I've said it before and I'll say it again.

Muppets

Eh, I'm not that interested in music, and I couldn't care less what my friends are listening to.  But what would stop me from just grabbing the audio, saving it, and then not using the service?

Same with images.  You can't really control it when it's out there, so giving it away for free guarantees you 0 income.

I think it operates a bit like internet radio but on demand. I'm sure someone will work out how to strip it but the idea is that you don't store the music on your computer you stream it from the "cloud". When you stop paying for the subscription you can't listen to it.

Apparently the 5D mark III has been spotted in the wild
http://www.togtech.com/canon-5d-mark-iii-200-400mm-and-600mm-prototype-lenses-spotted-in-the-wild-rumor-mill/

Yeah and I hear they were shooting unicorns with it

Have you ever noticed the sort by download tab ?
Why would anybody who was getting good sales let the cat out of the bag.

Fair to question about the requirements for submitting but its pretty easy to do your own research to work out sales patterns.

Quote from: qwerty on January 15, 2012, 03:09

from my observation Vetta seems better quality than alot of the Agency stuff.

You win the satisfaction of being the most eagle-eyed Vetta scout on MSG. And you're right, Vetta still beats Agency, since a lot of that stuff wouldn't even pass inspection for the main collection. Yet another issue that I'm sure drives customers nuts.

If I was an Istock exclusive I'd probably get one of those little badge things for this amazing talent. wooyay ! Istock you rock !  :p

I don't think it drives the customer nuts it
a) Drives them to other sites or
b) they're oblivious to it and it increases their spend 30x

Do I win a prize

I'd say its per month

So what's the point of edstock2? Why have two accounts not one?

And as far as broken promises, it'd be easier to list the ones they've kept, on the other hand the weasel words of "...there is no plan..." are the alert that they reserve the right to do whatever they want at any time. We have only ourselves to blame if we choose to believe anything said by a demonstrated snake oil salesman. They can't be trusted to do much except screw up every software release or new feature

My conspiracy theories on "The point of edstock2"

1) The site code probably can't handle a single contributor having more than 90,000 images without crashing
2) There must be a limit to how many photos a single contributor can have upfront on any single search. spreading them across multiple accounts means they can provide the customers with even more horrible photos and push indies even futher backwards.

Is there a program that can identify exact duplicates and delete them ?

my sales are 50% lower than this time last year.

Quote from: pancaketom on January 08, 2012, 00:08

^^^^^ Maybe it is a fiendish new crowdsourcing review model?

speaking of model - that guy looks familiar.

What does he do with those loose pencils in his shirt pocket while he's running the heavy equipment? (looks like a Cat loader or dozer)

He was probably signing another model release for Lisa or taking out the bins

I didn't receive any email and its not in my spam folder. I'm already well across the line.

Although I'd rather see 50% carried across the board I appreciate that because I have been supporting 123rf over a number of years I'm not losing my % commission.

I think extending the period to get to the threshold would be fair in this instance as clearly alot of people didn't get the communication and may not even know at this moment.

I love travelling and submit travel photos which go a little way to offsetting the costs but I'd be hard pressed to turn a profit in under 2 years. These trips are not intended to make money, I'm going anyway.

I can see microstock as a great way to extend travelling opportunity. eg build a portfolio of 2000 photos. Set off into the blue yonder and submit as you go. When you run out of money return to reality and come home. The more time you spent in Asia and the less flights you take the longer you could go for.

I wish I'd had a DSLR when I did my round the world trip a decade ago, I have thousands of photos taken on Kodak Max 400 print film.

Some of my better sellers are travel style photos but taken locally. As pointed out in previous posts locally you have the advantage of knowing the best time/light, locations etc.   

Of course you could use Dreamstimes geotag feature to save yourself some time coming up with your own inspiration.