55 sales in total, but just 1 in February. Things are slowing down for me over there

With 10 initial images online I had 20 views in total (around July / August last year), then nothing. I added 20 images some months ago, and still no views in the months after August. Why is this? I'm sure you guys are getting regular views?

Oh, and no sales of course.

Btw Helix, I'm not here to determine which sites others should and shouldn't upload to. That's entirely not up to me to decide. This is just my opinion and the reason I don't endorse Vectorstock.

Yes, keep in mind the difference between a subscription model and a PPD-model. No other agencies offer PPD full editable vectors at such low rates. Also, all files are priced at $1, exceptions are extraordinarily rare.

A total ripoff in my opinion.

Thanks, I appreciate all your responses.

Specifically (c) and (e) stood out to me and could possibly be the solution to my problem, but unfortunately sjlocke might have a good point about (c).
Just sent a support ticket so I guess I'll see what Fotolia has to say about that matter.
Unfortunately Fotolia doesn't have an "Electronic items for resale" license as iStock, as a matter of fact they have just one, Vector Extended RF license, covering probably all sorts of stuff.

I wonder if an iPhone app is covered by "templates" ?

Hi,

Yesterday I noticed that some emoticons I made are appearing in an iPhone app that is for sale at the Apple Appstore. I have a good feeling that all these were bought from Fotolia a couple of days ago, as they were all downloaded simultaneously and is available in that specific app I'm referring to, just the next day. I can say for sure that these emoticons, regardless of which agency the licenses was bought from, have been downloaded with standard licenses as none of them have ever been bought with an extended license.

Some details about the app: It allows you to attach an emoticon (all bought from microstock agencies apparently) to a status update, then post it on Facebook.
The reason why it really upsets me is that I'm currently working with another company who has invested a lot of money into getting me to draw custom emoticons for the very same kind of application (this app came first, by the way). For the ones that I'm having for sales on the agencies, I have personally given this company I work with my word (and a written contract) that allows them to use the emoticons in such a way that they can be reproduced or "posted" on Facebook by its customers.

I have a great interest in figuring out if the copycat app can actually use my images in this way with a simple standard license from Fotolia. Does any agency allow this? Not only do they now use some of the same content as the app I work for, they are also calling it the same.

I'm planning on contacting the developers, but need to know which approach I can allow myself to have to this matter. If a standard license doesn't allow this kind of usage, I'm going to ask them to remove the images from their app. If, however, it turns out to be perfectly legit, I have to try to sort this out with them in another way.

I think the information can be found here: http://eu.fotolia.com/Info/Agreements#3. , but I simply don't know how to interpret this lawyer language as English isn't my native language, and I'm having a hard time trying to figure out what terms such as "resale" actually covers.

Thanks for your help

Thomas

Seems to be working now!

Thanks

Great show, a big fan of it! Unfortunately don't live anywhere near the U.S.

Loved their part on stock photos:

Family Guy - Stock Photos on A Corporate Website

Couldn't it be that we are no longer getting JUI sub sales? I usually get 10+ every weekday, but today and yesterday I haven't had one. Only StockXpert subs and StockXpert PPD's

I wonder if it's only the EU fotolia that has limited access to forums??

Probably something like that.

Using a proxy to hide your IP won't help, I just tried. It's most likely a matter of where your account is registered. Mine is set up with the European website as well - automatically.

Warren,

Yes they certainly do. I haven't submitted the W8-BEN (well I did earlier this morning, so it's in the pending queue now). I've had 8 sales since January 1st - none of them are from U.S. buyers according to the new options from the statistics page. Yet all of them include 28% withholdings (why not 30% by the way?).

In fact U.S. sales make up just 13,9% of my all time earnings there, so I'm not even sure if it will be worth the hassle for me to obtain an ITIN, had the withholdings only affected US sales.

I do want to complain, but feel powerless. Seriously. This is a joke.

I didn't fill out the online W-8 BEN form from their tax center yet, and that's probably the reason why all of my sales are getting deducted from. I'm figuring if I filled it out (without the ITIN) only U.S. sales would be affected.

I'm wondering, if I fill it out now without the ITIN, can I get back later when I have it and re-submit it with the ITIN?