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« on: April 07, 2020, 02:54 »
Guys, don't fall for this obvious bait. At first I thought Canva was going to show us all some financial support by doubling our commissions as a gift, as we're all dealing with the corona crisis, but in reality this is just your average 'exciting news' crap and yet another step in the race to the bottom.
First of all, note the eye-catching 'double your earnings' subject of the email. That's red flag number one, almost like a scam email.
Secondly, the allergy-inducing words 'we are very excited to announce...' is red flag number two.
Then they say: "one of the top pieces of feedback weve received from our users is that they want to have access to all the paid content on Canva".
Hello Canva?! Just because a buyer wants to have a BMW for the price of a Volkswagen, doesn't mean a car dealer has to give in to that demand!
So Canva succumbs to market pressure and mindlessly hands over your premium content to reel in gullible subscribers. This will effectively cannibalize regular downloads.
Contributors may feel like being in heaven because of "double earnings", but only for a short while. This guarantee lasts only 6 months, which means after that, Canva is no longer bound to its promises and revenue could easily plummet to new depths.
No real-time earnings either. Of course not, why would they? They know you have nowhere else to go.
Then you probably want to opt-out of this sweet deal? No can do, either close your account or shut up and eat our crap.
Quite right Canva are just copying Envato's playbook offering share schemes on subs revenue then just like Envato they'll find a reason to pull the rug from under contributors once they have their hands on your content.
402
« on: April 03, 2020, 02:53 »
As of November 2019 my revenue dropped by 40% even though oddly the number of downloads has not.
They did something and they aren't telling us.
403
« on: March 25, 2020, 10:51 »
In November i had a Alamy sale, but my Cleare balance is not updated yet.
I wonder how long it will take
Read the first reply above
404
« on: March 18, 2020, 05:12 »
I had a few sales with Alamy several weeks ago (altogether 235 $) but they dont show up in my "cleared balance" so I cant aks for a payout.
How long does it usually take with Alamy before one can ask for payout?
Thats what my account says since several weeks:
Balance brought forward: $94.10
Total sales: $0.00
Commission / charges: $0.00
Total payments to you: $0.00
Balance carried forward: $94.10
Cleared balance: $14.23
Next payment date: Not due
You don't ask for payout it's automatic once you get over $50 (cleared amount) Sales generally take a while to clear so a sale today may take up to 6 months to clear. Once cleared and once you are over $50 then you'll get your money
405
« on: February 28, 2020, 16:21 »
You really do like trolling you're blocked thank you for the diatribe
406
« on: February 28, 2020, 13:21 »
These companies enable undemocratic governments by their collusion and silence.
They will care about the status of democracy elsewhere if their customers care. So far, I doubt that too many SS customers care about how SS is doing business with China.
First and foremost, customers want lower prices and probably good quality for that price.
Very few are ready to pay more for the sake of a principle. As long as customers are not ready to change their attitude, why is someone expecting a private company to act differently?
IG Farben's customers didn't want to change their attitude either and IG Farben were happy to use the "cheap" labour.
Neither did Union Carbide at Bopal, Monsanto and Agent Orange,
Or for that matter Exxon Shipping Company and the Exxon Valdez, BP and the Deepwater Horizon, Ford and the Edsel, Tobacco companies? and so on....
So I guess in your world thats just fine:
Not sure I see the connection. What do you propose? Do you want SS to stop doing business with China?
Before you ask a private entity to follow a principle, just stop and think: are you applying the same principle to your personal life?
How many products made in China do you own? You might be wearing one at this very moment.
But I know: talk is cheap and putting one's money where one's mouth is, is a principle very seldom applied in practice.
Yes I do actually and Nestle to boot and in a previous job I also refused to push work to China contrary to the group think in Wisconsin HQ which fell over themselves to take work from local companies to the Chinese for a few lousy bucks.
I dislike any dealings with the Chinese system and would not support them or their current bullying of South East Asia in the China Sea as well as their appalling conduct over Tibet.
So go suck eggs 
I understand that. You dislike only when others do business with China.
When it comes to you, the human Bad Robot, you don't dislike those dealings anymore.
Because you forgot to answer: did you count how many Chinese made products you have on you or around your house in this very moment?
As I said: talk is cheap. 
I can't argue with such poor logic I think I made it quite clear in my statement above. But if it pleases you I don't have to check as I look for where something is made before I make the purchase.
407
« on: February 28, 2020, 12:53 »
Visual China Group has the means and motivation (political desire to control media) to buy Shutterstock. Perhaps Mr. Oringer stepped aside in preparation for a sale or merger.
I prefer to file the foregoing under silly speculation... but stranger things have happened.
We've seen stranger things ~ I'm sure Corbis would have agreed
408
« on: February 28, 2020, 12:51 »
These companies enable undemocratic governments by their collusion and silence.
They will care about the status of democracy elsewhere if their customers care. So far, I doubt that too many SS customers care about how SS is doing business with China.
First and foremost, customers want lower prices and probably good quality for that price.
Very few are ready to pay more for the sake of a principle. As long as customers are not ready to change their attitude, why is someone expecting a private company to act differently?
IG Farben's customers didn't want to change their attitude either and IG Farben were happy to use the "cheap" labour.
Neither did Union Carbide at Bopal, Monsanto and Agent Orange,
Or for that matter Exxon Shipping Company and the Exxon Valdez, BP and the Deepwater Horizon, Ford and the Edsel, Tobacco companies? and so on....
So I guess in your world thats just fine:
Not sure I see the connection. What do you propose? Do you want SS to stop doing business with China?
Before you ask a private entity to follow a principle, just stop and think: are you applying the same principle to your personal life?
How many products made in China do you own? You might be wearing one at this very moment.
But I know: talk is cheap and putting one's money where one's mouth is, is a principle very seldom applied in practice.
Yes I do actually and Nestle to boot and in a previous job I also refused to push work to China contrary to the group think in Wisconsin HQ which fell over themselves to take work from local companies to the Chinese for a few lousy bucks. I dislike any dealings with the Chinese system and would not support them or their current bullying of South East Asia in the China Sea as well as their appalling conduct over Tibet. So go suck eggs
409
« on: February 28, 2020, 12:03 »
"Nor will I ask the AI to exclaim WOW when he finds a sexy robot."
LOL!!!!!!!!
Yes I concur sexy robots are WOW! But back to the subject. I went for years without rejections now in the last month stupid rejections for similars or "we are no longer accepting this kind of content. Since when does having two photos of a subject at entirely different angles constitute similars? Especially when they allow stolen news images and floods of similars from Eastern European and Asian countries. Contacting so called contributor support is complete waste of time you get other contributors who know nothing and if you escalate to a "company rep" you get farmed out to someone in India who knows nothing too. This company has gone to the dogs and is no longer worth the bother.
410
« on: February 28, 2020, 12:01 »
These companies enable undemocratic governments by their collusion and silence.
They will care about the status of democracy elsewhere if their customers care. So far, I doubt that too many SS customers care about how SS is doing business with China.
First and foremost, customers want lower prices and probably good quality for that price.
Very few are ready to pay more for the sake of a principle. As long as customers are not ready to change their attitude, why is someone expecting a private company to act differently?
IG Farben's customers didn't want to change their attitude either and IG Farben were happy to use the "cheap" labour. Neither did Union Carbide at Bopal, Monsanto and Agent Orange, Or for that matter Exxon Shipping Company and the Exxon Valdez, BP and the Deepwater Horizon, Ford and the Edsel, Tobacco companies? and so on.... So I guess in your world thats just fine 
411
« on: February 28, 2020, 11:13 »
The Yen is mightier than the pen.
"Shutterstocks road to China began around 2014, when the company struck a deal with the Chinese social network ZCool Network Technology to exclusively distribute Shutterstock images. It was a foothold in a potentially huge market, and Shutterstock invested $15 million in ZCool in 2018."
Exclusive?
Additional: Getty Images... also distributes material in China through a local partner company, VCG. A search of VCG for Taiwan flag produces zero results. Adobe Stock... is available in China, and a search on its site in China by NBC News also found zero results for Taiwan flag.
"Shutterstock regularly receives take down notices from more than 20 countries, not including requests related to intellectual property, spokeswoman Hughes said. The countries are primarily in Europe, Australia, North America and some in South America and the company addresses hundreds or sometimes thousands of requests a year."
Pavlovsky ... employees have a lot of opportunities to work here, to work elsewhere, and we are very supportive when employees do not feel that this is the right place for them, to pursue other opportunities. I think he's as transparent and honest as any of them asked for.
Pavlovski is right. A private company is not a democracy.
Besides, the first amendment is preventing Congress from restricting the freedom of speech, not private companies.
Bayer/IG Farben was a private company too Big market for gas wasn't there? These companies enable undemocratic governments by their collusion and silence.
412
« on: February 28, 2020, 11:11 »
Makes me chuckle with the corporate woky wokeness celebrating diversity and inclusion and all the other corporate guff unless you live in China of course and unless you disagree with censorship by a one party system in which case eff off and find another job!
413
« on: February 28, 2020, 11:03 »
Free speech? (an under lying tenet of not on the USA but most of the Western democracies?) "Pavlovsky told them they were free to seek jobs elsewhere." What a wonderful company Shutterstock will become under his benign leadership
414
« on: February 28, 2020, 09:29 »
are/is ?
Santa (singular) So "Santa is the parent" and Santa and Mrs Santa are the parents
415
« on: February 26, 2020, 06:26 »
Nope its a lower case g or soft g so guh if
416
« on: February 24, 2020, 12:30 »
Oh thats for sure Angela
And you can bet your bottom dollar that rates will be reduced to sub levels and no doubt they'll have some exciting news where we'll get Getty style rates of 1 and 2 cents and no doubt they'll force us to give them 6 months before images are deleted.
They will copy Getty after Jon Oringer jumps ship in April
417
« on: February 24, 2020, 10:30 »
Stayers or jumbers, rats or humans, they will all be eaten by sharks around the ship.
Actually piranhas sound more suitable but i dunno if they exist in open sea 
Piranhas are fresh water fish with an over rated reputation piranhas typically do not represent a serious risk to humans Sharks however are a different kettle of fish
418
« on: February 23, 2020, 05:07 »
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« on: February 22, 2020, 17:03 »
This makes NO COMMON SENSE.
Like some of your keywords "cheerful, ordination, young-up, precision, medicals? (should be medical) You hid most of your keywords but you missed out vaccine for starters but I look for "young-up" and see all 58!! of your video clips So before you blame Adobe check your own work first because you miss out essential key words and put in incorrect ones Oh and Pediatric relates to child medicine not kids pretending to be doctors
420
« on: February 22, 2020, 05:40 »
Well I took my first stock shots in 2009 though didn't really start commiting to stock until 2012.
My high water mark was 2018 but it's literally collapsed by 50% since and now I make less than I did back in 2014 even though I added more and more of better quality and always did research on shooting subjects.
Thanks to Shutterstock's idiotic acceptance policies and of course iStock/Getty who I left in 2017 once the penny and sub-penny royalties kicked in.
I did dabble in video but even though that market is becoming saturated and the so-called agencies are leading a race to the bottom on video prices I think I'll spend more time on video as its the only way to keep the money coming to pay for the essentials like food and rent.
I live in a rural area where job opportunities are scarce unlike city dwellers I rely on stock to pay for the cost of living.
I was also disgusted to see Shutterstock banned you Laurin from the forum seeing as you and Dave spent so much time on the forum giving free advice.
You put up with so many insults over the years from the wannabes and trolls.
421
« on: February 19, 2020, 13:02 »
Down 50% since October though to be fair this month is bad everywhere
422
« on: February 15, 2020, 15:17 »
Don't think so.
However you could add the keyword editorial to each image and filter on that.
423
« on: February 15, 2020, 05:26 »
Good riddance is what I say now he can go polish his guitar collection
424
« on: February 15, 2020, 05:22 »
4. Shooting travel of places that aren't saturated Antartica ! or Mars 
425
« on: February 13, 2020, 17:19 »
Hey I'll have nothing bad said about Canstock I made 50 cents last month and this month 25 cents !!
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