Hi, Just one thing to remember when you go deactive an image.

When you type the reason be mindful of what you write, it might show in a search. I don't remember well but I think that is what happens when you search a deactivated image by its number. I know because once I searched mine and the excuse for deactivation came up on the screen.

I think about deactivating some of mine, and i wonder if maybe putting "no longer available" is the best thing to put there.

Quote from: Stickystock on August 10, 2016, 08:21

I need to delete 4 images. One of my models asked me to. He is a friend and I want to remove them but I just can't find were to remove them. Can anyone help me before it is to late?

Thanks

Near the top of the file page, there's a grey bar. At the right hand side of the bar, hover over maintenance and click 'deactivate'. You can give a reason or just put . in the box then confirm you want to deactivate.

Hi,
I think you should open a new thread to deal with this, because this is a different issue.

Have any US-based contributors realized that 123rf has withheld money from us starting in the latter part of 2015, up until the point that we provided our tax information to them?  I'm talking hundreds of dollars.  Elaine with support is basically telling me that the withheld funds have been given to the IRS, and that I need to contract a tax advisor in order to get the withheld monies back. 

No, I never received an email from 123rf saying I needed to provide tax info, back in 2015... or whenever they decided to switch their company from one country to another. 

I don't have time to deal with this crap right now...

Hi,
Actually on Shuttertock there is a place where you can put your social media links, such as facebook and to your website or blog. So, the customer already can find you.

Here is the answer

http://www.shutterstock.com/blog/creating-the-perfect-editorial-caption

when you upload to shutter, in the comment box put " I don't have a reference, I made from my imagination directly in adobe illustrator  " or some words to that effect.

Hi,
I'm looking for a budget option  to use with vector clipart.

It has to have some color accuracy or at least that I'm able to calibrate with a pantone huey or  and I'm thinking of a Dell U2412M which seems to be an upgrade from the Dell U2415...

By the look on the front page..it looks like is going to be a competitor to creativemarket....I see fonts, watercolor brushes..yep...

Did you start in 2013?
Is this for photography or vectors?

This drop is significant...how is this possible? You went from 100K  to 14K in 3 years?

Just trying to make some sense...

Getty Image updated iStock credit pricing in 2013 and also introduced their great and amazing new subscription plans.

So, What is your annual income lose between 2013 - 2015 (2016).

I had 3000 images 2013 and now 5500 images.

My Income 2013 = 115 000 $
My Income 2014 = 110 000 $
My Income 2015 =   50 000 $
My Income 2016 =   14 000 $ (about)

I think this is NOOOT a good way

Jo Ann,
you are right, these bundles are usually overstuffed.

Actually the bundles deals I saw there were created by the artists not by the sites. These are not the same type of bundles that Creativemaket puts together.

I saw some  bundles created by the artists there that are also selling for the same price accross various discount sites...I guess some people are just spreading their wings...

By the way, I signed up for their mailing list and I got a free bundle with thousands of stuff.

I don't,
but it seems people at Zazzle in the private forums are having a hard time also, finding their images on all kinds of things, mostly cellphone cases. Some people sent a claim against thirdy part sellers and the product got removed, but I don't think it was instantaneous. In any case, there is a facebook group with peopel who contribute to PODs where they discuss these issues. Maybe you could ask someone there.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/442213309304038

And I remember many years ago,  a client used her dad credit card to pay for illustration service, which I didn't know obviously because we can't see how they pay....and after a her dad did not recognize the charge and called the credit card company who blocked my account, and basically I had to swallow a charge back and reimburse the money to her dad....and wait for her to pay me back.

Another time,  someone tried to do a chargeback after six months of the sale but it did not blocked my account because six months is passed the limit, however I called paypal, and the operator and I thought that maybe someone's paypal got hacked and maybe someone was trying to get chargebacks  on past sales, or maybe someone did not recognize a charge, in any case, six months was passed the time they could request chargebacks, and it did not affect me.

The last problem I had was with this account I have now.  I was adding an extra credit card and the verification and didn't go through, you know those couple of cents they charge to your card to confirm is yours... That mishap alone blocked my account because I could not verify the cents.

I went in dispair mode, because I got that email where you need to send copies of your ID to verify your account....but then, I decided to phone Paypal directly and explain that the credit card didn't compute the verification, I couldn't find it. And the operator found out what the problem was and unblocked my account imediately....

So, things happen, but I think is worse when you receive paypal from freelance from clients you get on the internet....

If you only deal with marketplaces, stock image companies and PODS, usually there is no charge backs or disputes, as far as I know...

Hi,
  Nice site design, really lovely. Good job on the design!

 Just one thing, Your Agreement says that  "the actual contract for selling and buying is directly between the sellers and buyers" and  Luvly is just a markeplace.

 For that I conclude that shop owners outside of the European Union are responsible for registering with the VATMOSS and report themselves.

When the VAT law went into effect I think in 2015 for sellers of digital items outside of EU, a lot of designers left markeplaces, stopped selling from their sites to the EU because is too complex for them to comply. Then, big marketplaces such as Etsy and others decided to do the VAT reporting themselves, otherwise I think they would have lost too many people in my opinion.

You will have a hard time getting people outside of the EU who are aware of the VAT for digital items to join if your marketplace doesn't handle VAT like creativemarket or ETsy does. But thats just my opinion.

Here is how complex it could be for an indie.
http://discuss.bootstrapped.fm/t/us-business-registering-for-vat-moss/2330

I didn't share the URL of the marketplace because on some forums its not good practice to drop a link in your first post. Anyways, the url of the marketplace is luvly.co. I don't know where the Freepik suggestion came from, but I'm not affiliated to them.

I forgot to say....

I'm only on Zazzle which is print on demand, and there is pretty much handled the same way as Istock or Shutter, where I only receive royalties, and a 1099  at the end of the year.