Payment sent adjusted down only about $1 which seems okay. Hope you get it sorted asap Wilm, that's a terrible result.

Second best month but RPD down to $1.63 in September vs $2.97 in August (which incidentally was my BME on iStock).

Don't give up! Occasional sales are back... 'tis video...

As I already wrote, the price suits me, but the number of selected videos by Adobe categorically does not suit me. You won't earn much with that amount.

The other consideration is, even if you nominate all your videos selected in this first-stage selection process, there's no guarantee (and I suggest it's very unlikely) all your selected videos will qualify for the free collection offer - except for the better, more saleable clips at just $8.00 each for the year. One video sale to a customer will often eclipse $8.00 and much more, and over the course of 12 months will invariably add up to much more than that.   

Quote from: thx9000 on October 09, 2022, 07:14

Haven't been aware about that particular ToS change but nothing surprises me anymore. We seem to be living in some weird mix of Brave New World and 1984. I can safely say we're outpacing Black Mirror at this point. Most people don't seem to notice which is another proof that the boiling frog syndrome is real

I noticed months ago, said so here, and got laughed at, called names, told to get psychiatric help by someone, and the worst horror, accused of being a Trump/QAnon supporter. Which is a total joke.

Some people don�t want to hear the truth or believe that our world is on the way to dystopia. That�s ok. Sometimes I wish I didn�t know what I know, either. And I certainly hope those who know more than I are wrong. I will be happy to be wrong.

edit: see spacestockfootage�s comment. That�s just a sample. If I say something, I get laughed at. If you say the exact same thing, you get a discussion.

Funny thing is, it�s all there if you look in the right places, which is NOT mainstream media. But they�d rather laugh and make fun, than actually educate themselves.

Here�s a good example. Dr. Peter McCullough was just suspended from twitter for giving misinformation about rona. Top cardiologist in TX, tons of published papers, etc. Been pushing early treatments since early days of rona, trying to save people. But that Goes against the narrative. Boom. Deplatformed. I was booted out of twitter for talking about quackzine shet  ting. Even tho it�s right there in the pfizzzzer docs they tried to hide for 75 years, until they were taken to court and ordered to release them. No wonder they wanted all that info hidden.

 can give many more names. But I doubt anyone here is interested. No prob.

I probably have one that is considered more laughable but will mention here anyway.

Over 32 years ago I went from atheist to Christian almost overnight. One of the reasons for this was the following verse in the book of Revelation that outlines a number of events leading up to the second arrival of JC:

"And he causes all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads: And that no man might BUY or SELL, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name" (Revelation 13:16-17).

This is clearly coming into reality today, given rapidly developing and evolving digital currencies, electronic payments, microchip implants, QR Codes, social credit score systems and surveillance among other technologies enabling cashless, contactless and fully traceable transactions. 

Clicking, clicking, clicking
Shooting, shooting, shooting
Uploading, uploading, uploading
Sell, sell, sell
Grow, grow, grow

And then...



Just like that, like there were no more upload....

 

Gosh, you guys will soon be paying the customers and Alamy a fee each for downloads you get from these deals. 

BME for iStock this month. Incidentally another BME for Adobe Stock this month too. These are happening because I been uploading (mainly videos) the past 10 months.

But have you checked your portfolio on their site. I also thought mine are gone by looking at the content manager but they are up for sale on the main site.

No havent, will have a look later.

It looks like this agency is in its death throes.

Anyway I went and checked my 40+ images I deleted and they have indeed gone. My tiny port wasn't a concern to 123rf. Maybe since then the agency has put blocks to stop contributors from deleting their works.

This is an interesting watch on how this plays out. Anyone like some 🍿 ?  Plenty to go round. 🍿 🍿 🍿

depressing...glad I've got off that sinking ship (or at least devoting much less time there).

That's a dramatic difference. My September 2022 has been poor so far - compared to the last two months at least anyway.

Funny was gonna come on and jest that after three years and more than 2470 images downloaded, I have not ever had an EL download... until Thursday two days ago. Had an image sold for $20.05 and though eh not bad for a photo sale, thought it was an SO but turned out to be my first EL sale.

I don't focus on uploading images / photos anymore (with only 39 uploads on Shutterstock since before November 2021) instead focusing on video which in my experience generally pays better commissions. I would never be able to do catch up with photos to make this anything worthwhile.   

 

The first half of September was horrible, but these past few days for me have been promising.

Overall, I do see a significant downtrend in commissions, but I suppose it is what it is.  I'm not very motivated to shoot new topics, but I'm glad I have a decent sized portfolio that generates something each month.

How much of this is image vs video?

Occasional sale on Adobe Stock with a good earning for an aerial hyperlapse...