Quote from: Findura on January 06, 2023, 13:11
Thanks Roscoe.
For me, there is nothing in the position field, only a minus sign.
Maybe because I only have videos in my portfolio or because my account is only a few months old?

It's got nothing to do with the age of your port, Findura.
As far as I know no ranking is displayed if a certain amount of downloads is not reached.

Quote from: Pacesetter on January 02, 2023, 02:02

Quote from: Wilm on January 01, 2023, 21:48

Quote from: Pacesetter on January 01, 2023, 20:59
My 2022 year end review in a single chart....

However you managed to do it: Respect!

Have you uploaded much?

I have lost about € 1500 compared to the previous year 2021. Not good, but bearable.

Thanks Wilm , yes this reflects earnings for the four sites I upload to (Shutterstock, Adobe Stock, Pond 5, iS/Getty) and the increase comes from basically significant port growth of primarily videos. For example, Shutterstock was 410 videos in November 2021. Today it is 1200 videos. That kind of relative increase in content (particularly with video clips) will almost certainly see corresponding increase in earnings.   

Btw still waiting to see my first sale of anything for 2023! 

Thank you for the answer. Then your diligence has been justly rewarded!

Quote from: Pacesetter on January 01, 2023, 20:59
My 2022 year end review in a single chart....

However you managed to do it: Respect!

Have you uploaded much?

I have lost about € 1500 compared to the previous year 2021. Not good, but bearable.

I am so happy! I took in another $0.29 fund yesterday. So I'm already at a total of $0.72. The bottle of Krug Champagne is already in the fridge.

Got another $ 0.36. So alltogether I have made an impressing $ 0.43. Yeah!

Quote from: Schadenfreude on December 17, 2022, 14:47
Does anyone know if the "Contributor Fund" money is subject to the Earning Schedule/Levels? Will this also reset in January?

This is a valid question, which also shows that the communication on the part of shutterstock is abysmal.

The downloads from the Contributor Fund are counted. Presumably, this is why these revenues are also reduced at the beginning of the year.

In the case I described, however, it is relatively unimportant. It was once said that there would be no remuneration lower than $ 0.10 - regardless of the level.

Whether you get $ 0.03 at level 1, or as in my case $ 0.07 at level 5, it doesn't matter. With the other incomes mentioned here it plays a role of course.

$0.07 for a Contributor fund. Great!

Which image and metadata were used is of course not shown.

No thought is given in advance to the possible negative effects of an "innovation" from the point of view of the contributors.

It is done. If it is not good, the contributors will get in touch...

Quote from: Mantis on December 15, 2022, 21:49
Well, some good news, I guess. I wrote to SS and asked about opting out of the CF.  A little fluffy in her response but here it is.

"Thanks for reaching out to Shutterstock Contributor Care.

We sincerely appreciate your business trajectory since 2007 with us and with great pleasure would be attending to all of your inquiries and request.

Allow me to start by thanking you for having brought this to our attention; I realize the importance of this matter for you. I have reached out to our Higher Office in regard to your request, and they have confirmed that, in the coming weeks, our Tech Team will introduce a way for all contributors to opt out of having their content included in datasets. Until then, your patience is much appreciated.

If there's anything else you need from us or if you have any additional concerns regarding this, please let me know; It's always a pleasure to assist you.

Wishing you a lovely rest of your day and with warm regards,

Daniela
Shutterstock Contributor Care Team"

It's amazing that something is made possible for buyers without any problems, but at the same time it takes weeks for you to be able to undo it as a contributor.

I can't see any appreciation of the contributors here. On the contrary.

This portfolio is also full of stolen images. Many of them are mirrored.
Since I am not affected, I unfortunately cannot report this to shutterstock.

https://www.shutterstock.com/de/g/nguyen+thi+phuong+dieu

Quote from: thx9000 on December 08, 2022, 14:57
I just noticed that the keywords of my recent images/videos don't appear correctly on the customer's side - major keywords missing, keyword order off, completely irrelevent keywords added...
Could you guys check your recent submissions to see if it's widespread or only me?

I had this a few times. When keywording I used German keywords and did not notice that the language was preset to English. Could this have happened to you as well?

This is interesting:

On my computer I still have the old dashboard, on the pad it's the new one now.
I find the old dashboard better because I can see immediately which images were bought last. With the new dashboard, I need more clicks.

Hmmm, the dashboard is unchanged for me.

Quote from: Diana Herrmann on December 03, 2022, 06:54

Quote from: Wilm on November 23, 2022, 20:08

Quote from: SVH on November 23, 2022, 19:01

Quote from: Uncle Pete on November 23, 2022, 18:53

Quote from: Wilm on November 23, 2022, 10:59
I have no idea, Annie. Only the suspicion that the AI or the selection team suspects keyword spamming behind it because it doesn't associate the image with Christmas.

Or I'm listed as a contributor incapable of providing saleable Christmas images.

I will delete it again, remove the word christmas and upload it again.

Did you see this answer?

Quote from: Firn on November 08, 2022, 15:25
Wilm, I actually have an idea what the problem is. Does your new image by any chance happen to have a keyword related to Christmas? I looked at your port and noticed it is having the same weird behavior regarding Christmas images than mine: They are all glued to the back of your port.

To me this suddenly happened maybe 2 years ago. Suddenly all my Christmas images went to the back of my port.
...
And then, sometime in December all my Christmas images suddenly were sorted back to were they belong - and then after Christmas they all went back to the last pages of my port. So maybe it's not even a glitch, but an intended feature where Shutterstrock sorts Christmas images different out of season. But I never noticed anything similar with for example easter or Halloween images.

Either way, seeing as in your port all your Christmas images seem to be sorted on the last page, I suspect it's the same with your port as with mine.

And that would make it, nothing personal and at the same time, the same for everyone, which means, out of our control and not worth the worrying. Of course, yes, you can leave out the work Christmas and there you are.

Maybe more important is not where the pictures end up in your port but where they end up in the search of a customer using keywords you have added.
Wilm, you might be shooting in your own foot if you leave out Christmas just because it ends up in the back of your port but at the same time clients will not find your picture anymore when they look for Christmas pictures. So maybe, don't focus that much on your port view?

The problem is that at least the first image I wrote about also showed up on the last page when I searched the database - not just in my portfolio. I haven't checked that with the new image, but assume it's the same.

Did that image move up now?

Yes, Diana, within my portfolio it has moved from last to first place.

And in the shutterstock search it is now at least findable if you have left the first pages behind. But it has not got a download yet.

Anyway, what Firn, Pete and others wrote is correct: On December 1, the agorithm was changed to Christmas.

Quote from: cascoly on December 01, 2022, 17:45

Quote from: Wilm on December 01, 2022, 09:42
Correct, the image has moved from the last to the first position in my portfolio today. In my opinion December 1st is extremely late to push christmas images!

so now, those who previously had top placements can complain their images are being pushed back! throughout this period hundreds of xmas images were getting 1st page placement, so your gain is their loss

I imagine I read a certain reproach out of your words.

I am relatively indifferent to the placement of an image within my portfolio.

The image can be found on page 7 of 230 in the shutterstock search with a combination of two search terms chosen by me that contain the word Christmas.

So it may be crowding out images, but the good images are not affected.

In general, you shouldn't upload anything more if you want to prevent images from other contributors from being pushed to the back. Because at shutterstock, fresh images are initially protected, as you know.

Correct, the image has moved from the last to the first position in my portfolio today. In my opinion December 1st is extremely late to push christmas images!

Quote from: lenev on November 29, 2022, 09:59

Quote from: Wilm on November 29, 2022, 08:17
Is something broken at 123rf again?
I haven't had a single sale since 11 November. I assume that the statistics are not working again.
Is anyone else affected besides me?

I have sales, but sales count and earnings 3 times lower then usual

Thanks for the info, lenev.

I wrote to support yesterday - again. I did not receive an answer. But, as if by magic, a download came in again yesterday...

Is something broken at 123rf again?
I haven't had a single sale since 11 November. I assume that the statistics are not working again.
Is anyone else affected besides me?

Quote from: Uncle Pete on November 27, 2022, 17:23

Quote from: Wilm on November 27, 2022, 10:42

Quote from: cascoly on November 27, 2022, 00:12

Quote from: Wilm on November 26, 2022, 16:42...

Another question: I can only filter for "fresh images" and "top images" within my own portfolio. Do you actually get the possibility to filter by "most popular" within your own portfolio?

that's for image portfolio

for portfolio/catalog manager you get the other choices

Ah, okay, thanks - found that in the catalog manager now. I just hadn't looked there at all.

As far as I see it, the difference between Top Images (Portfolio view) sort and Most Popular (Catalog Manager) is just the name. A small test, beyond the obvious first page, Page 4 is identical to page four on either view.

Mine are identical, in the same order. Only thing different is, catalog manager offers Newest or Oldest as a choice. Portfolio calls it Fresh Images and picking the last page takes you to the oldest.

Catalog manager you have to click through for each page, portfolio you can just select a page number and ENTER. Catalog manager the filter by keywords is really nice on portfolio it's just search.

But the important part is, the order for Top Images is Identical to Most Popular.

Yes, Pete, by now I also realized that there is no difference between "top images" and "most popular".

Quote from: alan b traehern on November 27, 2022, 19:06

Quote from: Wilm on November 23, 2022, 10:59
I have no idea, Annie. Only the suspicion that the AI or the selection team suspects keyword spamming behind it because it doesn't associate the image with Christmas.

Or I'm listed as a contributor incapable of providing saleable Christmas images.

I will delete it again, remove the word christmas and upload it again.

How is that a Christmas image?

Well, I could definitely see these embellishments being used for Christmas wrapping, Christmas cards, invitation cards, gift certificates, decorations and the like.

Quote from: cascoly on November 27, 2022, 00:12

Quote from: Wilm on November 26, 2022, 16:42...

Another question: I can only filter for "fresh images" and "top images" within my own portfolio. Do you actually get the possibility to filter by "most popular" within your own portfolio?

that's for image portfolio

for portfolio/catalog manager you get the other choices

Ah, okay, thanks - found that in the catalog manager now. I just hadn't looked there at all.

Quote from: cascoly on November 26, 2022, 16:07

Quote from: Firn on November 26, 2022, 10:22

Quote from: KuriousKat on November 26, 2022, 09:31

I wondered if the images were intentionally pushed back and would then be brought forward at an appropriate tine, but it seems somewhat late for that to happen.

At least that's what happened last year, so I expect the same to happen again. I do not remember the exat date, but they were pushed forward  sometime in December, and pushed back again in January.

I agree it's late. I have been selling lots of Christmas images through the whole month, so the demand is there much earlier than December.

none of my xmas images are on the last 5 pages of my 'most popular'

in addition, advertisers buy xmas images in sep or earlier to meet deadlines

You can't say that across the board, Cascoly.
Our customers usually don't come with their Christmas themes until mid-November.

Another question: I can only filter for "fresh images" and "top images" within my own portfolio. Do you actually get the possibility to filter by "most popular" within your own portfolio?

Pete and Annie,

again - just so we don't talk past each other: I don't care where an image is placed within my portfolio. But if it is ranked at the very back of the shutterstock search, then of course that's miserable. And so it was with the first image I wrote about.

The second one is ranked neatly in the search, although it can be found in the last place within my portfolio. Why that is, I don't know either. Completely inconsistent and not understandable.

And if you enter Christmas in the Shutterstock search, you get 16 million results after all - that will probably find every buyer something.

Quote from: SVH on November 23, 2022, 20:30

Quote from: Wilm on November 23, 2022, 20:27

Quote from: SVH on November 23, 2022, 20:23

Quote from: Wilm on November 23, 2022, 20:08

Quote from: SVH on November 23, 2022, 19:01

Quote from: Uncle Pete on November 23, 2022, 18:53

Quote from: Wilm on November 23, 2022, 10:59
I have no idea, Annie. Only the suspicion that the AI or the selection team suspects keyword spamming behind it because it doesn't associate the image with Christmas.

Or I'm listed as a contributor incapable of providing saleable Christmas images.

I will delete it again, remove the word christmas and upload it again.

Did you see this answer?

Quote from: Firn on November 08, 2022, 15:25
Wilm, I actually have an idea what the problem is. Does your new image by any chance happen to have a keyword related to Christmas? I looked at your port and noticed it is having the same weird behavior regarding Christmas images than mine: They are all glued to the back of your port.

To me this suddenly happened maybe 2 years ago. Suddenly all my Christmas images went to the back of my port.
...
And then, sometime in December all my Christmas images suddenly were sorted back to were they belong - and then after Christmas they all went back to the last pages of my port. So maybe it's not even a glitch, but an intended feature where Shutterstrock sorts Christmas images different out of season. But I never noticed anything similar with for example easter or Halloween images.

Either way, seeing as in your port all your Christmas images seem to be sorted on the last page, I suspect it's the same with your port as with mine.

And that would make it, nothing personal and at the same time, the same for everyone, which means, out of our control and not worth the worrying. Of course, yes, you can leave out the work Christmas and there you are.

Maybe more important is not where the pictures end up in your port but where they end up in the search of a customer using keywords you have added.
Wilm, you might be shooting in your own foot if you leave out Christmas just because it ends up in the back of your port but at the same time clients will not find your picture anymore when they look for Christmas pictures. So maybe, don't focus that much on your port view?

The problem is that at least the first image I wrote about also showed up on the last page when I searched the database - not just in my portfolio. I haven't checked that with the new image, but assume it's the same.

Do remember, when checking, that search results are cached and might give you the same listing, even if the picture is actually somewhere else in the current search results. So clean your cache or check someone else's computer to do a proper search. This might prevent you from drawing incorrect conclusions.

I did that and checked it over several days before deleting the image. The result was always the same: last page.

Well, then I guess they just have it in for you

Now the search works again and I could try it out. And you are right.

Unlike the image mentioned before, this new image is not on the last page in the search. I will leave it online for now and check how it is doing in the next few days.

Quote from: SVH on November 23, 2022, 20:23

Quote from: Wilm on November 23, 2022, 20:08

Quote from: SVH on November 23, 2022, 19:01

Quote from: Uncle Pete on November 23, 2022, 18:53

Quote from: Wilm on November 23, 2022, 10:59
I have no idea, Annie. Only the suspicion that the AI or the selection team suspects keyword spamming behind it because it doesn't associate the image with Christmas.

Or I'm listed as a contributor incapable of providing saleable Christmas images.

I will delete it again, remove the word christmas and upload it again.

Did you see this answer?

Quote from: Firn on November 08, 2022, 15:25
Wilm, I actually have an idea what the problem is. Does your new image by any chance happen to have a keyword related to Christmas? I looked at your port and noticed it is having the same weird behavior regarding Christmas images than mine: They are all glued to the back of your port.

To me this suddenly happened maybe 2 years ago. Suddenly all my Christmas images went to the back of my port.
...
And then, sometime in December all my Christmas images suddenly were sorted back to were they belong - and then after Christmas they all went back to the last pages of my port. So maybe it's not even a glitch, but an intended feature where Shutterstrock sorts Christmas images different out of season. But I never noticed anything similar with for example easter or Halloween images.

Either way, seeing as in your port all your Christmas images seem to be sorted on the last page, I suspect it's the same with your port as with mine.

And that would make it, nothing personal and at the same time, the same for everyone, which means, out of our control and not worth the worrying. Of course, yes, you can leave out the work Christmas and there you are.

Maybe more important is not where the pictures end up in your port but where they end up in the search of a customer using keywords you have added.
Wilm, you might be shooting in your own foot if you leave out Christmas just because it ends up in the back of your port but at the same time clients will not find your picture anymore when they look for Christmas pictures. So maybe, don't focus that much on your port view?

The problem is that at least the first image I wrote about also showed up on the last page when I searched the database - not just in my portfolio. I haven't checked that with the new image, but assume it's the same.

Do remember, when checking, that search results are cached and might give you the same listing, even if the picture is actually somewhere else in the current search results. So clean your cache or check someone else's computer to do a proper search. This might prevent you from drawing incorrect conclusions.

I did that and checked it over several days before deleting the image. The result was always the same: last page.