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« on: June 01, 2016, 16:45 »
Probably the laziest logo any company can do. They probably debated for weeks over the logo font.
It lacks any type of branding, but maybe that's what they want. They want it to be part of Adobe and not its own product.
477
« on: June 01, 2016, 14:03 »
It looks like DT has fallen below 123RF.
They really need to relax their acceptance policy, get rid of their socialist image rotation policy and redesign their website. The decline was preventable but they didn't do anything to fix it.
478
« on: May 27, 2016, 13:03 »
I just got a $10.20 sale!  Yay me!
These guys messed up big time a very promising website!
It's kinda funny that 30% of their traffic comes from the word "nude". Their community were also their buyers, which they p*ssed off after the commission cut.
479
« on: May 27, 2016, 12:55 »
We get it. You don't have to create another topic when you already have 2 topics about the same thing. It's over. Let it go.
480
« on: May 27, 2016, 12:53 »
HI I am an illustrator vector artist and I created accounts on fotolia,shutterstock,dreamstime,123rd. I wanted to ask how to upload my vectors to all of them by just uploading once. I got a slow connection so I do not wanted to upload to each one.
I used dropbox with dropstock but it could only upload photos and not the vectors. So how I could do it.
Most of the agencies have FTP. As long as your files meet the criteria of each agency, you can upload them all at once. One agency at a time, that is.
481
« on: May 26, 2016, 11:48 »
New BME already. Don't know how I'll top this next month.
482
« on: May 25, 2016, 21:35 »
Don't forget that you also have it in all your stock agency portfolios. Send them links of the image to each of those portfolios will strengthen your case.
I'm always afraid of something like this happening. Someone else stealing your image, then accuse you of stealing to get the agency go after the rightful owner.
483
« on: May 24, 2016, 14:14 »
I would try to look at things from a different perspective. Only because I've seen both sides, as a contributors as someone who worked for a company that hosted data.
You have 20,000 clips. That's terabytes upon terabytes of data. The way they look at it is that the amount of money it cost to host all your video files are not justified by your monthly earnings, or their cut of those earnings. In some cases, it's better to not have someone as a contributor because they feel like they're losing money on the account.
I know it's tough, but that's how things work. They recommended the title changes because they WANT your files to sell better so they can justify your account. If your files don't sell, they could be losing money on your account due to the cost of storage and bandwidth. It's not a good situation for anyone.
484
« on: May 20, 2016, 20:24 »
My chart is slightly different because I started 15 months ago. When you start at 0, it has no where to go but up. I expect it to level out sooner or later. That unsightly trough was the holiday season.
485
« on: May 20, 2016, 14:06 »
1. Shutterstock
2. Fotolia
3. 123RF
4. iStock
5. Dreamstime
486
« on: May 19, 2016, 20:01 »
here is the enswer I receive from fotolia :
With the launch of Adobe Stock, our contributor payouts are growing overall. Because of the shutdown of Dollar Photo Club, a number of those customers are being migrated over to Adobe Stock, but that process isn't yet complete. Some individual contributors may feel the immediate effects of the transition more than others, but those effects should be temporary. Payouts are growing overall and as that migration continues, things should settle back to normal. We appreciate your understanding and your patience.
I see no reason to go against that. Matches what I'm seeing anyway. The initial impact is gradually disappearing... looks like the 80+ days are back based on todays figures!
The numbers have recovered a bit, no doubt. Then again, I did uploaded 200 more images since then and the downloads have gradually increased. If DPC was still up, I'd say a 100 download day would have been possible.
487
« on: May 19, 2016, 14:03 »
You'll be down only 400 sales? How many sales have you per month then, 5000?
I'm not selling anywhere near 5000 a month yet, should have been about 2000... I was getting days of 80+.... even a few 100+days. In terms of income I'm back on target to match pre DPC closure earnings. The net impact seems to have been the equivalent of loosing 2 months gains. Looking at my figures I guess it will be nearer 300 down (sales). While it's a reasonable chunk they'd appear to have been lower value sales and what has replaced them are higher value ones. The graphs show a dip in volume but the PPI graph went up at the same point.
As with Zero Talent, I'm still seeing a reduced level of earnings from the US but this has been made up for by an increase in earnings as a whole. While I'd prefer not to of had that minor set back, I've been very happy with the volume of sales from Fotolia and Adobe since DPC closed and look forward to it continuing :-)
Pretty good. With those numbers, you've likely cracked the top 100, or on the borderline.
488
« on: May 18, 2016, 13:16 »
I think the closure of DPC affected some contributors more than others. My overall sales have dropped by about 10-20% since DPC closed down, but my overall rank has gone up. I'm definitely missing those sales though.
489
« on: May 17, 2016, 13:19 »
Since we have one of those people here, what compels you to take another contributor's work and claim it as your own?
Why do think? M o n e y
Money is obviously a big reason. I'm trying to understand a deeper psychology of someone who does it so blatantly. It's like he wants to get caught by posting a link here.
490
« on: May 17, 2016, 13:14 »
Hello everybody,
Just registered to share my experiences:( Having the same issue. Hope it isnt some sort of market split based on your location. Even if it is, there is nothing we can do just hope it will get better eventually.
Have a great day everyone,
Despite Adobe's effort to reroute buyers to Adobe Stock, sales hasn't recovered completely. Based on my own stats, US sales have only recovered about 25% of what it used to be since the closure of DPC. The rest of the buyers seems to have gone elsewhere. Luckily US sales make up only about 10% of my overall sales.
491
« on: May 16, 2016, 12:38 »
Just as I expected, Rawpixel.com is making a killing with their business images.
Sadly, I don't have anything in the top 100.
Is there anyway to sort the rankings by earnings or download instead of portfolio size?
I'm afraid this information ($ and dls) is not public, so there is no way for an independent third party to fetch it.
Thanks. I figured as much. That information is too private.
492
« on: May 16, 2016, 11:11 »
Since we have one of those people here, what compels you to take another contributor's work and claim it as your own?
493
« on: May 16, 2016, 11:07 »
Just as I expected, Rawpixel.com is making a killing with their business images.
Sadly, I don't have anything in the top 100.
Is there anyway to sort the rankings by earnings or download instead of portfolio size?
494
« on: May 13, 2016, 11:11 »
Congratulations!
Your achievement is really great , and give us hope.
You are really good person to share this.
I wish you success all the time
Thanks Arapix. There is still good money to be made. The right kind of effort and the right kind of attitude will get you there.
495
« on: May 13, 2016, 11:08 »
500px has been losing traffic since the commission cut in March.
It could also be the negativity surrounding the commission cut. It was all over the news and many buyers were aware of it and stopped buying from them.
500PX is a community. Many of the buyers were contributors and vise versa.
496
« on: May 12, 2016, 18:51 »
Sounds awesome, i hope we all get there in time. Sidenote, how many images are in your portfolio now?
I have about 1550 images at the moment.
497
« on: May 09, 2016, 19:57 »
@ Minsc
can you show some examples of your and theirs work?
It was while ago and I don't think their work is online anymore, so there is nothing left to compare. And I prefer to remain anonymous to avoid any possible retaliation. I waited a few months to after reporting them make this post to avoid getting identified.
498
« on: May 09, 2016, 19:50 »
Congrats. It would be nice to have a higher tier but only if they kept the current levels as they are. Other sites have moved the goal posts and made it virtually impossible to reach a top tier and I don't want to see SS doing that.
FT has 8 tiers and I wonder if it's even possible to reach the top tier. That Diamond tier looks near impossible even for people in the top 100. And thanks!
That's fast, especially now with all the competition. Congratulations!
And yeah, would be nice to have a higher tier. Reaching those goals is good motivation.
Thanks. It was my main motivation for the last 6 months. I feel like taking a small break from microstock and work on my other projects now that I'm on the top tier. Excellent! 4 months faster than me! Great job!
Thank you. I know you're doing really well right now, and I hope to reach that level in the future.
499
« on: May 09, 2016, 16:50 »
congratulations
Thanks. grats, to bad thats it.
Thanks. It would be nice to see a higher tier where contributors could earn close to 50%.
500
« on: May 09, 2016, 14:12 »
Congratulations! I'm at 0,33$ tier and have a long way to go..
How much time did your journey take? 
It won't be that long. You'll get there soon. It took me about 15 months.
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