extreme drops have hit both indies and exclusives pretty hard.
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iStockPhoto.com / Re: Income lose 2013 to 2016« on: June 03, 2016, 14:14 »
I feel you brother. I have seen the same drops as a independent. Have other indies seen similar?
I don't know if this is typical or not. I do know I used to depend alot on Istock income, so maybe thats why ive lost so much with their decline. I am down about 50% from 4-5 years ago on SS too. 336
General Stock Discussion / Re: Which low earner is the easiest to upload to if I have metadata ?« on: June 02, 2016, 14:02 »
I uploaded whole port to Picfair a few months ago. So far not a single sale.
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Pond5 / Re: The membership program is a disaster for contributors.« on: June 02, 2016, 13:59 »...percentage of royalty doesn't matter. Only thing that matter is how much we get in $. If they sell for $1000 and give us 10%, it's $100 royalty per clip which is much higher than SS and others.<sigh> Yeah, I hear ya. Sigh. Reading this thread is exactly like the same discussions about photos from a couple years ago. And here we are now with the stills market tits up, just like the 'alarmists' and 'complainers' predicted. 338
General Stock Discussion / Re: Which low earner is the easiest to upload to if I have metadata ?« on: June 02, 2016, 01:37 »
GL is the easiest, but considering I made $3 there last month off 6k photos, why bother?
I had been considering uploading to P5, but after the reports of sales dropping off a cliff, I'll save myself the trouble. Canva also seems to have nosedived. Weren't they middle tier last month? 339
General Stock Discussion / Re: What is your top 5 agencies in regard to earnings« on: June 02, 2016, 01:34 »
I posted my list earlier, but for May FT took Istock out of my #2 spot. They are closing in on SS.
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General Stock Discussion / Re: Things One Learned Doing Stock Photography Modeling« on: June 01, 2016, 00:44 »
Interesting perspective. He definitely got screwed on the in house company modeling where they outright lied to him. But for the stock shoots, he clearly seems to have understood what stock is, and how it's used. He is an intelligent guy, knows how to read and understand a release, and was happy for the money at the time. Now he's wringing his hands over it years later?
None of those uses were even bad. Seriously, reading the newspaper, or playing a doctor? He posed doing those things! As for the bisexual thing, if his friends don't know his sexual preference, they aren't very close friends. If he was that upset he could have contacted HuffPo and told them they violated sensitive use clause and take it down. On the RARE times its happened, I have never once had any company refuse to take down a sensitive use when asked. This stuff is much ado about nothing. My models love finding themselves in use! Even the ones that had an occasional use they weren't too happy about still keep modeling for me. 341
General - Top Sites / Re: Public Holiday in the UK on May 30« on: May 31, 2016, 00:36 »
I just hope buyers are busy today, Tuesday, to close out the month on a high note. Wouldn't mind one of those rare SS big sales I keep hearing about.
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General Stock Discussion / Re: 2015 Stock Photo Survey!!« on: May 31, 2016, 00:31 »
Done. Small suggestion. Veer Marketplace could be removed, as it is closed. But no biggie.
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General Stock Discussion / Re: Where is 2015 Microstock Industry Survey?« on: May 27, 2016, 17:51 »
Glad to hear back Tyler. You're allowed a life.
![]() The survey is always good reading tho, and the best view of the trends. But it seems like a bunch of work for you. Only bother if its worth your time. Maybe make viewable only to members, or to those that filled out the questionaire? Might make the extra work worthwhile for you. 344
Adobe Stock / Re: 13 downloads in 2 mn« on: May 22, 2016, 17:39 »When will people learn, sales reporting is not real time, it's when the system processes them. They could be 3 days old and just got counted. Took 2 mn to report 13 dl doesn't mean they were all bought in 2 mn. Whats a mn? Am I the only one who is feeling like the douchebag quotient around here is unusually high lately? 346
General Stock Discussion / Re: What is your top 5 agencies in regard to earnings« on: May 22, 2016, 17:28 »Pond5 (video/audio/photo) Oh please. ![]() www.microstockgroup.com/pond5/the-membership-program-is-a-disaster-for-contributors/msg454565/?topicseen#new Also, FYI, Istock is one of my top sellers despite not uploading there for almost 2 years. 347
Pond5 / Re: Time to give up on Pond 5.....« on: May 22, 2016, 17:16 »The membership program has been bad for contributors. I we are making less money, Pond5 must be making less money too. It's a stupid program. So dazzle us with your insights. 348
Shutterstock.com / Re: Shutterstock requires property release for a picture of animal?« on: May 20, 2016, 16:31 »
Please forgive some well intentioned critique. Going a bit wider to avoid cutting off the feet and the back end would make this a more sellable picture. Also, using the clone tool to get rid of the distracting feet of another animal on the left would give you some copy space.
Looks like a Brahma bull to me too. 349
Adobe Stock / Re: 13 downloads in 2 mn« on: May 19, 2016, 19:16 »
Congrats! You hit a lucky streak
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General Stock Discussion / Re: What is your top 5 agencies in regard to earnings« on: May 19, 2016, 13:39 »1. Shutterstock 2. Fotolia 3. Istock 4. Dreamstime 5. 123RF |
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