I have 900 images on istock.

I suspect that you can only achieve an RPD above 1 if you also offer videos.
Nowadays. It was possible years ago with images only.

No.

35% of nothing = nothing!

Either the buyers are no longer licensing correctly or the need for special licences has declined sharply.

This is also true for Adobe Stock. The number of extended licences there is also going down and down. But there, the RPD is still OK - in contrast to shutterstock.

For the first time, my earnings on istock were under $100 - that's never happened before. The RPD was only $0.42. 

This is really a sad report, Alexandre. Especially since you continue to upload diligently.

I wish you very much that the curves go up again. But, to be honest, I don't believe in it any more - like you.

At least the payout works and is in time. Received my money today.

Yesterday I threatened one last time to delete my entire portfolio if all my files were not switched to PREMIUM by then. It helped - I no longer have any files that can be downloaded via PLUS.

Quote from: stockmarketer on October 05, 2022, 15:11
It's early in the day and I'm already at around 4x to 5x my normal downloads and earnings for a weekday.

Anyone else seeing a really high volume today?

No, for me it is significantly less than usual today so far.

Quote from: KuriousKat on September 26, 2022, 19:53

Quote from: Justanotherphotographer on September 26, 2022, 19:48
Also normal for me. Got both on the 22nd.

Thanks - I suspect something has gone wrong and hope it doesn't turn into a big problem.

I could't find anywhere in my settings to check whether the PayPal email had been changed without my knowledge, but the remittance email at least came out to the correct email address.

My PayPal is working fine for other transaction, both 2 days before and transactions since.

First time I've had a payment problem in 15 years.

I keep my fingers crossed for you!

No, with me it went quite normally - as always! The money is received on 22 September at Paypal.

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

Completely stolen... Most images are mirrored.

In the meantime, the download numbers and revenues are displayed correctly in the dashboard again. However, the PLUS downloads are not counted.
Still 57 downloads - then I have reached the 10,000 there.

Quote from: Justanotherphotographer on September 21, 2022, 06:52
I didn't read it that way. Sounds to me like English isn't their first language and they are just making sure that, having licensed the image for the ads, they wont have any pushback from him as the copyright holder. Could be wrong though.

Of course, you can also be right with your interpretation.

Better than August 2021, worse than August 2020.

Quote from: DaLiu on September 20, 2022, 17:15

Quote from: Wilm on September 20, 2022, 16:39

Quote from: DaLiu on September 20, 2022, 15:04
Anybody can explain me what is email about and if anybody else receive it, no idea if I should contact SS for more informations....



"Good morning,

We are a Design Studio based in Barcelona and we have engaged the company Shutterstock to use its database of photographs for one or several advertising campaigns for our clients.

We would like to inform that your photography has been selected for an advertising campaign and we wish to confirm that you have assigned the rights to the aforesaid photograph to the above-mentioned company, and therefore there is no possibility of future claims with regard to the identity of the creator, copyright, or any other rights.

The photo we're using is the one below:
https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/.......

We enclose this letter as you have been notified about the matter.

All the best,
BlocD.


Elvira Masllorens
Account Manager"

Plató 26, 2n 08006, Barcelona T. 932 419 060
[email protected] blocd.com
M. 617 160 302"

This statement is legally wrong!

It is your image and you are and remain the author. The design studio has only acquired a right of use. Namely, the right to use the image to the extent that can be read in the license conditions of shutterstock for the purchased license.

Has the design studio purchased an extended license at least?

Hi Wilm, long time no see.

Since the photo is very popular, no idea which version they got but i don't remember any expensive license on this picture in particular, mostly subs and on demand.

I also got a reply from SS on this:

​Dear xxxxxx,

Thank you for being a contributor since 2015.

I understand how important it is for you to get clarification, let me help you.

There are two concerns here we need to address:
Customers should not be able to have access to your email in any way unless you provide that to them somehow, in which case we will advise you against that, at least when it comes to your content on our site.
They should already know how the licensing of content through our site works or if not, they can contact us directly for assistance, they should never have to get in contact with the contributors to avoid worrying you.
This situation seems a little strange, however, you do not need to worry, please refer them to the following email: [email protected], they will be able to make their consults there, and please do not engage any further with them as there is always the possibility that they might be trying to deceive you somehow.

I hope this helps.

Hello DaLiu,

I hope you are doing well and that your microstock business is still going strong!

I interpret the answer from shutterstock as I have already written. The design studio seems to think they have acquired big opportunities for tiny money. If I were you, I would check what happens to the image in the future and intervene if necessary, if they might even resell it. Because the letter to you contains from my point of view that they are of the opinion to have a right to it.

Many greetings, Wilm

Quote from: DaLiu on September 20, 2022, 15:04
Anybody can explain me what is email about and if anybody else receive it, no idea if I should contact SS for more informations....



"Good morning,

We are a Design Studio based in Barcelona and we have engaged the company Shutterstock to use its database of photographs for one or several advertising campaigns for our clients.

We would like to inform that your photography has been selected for an advertising campaign and we wish to confirm that you have assigned the rights to the aforesaid photograph to the above-mentioned company, and therefore there is no possibility of future claims with regard to the identity of the creator, copyright, or any other rights.

The photo we're using is the one below:
https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/.......

We enclose this letter as you have been notified about the matter.

All the best,
BlocD.


Elvira Masllorens
Account Manager"

Plató 26, 2n 08006, Barcelona T. 932 419 060
[email protected] blocd.com
M. 617 160 302"

This statement is legally wrong!

It is your image and you are and remain the author. The design studio has only acquired a right of use. Namely, the right to use the image to the extent that can be read in the license conditions of shutterstock for the purchased license.

Has the design studio purchased an extended license at least?

This answer just came in:

"Hello!

Thank you for contacting us and apologies on the delay in getting back to your on your enquiry.

We will have our IT team to assist to revert your account back to Opt Out status. Kindly note that as the process is manual so will take a bit of time to be fully batched to Premium by the system.

Please also ensure that you update your Preference Settings at your Account Settings here:
https://www.123rf.com/contributor/account-settings

​Hope this helps, have a good day!


Elaine S.

Team Lead, Contributor Support"

BTW: They still don't have a handle on the IT problems regarding the September earnings so far either!

Quote from: gnirtS on September 18, 2022, 19:28
So far ive sent 6 emails (to submissions@ and uk@) and received no response.
Ive just tried the contact form on the website and it fails with "The request could not be satisfied."

So my only option might be manually trying to delete near 1,500 pages of images manually one page at a time.  Not sure i have time for that this week - its hours and hours worth of clicking.

Just now I wrote again to the support:


Second attempt! Since I did not receive a reply to my first letter, I am writing to you again to inform you that I do not wish to offer any of my images on PLUS. The prices or income at PLUS are a devaluation and disrespect of my work. I therefore ask you once again to immediately remove all my images from the PLUS offer.
If I do not receive an answer from you within the next few days and my images continue to be offered at PLUS, I will delete my complete portfolio at 123rf and close my account!

With kind regards,

Wilm

Quote from: Brasilnut on September 16, 2022, 13:59
depressing...glad I've got off that sinking ship (or at least devoting much less time there).

That's kind of what it looks like for me, too.
A normal month several years ago. Income exclusively from image sales with a portfolio size of about 1,050 to 1,100 images at the time. Three Enhanced in one month was normal. Today there are no more - for whatever reason. $283 only from subscriptions - today I would have to sell about 1500 to 2000 subscriptions to come to this sum.

In September 2022 my RPD so far is $0.41 and I'm pretty sure it probably wouldn't be higher at level 6.

Quote from: HalfFull on September 16, 2022, 22:18

Quote from: Uncle Pete on September 16, 2022, 17:11

Quote from: HalfFull on September 16, 2022, 09:41

I wrote to them last week and still nothing so I'm just deleting them. If it's of any use anyone, it takes approximately 5 1/2 minutes to delete a 1000 images. 10k in an hour... dull, yes, but worth it!

Edit... well, that's it for 123RF for me. All deleted now. I'll give it a month to monitor any activity and then close the account. This has been a long time coming.

What has surprised me over the years and now with recent issues at 123, why don't more people do what you've done. Obviously not worth the money, a place that has no respect for the artists, can't be trusted/missing reporting, slow reviews, yet people stay with them for what? $7 a month at best, according to the poll here.

Why do people intentionally support and feed the parasites?

For me I was being a little lazy. They only ever made me about $100 a month but dropped to $20. Basically 2hrs @ AS. So that new package reached a point where it was becoming damaging. They never had all my work and I'd stopped uploading a long time ago. There is possibly another 2 that could be culled. There are 4-5 I supply with 3 that get everything. For me, there is only one that seems to make an effort and consistently is increasing 10% reaching year.

For me, it used to be $100 a month, too. Now it averages out to $15.

Quote from: lenev on September 16, 2022, 09:53
Everything you need to know about Shutterstock today

Fantastic! What a story of success! 

Quote from: Mir on September 15, 2022, 15:59
I never received this mail.
I opted out of the PLUS plan in the preference settings last week but my images are still in the PLUS plan.
Now I see from reading the comments here that this is for future uploads.
I tried selecting a page of images and edited them by removing the Plus option but it didn't work.
I will write them but if they don't reply is there any other way to remove my images from this free plan.

If there isn't I will delete them.

That's exactly what I'm thinking about, too. Especially since 123 has developed miserably anyway and hardly contributes any revenue.

Quote from: gnirtS on September 14, 2022, 00:51
Let me know if you get a response and how you contacted them.

Theyve failed to respond to any of my 4 requests to opt out.

I have sent two letters to 123rf via the contact form.
The first letter was about the wrong download numbers and revenue in the contributor dashboard. The answer from 123 is:

"Dear Wilm,

Our IT team is aware of a bug with the Earnings Display on the front end. They are currently investigating the matter and are looking into resolving it. We apologize for the inconvenience caused.

Thank you for your patience and understanding in the meanwhile."

The second letter was about not offering any of my images at PLUS - not even the old images. I have not yet received an answer to this.

Quote from: biibii on September 13, 2022, 12:01

Quote from: Wilm on September 13, 2022, 11:56

Quote from: biibii on September 13, 2022, 11:44

Quote from: Wilm on September 13, 2022, 08:51
Example September 1, 2022

0.03? from unlimited-download-PLUS? Horrible 

This is not possible because I have not released PLUS.

Or is there another place to opt-out?

this opt-out button ONLY affects future uploads. All images uploaded so far are opt-in. That's how it was for me and others. Without a support message, all your images remain in the unlimited download programme.

Okay, thank you very much for this information. I'll write a message to the support.

Quote from: biibii on September 13, 2022, 11:44

Quote from: Wilm on September 13, 2022, 08:51
Example September 1, 2022

0.03? from unlimited-download-PLUS? Horrible 

This is not possible because I have not released PLUS.

Or is there another place to opt-out?