Who is into 2D animation? How many animation videos do you have? Are you earning regularly?

I just need inspiration if you guys are doing good with animation. I currently have 16 videos, and 8 of them are animations. I have had these videos since 2016. I halted my animation uploads, because I lack the motivation because it's still not earning a single cent.

The program also supports a need for creative democratization to make high quality content available to all.

I've seen a number of tongue-in-cheek comments here about Adobe giving away software. I would like to remind you that we have given away tens of thousands of complimentary subscriptions through the Adobe Stock contributor Bonus Progam over the past couple of years and that we are continuing the tradition again with the 2020 program. So to answer your specific question... yes, for productive contributors Adobe is giving away a free app each year.

03 cents says my dashboard and I don't know for what!

Hey Colin,

It turns out I was a bit too worried about the financials of the business, and communicated prematurely. I�m a developer and this is not my strong suit. The bottom line is that everyone will be able to request their earnings starting Oct 17. Until then it�s business as usual ($50+ payouts).

I apologize for the confusion, and if you have any questions feel free to email me at any time.

Best regards,
Peter

"Hi Colin,

Thank you for the feedback. It�s Peter from Stockfresh here.

In the last few years we�ve had a rapid decline in sales due to the fact that the entire microstock market has been struggling, meanwhile our costs have been growing to the point that we we were running out of funds. It became clear that despite our best efforts this business has no future, and we wanted to make sure we could still pay everyone we�re obligated to pay according to the contributor agreement (everyone above the $50 threshold), so we decided to close the site down.

I understand this is very disappointing, but based on the financial situation of the company it is very unlikely we can pay anyone else, and if we kept going on, the situation would only get worse, as the market itself is also getting worse. I�m sorry we weren�t able to crack the code, but I see that it�s a huge struggle for everyone.

We tried our best and it went well for a while, but unfortunately things didn�t work out in the end and the business failed. There�s nothing left to "keep� for ourselves from it, all the money will go to contributors and some customers who will be given refunds.

Hope this explains it better, feel free to contact me any time you like."

Dreamstime
https://www.dreamstime.com/account/convert-earnings

also
Canstock

Another small turd agency finally glug down after circling the bowl

Hopefully the biggest turd agency (SS) goes the same route, but since it�s the biggest turd it may need a plunger to finally get it to go

I made 45 cent from Getty Connect 

It has now been a year since I closed my account, and I wonder how long it will take before these small payouts stop.

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Negative comments because if everyone had sacrificed a few weeks of income SS would have been forced to roll back their draconian royalty cuts and we'd ALL be back to higher royalties.

but that was NEVER going to happen - boycotts never get that sort of cooperation and a boycott with a publicly stated end date tells the boycotted they can ride it out. In addition, the vast majority of contributors likely never even knew there was a boycott. 


that still doesnt excuse the negative comments and ad hominem attacks on those who think differently

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Instead, the vast majority stayed, accepting a big loss this year and an even bigger loss come January, rather than a temporary, much smaller loss for a few weeks in June. We own the content. The agencies are nothing without us. But whatevs.

and again, you're mis-stating the case by presenting it as either /or rather than a large loss for everyone AND a slightly larger loss for boycotters

Well, today's a sad day for me. I just read in the Stock Coalition Facebook group that your work is featured in the Coalition Collection on Pond5. You argue against boycotting and haven't had much nice to say about the Coalition, but you stepped right up to take advantage of the deal they got with Pond5.

So now someone who thinks boycotting Shutterstock is useless reaps the reward of the hard work done by others who sacrificed their income and worked their butts off to try to make a difference.

From now out I'm looking out for number one and nobody else. Because what's the point if my work benefits someone like you? I gave up thousands of dollars in income so YOUR work could be featured while you continue making money on Shutterstock? Ehf that.